"Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man." - Benjamin Franklin

"He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much." - Bessie A. Stanley

"The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails." - John Maxwell

"The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a building filled with archaic furniture. Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it." - Dee Hock

"In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it 'Christmas' and went to church; the Jews called it 'Hanukkah' and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say 'Merry Christmas!' or 'Happy Hanukkah!' or (to the atheists) 'Look out for the wall!'" - Dave Barry

"Christmas is forever, not for just one day. For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away. Like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf. The good you do for others is good you do yourself." - Norman Wesley Brooks

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given,
and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace" - Isaiah 9:6

"What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace." - Agnes M. Pahro

"Wouldn't life be worth the living, Wouldn't dreams be coming true, If we kept the Christmas spirit, All the whole year through?" - Anonymous

"When you haven't forgiven those who've hurt you, you turn back against your future. When you do forgive, you start walking forward." - Tyler Perry

“The future lies before you, like paths of pure white snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show.” - Anonymous

"When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things -- not the great occasions -- that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness." - Bob Hope

"A snowflake is one of God's most fragile creations, but look what they can do when they stick together!" - Anonymous

"Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought." - Henri Bergson

"If grass can grow through cement, love can find you at every time in your life." - Cher

"Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don't wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom." - Earl Shoaf

"A sailor without a destination cannot hope for a favorable wind." - Leon Tec, M.D.

"Do not believe that he who seeks to comfort you lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life has much difficulty. Were it otherwise he would never have been able to find those words." - Rainer Maria Rilke

"Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.” - Eileen Caddy

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present." - Babatunde Olatunji

"There are those who work all day. Those who dream all day. And those who spend an hour dreaming before setting to work to fulfill those dreams. Go into the third category because there's virtually no competition." - Steven J Ross

"The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves." - Oscar Arias Sanchez

"The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway." - Kent M. Keith

"Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else does and thinking something different." - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

"Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be." - Lakshmi Mittal

“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” - John Ruskin

"The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?" - J. B. (John Boynton) Priestley

"We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people." - Arthur Schopenhauer

"Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization." - Charles Lindbergh

"Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught." - J.C. Watts

"No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently." - Agnes de Mille

"The idea of perfect closes your mind to new standards.. When you drive hard toward one ideal, you miss opportunities and paths, not to mention hurting your confidence. Believe in your potential and then go out and explore it; don't limit it." - John Eliot