"You can't have a better tomorrow if you're thinking about yesterday."

Charles Kettering
1876-1958, Inventor and Engineer

"My idea of Christmas whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: love others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?"

Bob Hope

"We are here to take care of the children.  The children of the world are our children.  We're here to take care of our home.  The whole planet is our home." 

Marianne Williamson

"With one kind gesture you can change a life. One person at a time you can change the world."

Steve Maraboli
Author, Speaker and Radio Show Host

“What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.” —Lao Tzu

As the Mayan Calendar ends (it's already the 21st in Australia), let it be the beginning of ANew world, a new time where there are more random acts of kindness, there is more generosity, more love and more gratitude... The children of our planet deserve no less...and it's completely in our hands. All we have to do is decide. Please share...

“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.”

Michael Althsuler

 

"The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do."

William Jennings Bryan
1860-1925, Politician

 

"We owe our children—the most vulnerable of citizens in our society—a life free of violence and fear."


Nelson Mandela

 

On this day of great national sadness.... 

"Be the change you want to see in the world.”      Ghandi

"I am grateful for all of my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties."

James Cash Penney
1875-1971, Founder of J.C. Penney Stores

"People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates."

Thomas Szasz, Psychiatrist and Author

 

It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.”
― Kahlil Gibran

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." 

 Maya Angelou

     

“All those hard times, it feels like it goes to show that if you put in the hard work and don’t stop believing, it can happen.”

Bruno Mars in an interview with Lee Cowan on CBS Sunday Morning

"Be present - it is the only moment that matters."

Dan Millman - Author of Way Of The Peaceful Warrior

 

"Happy people build their inner world; unhappy people blame their outer world." 

T Harv Eker

     

"Others can stop you temporarily – you are the only one who can do it permanently." - Zig Ziglar

"If you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think."      

T Harv Eker

     

"There are only two rules for being successful; one, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it. "

Mario Cuomo

     

“We spend most of our lives cutting down our ambitions because the world has told us to think small. Dreams express what your soul is telling you, so as crazy as your dream might seem—even to you—I don’t care: You have to let that out.”

Madhin— Eleni Gabre-Madhin