So this is what I found:

“The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we appear to be.”
-Socrates

“He who cannot change teh very fabric of his thought will never be able to change reality, and will never, therefore, make any progress.”
-Anwar Sadat

“Character building begins in infancy and ends in death.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt

“It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.”
-Elbert Hubbard

“He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.”
-Menander of Athens

“The best way out is always through.”
-Robert Frost

“The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.”
-Robert Green Ingersoll

“That which we persist in doing becomes easier - not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability has increased.”
-Emerson

“It is what a min thinks of himself that really determines his fate.”
-Henry David Thoreau

“Positive anything is better than negative nothing.”
-Elbert Hubbard

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My family takes a summer break at Johnie’s Italian ice.

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Hooray I got Italian ice!

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Right behind home plate.

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Hooray! A summer night at Wrigley…Just like when I was a kid! Thanks for the ticket Pell!

I got this little message at the top of my Gmail today…

“Recycling a 3-foot-high stack of newspapers can save one whole tree.”

It really puts things in perspective…

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Cat grave stones on sale! Invest in your feline’s future…

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Butterfly on plants at Wal-Mart

“If it is to be, it’s up to me.”

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Listening to Bethoven in Millenium Park…