Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
-- Susan Ertz

The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!'
-- John F. Kennedy

Diplomacy is the art of knowing what not to say.
-- Matthew Trump, in Mother Earth News

You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
-- Mark Twain

Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart, don't know how to laugh either.
-- Golda Meir

Honest criticism is hard to take - especially when it comes from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.
-- Franklin P. Jones

You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an inner exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world.
-- Sheila Graham