Kathzoofus

"People who describe the glass as half full are not delusional optimists. In fact, they are more based in reality because they are describing a substance that is actually in the glass. They are describing reality as it is. The cynic who describes the glass as half empty is focusing their energy on something that is not actually there." The Art of Possibility, by Rosamund Stone Zander & Benjamin Zander

"Every time you wake up and ask yourself, 'What good things am I going to do today?' remember that, when the sun goes down at sunset, it will take a part of your life with it."

“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.” ~James Heller

"It is not hard to live through a day if you can live through a moment. What creates despair is the imagination, which pretends there is a future, and insists on predicting millions of moments, thousands of days, and so drains you that you cannot live the moment at hand." ~Andre Dubus

"Fairy tales are more than true; not because the tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." ~G.K. Chesterton

"Life loves to be taken by the lapel & told, 'I'm with you, kid.  Let's go!" ~Maya Angelou

"Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine." ~Robert c. Gallagher

"The marksman hitteth the mark partly by pulling, partly by letting go." ~Egyptian Proverb

"Enter tomorrow with no regrets." From a long time friend and confidant (PCB)

"I did it my way." ~Frank Sinatra

"All I can say about life is, oh God, enjoy it!" ~Bob Newhart

“Why are  you unhappy ? Because 99.9 percent of everything  you  think, and of everything  you  do, is for yourself—and there isn't one.” ~Wei Wu Wei

"A fear avoided lingers for eternity.  A fear confronted dies in a second." ~Walt Goodridge

"You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart." ~Thomas J. Watson Sr.

"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." ~Yogi Berra

"The 'if' thinker broods over a difficulty or a setback.  The 'how' thinker wastes no energy on postmortem's when trouble or even disaster hits him. He immediately starts looking for the best solution." ~Norman Vincent Peale

"True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation." ~George Washington

"There are two ways to live your life.  One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." ~Albert Einstein

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult." ~Seneca

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." ~Thomas Jefferson