As listed in the NAWBO National Association of Women Business Owners
December 11, 2008 - Smart Brief Special Report

As we look ahead to 2009, it is poignant to reflect on words of wisdom as we forge ahead. Many of our families are quite overwhelmed in their day as they care for their loved ones, whether at home or in senior living. I am hoping that these quotes will uplift your day. I enjoyed reading these and it is my pleasure to pass them on.

Lori Solomon, President and Founder
www. AccentOnSeniors.com

In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.”
–Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the U.S.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
–Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political leader

It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.”
–Peter Ustinov, British actor and writer

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.”
–Aristotle, ancient Greek philosopher

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.”
–Marian Wright Edelman, children’s activist

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened.”
–Alexander Graham Bell, American inventor

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.”
–Jonathan Kozol, American nonfiction writer and educator

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
–Helen Keller, author, activist and lecturer