The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. --Norman Vincent Peale

Cultivate your curves. They may be dangerous, but they won't be avoided. --Mae West

Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. --Coco Chanel

Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting. --Karl Wallenda

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time. --Edith Wharton

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. --Buddha

There is no reality except the one contained within us. --Herman Hesse

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. --George Bernard Shaw

Each day is a new life. Seize it. Live it. --David Guy Powers

Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers. --Robert G. Ingersoll