Smile

"If you're not using your smile,
you're like a man with a million dollars in the bank and no checkbook."
Les Giblin

Hero

"A hero is someone who has given his or her life
to something bigger than oneself."
Joseph Campbell

"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength
to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."
Christopher Reeve

Muisc to my ears

"Music is only love looking for words."
Lawrence Durrell

mental wellness

"The ability to be in the present moment
is a major component of mental wellness."
Abraham Maslow

The Now

"There is never time in the future
in which we will work out our salvation.
The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now."
James Baldwin

Virtue

“Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.”
—George Washington

"How do you expect to arrive at the end of your own journey
if you take the road to another man's city?"
Thomas Merton