Paul J Alessi Quotes & Sayings

Then began an experience that turned my life around-working on a book with a black kid as hero. None of the manuscripts I'd been illustrating featured any black kids-except for token blacks in the background. My book would have him there simply because he should have been there all along. Years before I had cut from a magazine a strip of photos of a little black boy. I often put them on my studio walls before I'd begun to illustrate children's books. I just loved looking at him. This was the child who would be the hero of my book. — Ezra Jack Keats

She siged, a sound of regret for childhood transgressions, for all the lessons learned too late. — Tess Gerritsen

Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it and spend it rather than invest it. — Jim Rohn

Shops are not a growing business, so it's a scary place to be. — Galen Weston

Take nothing and no one for granted. Time used to be my friend, and now it's a skittish acquaintance at best.
Let life unfold, say what you mean. You can't always think about what you've lost, or what you don't have, or what you didn't get. Because when you do that, you're missing out on the now. You can't know if you'll be here tomorrow or a year from now. — Adriana Trigiani

The cup which my Saviour giveth me, can it be anything but a cup of salvation? — Alexander MacLaren