Quotes to Live On

"People universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck or something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather. That's not how happiness works. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it"

"You sing when you can no longer speak, you dance when you can no longer walk" - Old theatre adage, speaker unknown

"Be prompt, persistent, and perfect. Everyone's born with two legs, and being a good dancer isn't good enough!"  - Gene Kelly & the girls, from Les Girls (1953)

“I would rather my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time!” - Jack London

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” - Benjamin Franklin

"Optimism sees the opportunity in every difficulty"

 "Be the change you wish to see in the world" - Mahatma Gandhi

 "Go out in the world and do well, but more importantly, go out in the world and do good" - Kathy Hochul's mother (of special election Democratic rep candidate and winner 2011, NY)

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, then they make them." 

- George Bernard Shaw 

"If you keep your mind from judging and aren't led by the senses, your heart will find peace." -  from Lao Tzu

"The sage is full of anxiety and indecision in undertaking anything, and so he is always successful" - Lao Tzu

"If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance"