Everything is blooming most recklessly. If it were voices instead of colors, 
 there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. 
Rainer Maria Rilke



 Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. 
Morgan Freeman
[Photo: Pilot Chesley B. Sullenberger]



 It's easy to do anything in victory. It's in defeat that a man reveals himself. 
Floyd Patterson



 It is never too late, in fiction or in life, to revise. 
Nancy Thayer



 What do we live for, if not to make the world less difficult for each other? 
George Eliot



 We should come home from adventures, and perils, 
 and discoveries every day with new experience and character. 
Henry David Thoreau



 I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. 
 I want to have lived the width of it as well. 
Diane Ackerman



 Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood ... 
 Make big plans, aim high in hope and work. 
Daniel Burnham



 You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. 
 You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself. 
Diana Ross



 Joy is one of nature's greatest medicines. Joy is always healthy. 
Catherine Ponder