Jane Austen

“What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.”

--Jane Austen

Lloyd Alexander

“For the deeds of a man, not the words of a prophecy, are what shape his destiny.”

― Lloyd Alexander

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die. 

 ~Dwight D. Eisenhower

Italian Proverb

Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out. 

 ~Italian proverb

John Locke

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
~John Locke

Maria Olson

“History is made one story at a time. What will your story be?”

--Maria Olson

Gandhi

We must become the change we seek in the world.

--Gandhi

Frances Hodgson Burnett

“She says it has nothing to do with what you look like, or what you have. It has only to do with what you think of and what you do.”

― Frances Hodgson Burnett

Samul Smiles

Great results cannot be achieved at once, and we must be satisfied to advance as we walk -- step by step.

-- Samuel Smiles

Peter Shaffer

The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you.

-- Peter Shaffer

Nora Ephron

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

-- Nora Ephron

Benjamin Franklin

"If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.”

-- Benjamin Franklin