FIRST CHAPTER

God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do. -Regina Brett.

I'm working for the Lord, and even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is. -George Foreman

"Thinking too well of people often allows them to be better than they otherwise would." - Nelson Mandela

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. -Leonardo Da Vinci

I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. -Michael Jordan.

The time is always right to do what is right. - Martin Luther King Jr

Be happy in the moment, that's enough. Each moment is all we need, not more. - Mother Teresa

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. -Steve Jobs

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. -Babe Ruth

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't. -Jerry Rice (football professional)

At one point in your life you either have the things you want or the reasons why you don’t. -Andy Roddick (professional tennis player)

People of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. - Leonardo da Vinci.

When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they will remember and are kind to someone else, and it will become like a wildfire. -Whoopi Goldber

Before I had my child, I thought I knew all the boundaries of myself, that I understood the limits of my heart. It's extraordinary to have all those limits thrown out, to realize your love is inexhaustible. - Uma Thurman

Better to remain silent and be considered as a fool that to speak and remove all doubt. -English proverb.

Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. -Barbra Johnson

I always wondered why somebody didn’t do something about that, then I realized
I was somebody.
~ Lily Tomlin

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity." - Og Mandino

"Goodness is the only investment that never fails." - Henry David Thoreau

Never, never, never give up." - Winston Churchill

Tough times never last, but tough people do." - Dr. Robert Schuller

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

"Once you choose hope, anything's possible." - Christopher Reeve

"Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough." - Robert Heller

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein

"Love without action is meaningless and action without love is irrelevant." - Deepak Chopra

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. ~ William James

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times" Aeschylus

"The longer we dwell on our misfortunes the greater is their power to harm us." – Voltaire

"Progress is impossible without change and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." - George Bernard

"Live your life and forget your age." - Norman Vincent Peale

So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you. ~ Seneca

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing. ~ Seneca

I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him. ~ Saint Augustine.

When you choose to forgive those who have hurt you, you take away their power.

Only the dead have seen the end of the war. ~ Plato

It is the nature of every person to err, but only the fool perseveres in error. ~ Cicero

"Everyday, give yourself a good mental shampoo." - Dr. Sara Jordan

"Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards. "Benjamin Franklin

La paciencia es el punto en que el amor se une con la sabiduria. Mi abuela sabia.

El hombre no posee el poder de crear vida. No posee tampoco, por consiguiente, el derecho a destruirla. Mahatma Gandhi

Si la razón hace al hombre, el sentimiento lo conduce. Jean Jacques Rousseau

El individuo que reconoce su insensatez es un sabio, pero un insensato que se cree sabio es, en verdad, un insensato.   Buda

Considero más valiente al que conquista sus deseos que al que conquista a sus enemigos,ya que la victoria mas dura es la victoria sobre uno mismo. Aristoteles

Servir es la renta que pagamos por el privilegio de vivir en esta tierra. Mi abuela sabia

Y ahora..... para reír un poco..............

No te preocupes si ves a tu ex con alguien nuevo. Tus padres te enseñaron a dar tus juguetes viejos a los menos afortunados. Mi abuela sabia