May 31st
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
- Joseph Addison
May 30th
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.
- Arthur Schopenhauer, STUDIES IN PESSIMISM
May 29th
With each passing day, I didn't lose hope. I fought to have more.
- Amy Tan, THE HUNDRED SECRET SENSES
May 28th
Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
May 27th
“You must never feel badly about making mistakes," explained Reason quietly, "as long as you take the trouble to learn from them. For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons."
- Norton Juster, THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH
May 26th
It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.
- Franklin P. Jones
May 25th
Some people grumble because roses have thorns; I am thankful that the thorns have roses.
- Alphonse Karr
May 24th
It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.
- Eric Hoffer
May 23rd
One thing we know for sure is that change is certain, progress is not.
- Hillary Clinton
May 22nd
There is no such thing as a weird human being, It's just that some people require more understanding than others.
- Tom Robbins
May 21st
A goal without a plan is just a wish.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
May 20th
All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough.
- Anna Quindlen, A SHORT GUIDE TO A HAPPY LIFE
May 19th
Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.
- Tom Stoppard
May 18th
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
- William Arthur Ward
May 17th
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
- Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, Act III
May 16th
A man can’t be always defending the truth; there must be a time for him to feed on it.
- C. S. Lewis
May 15th
Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.
- Emily Post
May 14th
History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose.
- John le Carré
May 13th
Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.
- Lisa Alther
May 12th
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.
- Charles M. Schulz
May 11th
Life itself is the most wonderful fairytale of all.
- Hans Christian Andersen
May 10th
There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it.
- Edith Wharton
May 9th
Before I can live with other folks, I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
- Harper Lee, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
May 8th
If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.
- Maria Edgeworth
May 7th
Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others.
- Jonathan Winters
May 6th
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
- T.S. Elliot
May 5th
A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
- Rita Mae Brown, STARTING FROM SCRATCH
May 4th
Frugality without creativity is deprivation.
- Amy Dacyczyn
May 3rd
Shared laughter creates a bond of friendships. When people laugh together, they cease to be young and old, teacher and pupils, worker and boss. They become a single group of human beings.
- W. Lee Grant
May 2nd
Someone's boring me. I think it's me.
- Dylan Thomas
May 1st
Never let the demands of tomorrow interfere with the pleasures and excitement of today.
- Meredith Willson, The Music Man
