Author: Susan Gibbs

“Well, I believe life is a Zen koan, that is, an unsolvable riddle. But the contemplation of that riddle – even though it cannot be solved – is, in itself, transformative. And if the contemplation is of high enough quality, you can merge with the divine.” Tom Robbins

“Love yourself. It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out.” Jenn Proske

“Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you’re positive, good things happen.” Deep Roy

“I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives.” Nadia Comaneci

“Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough.” Richard M. DeVos

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” Helen Keller

“The hardships that I encountered in the past will help me succeed in the future.” Philip Emeagwali

“No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.” William Blake

“Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” Francis of Assisi

“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.” Pablo Casals

“The most satisfying thing in life is to have been able to give a large part of one’s self to others.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“This world is but a canvas to our imagination.” Henry David Thoreau

“God’s mercy is fresh and new every morning.” Joyce Meyer

“The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.” John Burroughs

“Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.” James Bryant Conant

“Happiness is a direction, not a place.” Sydney J. Harris

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” Sharon Begley

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” Michelangelo

“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.” Tom Stoppard