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• A Good Laugh is Sunshine in a house ~ William Thackeray 
  
• A Joyful Spirit is Evidence of a Grateful Heart ~ Maya Angelou 
  
• Sit Long, Talk Much, Laugh Often~ unknown 
  
• Joy is not in things, it is in us. ~ Richard Wagner 
  
• Carpe Diem~ unknown 
  
• Celebrate Life~ unknown 
  
• Dance as though noone is watching~ unknown 
  
• Dance to the song of life ~ Katherine Hepburn 
  
• Every journey begins with a single step.~ unknown 
  
• Fun, is fundamental ~ Doug Hall 
  
• Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary            opportunies into blessings. ~ William Arthur Ward 
  
• If music be the food of love, play on. ~ William Shakespeare 
  
• If you can dream it, you can do it.~ unknown 
  
• If you want to be happy, Be. ~ Leo Tolstoy 
  
• Laughter is an instant vacation ~ Milton Bearle 
  
• Laughter is the music of the soul.~ unknown 
  
• Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.~ unknown 
  
• Life is not a dress rehearsal.~ unknown 
  
• Life is not about finding yourself, but about creating yourself.~ unknown 
  
• Music is what feelings sound like.~ unknown 
  
• Style isn’t about fashion, it’s about what makes your heart sing. ~ Tracee Ellis Ross 
  
• The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more in life there is to celebrate ~ Oprah Winfrey 
  
• We do not remember days, we remember moments.~ unknown 
  
• You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
• Too much of a good thing can be wonderful. -Mae West. 
  
• I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it. -Voltaire. 
  
• Your life is an open book, fill it with love, hope, dreams and memories.~ unknown 
  
• The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.~ unknown 
  
• Live your life as an Exclamation Not an Explanation.~ unknown 
  
• Dreams come a size too big so that we can grow into them.~ unknown 
  
• Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.~ unknown 
  
• Live simply, Laugh often, Love deeply.~ unknown 
  
• Do one thing every day that makes you happy.~ unknown 
  
• Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.~ unknown 
  
• Today, I wish you a day of ordinary miracles.~ unknown 
  
• As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.  JOSHUA 24:15 
  
• Home is where your honey is. ~ unknown 
  
• It’s my life, it’s now or never…I’m not gonna live forever.  Bon Jovi 
  
• It takes a heap pf lovin’ to make a house a home ~ Edger A Guest 
  
• If you only have one smile in you, give it to those you love. ~ Maya Angelou 
  
• Other things may change, but we start and end with family ~ Anthony Brandt 
  
• To our children we give two things, one is roots, the other is wings. ~ Chinese Proverb 
  
• Well Behaved women rarely make history ~ Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 
  
• To the world you may be one person, but to one person, you may be the world. ~ Josephine Billings 
  
• The family is one of nature’s masterpieces ~ George Santayana 
  
• I get by with a little help from my friends. ~ John Lennon 
  
• Wisdom begins with wonder. ~Socrates 
  
• Life is too important to be taken seriously. ~ Oscar Wilde 
  
• Iam not afraid…I was born to do this! ~ Joan of Arc 
  
• I am here to live out loud! ~ Emile Zola 
  
• Leap, and the net will appear. ~ ZEN saying 
  
• Dare to be remarkable ~ Jane Gentry 
  
• Make each day your Masterpiece ~ John Wooden 
  
• Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you. ~ Marsha Norman 
  
• We do not remember days, we remember moments. ~ Cesare Pavese 
  
• It is not joy that makes us grateful, it is gratitude that makes us joyful. ~ Brother David Steindlrost 
  
• Of course I can do anything, I am a mother. ~ unknown 
  
• You don’t raise heros, you raise sons.  And if you treat them like sons, they’ll turn out to be heros, even if it’s only in your eyes. ~ Walter Schirra SR 
  
• A mother loves and teaches.  A grandmother teaches love. ~ unknown 
  
• Grandchildren are God’s way of compensating us for growing old. ~Mary H Waldrip 
  
• A brother is a friend given by nature ~ Legouve 
  
• It is not flesh and blood, but the heart which makes us family.~ Friedrich Von Schiller 
  
• A friend is like a good bra:  Close to your heart, hard to find and supportive. ~ anonymous 
  
• Relationships create the fabric of our lifes.  They are the fibres that weave us all together.~ Eden Froust 
  
• A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future and accepts you today just the way you are. ~unknown 
  
• The heart can do anything ~Moliere 
  
• Forget your mistakes, but remember what they taught you.~ Dorothy Galyean 
  
• If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it. ~ William Arthur Ward 
  
• Joy is not in things, it is in us. ~ Richard Wagner 
  
• You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ~ Gandhi 
  
• The earth laughs in flowers. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson 
  
• Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery, Today is a gift….that’s why they call it the PRESENT. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt 
  
• Who is rich?  He who rejoices in his portion ~ The Talmud 
  
• Dancing is like dreaming with your feet.~ Constanze 
  
• I get up, I fall down, Meanwhile…I keep dancing.~ Hittel 
  
• Literature is my utopia.~ Helen Keller 
  
• Music is what feelings sound like. ~ unknown 
  
• You’re not a failure if you didn’t make it, you’re a success because you tried. ~ Susan Jeffers 
  
• The wold is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page.~St. Augustine 
  
• Dreams come a size too big so we can grow into them.  ~ Josie Bissett 
  
• Follow your bliss ~ James Campbell 
  
• Without love, we are birds with broken wings. ~ From Tuesday’s with Morris 
  
• Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes 
  
• Lear HOW to feel joy.  ~ Seneca 
  
• A multitude of small delights constitute happiness ~ Charles Baudelaire 
  
• A smile is a whisper of a laugh ~ unknown 
  
• We either make ourselves happy or miserable.  The amount of work is the same. ~ Carlos Castaneda 
  
• My life IS my message. ~ Gandhi 
  
• I don’t want to imitate art, I want life to BE art. ~ Fischer 
  
• Life is a journey, not a guided tour. ~ unknown 
  
• Liveout of your imagination, not your history. ~ Stephen R Covey 
  
• Be brave.  Even is you’re not, pretend to be.  Noone can tell the difference. ~ H Jackson Brown 
  
• Goals are stars to steer by, not sticks to beat yourself with.  ~ Barbara B Smith 
  
• Act as if you are and you will become such ~ Leo Tolstoy 
  
• To accomplish great things, we must not only plan but also believe. ~ Anatole France 
  
• It is what you learn after you know it all, that counts. ~ John Wooden 
  
• Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. -Martin Luther King, Jr. 
  
• Live with passion and purpose.~ unknown 
  
• FUN is fundamental ~ Doug Hall 
  
• A light heart lives long.~ Shakespeare 
  
• Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.  It turns what we have into enough, and more.  It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion to clarity.  It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.  Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. ~ Melody Beattie
• Time does not change us, it just unfolds us. ~ Max Frisch 
  
• The past is a guidepost, not a hitching post. ~ L. Thomas Holdcroft 
  
• Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today. ~ Native American Proverb 
  
• Everyday holds the possibility of a miracle. ~ Elizabeth David 
  
• As soon as we accept that life is difficult, it ceases to be so. ~ Scott Peck 
  
• Even I don’t wake up looking like Cindy Crawford. ~ Cindy Crawford 
  
• The priveledge of a lifetime is being who you are. ~ Joseph Campbell 
  
• My lifetime listens to yours. ~Margaret Peters 
  
• Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly. ~Unknown 
  
• From this moment, life has begun. From this moment, you are the one. ~Shania Twain 
  
• And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. ~the Beatles 
  
• All I need is the air that I breathe and to love you. ~The Hollies 
  
• I don’t care too much for money, money can’t buy me love.   ~ The Beatles 
  
• It’s a beautiful day.  Don’t let it get away. ~ U2 
  
• Do or do not.  There is no try.  ~ Yoda (Star Wars V) 
   
  

Kitchens 

• A messy kitchen is a happy kitchen and this kitchen is delirious.~ unknown 
  
• Approach Love and Cooking with Reckless Abandon. ~ The Dalai Lama 
  
• We’re not building a rocket ship here.  We’re cooking, plain and simple.  BAM! ~ Emeril Lagasse
• So this isn’t home sweet home. Adjust. 
  
• Bon Appétit 
  
• If music be the food of love play on... Shakespeare. 
  
• Today’s Menu Two Choices...Take it or Leave it. 
  
• Enjoy life.  It’s delicious ~ unknown 
  
• If we are what we eat, then I'm fast, cheap and easy. ~ unknown
  
• A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness. -Elsa Schiaparelli 
  
• Real men wear aprons. 
  
• Chocolate is an essential nutrient. 
  
• Forget love... I'd rather fall in chocolate. 
  
• Life's short...eat dessert first. 
  
• Home Sweet Home 
  
• Recipe for a Happy Heart: 2 cups of Love, 1 cup of Friendship, 1 cup of Gratitude, Add a dash of Laughter. Pour into any soul. ~unknown 
  
• This kitchen is seasoned with Love 
  
• I’m a good egg - just a little cracked.
• Good coffee is a pleasure - Good friends are a treasure. 
  
• The most indispensable ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for. -Sophia Loren 
  
• The kitchen is the heart of the house. 
  
• Life's short...eat dessert first. 
  
• One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. -Virginia Woolf 
  
• Love is never having to say no to garlic. 
   
   
  

Bedroom 

• Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes 
  
• Always kiss me goodnight. 
  
• Individually we are one drop, but together we are an ocean. 
   
  

Craft/hobby/art rooms

• Scrapbooking helps me breathe. 
  
• Home is where memories are made. 
  
• Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes and having fun ~ Mary Lou Cook 
  
• Life is not about finding yourself, but about creating yourself 
  
• Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. Stella Adler. 
  
• Take the time to do something you enjoy. 
  
• Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes.  Art is knowing which ones to keep. ~ Scott Adams 
   
  

Bar 

• One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor. 
  
• I’ll drink to that. 
  
• It's 5 o'clock somewhere. 
   
   
  

Children’s Rooms 

• Babies are Angels with invisible wings. 
  
• The Angels Danced the Day you were born. 
  
• Eat, Sleep, Breathe…Hockey 
  
• If you can dream it, you can do it. 
  
• Thank heaven’s for little boys / girls 
  
• Babies are such nice ways to start people ~ Don Herold 
  
• Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, have this wish I wish tonight. 
  
• Snips and snails and puppy dog tails - that’s what little boys are made of. 
  
• Sugar and spice and everything nice - that’s what little girls are made of. 
  
• Every time a child is born, the world lights up with  new possibilities. 
  
• Celebrate Life. 
  
• Oh the places you’ll go!  Dr. Seuss 
  
• May you never lose your sense of wonder. ~ Leanne Womack 
  
• Before you were conceived, I wanted you.  Before you were born, I loved you.  Before you were here an hour, I would die for you.  That is the miracle of  life. ~ Maureen Hawkins 
  
• You are the miracle of all creation. ~ Charlene Costanzo 
  
• You must always be curious. ~ Walt Whitman 
  
• Dream on, Dream on, Dream until your dream comes true.  ~Aerosmith 
  
• How wonderful life is, while you’re in the world. ~ Elton John 
  
• Goodnight my angel, it’s time to dream, and dream of how wonderful your life will be. ~ Billy Joel 
  
• Never forget who you are, little star. ~ Madonna 
  
• Nothing prepared me for your smile. ~David Bowie 
   
   
  

Laundry Room 

• Show me a woman who doesn’t feel guilty and I’ll show you a man. ~ Erika Jong 
  
• Out of the strain of the doing, and into the peace of the done. ~ Julia Louise Woodruff 
  
• Work is either fun or drudgery.  It depends on your attitude.  I like Fun. ~ Colleen Barrett 
  
• Laundry room:  Drop your drawers here! 
   
   
  

Office 

• I touch the future - I teach.  ~ Christa McAuliffe 
  
• Lower your voice and strengthen your argument. 
  
• Success is the best revenge. 
  
• If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play. -John Cleese. 
  
• You are defined by the choices you make. Choose wisely everyday. 
  
• Obstacles are Opportunities in Disguise. 
  
• Always do more than is required of you. ~ George S Patton 
  
• As long as you’re going to be thinking, think BIG!  ~Donald Trump 
  
• Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it.  Autograph your work with excellence. ~unknown 
  
• It’s amazing how much work can be accomplished if noone cares who gets credit. ~ John Wooden 
   
   
  

Institutional 

• Education is not about filling a bucket, but about lighting a fire ~ William Butler Yeats 
  
• Every Journey begins with a single step ~ unknown 
  
• It is what you learn after you know it all, that counts. ~ John Wooden 
  
• You’re not a failure, you’re a success because you tried. ~ Susan Jeffers 
  
• Carpe Diem ~unknown 
  
• Knowledge speaks, but  wisdom listens ~ Jimi Hendrix 
  
• There are only 3 colours, 10 digits and 7 notes….it’s what we do with them that is important ~ Ruth Ross 
  
• I touch the future - I teach.  ~ Christa McAuliffe 
  
• Humour is the universal language ~ Joel Goodman 
  
• Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein. 
  
• If you're going to think anyway, think Big! - Donald Trump. 
  
• Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. - Ben Franklin. 
  
• If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. -Thomas Edison 
  
• Here are the seven most powerful words in the world: take 100% responsibility for your entire life. -Jack Canfield. 
  
• Obstacles are Opportunities in Disguise. 
  
• No rain, no rainbow. ~ unknown 
  
• The more that you read the more things you will know. The more that you learn the more places you'll go.~ unknown 
  
• Learn as if you would live forever, live as if you die tomorrow. -Gandhi. 
  
• Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. -Chinese Proverb. 
  
• Life is well spent when you develop a love of learning. 
  
• Go through life armed with the strength of knowing your weaknesses.~ unknown 
  
• Those who go through life knowing exactly where they are going never get the chance to end up somewhere else.~ unknown 
  
• Life is a journey and only you hold the map.~ unknown 
  
• The only person who cannot be helped is that person who blames others. -Carl Rogers. 
  
• Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. -Babe Ruth. 
  
• You miss 100% of the shots you don't take -Wayne Gretzky. 
  
• Dancing is like dreaming with your feet ~ unknown 
  
• Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ~Pablo Picasso. 
  
• Teachers Make a Difference.~ unknown 
  
• Educating the mind without educating the soul is no education at all. ~Aristotle. 
  
• The art of teaching is the art of assisting in discovery.~ unknown 
  
• Embrace your uniqueness. Time is much too short to be living someone else's life. -Kobi Yamada. 
  
• The Greatest of success for a teacher is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist." -Maria Montessori. 
  
• I do not want the peace that passeth understanding. I want the understanding which bringeth peace. ~Helen Keller. 
  
• You can’t turn back the clock but you can wind it up again.~ unknown 
  
• You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth. -J.I. Menchen. 
  
• You don't learn when you're talking. -Watts Wacker. 
  
• You are the only person on earth who can use your ability. -Zig Ziglar. 
  
• You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. -Beverly Sills. 
  
• There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven million.~ unknown 
  
• Change your thoughts and you can change your world.~ unknown 
  
• It’s easy to stand with the crowd; It takes courage to stand alone.~ unknown 
  
• Always do more than is required of you. -George S. Patton. 
  
• It takes less time to do a thing right than explain why you did it wrong. -Longfellow. 
  
• The Greatest Risk is not taking one ~ unknown 
  
• Your brain becomes a mind when it is fortified with knowledge ~ unknown 
  
• Even the genius asks questions. ~ 2Pac