A Few Gems

You see things and say "Why?"
But I dream things that never were and say "Why Not?"
~ George Bernard Shaw


When you come to the edge of all the light you know, and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: there will be something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.

~ Barbara J. Winter


Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it's the only thing that ever has.

~ Margaret Mead


Every morning I awaken torn between the desire to save the world and the inclination to savor it.

~ E.B. White


Those who dream by night, in the dusty recesses of their minds
wake in the day to find that all was vanity,
but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men,
for they may act their dream with open eyes and make it possible.

~ T. E. Lawrence


A thousand mile journey begins with one step. ~ Lau Tze


Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end. ~ Unknown


My desire for knowledge is intermittent; but my desire to commune with the spirit of the universe, to be intoxicated with the fumes, call it, of that divine nectar, to bear my head through atmospheres and over heights unknown to my feet, is perennial and constant.

~ Henry David Thoreau


Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


Perfect sincerity and transparency make a great part of beauty, as in dewdrops, lakes, and diamonds.

~ Henry David Thoreau


A Laugh is a Smile that Bursts

Mary H. Waldrip


What lies behind us and lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place ~ Ice T


To laugh often and love much, to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one's self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - this is to have succeeded.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

~ Dr. Seuss


I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited, but imagination encircles the world.

~ Albert Einstein


The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty and Truth.

~ Albert Einstein


We dance round in a ring and suppose,
But the Secret sits in the middle and knows.

~ Robert Frost


When I look outward into infinity I look inward into the smallest particle of being and I see that they are one.

~ Indy


The Oasis of the Heart can never be reached by the Caravan of Thoughts ~ Unknown


Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbour.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.

~ Mark Twain


Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

~ Dr. Seuss