“For every thousand hacking at the leaves of evil, there is one striking at the root.”

-Henry David Thoreau

“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”

-John A. Shedd

“A man must strive long and mightily within himself, before he can learn fully to master himself.”

-Thomas à Kempis

“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; therefore they remain bound.”

-James Allen

Wayne’s Wise Words:

“There is no greater battle you will ever fight, than the one in your own mind.”

Wayne’s Wise Words:

“Rather than concerning yourself with the distinction of whether your glass is either half empty or half full, simply, fill the glass.”

“The house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.”

-Gaston Bachelard

“Excuses are tools of the incompetent, used to build monuments of nothingness, and those that use them seldom amount to anything.”

Wayne’s Wise Words:

Instead of asking, “How’s life treating you?” ask yourself, “How are you treating life?”

Wayne’s Wise Words:

“Life is like a painting. You cannot erase the past, you can only move forward, adapt, and paint a better picture.”

Wayne’s Wise Words:

“Absence is preparation for Presence.”

“...value is nothing but the meaning that you choose.”

-Jean-Paul Sartre