threads to live by

nuggets of insight about life

There is no wealth but life. John Ruskin		Chance favors only the prepared mind. Louis Pasteur
Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. William Yeats		Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently. Henry Ford
Want a good body? Work at it. Want to be a success? Work at it. Want to be truly exceptional? Be a touch insane; you need a little insanity to do great things. Henry Rollins		The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny things compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson		To handle yourself use your head. To handle others use your heart. Eleanor Roosevelt
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci		We must become the change we want to see. Mahatma Gandhi