A PROSPEROUS YEAR WITH MUCH PEACE AND BROTHERHOOD FOR ALL PEOPLE...

A PROSPEROUS YEAR WITH 
MUCH PEACE AND BROTHERHOOD 
FOR ALL PEOPLE

“Promise Yourself

To be so strong that nothing
can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity
to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel
that there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true.

To think only the best, to work only for the best,
and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past
and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times
and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself
that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,
and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world,
not in loud words but great deeds.
To live in faith that the whole world is on your side
so long as you are true to the best that is in you.” 
― Christian D. Larson, Your Forces and How to Use Them

“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep 

on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible 

that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the 

contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity

 to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.” 
― Mahatma Gandhi

“It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily.
"So it is."
"And freezing."
"Is it?"
"Yes," said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening up a little, 

"we haven't had an earthquake lately.” 
― A.A. Milne

“TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. 

It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of 

cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.
What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our 

lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something.

 If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where 

people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at

 least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different 

direction.
And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand 

utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live

 now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad

 around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”
― Howard Zinn

“Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the

 success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a

 difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you 

will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we

 make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.”
― Helen Keller