The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.

There's nothing like music to relieve the soul and uplift it.

“Another fresh new year is here . . .
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!

This bright new year is given me
To live each day with zest . . .
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!

I have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!”

“Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering 'it will be happier'...”

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

“The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.”
― Cicero

Do all things with love.

“The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.”

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

“It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else's life with perfection.”

“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.

“To receive everything, one must open one’s hands and give.”
― Taisen Deshimaru

“It is very strange that the years teach us patience - that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.”

“A good time occurs precisely when we lose track of what time it is.”

Congratulations and jubilations!

The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results.

“Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt; the comedian draws the laughter. Monetary income is the perfect deceiver of a man's true worth.”