“If you want to lift yourself up—

Lift up someone else. . .”

—Booker T. Washington

“Don’t quit—

Learn from others

who have come before you—

Keep going. . .”

—Tom Morkes

“If you can’t accept anything

on faith—

You are doomed— 

to a life dominated by doubt. . .”

—Kris Kringle (“Miracle on 34th Street”—1994)

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

“No matter what’s happened 

in the past—

Now is the moment of choice—

to decide what it will mean going forward. . .”

—Derek Doepker

“Among the few compensations 

—of old age—

is the acuity of hindsight. . .”

—John McCain

“Be grateful—

No matter what cards you are dealt. . .”

—Bill Baren