"Always listen to the experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it." - Robert Heinlein

"Life is like riding a bike. It is impossible to maintain your balance while standing still." - Linda Brakeall

"It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable." - Roger L'Estrange

"A positive attitude is perhaps more important at home than anywhere else. As spouses and parents, one of our most vital roles is to help those we love feel good about themselves." - Keith Harrell

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true." - Richard Bach

"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength, but through persistence." - Buddha

"You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win." - Zig Ziglar

"Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working 24 hours a day for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force." - Tom Blandi

"I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value." - Hermann Hesse

Enjoyment of life is not the presence of something outside ourselves; it is the absence of something within ourselves. Gloom is a state of inner blockage of your True Self; enjoyment is its release. Just as a balloon rises to greater heights by discarding weights, so do we ascend as we toss out negativities. - Vernon Howard From Psycho-Pictography

"Be sure to have friends who demand more of you rather than tell you why you cannot do what you want to do."

"We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open." - Jawaharlal Nehru

"Loyalty is something you give regardless of what you get back, and in giving loyalty, you're getting more loyalty; and out of loyalty flow other great qualities." - Charles "Tremendous" Jones

"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." - Michael Jordan

"If you know what to do to reach your goal, it's not a big enough goal." - Bob Proctor

"Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned." - Peter Marshall

"I have never been a millionaire. But I have enjoyed a crackling fire, a glorious sunset, a walk with a friend and a hug from a child. There are plenty of life's tiny delights for all of us." - Jack Anthony

"Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em, 'certainly I can!' - and get busy and find out how to do it." - Theodore Roosevelt

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.


HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1- Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her.

2- Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3- Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

4- Enjoy the simple things.

5- Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6- The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7- Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8- Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9- Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is.

10- Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

"We were not created to be eaten by anxiety, but to walk erect, free, unafraid in a world where there is work to do, truth to seek, love to give and win." - Joseph Ford Newton

"If you want to go somewhere, it is best to find someone who has already been there." - Robert Kiyosaki