The greatest leaders are not necessarily the ones who do the greatest things. They are the ones that inspire others to do great things.

RONALD REAGAN

I think this quote means that leaders are not strong and skilled but inspiring, and show integrity. Leaders can be the base of something that a team is working at. They can really be anything as long as they inspire others and make sure they set an example of what is the right thing to do.

My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what’s important to me.

MICHAEL IMPERIOLI

I think this quote means that your family is what always comes first when it comes to caring about something. I think family is important because it produces love not only for you but for you to give it to someone else, like a part of your family. Unlike other people your parents and siblings know you the best and know the best way to give you love. They will also know the best way to inspire you to give love to. That is what a family is all about, love.

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.

PAULO COELHO

I think this this quote means that being brave enough to take a risk can be beneficial because sometimes experience can be the best teacher. When you are brave and go into the unknown you can learn thing you would have never learned in school, college, and even when you are an adult. Sometimes it can be a science experiment, sometimes it can be a wild adventure.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

RICHARD WAGNER

I think this quote means that happiness is not in the things in life, but in life is where it lies. Joy can only be produced in the soul and not in the things that the soul sees. Life is full of fun opportunity’s, but the real joy is in yourself. That is what makes the fun happiness.

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.

CHARLES DICKENS

I think this quote means that laughter and humor is contagious because those are symptoms of happiness, and everybody loves that. But sometimes laughter can not only be the opposite of a disease. It can also be an antidote. When you are sad or angry, laughter and humor can fix that the second you start giggling.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI

I think this quote means that the best way to find the good in your self is to go out of your way to help others. When you get out of your life’s needs and pay attention to other peoples needs, then you lose your self and help other people, find themselves. When you help other people find themselves, and if you are truly a good person, than you just found a huge chunk of your soul/yourself.

No one can really predict to what heights you might soar. Even you will not know until you spread your wings.

GIL ATKINSON

I think this means that to reach a goal no one can tell how far you go until you try to start going and do it. All of your abilities are hidden until you reveal them and you will never do what you want to do until you try to reach your goal with all of your strength. Only that will show how strong your will is, and you will find that with every time you do it, it only gets easier and your wings will spread faster and farther, and you will fly higher each time. You will also find that you have other abilities, and that you can do more things to. But all it takes to do any of these things is the will to spread your wings and take of.

I say to myself that I shall try to make my life like an open fireplace, so that people may be warmed and cheered by it and so go out themselves to warm and cheer.

GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS

I think this quote means that you should be cheerful so that others can follow your example and be happy as well. Then if everyone is happy then they can do it themselves and spread happiness so others will be happy and have cheer. And you don’t want to spread happiness only for other people but for yourself so you can spread it throughout more people and make it stronger than when you were only wishing happiness for yourself. You should also make not only actions and abilities to spread happiness, but dedicate your life to give cheer to those without it.

That’s what kindness is. It’s not doing something for someone else because they can’t, but because you can.

I think this quote means that kindness is not doing what’s right because someone might not be, but because you can. For example if you helping a blind person get to school or something, your not helping them just because they can’t get to school safely, but because you can help them do that. This person is trying to say that kindness is helping

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN

I think this means that a day without something good in it is a day that is not well spended. Imagine a day where there are no happiness and nothing to enjoy about the hours you are awake. When that happens you are miserable, and their is no point of that part of your life. You have no motivation to do something that is fun and you will not be happy, and when you are not happy there is not a lot to enjoy about the life that has been given to you. You pile that all in one stack and your whole day is a big frowny face. That is why its important to have laughs and good moment not just in your life but the days that make it.