as resilient as the human spirit

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Bern Williams - "Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit."

The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain. Kahlil Gibran

Castle Stalker on an island in Loch Linnhe, Scottish Highlands, Scotland

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage- Benjamin Disraeli

The great secret of success in life is for a man to be ready when his opportunity comes- Benjamin Disraeli



Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone. -Mohandas Gandhi


The time to be happy is now; the place to be happy is here." Robert G. Ingersoll

Happiness never decreases by being shared. — Buddha

"The grinding of the intellect is for most people as painful as the dentist's drill." - Leonard Woolf

What comes with ease goes with ease - Arabian Proberb

Sickness comes on horseback and departs on foot- Dutch Proverb

Health is better than wealth - English Proverb

There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind - Napoleon Bonaparte



I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.
- Buddha

NASA's Ares 1-X rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
- Mark Twain


“WISE MEN speak because they have something to say - FOOLS... because they have to say something.” ~Plato

"Never GO To BED Mad... STAY UP & fight." ~Phyllis Diller

"LIFE is the art of drawing... without an eraser" ~John Gardner

"Where there is LOVE... there is LIFE" ~Gandhi

"A man who is a Master of PATIENCE... is Master of Everything Else" ~George Savile

"Build UP your weaknesses... until they become your STRONG points" ~Knute Rockne

"KIND WORDS can be short and easy to speak... but their echoes are truly endless" ~Mother Teresa

The Olympic Rings are carried on barge along the Vancouver, British Columbia waterfront to their permanent mooring November 4, 2009

“If I am DREAMING let me never awake... If I am AWAKE let me never sleep.” ~Chinese Proverb

Torchbearer Tanner Cook is silhouetted as he holds the Olympic flame following a blessing ceremony in Lac La Ronge, Saskatchewan, on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009

“FAITH is an oasis in the heart... which can never be reached by the caravan of thinking” ~Kahlil Gibran

Two men look out through the same bars One sees the mud and one the stars. -Frederick Langbridge

A truly moral life requires a great deal of luck. – Tracey Ullman

Berlin's famous boulevard 'Unter den Linden'

CHILDREN... are the reward of life" ~African Proverb

"Build UP your weaknesses... until they become your STRONG points" ~Knute Rockne

Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star. -Confucius

"You live your life today, Not tomorrow, and certainly not yesterday." — John Grisham

Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed. -George Burns

Tough times never last, but tough people do. ~ Dr. Robert Schuller

The proper function of man is to live – not to exist. -Jack London

Waiting for perfect is never as smart as making progress. -Seth Godin

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.-Plato

Wilder Kaiser, part of the Kitzbueheler Alps

“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau


“Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller

"Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it." ~ Eileen

"Courage is like a muscle. We strengthen it with use." – Ruth Gordon

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. ~Roy L. Smith


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"A leader is a dealer in hope." ~ Napoleon

"Finding a way to live the simple life today is man's most complicated task."
-Henry A. Courtney


Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into - Mahatma Gandhi

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give - Winston Churchill

Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it - English proverb

Big thinking precedes great achievement - Wilferd Peterson

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge - Thomas Carlyle

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