"As soon as you open your eyes in the morning you can square away for a happy and successful day. It's the mood and the purpose at the inception of each day that are the important facts in charting yo..."
- George Matthew Adams
"Nature tops the list of potent tranquilizers and stress reducers. The mere sound of moving water has been shown to lower blood pressure."
- Patch Adams
"If I had refused to institute a negotiation or had not persevered in it I would have been degraded in my own estimation as a man of honor."
- John Adams
"The organized person ... makes the most of his time and goes to his bed for the night perfectly relaxed for rest and renewal."
"Each day can be one of triumph if you keep up your interests."
"He who does not get fun and enjoyment out of every day ... needs to reorganize his life."
"No Doctor I don't want to grow young again. I just want to keep on growing old."
- Madame de Rothschild
"A cheerful frame of mind reinforced by relaxation which in itself banishes fatigue is the medicine that puts all ghosts of fear on the run."
"I must study politics and war that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy geography natural history and naval architecture navigation commerce and agriculture in orde..."
"Swim or sink live or die survive or perish with my country was my unalterable determination."