" 'Be Prepared.' 'Be prepared for what?' 'Why, for any old thing.' " ~ Robert Baden-Powelll

"Warm summer sun, shine kindly here." ~ Mark Twain

"We all have life-defining moments. They are like open-book tests, but we don't know we have been examined until it is over." ~ John Bevere

“There are some people who always seem angry and continuously look for conflict. Walk away; the battle they are fighting isn’t with you, it is with themselves.” ~ Unknown

“Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Make finding the good in others a priority.” ~ Zig Ziglar

“To each his own.” ~ Cicero

"Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back." ~ Harvey Mackay

"The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you." ~ B.B. King

“Sit tall in the saddle, hold your head up high. Keep your eyes fixed where the trail meets the sky and live like you ain’t afraid to die and don’t be scared, just enjoy your ride.” ~ Chris LeDoux

"Quality means doing it right when no one is looking." ~ Henry Ford

“Deal with the negative. Focus on the positive.” ~ Albert Skaggs

"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." ~ Edith Wharton

"Being receptive, being able to listen openly and well, is a crucial skill for creative problem-solving." ~ Paul Kaufman

"Too much looking backward ... is bad for progress." ~ Henry Ward Beeecher

"Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow." ~ Bill Moyers

“Talk about your blessings more than you talk about your burdens.” ~ Tim Tebow

"Optimism is essential to achievement, and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress." ~ Nicholas Murray Butler

"When I look back on it now, I am so glad that the one thing that I had in my life was my belief that everything in life is a learning experience, whether it be positive or negative. If you can see it as a learning experience, you can turn any negative into a positive." ~ Neve Campbell

“Advancement and progress is a part of old Seymour. You can’t prevent us from going ahead.” ~ John Goodale 1919