Each person must live their lives as an example for others (Rosa Parks)
 

Nothing is worth more than this day. Goethe

Love, love will keep us together. - Neil Sedaka (via the Captain and Tennille)


I also vote for a wall of chalk board paint where guests can 'sign in' with their names / art
 

What lies before us
and what lies behind us
Are tiny matters
compared to
What lies within us
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
 

Never go to bed angry or without brushing your teeth...yes, even the molars.
 

Not in
but for
the world

-from an art exhibit on over consumption in Copenhagen.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace!
Where there is hatred...let me sow love.
Where there is injury...pardon.
Where there is doubt...faith.
Where there is despair...hope.
Where there is darknesss, light. Where there is sadness...joy.
-St. Francis
(the first prayer I learned as a wee one)

E=MC2 Energy equals Mass times Velocity of Light, squared. - Einstein
(people often forget that C =Velocity of Light...I think Velocity of Light is elegant on its own)
 

If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride
(from Gabe's Gram)
 

There are no shortcuts to anyplace worth going to.

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In every life there comes a time
when that dream to dream
becomes that thing you do.

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Only those who risk are free.

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Learning is a lifetime journey...
Growing older merely adds experience
to knowledge
and wisdom to curiosity.

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Sometimes you have to break the rules to free your heart.
 

One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade. -Chinese Proverb
 

"Brother and sister, together as friends, ready to face whatever life sends. Joy and laughter or tears and strife, holding hands tightly as we dance through life." Author: Suzie Huitt (Submitted by: Texas Suzie)
 

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
(Henry David Thoreau)

Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions.
(Albert Einstein)
 

"Come and play, everything is A-OK." Sesame Street

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the number of moments that take our breath away" - can't remember who said that.
 

Home is where you can be silent and still be heard.
Where you can ask and find out who you are.
Where people laugh with you about your self.
Where sorrow is divided and joys multiplied.
Where we share in love and grow.


May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.
May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. -Edward Abbey

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. -Dr. Seuss

There are two great days in a person's life--the day we are born and the day we discover why. -William Barklay

Where there is great love there are always miracles. -Willa Cather