"Your success and happiness lie in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties." ~ Helen Keller  

"You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive." ~ Maya Angelou  

"Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home." ~ Edith Sitwell  

"If you are selective about the things you choose to read, look at, or listen to, then you are taking effective action against negative thinking. It's just like with a computer; if you change the input, you will change the output." ~ Zig Ziglar  

"A sign of wisdom and maturity is when you come to terms with the realization that your decisions cause your rewards and consequences. You are responsible for your life, and your ultimate success depends on the choices you make." ~ Denis Waitley  

"We are reminded that, in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame, but rather how well we have loved and what small part we have played in making the lives of other people better." ~ Barack Obama