"Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits." - Author Unknown

"Do not get angry because others question what you believe, be calm and loving, for anger is the root of a faulty belief." - Leon Brown

"True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment." - William Penn

"What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books." - Thomas Carlyle

"Watch your thoughts, they become words.  Watch your words, they become actions.  Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.  Watch your character, it becomes your destiny." - Frank Outlaw

"A hug is a wonderful thing. It makes you feel wanted, needed, and loved all at the same time." - Gregory Garcia and Dan Coscino, Raising Hope

"Roses are reddish, Violets are bluish, If it weren't for Christmas, We'd all be Jewish." - Benny Hill

"When the devil reminds you of your past, remind him of his future!" - St. Teresa of Avila

"A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities." - William Arthur Ward

"The most valuable things in life are not measured in monetary terms. The really important things are not houses and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real state, but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy, mercy, love and faith." - Bertrand Russell V. Delong

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." - Charles Schulz

"If an egg is broken by outside force, Life ends. If broken by inside force, Life begins. Great things always begin from inside." - Jim Kwik

"He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter." - Henry Fielding

"Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out." - James Bryant Conant

"Don't count every day of the week; make every day of the week count." - Mark Amend

"It is always right that a man should be able to render a reason for the faith that is within him." - Sydney Smith

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use." - Galileo Galilei

"I do not want to die ... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown." - Kathe Kollwitz

"Never let the demands of tomorrow interfere with the pleasures and excitement of today." - Meredith Willson

"Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle." - Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance." - William Wirt

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort." - Herm Albright

"Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to a good conscience; for health is the second blessing that money cannot buy; therefore value it, and be thankful for it." - Izaak Walton

"Everything in life comes to you as a teacher. Pay attention. Learn quickly." - Cherokee Saying

"Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time." - Steven Wright

"Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities." - Aldous Huxley

"We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery." - H. G. Wells

"A false conclusion once arrived at and widely accepted is not easily dislodged and the less it is understood the more tenaciously it is held." - Georg Cantor

"I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk." - Anthony Robbins

"At least three times every day take a moment and ask yourself what is really important. Have the wisdom and the courage to build your life around your answer." - Lee Jampolsky

"When you get right down to it, what we all need is a place to go... A place where we can escape the noise of our lives and just relax." - Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005