Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

~Epicurus

Cats are a mysterious kind of folk.  There is more passing in their minds than we are aware of.

~Sir Walter Scott

For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

All of us might wish at times that we lived in a more tranquil world, but we don't.  And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.

~Robert Kennedy

Palm frond

Asking is the beginning of receiving.  Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon.  At least take a bucket so the kids won't laugh at you.

~Jim Rohn

Plants give us oxygen for the lungs and for the soul.

~Linda Solegato

You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.

~Vernon Howard

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

~Henry Van Dyke

Great egret

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

~Samuel Butler