If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Listen to the salutation of the dawn, look well to this day. For it is life, the very life of life. In its brief span lie all the verities and realities of your existence, the bliss of growth, the glory of action, the splendour of achievement. For yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well lived makes of every yesterday a memory of happiness. And of every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day for it is life. This is the salutation of the dawn. “

-Sanskrit Prayer

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

— Donald A. Adams

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“The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been before.” NN

“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful, lest you let other people spend it for you.” —Carl Sandburg

“Time is a finite resource, and we all place infinite demands on it. I view time as an opportunity, as a chance to make choices about how I spend that resource—because it is our choice. And that’s something people often forget.” —Maggie Wilderotter

“Time never stops to rest, never hesitates, never looks forward or backward. Life’s raw material spends itself now, this moment—which is why how you spend your time is far more important than all the material possessions you may own or positions you may attain.” —Denis Waitley

“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them, and their value will never be known. Improve them, and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson