Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose,

"Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work
hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes
you can grab it."

-- Julie Andrews

Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character

"Strong feelings do not necessarily make a strong character.
The strength of a man is to be measured by the power of the
feelings he subdues not by the power of those which subdue
him."

-- William Carleton

The very best thing you can do for the whole world

"The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make
the most of yourself."

-- Wallace Wattles

Instead of giving myself reasons why I can't,

"Instead of giving myself reasons why I can't, I give myself
reasons why I can."

-- Unknown

When you give your children knowledge

The inspiration..
What they see speaks louder than what they hear.

Quote of the day..

"When you give your children knowledge, you are telling them
what to think. When you give your children wisdom, you do not
tell them what to know, or what is true, but, rather, how to
get to their own truth."

-- Neale Donald Walsch

Bits for Moving Up..

Knowledge is what you have earn through learning, and wisdom is the applied

If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together,

"If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is
something you must always remember. You are braver than you
believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll
always be with you."

-- Winnie the Pooh

You must accept that you might fail

"You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your
best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that
you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility,
you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try
- you don't take the risk."

-- Rosalynn Carter

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

---Doug Larson

If I have been able to see farther than others

If I have been able to see farther than others. It was because I stood on the shoulders of giants.

---Sir Isaac Newton

It is amazing how much people can get done

It is amazing how much people can get done if they do no worry about who gets the credit.

--Sandra Swinney

It amazes me to find an intelligent person who fights against something

It amazes me to find an intelligent person who fights against something [ idea of God ] which he does not all believe exists.
---Mahatma Gandhi

Nobody can do for little children

"Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do.
Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of
little children."

-- Alex Haley

Our grandest business undoubtedly

Our grandest business undoubtedly is not to see what lies dimly in a distance
 but to do what lies clearly at hand.

---Thomas Carlyle

There is something that is much more scarce,

There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

--Robert Half

One of our problem if we are not keen observer is our inability to recognize ability. We put focus to

A lot of life is dealing with your curse,

"A lot of life is dealing with your curse, dealing with the
cards you were given that aren't so nice. Does it make you
into a monster, or can you temper it in some way, or accept it
and go in some other direction?"