"Insist on yourself; never imitate."

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

"Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do.  Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do."

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

"A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving."

Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."

Confucius (551-479 BCE)

"I like restraint, if it doesn't go too far."

Mae West (1893-1980)

"I have found that if you love life life will love you back."

Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."

Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying."

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

Dr. Seuss (1904-1991)

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

"No matter where you go - there you are."

Confucius (551-479 BCE)

"Joy is not in things;  it is in us."

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

"Do thou snatch treasures from my lips, and I'll take kingdoms back from thine."

Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816)

"Art can never exist without Naked Beauty display'd."

William Blake (1757-1827)

"To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect."

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)