In Tribute of Doug Jacobson

The Secret of Contentment: Knowing how to enjoy that which you have; and to have the desire, yet not the need, for all things beyond one's reach. - Yutang	Why is it that most people who develop of relationship with God do so in spite of their religion instead of because of it? *- J Thom Mickelson*	Rough treatment gives souls, as well as stones, their lustre. The more the diamond is cut the brighter it sparkles; and in what seems hard dealing, there God has no end in view but to perfect His people. *-Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie*
Danger lies not in what we don't know, but in what we think we know that just ain't so. *-Mark Twain*	Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, what they hide is vital...	Life is God's gift...but what we do with it is our gift to God.
The soul would have no rainbow if the eye had no tear. *-Robin Naifeh*	Never ask a man what sort of computer he drives. If it's a Mac, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him? *-Tom Clancy*	Don't be afraid of your shadow - it just means that there's a light shining behind you. *-Laura Siebert*
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. *-Ambrose Redmoon*	The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. *-Marcel Proust*	Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. *-David Lloyd George*
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. *-Seneca*	More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying they made them.	Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength. *-Ralph Sockman*
It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist. *-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin*	There are no facts, only interpretations. *-Friedrich Nietzsche* NOTE: There ARE facts, but most are misinterpreted, and still others don't necessarily lead you to truth. *-J Thom Mickelson*	Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words. *-Spinoza*
Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. *-Yiddish Proverb*	You can't direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails.	Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child. *-Ron Wild*
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born. *-Dale E. Turner*	A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor.	Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary: impossible. *-H. Robert Schuller*
Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. *-Hebrew Proverb*	Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.-Albert Camus	Two step formula for handling stress: 1. Don't sweat the small stuff. 2. Remember that it's all small stuff. *-Anthony Robbins*
Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it. *-John D. Rockefeller*	The lust for comfort murders the passions of the soul. *-Kahlil Gibran*	If we knew what we were doing they wouldn't call it research. *-Albert Einstein*
It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living. *-Oliver Wendell Holmes*	It is not length of life, but depth of life. *-Ralph Waldo Emerson*	Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference. *-Libbie Fudim*
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. *-Douglas Adams [Last Chance to See]*	A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.-Walter Gagehot	Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. *-Antoine de Saint-Exupery*
Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging.-Duke Snider	Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. *-Thomas Szasz*	Experience is what you get when you were expecting something else.
Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else get your way.	The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.	You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. *-Mark Twain*
Tough times never last, but tough people do. *-Tom Pascoe*	There never was night that had no morn. *-Dinah Mulock Craik*	One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in. *-Wayne Gretzky*
The impossible is often the untried. *-Jim Goodwin*	I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate. *-Elbert Hubbard*	If you believe you can, or if you believe you can't - you're right!
Keep your faith in all beautiful things; in the sun when it is hidden, in the Spring when it is gone. *-Roy R. Gilson*	Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. *-Marilyn vos Savant*	Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. *-Thich Nhat Hanh*