“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death” Albert Einstein

“Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action to all eternity". Johann Kaspar Lavater

There's a Gator in here.

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston Churchill

Post Irene..................

“The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.” Edward Gibbon

“The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.” Epicurus

“Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy” Lao Tzu

“The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.” Napoleon Hill

“Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best” Spanish Proverb

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

A pessimist only sees the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all--he's walking on them.” Leonard L. Levinson