When one door of happiness closes, another opens
But often we look so long at the closed door
That we do not see the one which has been opened for us
Helen Keller

Our real blessings often appear to us
In the shapes of pains losses and disappointments
But let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures
Joseph Addison

Learn to listen
Opportunity could be knocking at your door very softly
Frank Tyger

Sometimes our light goes out
But is blown into flame by another human being
Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light
Albert Schweitzer

The future depends on what we do in the present.
Mahatma Gandhi

Happiness is not having what you want
But wanting what you have
Rabbi H. Schachtel

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart
And can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words
Anonymous

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
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross

In three words
I can sum up everything I've learned about life
It goes on
Robert Frost

Take each day as you find it
If things go wrong, don't mind it
For each day leaves behind it
A chance to start anew
Gertrude Ellgas

The best and most beautiful things in the world
cannot be seen or even touched
They must be felt with the heart
Helen Keller

Shoot for the moon
Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars
Les Brown

You can complain because roses have thorns
Or you can rejoice because thorns have roses
ZIGGY

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow
You gotta be willing to put up with the rain
Dolly Parton

Don’t get your knickers in a knot
Nothing is solved and it just makes you walk funny
Kathryn Carpenter

So many gods, so many creeds
So many paths that wind and wind
While just the art of being kind
is all the sad world needs
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

People facing death
Don't think about what degrees they have earned
What positions they have held
Or how much wealth they have accumulated
At the end, what really matters
And is a good measure of a past life
Is who you loved and who loved you
The circle of love is everything
Unknown

1. Don’t sweat the small stuff
2. It’s all small stuff
Richard Carlson, Ph.D

A hundred years from now it will not matter
What my bank account was
The sort of house I lived in
Or the kind of car I drove
But the world may be different
Because I was important in the life of a child
Kathy Davis

If I could reach up and hold a star
For every time you've made me smile
The entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand
Author Unknown