78/365 - Luck in Life (Mother Teresa)

“God made the world for the delight of human beings-- 

if we could see His goodness everywhere,

 His concern for us, 

His awareness of our needs: 

the phone call we've waited for,

 the ride we are offered,

 the letter in the mail, 

just the little things He does for us throughout the day.

 As we remember and notice His love for us, 

we just begin to fall in love with Him 

because He is so busy with us --

 you just can't resist Him. 

I believe there's no such thing as luck in life, 

it's God's love, it's His.”

  - Mother Teresa

(A Simple Path: Mother Teresa)

77/365 - The Price of Greatness (Winston Churchill)

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”
 

- Winston Churchill

76/365 - To live on top of the Mountain (Andy Rooney)

“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain,

 but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.”
 

- Andy Rooney

75/365 - When the People (Thomas Jefferson)

“When the people fear the government 

there is tyranny, 

when the government fears the people 

there is liberty.”

  - Thomas Jefferson

74/365 - My Apple Tree (Martin Luther King Jr.)

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces,

 I would still plant my apple tree.”

  - Martin Luther King Jr.

73/365 - Grab on with Both Hands (Christine Feehan)

“Life gives us choices. 

You either grab on with both hands

 and just go for it,

 or you sit on the sidelines.”

  - Christine Feehan

(Night Game)

72/365 - Your Reality (George Lucas)

“Always remember, 

your focus determines your reality.”

- George Lucas

71/365 - Little Cost in the Giving ( F. Scott Fitzgerald)

“It was only a sunny smile,

and little it cost in the giving, 

but like morning light it scattered the night

 and made the day worth living.”

  - F. Scott Fitzgerald

70/365 - A Minute to say Hello (Anurag Gupta)

“It takes a minute to say hello

 and forever to say goodbye.”

  - Anurag Gupta

69/365 - With the New Day (Eleanor Roosevelt)

“With the new day

 comes new strength and new thoughts.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

68/365 - The only cure for loneliness (Mother Teresa)

“The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy;

 it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for.

 We can cure physical diseases with medicine, 

but the only cure for loneliness, 

despair, and hopelessness

  is love.

 There are many in the world who are dying

 for a piece of bread 

but there are many more dying for a little love.

 The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty -

 it is not only a poverty of loneliness

 but also of spirituality. 

There's a hunger for love,

 as there is a hunger for God.”

- Mother Teresa

 (A Simple Path: Mother Teresa)

67/365 - Power over your mind (Marcus Aurelius)

“You have power over your mind - 

not outside events. 

Realize this, and you will find strength.”

  - Marcus Aurelius

66/365 - The Race (Garth Stein)

“There is no dishonor in losing the race.

There is only dishonor in not racing

 because you are afraid to lose.”

  - Garth Stein

(The Art of Racing in the Rain)

65/365 - The Beauty of the Earth (Rachel Carson)

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth 

find reserves of strength 

 that will endure as long as life lasts. 

There is something infinitely healing

in the repeated refrains of nature -- 

the assurance that dawn comes after night, 

and spring after winter.”

  - Rachel Carson

(Silent Spring)

64/365 - Loyalty to who I am (Jarod Kintz)

“Just because I liked something at one point in time

 doesn’t mean I’ll always like it, 

or that I have to go on liking it at all points in time 

as an unthinking act of loyalty to who I am as a person, 

based solely on who I was as a person.

 To be loyal to myself

 is to allow myself to grow and change, 

and challenge who I am and what I think.

 The only thing I am for sure is unsure, 

and this means I’m growing, 

and not stagnant or shrinking. 
”

  - Jarod Kintz

63/365 - Tomorrow will be better (Morgan Matson)

“Tomorrow will be better.”

“But what if it’s not?” I asked.

“Then you say it again tomorrow. 

Because it might be. 

You never know, right? 

At some point, tomorrow will be better.”

  - Morgan Matson

(Amy and Roger's Epic Detour)

62/365 - A Little bit of Summer (Henry David Thoreau)

“One must maintain a little bit of summer, 

even in the middle of winter.”

  - Henry David Thoreau

61/365 - Into a Golden Haze (Elinor Glyn)

“Romance is the glamour

 which turns the dust of everyday life

 into a golden haze. ”
 

- Elinor Glyn

60/365 - A Single Heart (Mahatma Gandhi)

“To give pleasure to a single heart 

by a single act

 is better than a thousand heads 

bowing in prayer.”

- Mahatma Gandhi

59/365 - Absence of Judgment (Dalai Lama XIV)

“Love is the absence of judgment.”

  - Dalai Lama XIV

58/365 - There are years (Zora Neale Hurston)

“There are years that ask questions

 and years that answer.”

  - Zora Neale Hurston

(Their Eyes Were Watching God)

57/365 - The things you do for yourself (Kalu Kalu)

“The things you do for yourself 

are gone when you are gone,

but the things you do for others 

remain as your legacy.”

  - Kalu Kalu

56/365 - Who you are (Thomas Jefferson)

“Do you want to know who you are? 

Don't ask.

 Act! 

Action will delineate and define you.”

  - Thomas Jefferson

55/365 - The Most important of all the Virtues (Maya Angelou)

“Courage: 

the most important of all the virtues

because without courage, 

you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”

  - Maya Angelou

54/365 - What you do (Jane Goodall)

“What you do makes a difference, 

and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
 

- Jane Goodall

53/365 - When we love (Paulo Coelho)

“When we love, 

we always strive to become better than we are. 

When we strive to become better than we are, 

everything around us becomes better too.”

- Paulo Coelho

(The Alchemist)

52/365 - The Unexamined Life (Socrates)

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
 

- Socrates

51/365 - What's meant to be (Trisha Yearwood)

“What's meant to be will always find a way”
 

- Trisha Yearwood

50/365 - I do not fear death (Mark Twain)

“I do not fear death. 

I had been dead for billions and billions of years 

 before I was born,

 and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”

- Mark Twain

49/365 - You is Kind (Kathryn Stockett)

“You is kind. You is smart. You is important.”
 

- Kathryn Stockett

(The Help)