Happiness is a mirror that reflects only our true self.

The angels bloom in the sunshine of our love,

We can hear our angel's voices through the window of our imaginations and the open door of our hearts.

Smile; its the SECOND best thing one can do with one's lips.
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A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
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The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
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The words are sweet, but the deeds are bitter.

Love is that little strip of light we can still see on the horizon when the world is very dark.

The truth shall set you free, and lies will keep you captive.

People are more important than things.

It is difficulties that show what men are.
- Epictetus

The more we know, the better we forgive.
-Madame de Stael

Many people will walk in and out of your life,
but only true friends will leave footprints on your heart.

To handle yourself, use your head;
To handle others, use your heart.

Anger is only one letter short of danger.

Hardening of the heart ages people faster than hardening of the arteries.
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When you rationalize, you do just that. You make rational lies.
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Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.
Oliver Wendall Holmes

Honest hearts produce honest actions.
Brigham Young

Hold life in the palm of your hand, and love and happiness will surrond you.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. The journey to the soul begins with one heart.

Free will is a camel that brings the water of hope to the desert of fear.

Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams.

Look back only when you can find something to help push you ahead.

Positive thoughts and pleasant apperances makes for happier people in the outcome of life.
- L.Leonard

Rule number one is don't sweat the small stuff. Rule number two is that it is all small stuff. And if you can't flight, and you can't flee, flow.
- Robert S. Elliot

When an emotional injury takes place,
The body begins a process
as natural as the healing
of a physical wound.

Let the process happen.
Trust that nature
will do the healing.

Know that the pain will pass,
and, when it passes,
you will be stronger,
Happier, more sensitive and aware.
-Mel Colgrove

After a While

After a while you learn the subtle difference between
holding a hand, and chaining a soul,
And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning and
company doesn't mean security,
And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts
and presents aren't promises,
And you begin to accept your defeats with your head
up and your eyes open, with the grace of an adult,
not the grief of a child,
And you learn to build all your roads on today
because towmorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans.
After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if
you get too much.
So plant your own garden and decorate your own soul,
instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure...
That you really are strong
And you really do have worth
- Veronica A. Shoffstall

Dare to dream

Let nothing hold you back from
exploring your wildest fantasies,
Don't be afraid to dream big 
and to follow your dreams 
wherever they may lead you. 
Open your eyes to their beauty; 
Open your mind to their magic; 
open your heart to their 
possibilities. 

Dare to dream.
Whether they are in color
or in black and white, 
Whether they are big or small, 
easily attainable 
or almost impossible,
look to your dreams, 
and make them become reality. 
Wishes and hopes are nothing 
until you take the first step 
towards making them something! 

Dare to dream, 
because only by dreaming 
will you ever discover 
who you are, what you want, 
and what you can do. 
Don't be afraid to take risks, 
to become involved, 
to make a commitment. 
Do whatever it takes to make 
your dreams come true. 
Always believe in miracles, 
and always believe in you ! 

-Julie  Anne Ford

Myself
I have to live with myself, and so
I want to be fit for myself to know;
I want to be able as days go by
Always to look myself straight in the eye;
I don’t want to stand with the setting sun
And hate myself for things I’ve done.
I don’t want to keep on a closet shelf
A lot of secrets about myself.
And fool myself as I come and go
Into thinking that nobody else will know
The kind of a man I really am;
I don’t want to dress myself up in a sham.
I want to go out with my head erect,
I want to deserve all men’s respect;
But here in the struggle for fame and pelf,
I want to be able to like myself.
I don’t want to think as I come and go
That I’m a bluster and bluff and empty show.
I never can hide myself from me.
I see what others may never see.
I know what others may never know.
I never can fool myself – and so.
Whatever happens, I want to be
Self-respecting and conscience free.

-Edward A. Guest

Kindness in words creates confidence
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness
Kindness in giving creates love.
- Lao-tzu

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
- Plato

You never know what happiness a simple act of kindness will bring about.
-Bree Able

If someone betrays you once, its his fault;
If he betrays you twice, its your fault.

Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.

He who loses money, loses much;
He who loses a friend, loses more;
He who loses faith, loses all.

Learn from the mistakes of others.
You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

The tongue weighs practically nothing,
But so few people can hold it.

Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows.
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There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.
Brigham Young

Knowledge is proud that she knows so much;
Wisdom is humble that she knows no more.
Cowper

God gives every bird it's food,
But He does not throw it into it's nest.

Friends, you and me...
you brought me another friend...
and then there were 3...
we started our group...
Our circle of friends...
and like that circle...
there is no beginning or end...

Beautiful young people are acts of nature,
But beautiful old people are works of art.