
"Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires." -Francois de La Rochefoucauld

"If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced." -Vincent Van Gogh

"An optimist expects his dreams to come true. A pessimist expects his nightmares to come true. " -Unknown

"The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made." -Jean Giraudoux

"Old age is the verdict of life." -Amelia Barr

"Don't rely on our knowledge of what's best for your future. We do know, but it can't be best until you know it." -Ayn Rand

"Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly." -Francis Bacon

"Except and expect positive things, and that is what you will receive. " -Lori Hard

"You must have long-term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-term failures. " -Charles C. Noble

"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." -Thomas Jefferson