Author Archives: Cathy Burnham Martin

  “The question is not what a man can scorn, or disparage, or find fault with, but what he can love, and value, and appreciate.” — John Ruskin (1819 – 1900) English polymath & writer

    “Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.” — Robert Frost (1874 – 1963) American poet

“Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.” — Ausonius (c310 – 395 AD) Gallo-Roman poet, rhetorician & imperial tutor

“When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh … Continue reading →

  “Minds are like parachutes — they only function when they are open.” — Lord Thomas Dewar (1864 – 1930) Scottish distiller & humorist

  “Become a possibilitarian.  No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities — always see them, for they’re always there.” — Norman Vincent Peale (1898 – 1993) American Protestant clergyman and … Continue reading →

    “What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly.” — Lao-tzu (aka Laozi) (circa 571BC to around 5th century BC) 6th-century Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism    

“Fame or integrity: which is more important?  Money or happiness: which is more valuable?  Success or failure: which is more destructive?  If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled.  If your happiness depends on money, … Continue reading →

“A loving person lives in a loving world.  A hostile person lives in a hostile world.  Everyone you meet is your mirror.” — Ken S. Keys, Jr. (1921 – 1995) American author (Yup… I’m a bit of a monkey, but … Continue reading →

“What you are thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882) American essayist & philosopher

“Without darkness, there are no dreams.” — Karla Kuban (1954 – ) American novelist Never lose faith, nor stop hoping.

“Liberty is the breath of life to nations.” — George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) Irish playwright, critic, & political activist

  “All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.“ — Sean O’Casey (1880 – 1964) Irish playwright & memoirist

  “A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.” — Rabindranath Tagore (1861 – 1941) Bengali polymath (poet, writer, philosopher, playwright, songwriter, painter, composer & social reformer) 1st Asian to … Continue reading →

  “The essence of genius is knowing what to overlook.” — William James (1842 – 1910) American psychologist and philosopher 1st educator to offer a course in psychology in the U.S.A.