Thoughtful Thursday

"Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind."
- Mary Ellen Chase

"Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretense of keeping it alive."
- Havelock Ellis

"Wouldn't life be worth the living
Wouldn't dreams be coming true
If we kept the Christmas spirit
All the whole year through?"
- Author Unknown

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage."
- Anais Nin

"However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results."
- Winston Churchill

"He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper."
- Edmund Burke

"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us."
- Hal Borland