Thoughtful Thursday

"The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves."
- Helen Keller

"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."
- E. B. White

"A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone."
- Henry David Thoreau

"The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people."
- Woodrow Wilson

"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

"He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had tried and failed."
- William James

"Nothing is exactly as it seems, nor is it otherwise."
- Alan Watts