Hope floats!

They say "great things come in small packages." In my case, they come in "small boxes." Boxes I get at Papemelroti. This time, it’s a box containing words of wisdom to inspire you on your road to success. Here are some words to give you HOPE.



• More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. —Alfred Lord Tenryson

• The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. —Eleonor Roosevelt

• Some men see things as they are and say "Why?" I dream things that never were and say "Why not?" —George Bernard Shaw

• Success is measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed. —Booker T. Washington

• Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. —Confucius

• Never, never, never QUIT. —Winston Churchill

• The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, it’s in what direction we are moving. —Oliver Wendell Holmes

• Whatever you can do or dream about, begin it. —Goethe

• The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. —Lao-Tse

• We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. —Aristotle

• Everything is possible to a man who trusts. —Mark 9:23

• To the man who himself strives earnestly, God also lends a helping hand. —Aeschylus

• We have a great God who will do within us what we cannot do for ourselves. —Catherine Marshall

• Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. —Chesterfield

• Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance. —Samuel Johnson

• Thinking well is wise; Planning well wiser; Doing well wisest and best of all. —Persian Proverb

• Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. —Thomas A. Edison

• Genius, that power which dazzles mortal eyes, is oft but perseverance in disguise. —Henry W. Austin

• Obstacle in the pathway of the weak become stepping stones in the pathway of the strong. —Thomas Carlyle

• As long as the trunk is firm, worry not over the branches swaying to the wind. —Chinese Proverb

• The secret of success is constancy of purpose. —Disraeli

• I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. —Philippians 4:13

• I assure you, if you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you would be able to say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and it would move. Nothing would be impossible for you. —Matthew 17:20

• And the Lord says in Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know well the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans to give you a future full of Hope."

I say, "great things come in small boxes."

(If you want this box and other boxes full of greater things, go to Papemelroti Gift Shop along Roces Avenue, Quezon City.)

(E-mail me at babyjackster@yahoo.com or visit www.jackielou.com)