"Far away in the sunshine are my highest inspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead."
                                 – Louisa May Alcott

About Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott, the beloved American author, is best known for her semiautobiographical novel, Little Women, which was made into a movie five different times. Born in 1832 near Philadelphia, she grew up in Massachusetts. Her family lived in the genteel poverty depicted in her fiction. She wrote lurid stories anonymously to bring in money but gained fame under her own name with young adult novels, which held readers with their warm characterizations and simple, engaging style. She died in 1888.

"Once the 'what' is decided, the 'how' always follows. We must not make the 'how' an excuse for not facing and accepting the 'what.'"
                                                                             – Pearl S. Buck

About Pearl S. Buck

Prolific American author Pearl S. Buck is best known for her 1931 novel, The Good Earth, which depicted peasant life in China; the book, published by the John Day Company, won the Pulitzer Prize. She was born in West Virginia in 1892, but her missionary parents raised her in China. She and her first husband lived in China until 1934, when they had to flee the political strife. She later divorced and married John Day's publisher, Richard Walsh, in 1935. In 1938, she became the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature. By the time of her death in 1973, she had published over 70 books, including collections of stories, poetry, and children's literature.

   Trust your hunches. They're usually
based on facts filed away just below
the conscious level.

"I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character."
                                                             – Theodore Roosevelt

About Theodore Roosevelt

Known both for his larger-than-life personality and his many achievements, Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest US president at age 42. He was born in 1858 in New York. He led the Rough Riders, a motley volunteer cavalry, to victory in the battle of San Juan Hill. As the "Trust Buster" president, he instigated some 40 lawsuits to break up monopolies. An ardent conservationist, he put 230 million acres under federal protection. The Panama Canal was begun under Roosevelt. He died in 1919.

"If you judge people,
you have no time to love them."

- Mother Teresa

"A good scare is usually worth more
      to a man than good advice."

 "People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things. 
 Sir Edmund Hillary
(First Ascent Mt. Everest)

 

 

        This worked when I climbed Longs Peak. It worked when I began law studies. It works for me now when I write a novel.
          Finally I applied it to my healing from a near fatal medical injury and, yep, it still works.

                      YARD BY YARD
                    The Going Is Hard
                        INCH BY INCH
                         It's A Cinch!

"If you want to feel rich, just count the things you have that money can't buy."
- Unknown Author

"Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid."
                                                    – Lady Bird Johnson

About Lady Bird Johnson

Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson, the wife of President Lyndon Johnson, is known for her concern for the environment. She was born in Texas in 1912. Johnson asked her to marry him seven weeks after they met. She supported his career by keeping his congressional office running after his heart attack, stumping for Democratic candidates, and visiting 33 countries as his emissary. She founded the Wildflower Research Center and worked to pass the Highway Beautification Act. She lived in Texas until her death in 2007.

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."

"Action is the antidote to despair."
                                                  – Joan Baez

  I would rather have my mind
opened by wonder than closed
               by belief.
      

Never confuse a single defeat
        with a final defeat.

"It is one of the most beautiful compensations in life...than no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself."

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily."
- Zig Ziglar

"It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving." 
     - Mother                                                                  --- -Mother Teresa
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