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When I was young and free and my imagination had no limits,
I dreamed of changing the world.
As I grew older and wiser, I discovered the world would not change,
so I shortened my sights somewhat and
decided to change only my country.
But it, too, seemed immovable.

As I grew into my twighlight years,
in one last desperate attempt,
I settled for changing only my family,
those closest to me, but alas,
they would have none of it.
And now as I lie on my deathbed, I suddenly realize:
If I had only changed myself first,
Then by example I would have changed my family.
From their inspiration and encouragement,
I would have been able to better my country and,
who knows,
I may have changed the world.

On the tomb of an Anglican bishop (A.D 1100) among the crypts of Westminster Abbey in London. Unknown author.

^{I’m glad I figured this one out a lot sooner than being on a deathbed! I truly believe in this concept, though.}

Moments for Friends by Robert Strand.

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.” -Dale Carnegie

“A friend is someone with whom you dare to be yourself.” -C. Raymond Beran

“No one is useless in the world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else.” -Charles Dickens

“A friend you have to buy won’t be worth what you pay for him.” -George D. Prentice

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
Henry David Thoreau

“Life is not fair for anybody which makes it fair for everybody.”
Former boss of Ken Futch

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
George Bernard Shaw

“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”
Frederick Koenig

“The better I get, the more I realize how much better I can get.”
Martina Navratilova

“Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

“People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking they can do things. When they believe in themselves, they have the first secret of success.”
Norman Vincent Peale

“There is no such thing as a ‘self-made’ man. We are made up of thousands of others. Everyone who has ever done a kind deed for us, or spoken one word of encouragement to us, has entered into the make-up of our character and of our thoughts, as well as our success.”
George Matthew Adams

Go here to find out where I got all these treasures.

“If you ask the wrong question, you are going to get the wrong answer.” Dr. Gaines S. Dobbins, professor

It really made me think.

“Worry is a misuse of the imagination.”
Source unknown

“We’re surrounded. That simplifies the problem!”
Chesty Puller

“Courage is endurance for one moment more…”
Unknown Marine Second Lieutenant in Vietnam

^{Disclaimer: I got these from different web sites, so I hope they’re correct.}

“If you want to be happy for an evening, buy a bottle of wine; for a week, slaughter a pig; if you want to be happy throughout your life, enjoy your work.”
- Chinese saying

I especially endorse the third section of this quotation.

“Everybody can be great… because anybody can serve.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

By asking for the impossible, we obtain the best possible.
- Italian saying

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it: Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”
- Goethe