Quotes & Sayings

I found the following quotes in a book and a magazine at my Mom's house:

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

It's not what you look at that matters it's what you see.
-Henry David Thoreau

Peace begins with a smile. -Mother Theresa

Life is a beautiful gift adorned with ribbons of love, joy and laughter.

Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love. -Socrates

Somehow not only for Christmas, but all the year through, the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you.
-John Greenleaf Whittier

A well spent day brings happy sleep.
-Leonardo Di Vinci

Happiness lies in the joy of each achievement and the thrill of creative effort. -Franklin Delano Roosevelt

May the spirit of giving go on through the year, bringing love, laughter, hope, and good cheer. -Norma Woodbridge

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
-J.R.R. Tolkien

Never cut what can be united.

Think big thoughts but cherish small treasures.

One thing you can give and still keep is your word.

To stay youthful stay useful.