Saint Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace, where there is hatred, let me sow love.  Where there is injury, pardon. . . .

Remembrance Road

Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart.

Henry Ward Beecher

If I Could Tell You

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

David Viscott

If I had loved you then

Every year I live I am more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we have not given; the powers we have not used; the selfish prudence which will risk nothing and which, shrinking pain, misses happiness as well.        John B. Tabb

Happiness Grows

You cannot bring happiness into the lives of others without spreading a little of it inside you own heart.

Henry Ward Beecher

Love cannot endure indifference.  It needs to be wanted.  Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.

Esther Freshman

To stand strong graciously; to smile sincerely; to love always; and to seek understanding  these are the worthy ambitions of a life worth loving.

Those Who Are Nice to Know

There are some that we meet in passing and forget them as soon as the go;

There are some we remember with pleasure because the are so nice to know.

There are those who at first seem appealing, whose ethics and standards seem high.

But slowly we grow disillustioned, and esteem and respect fade and die.

But it is surely refreshing to find in this wide world today People who grow even greater in all that they do and the say.

A Prayer for Those We Love

Our Father, who  are in heaven,

hear this little prayer

And reach across the miles today

that stretch form here to there,

So I may feel much closer

to those I'm fondest of,

And they may know I think of them

with thankfulness and love,

And help all people everywhere

who must often dwell apart

To know that they're together

in the haven of the heart.

Gifts of Love

To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love forever is to live forever.

Author Unknown

Happiness Grows

He who would have beautiful roses in his garden must have beautiful roses in his heart.  He must love them well and always. He must have not only the glowing admiration, the enthusiasm, and the passion, but the tenderness, the thoughtfulness, the reverence, the watchfulness of love.

S.R. Hole

Charles W. Eliot

Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness.  If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought of others.

WOW

LOVE WORKS IN WONDROUS WAYS

With love in our hearts,

let us try this year

To lift the clouds of hate and fear,

For love works in ways

that are wondrous and strange,

And there is nothing in life

that love cannot change.

~

Helen Steiner Rice

Life

Life is a magic vase filled to the brim; so made that you cannot dip into nor draw from it; but it overflows into the hand that drops treasures into it- drop in malice and it overflows hate; drop in charity and it overflows love.

John Ruskin

In His Footsteps

When someone does a kindness,

it always seems to me

Thant's the way God up in heaven

Would like us all to be.

For when we bring some pleasure

to another human heart

We have followed in His footsteps

and we've had a little part

In serving Him who loves us

for I'm very sure it's true

That in serving those around us,

we serve and please Him, too.

~Helen Steiner Rice