"A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before the change." Earl Nightingale

"Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open." Rose Wilder Lane

"Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need." Kahlil Gibran

"You're never too old to become younger." Mae West

"Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself." Rabbi Abraham Heschel

"Youth fades; love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all." Oliver Wendell Holmes

"To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others." Anne-Sophie Swetchine