Cast the Net for Chance

“Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish.”

OVID, HEROIDES

Opinions or Confessions?

 WORDS OF WISDOM

“People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.” 

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Worry? Never.

 "Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow. It only saps today of its joy."

LEO BUSCAGLIA

Do It Now

 WORDS OF WISDOM

"Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible."

DORIS LESSING

The Only Thing

“Make voyages. Attempt them. There's nothing else.”

TENNESSE WILLIAMS

A True Friend

“A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.”

FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

Whatever You Think You Can Do, Just Do

“Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace, and power in it."

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Good Deeds

“Keep doing good deeds long enough and you'll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself.”

LOUIS AUCHINCLOSS

The Certain Way to Succeed

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

THOMAS EDISON

Good in Every Heart

“God has put something noble and good into every heart his hand has created. So while living on earth we must always remember to learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow because time will only show what has mattered throughout our journey.” 

MELANIE KLEIN 

Mistakes

"Mistakes are the portals of discovery."

JAMES JOYCE

The Best Advice Ever

"Open your eyes before you open your mouth."

"Ouvre tes yeux avant d'ouvrir ta bouche."

ALICE MASCIOLI - 2021

Successful People

"Successful people are simply those with successful habits." 

BRIAN TRACY

Great Achievements

"Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness."

NAPOLEON HILL

Blaming Circumstances

"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are they who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them."

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

Future, One Day at a Time

“Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.”

DEAN ACHESON

Impossible Dreams?

“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible. Then they seem improbable. And then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”

CHRISTOPHER REEVE

A Ship in Safe Harbor?

“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”

WILLIAM SHEDD

Be a Good Person

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good person should be. Be one.”

MARCUS AURELIUS

Help Others, Help Yourself

"It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed."

NAPOLEAN HILL

Pray to be Stronger Men

"Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be stronger men."

JOHN F. KENNEDY