“Your mission in life is to determine what you believe--not to accept what someone else tells you to believe.”

“The day after two feet of snow paralyzed the eastern part of the United States, the sun shone brightly from clear blue skies and it was as if nothing had ever happened – except for the deep snow that still covered the ground.Peggy Toney Horton wrote:“This beautiful sunny afternoon reminds me of a child who misbehaved and then looked at his mother with wide eyes and declared, ‘I didn't do it!”

“Remember sixteen - when all the world was new and your life stretched out before you like fresh snow waiting for your footprints?”

“Remember sixteen – when all the world was new and a lifetime stretched before you like fresh snow just waiting for your footprints?”

“Remember sixteen - when all the world was new and your life stretched before you like fresh snow waiting for your footprints.”

“Life is like music on a scale, moving up and down. When your life is over, you have written your song.”

“Each New Year, we have before us a brand new book containing 365 blank pages. Let us fill them with all the forgotten things from last year—the words we forgot to say, the love we forgot to show, and the charity we forgot to offer.”

“My mother’s laughter was infectious - like a cheerful tune that lingers in your mind for the rest of the day.”

“What could be more exciting than an October day? It's your birthday, Fourth of July and Christmas all rolled into one.”

“At Christmastime, whenever I feel overwhelmed and a little out of sorts, all I have to do is think of my father and the things he'd be doing if he were here – and I smile.”

“Your mission in life is to determine what you believe--not to accept what someone else tells you to believe.”