Pages Worth Remembering

It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful? -

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. - Abraham Lincoln

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

Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. - John Keats

Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare. - Japanese Proverb

One does not play Bach without having done scales. But neither does one play a scale merely for the sake of the scale. - Simone Weil

Happiness, like unhappiness is a proactive choice. - Stephen Covey

Instinct is a marvellous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored. - Agatha Christie

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. - Dalai Lama

I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. - Lewis Carroll

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. - Sigmund Freud

When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them. - Evelyn Waugh

Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions. - Edgar Cayce

The opportunity is often lost by deliberating. - Publilius Syrus

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine. - Fritz Perls

Education is not the filling of a pail, but rather the lighting of a fire.- W.B Yeats