Change the World

"If you want to change the world,
change yourself."
~ Madonna

Into the Impossible

"The only way to discover
the limits of the possible
is to go beyond them
into the impossible."
~ Arthur C. Clarke

Sea of Experience

"All writing begins
in the sea of experience."
~ Barry Lane

Every Little Thing

"Every little thing counts
in a crisis."
~ Jawaharlal Nehru

Poetic Truths

Happy birthday, Steven

"After all,
the commonplaces
are the great poetic truths."
~ Robert Lewis Stevenson

Thing of Beauty

"I am a thing of beauty."
~ Frank Sinatra

Our Truest Life

"Our truest life is when
we are in our dreams awake."
~ Henry David Thoreau

Be Yourself

"Be yourself, that’s all there is of you"
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Second Self

"In my friend, I find a second self."
~ Isabel Norton

Starting At Zero

"I love the challenge
of starting at zero every day
and seeing how much
I can accomplish."
~ Martha Stewart

Done Everything

"The man who has done his best
has done everything."
~ Charles Schwab

Truth and Beauty

Goodness is a special kind
of truth and beauty.
It is truth and beauty
in human behavior."
~ H. A. Overstreet

Chase Perfection

"Perfection is not attainable.
But if we chase perfection,
we can catch excellence."
~ Vince Lombardi

Miniature Eternity

"A day is a miniature eternity."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

I Can

"I can, therefore I am."
~ Simone Weil

First Step

"It is only the first step that is difficult."
~ Marie De Vichy Chamrond

Good Is Not Good

"Good is not good
where better is expected."
~ Thomas Fuller

There Never Was

"There never was
a good war or bad peace."
~ Benjamin Franklin

Different Degrees

"We boil at different degrees."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Miracles Occur Naturally

"Miracles occur naturally
as expressions of love.
The real miracle is the love
that inspires them.
In this sense everything
that comes from love is a miracle."
~ Marianne Williamson