It's a bird...it's a plane..it's your Librarian!

Librarians are the secret superheroes of the world! - John Green

I snagged this from Jet on the PubLib ListServ -- Thanks!

Quote-o-Rama

Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune.
-- Italian Proverb

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
-- Will Rogers

Love talked about can be easily turned aside, but love demonstrated is irresistible.
-- W. Stanley Mooneyham

An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.
-- John Wesley

The beginning of sin is sweet; its end is bitter.
-- Japanese Proverb

Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.
-- Mark Twain

Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good.
-- Baltasar Gracian

A habit for all of us to develop would be to look for something to appreciate in everyone we meet. We can all be generous with appreciation.
-- Carl Holmes

Talking about bulls is not the same as facing them in the ring.
-- Mexican Proverb

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
-- Jonathan Swift

God Bless You...

When did people stop saying it?

This saddens me.

Courtesy...it only takes a second!

Love & Marriage...

Go together like a horse & carriage...

Coffee and love are best when they're hot.
-- German Proverb

A good marriage is like a casserole: only those involved actually know what goes into it.

Something to remember when you fall on your face...

Every calamity is a spur and a valuable hint.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Patience...is a virtue

Patience is the key to paradise.

- Turkish proverb

Animal Crackers

Animal crackers, and cocoa to drink. That is the finest of suppers, I think; when I'm grown up and can have what I please I think I shall always insist upon these.

- Christopher Morley, author & journalist

Go For It!

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

- Mark Twain, American writer

Time

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness...never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

- Lord Chesterfield

Heroes

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

Arthur Ashe

The hero of the future will be that individual with the great mission to overcome the mass feeling of alienation and self-inadequacy. He will recognize that this struggle starts not with his community, nor even with his principal organization, but rather it starts with himself.

Eugene E. Jennings