Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control. These three alone lead to sovereign power. – Lord Alfred Tennyson

It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air. – W. T. Ellis

Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness. – May Sarton, 1912 – 1995

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. – Abigail Van Buren

The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny. – Albert Ellis