“All we have to decide

is what to do with the time

that is given to us. . .”

—J. R. R. Tolkien

“Be happy for this moment—

This moment is your life. . .”

—Omar Khayyam

“Every exit

is an entry—

somewhere else. . .”

—Tom Stoppard

“We cannot change

the cards

we are dealt—

Just how

we play the hand. . .”

—Randy Pausch

“Now is no time—

to think of what

you do not have—

Think of what you can do—

with what there is. . .”

—Ernest Hemingway

“You can’t turn back

the clock—

But you can

wind it up again. . .”

—Bonnie Prudden

“Never confuse a single defeat

with a final defeat. . .”

—F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Life has no limitations—

except the ones you make. . .”

—Les Brown

“There is only one certainty

in life—

and that is—

that nothing is certain. . .”

—Gilbert Chesterton

“Knowing what’s right—

doesn’t mean much—

unless—

you do what’s right. . .”

—Theodore Roosevelt