Inspiration

You can't force inspiration.

It's like trying to catch a butterfly with a hoop,

but no net.

If you keep your mind open and receptive,

though, one day a butterfly will land on your finger.

When that happens, don't put a pin through it - write about it and draw it.

-- Chuck Jones
(contributed by Elaine Tan)

Equal Chance to Excel

You should remember that though another may have

more money, beauty, and brains than you,

yet when it comes to the rarer spiritual values

such as charity, self-sacrifice, honor, nobility of heart,

you have an equal chance with everyone to be

the most beloved and honored of all people.

-- Archibald Rutledge

The Gift

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness;

to an opponent, tolerance;

to a friend, your heart;

to your child, a good example;

to a father, deference;

to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you;

to yourself, respect;

to all men, charity.

-- Francis M. Balfour

A Question to Ask

The question for each man to settle

is not what he would do

if he had means, time, influence and educational advantages,

but what he will do with the things he has.

-- Hamilton Wright Mabie

Somebody

Somebody did a golden deed;

Somebody proved a friend in need;

Somebody sang a beautiful song;

Somebody smiled the whole day long;

Was that "somebody" you?

How to Measure Success

Success is to be measured not so much by the position

that one has reached in life as by

the obstacles which he has overcome

while trying to succeed.

-- Booker T. Washington

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