'Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
It turns what we have into enough, and more.
It turns denial into acceptance,
Chaos to order, confusion to clarity.
It can turn a meal into a feast,
a house into home, a stranger into a friend'

- Melody Beattie

'If I discover within myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world'

- C.S. Lewis

'Say what you want to say when you have the feeling and the chance. My deepest regrets are things I did not do, the opportunities missed and the things unsaid'

- Jim Keller

'It is better to learn early of the inevitable depths, for then sorrow and death take their proper place in life, and one is not affraid'

- Pearl S Buck

'There is a time for departure when there is no place to go!'

- Tennessee Williams

'Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced'

- James Baldwin

'Though no one can go back and make a brand-new start, anyone can start now and make a brand-new ending'

- Carl Bard

'A ship is safe in the harbor,
but that's not what ships are for'

- William Shedd

'This is your life
Are you who you want to be?

- Switchfoot

'We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of treasures'

- Thornton Wilder

'The difference between school and life?
In school, you're taught a lesson
and then given a test.
In life, you're given a test that
teaches you a lesson.

- Tom Bodett

'How does one become a butterfly?...
You must want to fly so much
that you are willing to give up
being a caterpiller.

- Trina Paulus

'Make room for that which is capable of rejoicing, enlarging, or calming the heart'

- Gerhardt Tersteegen

'Happiness is not a goal;' it is a by-product'

- Eleanor Roosevelt