Jeanne DuPrau

“I don’t think there’s such a thing as an easy life.There’s always going to be hard work, and there will always be misfortunes we can’t control lurking out at the edges --- storms, sickness, wolves. But there is such a thing as a good life, and I think we have one here.”

-- Jeanne DuPrau

Les Brown

“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” 

--Les Brown

Thomas S. Monson

Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey and share our love with friends and family. One day, each of us will run out of tomorrows. Let us not put off what is most important. 
--President Thomas S. Monson

Joyce Kinmont

What is school? At best it is life itself. At worst, it is an institutionalized imitation of life. The more closely the institution comes to duplicating life outside the institution, the better the school. So home school includes all of life, and in everyone's life, young or old, time should be set aside every day for scripture study, academic pursuits, developing talents, and for recreation. 
--Joyce Kinmont

Lloyd Alexander

“Life's a forge -

Yes, and hammer and anvil, too. You'll

be roasted, smelted, and pounded, and

you'll scarce know what's happening to

you. But stand proudly to it. Metal's

worthless till it is shaped and

tempered. More labor than luck. Face

the pounding, don't fear the proving;

and you'll stand well against any

hammer and anvil.”

― Lloyd Alexander

Laura Ingalls Wilder

“We'd never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.”

― Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder

“The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies.”

― Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura Ingalls Wilder

“As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful. They are the things that fill our lives with comfort and our hearts with gladness -- just the pure air to breathe and the strength to breath it; just warmth and shelter and home folks; just plain food that gives us strength; the bright sunshine on a cold day; and a cool breeze when the day is warm.”

― Laura Ingalls Wilder

Ezra Taft Benson

“Some men are willing to die for their faith but will not fully live for it. Christ both lived and died for us. By walking in his steps, and through his atonement, we can gain the greatest gift of all—eternal life—which is that kind of life lived by the great Eternal One—our Father in heaven.”

-- President Ezra Taft Benson

Albert Schweitzer

“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out.

It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being.

We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”

--Albert Schweitzer

F. Scott Fitzgerald

"It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living."                      

--  F. Scott Fitzgerald

L.M. Montgomery

“I couldn't live where there were no trees--something vital in me would starve.”

― L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery

“I'd like to add some beauty to life," said Anne dreamily. "I don't exactly want to make people KNOW more... but I'd love to make them have a pleasanter time because of me... to have some little joy or happy thought that would never have existed if I hadn't been born.”

― L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery

“Oh, it's delightful to have ambitions. I'm so glad I have such a lot. And there never seems to be any end to them-- that's the best of it. Just as soon as you attain to one ambition you see another one glittering higher up still. It does make life so interesting.”

― L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery

“There is such a place as fairyland - but only children can find the way to it. And they do not know that it is fairyland until they have grown so old that they forget the way. One bitter day, when they seek it and cannot find it, they realize what they have lost; and that is the tragedy of life. On that day the gates of Eden are shut behind them and the age of gold is over. Henceforth they must dwell in the common light of common day. Only a few, who remain children at heart, can ever find that fair, lost path again; and blessed are they above mortals. They, and only they, can bring us tidings from that dear country where we once sojourned and from which we must evermore be exiles. The world calls them its singers and poets and artists and story-tellers; but they are just people who have never forgotten the way to fairyland.”

― L.M. Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery

“There is such a place as fairyland - but only children can find the way to it. And they do not know that it is fairyland until they have grown so old that they forget the way. One bitter day, when they seek it and cannot find it, they realize what they have lost; and that is the tragedy of life. On that day the gates of Eden are shut behind them and the age of gold is over. Henceforth they must dwell in the common light of common day. Only a few, who remain children at heart, can ever find that fair, lost path again; and blessed are they above mortals. They, and only they, can bring us tidings from that dear country where we once sojourned and from which we must evermore be exiles. The world calls them its singers and poets and artists and story-tellers; but they are just people who have never forgotten the way to fairyland.”

― L.M. Montgomery

Anonymous

When life seems just a dreary grind,

And things seem fated to annoy,

Say something nice to someone else

And watch the world light up with joy.

--Anon.

J.R. Miller

The Problem of Life

There are so many possibilities in life, in attainment and achievement, and so many opportunities of doing good, that it is a glorious thing to live. Surely, then, we ought to make the most of our life.

The ideal life is one of joy. The face ought to be shining--shining even in darkness. People say this is a sad world, yes, for those who have eyes only for shadows. He who has songs in his heart hears songs wherever he goes.

-- Dr. J. R. Miller

Lucile Veneklase

Life Is Too Short

Life is too short for words that hurt;

For subtle thrusts and for phrases curt;

For motives unkind and for sharp retort--

For any of these, life is too short.

--Lucile Veneklase

Anonymous

Life is not complex when you walk straight.

--Anon.