Perspective

When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be 

positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. 

It's all a matter of perspective.  

- Harvey Mackay

Truth

There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; 

being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear.  

- Confucius

Life

Let every man search his heart and his life and consider . . . 

how good and gracious God has been.

- Editorial: The Outlook

Forgiveness

It's not an easy journey, to get to a place where you forgive people. 

But it is such a powerful place, because it frees you.

- Tyler Perry

Faith

The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith.  

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Creativity

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, 

but the making something out of it after it is found.

- James Russell Lowell

Tolerance

Tolerance without comprising truth or principles is one of the great needs of the hour.  

- Richard L. Evans

Bridges

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.  - Isaac Newton

Weaknesses

It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failings than to 

point out those of others.

- Jawaharlal Nehru

Aging

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, 

the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. 

When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. 

- Sophia Loren

Clutter

Never again clutter your days or nights with so many menial and unimportant things  

that you have no time to accept a real challenge when it comes along.  

This applies to play as well as work.  A day merely survived is no cause for celebration. 

You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to

 accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine.  

No more busy work. No more hiding from success.  Leave time, leave space, to grow. 

Now.  Now!  Not tomorrow!

- Og Mandino

Failure

There’s no such thing as failure.  It’s either success or an education.  

- Meghan Stettler

Light

People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,

 but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.   

- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

You are Never Alone

No matter what happens or where we are in life God is there for us.  - Liz Felsted

Freedom

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. 

And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.  

- John F. Kennedy

Begin

Do the difficult things while they are easy and

do the great things while they are small. 

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.   

- Los Tzu

Decisions

In making our decisions, we must use the brains God has given us. 

But we must also use our hearts, which He also gave us.  - Fulton Oursler

Family

The safest place and the best protection against the moral and spiritual diseases is a 

stable home and family. This has always been true; it will be true forever.  

 - Boyd K. Packer

Kindness

Be kind to people because everybody you know is engaged in a really tough battle.  

- Maria Shriver

The Past

When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.

 - Bernard Meltzer

Time

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.   - Lee Iacocca

Guidance

Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you’re not willing to move your feet.

Friendship

True friendship isn't about being inseparable,

 its’ being separated and nothing changes. 

Adventure

Library cards are like passports to adventure. 

-Megan Mittleman

Try

No one knows what he can do until he tries.  - Pubilius Syrus

Destiny

We determine our own destiny.  - Susie Carillo

Courage

Success is never found.  Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing.  

- Winston Churchill

Jesus Christ

Pondering the things of the Lord--His word, His teachings, 

His commandments, His life, His love, the gifts He has given us, 

His Atonement for us--brings about a tremendous feeling of gratitude for our Savior. 

- Robert D. Hales