“Winter’s done, and April’s in the skies;
Earth, look up with laughter in your eyes.”

John Masefield

“If we had no winter,
the spring would not be so pleasant;
if we did not sometimes taste of adversity,
prosperity would not be so welcome.”

Anne Bradstreet

“April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.”

William Shakespeare

inspiration…

“Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant, there is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.”

Johann Gottfried Von Herder

motivation…

“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.”

Dwight D Eisenhower

with thoughts of warmer weather and inspiration…

here’s to an early spring…what do you heart?

Helen Keller  

clarity…

“Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too;  this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.”  

Blaise Pascal   

“Simplicity, clarity, singleness: these are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy.” 

Richard Halloway  

focus…

“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”  

Alexander Graham Bell 

“Only one thing has to change for us to know happiness in our lives: where we focus our attention.”  

Greg Anderson 

intention…

“Choose your intention carefully and then practice holding your consciousness to it, so it becomes the guiding light in your life.”  

John Roger  

“A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.”  

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.”

George Eliot

“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.”

William Morris 

“The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.”

Friedrich Nietzsche

“He gains everyone’s approval who mixes the pleasant with the useful.”

Horace