"All life is an experiment.

The more experiments you make the better."

“Slow down and

everything you are chasing

will come around

and catch you.”

“It isn’t your position

that makes you happy or unhappy,

it’s your disposition.”

“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, 

you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.”

“You are the only person on earth

who can use your ability.”

“Children are likely to live up to

 what you 

believe of them.”

“Courage is the art of being

the only one who knows you’re scared to

 death.”

" As I get older, I get smaller.

I see other parts of the world I didn’t see

 before.

Other points of view.

I see outside myself more "

" Originality 

is the fine art

of remembering what you hear

but forgetting where you heard it "

" Growth means change and change involves 

risk,

stepping from the known to the unknown "

" It takes nothing away from a human to be 

kind to an animal "

“One who fears failure limits his activities.

Failure is only the opportunity

to more intelligently begin again.”

“Happy people plan actions,

they don’t plan results.”

“Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment.”

“A people without children would face a hopeless future.

A country without trees is almost as helpless.”

“The day the child realizes that all adults are

 imperfect,

he becomes an adolescent;

the day he forgives them,

he becomes an adult;

the day he forgives himself,

he becomes wise.”

The motivational message and 

Motto of The Graham Johnson Cultural Arts

 Endowment is 

"Life Is For The Living"

" Strong people are made by opposition like 

kites that go up against the wind. "

" Keep your face always toward the sunshine 

and shadows will fall behind you."

" I am so tired of waiting,

Aren’t you,

For the world to become good

And beautiful and kind? "

" The healthiest response to life is joy. "

" The early bird gets the worm,

but the second mouse gets the cheese. "

" Inaction breeds doubt and fear.

Action breeds confidence and courage.

If you want to conquer fear,

don’t sit a t home and think about it.

Go out and get busy."

" Waiting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. "

" Success is never final

and failure never fatal.

It is courage that counts. "

" If you can’t forgive and forget, 

pick one. "

" Remain true to yourself, child.

If you know your own heart,

you will always have one friend

who does not lie "

" I really believe that everyone

has a talent, ability, or skill

that he can mine to support himself

and to succeed in life "

" Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that,

but the really great make you feel that you too,can become great. "

" When we show our respect for other living things,

they respond with respect for us. "

" We all live under the same sky,but we don’t all have the same horizon. "

“If The Beatles or the 60’s had a message,it was ‘Learn to swim.And once you’ve learned – swim!”

" Everyone who is successful
must have dreamed of something "

" Don’t walk in front of me,I may not follow;Don’t walk behind me,I may not lead;Walk beside me,and just be my friend. "

“Business today consists
in persuading crowds. “

“Happiness is a by-product.
You cannot pursue it by itself.”

" The Gift of Giving is the Best Gift We Have Been Given "

" Hard work does not kill, Worry does " 

“Waiting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.”