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    “Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.” ~ Buddha

      “If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then begin by realizing that you are the author and everyday you have the opportunity to write a new page.” ~ Mark Houlahan

        “Start living now. Stop saving the good china for that special occasion. Stop withholding your love until that special person materializes. Every day you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.” ~ Mary Manin Morrissey

          “I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of a man is to live, not to exist.” ~ Jack London

            “Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity. Reduce selfishness, have few desires.” ~ Lao Tzu

                  “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” ~ Reinhold Niebuhr

                      “One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.” ~ Bruce Lee

                        “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.” ~ Maya Angelou

                        What Will Matter

                          Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.

                          There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days.

                          All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.

                          Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.

                          It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.

                          Your grudges, resentments, frustrations and jealousies will finally disappear.

                          So too, your hopes, ambitions plans and to-do lists will expire.

                          The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.

                          It won’t matter where you came from or what side of the tracks you lived on at the end.

                          It won’t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.

                          Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.

                          So what will matter?  How will the value of your days be measured?

                          What will matter is not what you bought by what you build,

                          not what you got but what you gave.

                          What will matter is not your success but our significance.

                          What will matter is not what you learned but what you taught,

                          What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.

                          What will matter is not your competence but your character.

                          What will matter is not how many people you knew,

                          but how many will feel a lasting loss when you’re gone.

                          What will matter is not our memories but the memories of those who loved you.

                          What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.

                          Living a life that maters doesn’t happen by accident.

                          It’s not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

                          Choose to live a life that matters.

                           

                          ~ Michael Josephson

                            “When I was younger I thought success was something different. I thought, ” When I grow up, I want to be famous. I want to be a star. I want to be in movies. When I grow up I want to see the world, drive nice cars. I want to have groupies.” But my idea of success is different today. For me, the most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and not to give into peer pressure, to try to be something that you’re not. To live your life as an honest and compassionate person. To contribute in some way.” ~ Ellen DeGeneres

                              “There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.” ~ Christopher Morley

                                “That’s what building a body of work is all about. It’s about the daily labor, the many individual acts, the choices large and small that add up over time, over a lifetime to a lasting legacy. It’s about not being satisfied with the latest achievement, the latest gold star, because the one thing I know about a body of work is that it’s never finished. It’s cumulative. It deepens and expands with each day you give your best. You may have setbacks and you may have failures, but you’re not done. You haven’t even started.” ~ Barack Obama

                                  “I’ve come to embrace the notion that I haven’t done enough in my life. I’ve come to confirm that one’s title, even a title like president of the United States, says very little about how well one’s life has been led. No matter how much you’ve done or how successful you’ve been, there’s always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve.” ~ Barack Obama

                                    “If A is success in life, then A equals X plus Y plus Z. Work is X; Y is play; and Z is keeping your mouth shut.” ~ Albert Einstein

                                      “The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever” ~ Anne Frank

                                        “I don’t want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I’ve never met. I want to go on living even after my death!” ~ Anne Frank

                                          “We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.” ~ Anne Frank