Life’s balls – Brian Dyson

“Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them – work, family, health, friends and spirit, and you’re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls – family, health, friends and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.”

– Brian Dyson

Happiness – George F. Burns

“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”

– George F. Burns

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A good gift – Unknown

“A good gift is something you didn’t know you wanted.”

– Unknown

Today is a gift – A.A. Milne

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.”

– A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

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Christmas gift suggestions – Oren Arnold

“Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect.”

– Oren Arnold

Understand the world – Brida

“Go in search of your Gift. The more you understand yourself, the more you will understand the world.”

– Brida

Gift and servant – Albert Einstein

“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift.”

– Albert Einstein

Dogs – Jake Lambert

“Imagine if dogs found out that they are actually full of bones!”

– Jake Lambert

Conquer fear – Dale Carnegie

“Inaction breeds doubt and fear…If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”

– Dale Carnegie

Spend time, not money – Abigail Van Buren

“If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.”

– Abigail Van Buren

Events of life – Wilhelm von Humboldt

“Our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.”

– Wilhelm von Humboldt

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Desires and achievements – George Moore

“We live in our desires rather than in our achievements.”

– George Moore

Happy families – Leo Tolstoy

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

– Leo Tolstoy

Stir the smooth sands of monotony – Peter O’Toole

“I will not be a common man. I will stir the smooth sands of monotony.”

– Peter O’Toole, 1932 – 2013

Loves reasons – Augustine of Hippo

“Love has reasons that reason knows not.”

– Augustine of Hippo