One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.    Sidney Howard

Silence is the fabric upon which the notes are woven.   Lawrence Duncan

Society comprises two classes:  those who have more food than appetite, and those who have more appetite than food.   Sébastien-Roch Nicholas de Chamfort

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Any man can be a father.  It takes someone special to be a dad.  Author Unknown on Father’s Day

The most difficult part of attaining perfection is finding something to do for an encore.  Author Unknown

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.   Martin Luther

One may go a long way after one is tired. 

French Proverb

If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag.

Author Unknown

June 12 - Independence Day

Sadness flies on the wings of the morning and out of the heart of darkness comes the light.

Jean Giraudoux

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

Victor Hugo

God loved the birds and invented trees.  Man loved the birds and invented cages. 

Jacques Deval, Afin de vivre bel et bien

Work isn’t to make money; you work to justify life.

Marc Chaggal

Beauty without colour seems somehow to belong to another world.

Murasaki Shikibu

Tired?