Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears. -John Lennon

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. -Aristotle

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore. -William Faulkner

Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart. -Roy Bennett

It is never too late to be what you might have been. -George Eliot

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. -Albert Einstein

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

“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better man.” –Benjamin Franklin