Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
- Topic: Laughter, Time
- Location: Grand Cayman
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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Laugh as much as you breathe. Love as long as you live.
Never eat more than you can lift.
To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.
If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so prayerfully. However, the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present...gratefully.
I remember my youth and the feeling that I could last forever, outlast the sea, the earth and all men.
In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is. waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
You better live your best and act your best and think your best today, for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.
When you say 'yes' to others, make sure you are not saying 'no' to yourself.
