To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.

But by taking the time away, getting myself off the treadmill, and just slowing down and learning, I felt I had so much more to give back. And maybe that was something that needed to happen for all of us.

Lindsey Buckingham

She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth.

Christina Rossetti

I mean, sports are big, big, big business.

Phil Lesh

If we triumph in the little things of our common hours, we are sure to triumph in our lives.

Source Unknown

Striving for peace and preparing for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time more so than ever.

Albert Einstein

Poverty in itself does not make men into a rabble; a rabble is created only when there is joined to poverty a disposition of mind, an inner indignation against the rich, against society, against the government.

G. W. F. Hegel

Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.

Zig Ziglar

I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me.

Sara Teasdale

Revolution begins with the self, in the self.

Toni Cade Bambara

Leap and the net will appear

John Burroughs

The boss drives people; the leader coaches them. The boss depends on authority; the leader on good will. The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says I; The leader says WE. The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; the leader fixes the breakdown. The boss says, GO; the leader says lets, GO!

H. Gordon Selfridge

For too long, and despite what people told me, I had fallen for what the culture said about beauty, youth, features, heights, weights, hair textures, upper arms.

Anne Lamott