Morning musings

“Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.” - Epictetus

"Before you speak, listen. Before you write, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you invest, investigate. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try. Before you retire, save. Before you die, give." -William A. Ward

“The pursuit of happiness can become the source of our unhappiness.” - Dan Harris

"It is the eye which makes the horizon." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Reflection... looking back so the view looking forward is clearer." - Unknown

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all" - Oscar Wilde

"Life is a lot like surfing… When you get caught in the impact zone, you’ve got to just get back up. Because you never know what may be over the next wave." - Bethany Hamilton

"The best wisdom comes from the hardest struggle." - Xavier Rudd

“My idea of heaven is a place where the Tyne meets the Delta, where folk music meets the blues.” - Mark Knopfler