Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.

Lord, when my spirit shall return to thee, At the foot of a friendly tree let my body be buried, That this dust may rise and rejoice among the branches.

We measure success by accumulation. The measure is false. The true measure is appreciation. He who loves most has most.

Oh, it's home again and home again, America for me! I want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea To the blessed land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars, Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.

The shadow by my finger cast Divides the future from the past: Before it, sleeps the unborn hour, In darkness, and beyond thy power. Behind its unreturning line, The vanished hour, no longer thine: One hour alone is in thy hands,- The NOW on which the shadow stands.

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death to belong to someone else. But what you are will be yours forever.