Inspirations - Friday, December 29, 2017

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

Joan Lunden - Journalist, Author, Television Host

Inspirations - Thursday, December 28, 2017

I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute that passes you have an opportunity to change that.

Gillian Anderson - Actress

Inspirations - Wednesday, December 27, 2017

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best night and day to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle any human being can fight and never stop fighting.

Edward Estlin Cummings - 1894-1962
Poet, Painter, and Author

Inspirations - Tuesday, December 26, 2017

I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.

John F. Kennedy - 1917-1963
35th President of the United States

Inspirations - Friday, December 22, 2017

During 2018 may you stay tuned to the still small voice of your Creator and realize your passion and purpose.  Wishing You and Your Family Joy, Peace and Happiness at Christmas, throughout the Holiday Season, and during the coming year.

Henry & Dianne Ford

Inspirations - Thursday, December 21, 2017

There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.

Ralph Blum - Screenwriter

Inspirations - Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Cry – forgive – learn - move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.

Steve Maraboli - Author and Speaker

Inspirations - Tuesday, December 19, 2017

It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.

Vince Lombardi - 1913-1970
Football Coach

Inspirations - Monday, December 18, 2017

The greatest gift you will ever receive is the gift of loving and believing in yourself. Guard this gift with your life. It is the only thing that will ever truly be yours.

Tiffany Loren Rowe

Inspirations - Friday, December 15, 2017

In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

Albert Schweitzer - 1875-1965
Theologian, Philosopher, and Physician

Inspirations - Thursday, December 14, 2017

Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. Your words are the greatest power you have. The words you choose and their use establish the life you experience.

Sonia Choquette - Author

Inspirations - Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.

Napoleon Hill - 1883-1970
Author of Think and Grow Rich

Inspirations - Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Few people take objectives really seriously. They put average effort into too many things, rather than superior thought and effort into a few important things. People who achieve the most are selective as well as determined.

Richard Koch - Author

Inspirations - Monday, December 11, 2017

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

Khalil Gibran - 1883-1931
Artist, Poet, and Writer

Marion Payne - Birthday Celebration - 2017

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Inspirations - Friday, December 8, 2017

Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.

Grenville Kleiser - 1868-1935, Author

Inspirations - Thursday, December 7, 2017

There’s nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer.

Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle

Inspirations - Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Plato – Philosopher

Inspirations - Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Extend to each person, no matter how trivial the contact, all the care and kindness and understanding and love that you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.

Og Mandino – 1923-1996, Author

Inspirations - Monday, December 4, 2017

"Stand tall, be not afraid, go all the way!"

Connie Atkins

Delivered to graduates of CAAO's Youth Innovation Forum in Cleveland, Ohio - Saturday, 12-2-2017

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Inspirations - Friday, December 1, 2017

Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.

Freeman Clarke – 1810-1888
Theologian and Author