The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. Lao Tzu

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Epicurus

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be. Kurt Vonnegut

There is nothing impossible to him who will try. Alexander the Great

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. Marcus Tullius Cicero