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Word Treasures

As we near Christmas Day, children anticipate treasure found under the tree Christmas morning.  Others anticipate celebrations, or treasures, that are close to their heart and beliefs.  Libraries provide treasures on their bookshelves and media shelves.  Many of these are rich contributions that can be found in the printed word through stories and true-life accounts. 

Authors of the past and present have shared experience and wisdom that can provide hope, motivation, insight, humor, and even revelations to their readers.  I’d like to share some treasures of those wiser and more articulate than I.  These are chosen because they strike a chord with me.  They make me ponder, agree, laugh, and/or encourage me.  I hope one or more will make a special connection with you.  Many more treasures are available at your local library. 

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” 
-Aesop

“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.” 
-Lewis Carroll

“Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many, not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” 
-Charles Dickens

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” 
-Robert Frost

“You can’t deny laughter.  When it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.” 
-Stephen King

“’Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?’  ‘Supposing it didn’t,’ said Pooh.  After careful thought Piglet was comforted by this.” 
-A.A. Milne

“The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.” 
-Robert Pirsig

“It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends.” 
-J.K. Rowling

“Life is like an onion:  You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.”                  
-Carl Sandburg

“Be great in act, as you have been in thought.” 
-William Shakespeare

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” 
-Mark Twain

“Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become part of the moral tissue.”
-Edith Wharton

 
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