Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can.
DANNYKAYE(1913–1987)
Entertainer

Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.
CHRISTOPHER REEVE
Actor

It’s never too late to be who you might have been.
GEORGE ELIOT(1819–1880)
Writer

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
PLATO(c. 427–347 B.C.)
Philosopher and educator

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the
really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
MARKTWAIN(1835–1910)
Humorist and writer

Character is doing what’s right when nobody’s looking.
J. C. WATTS, JR.
Politician

I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.
FRANCESWILLARD(1839–1898)
Educator


TENDING THE LAWN “THEGRASS IS NOT, INFACT, ALWAYSGREENER
on the other side of the fence,” writes
Robert Fulghum in It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It (Villard Books).
“Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing
over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be.”
A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a life’s experience.
OLIVER WENDELLHOLMES(1809–1894)
Physician and writer

Don’t cry because it’s over— smile because it happened.
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.
ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN(1887–1982)
Musician

A SWEET LESSON IN HUMANITY
YEARS AGO, A 10-YEAR-OLD BOY APPROACHED
the counter of a soda shop and climbed on to a stool. “What does an ice cream sundae
cost?” he asked the waitress. “Fifty cents,” she answered. The youngster reached deep in his pockets and pulled out an assortment of change, counting it carefully as the waitress grew impatient. She had “bigger” customers to wait on. “Well, how much would just plain ice cream
be?” the boy asked. The waitress responded with noticeable irritation in her voice, “Thirty-five cents.” Again, the boy slowly counted his money. “May I have some plain ice cream in a dish
then, please?” He gave the waitress the correct amount, and she brought him the ice cream. Later, the waitress returned to clear the boy’s dish and when she picked it up, she felt a
lump in her throat. There on the counter the boy had left two nickels and five pennies. She
realized that he had had enough money for the sundae, but sacrificed it so that he could leave
her a tip.
The moral: Before passing judgment, first treat others with courtesy, dignity, and respect.
Adapted from A Lifetime of Success
PAT WILLIAMS
Fleming H. Revell

MAKE YOUR MARK COUNT
A child’s life is like a piece of paper on which
every person leaves a mark.
CHINESE PROVERB

Three things in human life are important: The
first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And
the third is to be kind.
HENRY JAMES(1843–1916)
Writer

The game of life is the game of boomerangs.
Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us
sooner or later, with astounding accuracy.
FLORENCE SHINN(1871–1940)
Writer

When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won’t come up with a hand-
ful of mud either.
LEO BURNETT(1891–1971)
Advertising executive

You take people as far as they will go, not as far
as you would like them to go.
JEANET TERANKIN(1880–1973)
Pacifist and politician

I’ve always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up.
BEVERLY SILLS
Opera singer

Help others get ahead. You will always stand
taller with someone else on your shoulders.
BOB MOAWAD
Business leader

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.
NIKKI GIOVANNI
Poet