Monday Moxie

All of the people quoted in this post have gumption; a very admirable quality.  Enjoy!

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1. The greatest distance in the world is the 14 inches from our minds to our hearts. --Agnes Baker Pilgrim 
2. Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. --Eleanor Roosevelt 
3. The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose. --Heda Bejar 
4. Happiness is a journey, not a destination - Alfred D. Souza
5. When we feel love and kindness toward others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it helps us also to develop inner happiness and peace.--HH The Dalai Lama
6. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. --Martin Luther King, Jr. 
7. I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness. --Mother Teresa 
8. Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you. --Augustine of Hippo 
9. Courage is grace under pressure. --Ernest Hemingway 
10. The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides and gravitation, we shall harness the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered fire. --Pierre Tielhard de Chardin 
11. There are two ways to live life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.- 
    Albert Einstein

I have to admit that #3 and 6 are my favorites today.