LYNN EMERY: I can't recall the author's name, but I read this in Writers Digest Magazine about 2 years ago. Talking about authors and the publishing business he said, "You don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate." This is so true.

GWYNNE FORSTER: "A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what is Heaven for."---Robert Browning

LETICIA GOMEZ: "I work to live, not live to work." It's a quote by an unknown.

ROCHELLE ALERS: Life is easy when we're not controlled by what we can't control.

DONNA HILL: "I'm dreaming of great things and doing them."

(a Donna Hill original! --smile)

EVELYN PALFREY: I have three:

"If you don't have time to do it right, do you have time to do it over?"

--from my perfectionist father

"The harder you work, the luckier you get."

--from my lucky mother

"Romance is just as sweet with a little gray at the temple."

--from me

KIMBERLA ROBY: Lately, my favorite quote is "Life is too short not to enjoy it."

DEIRDRE SAVOY: You are only as happy as you make up your mind to be--Abraham Lincoln. A teacher gave me a poster with this quote on it when I was in the sixth grade. Every time I begin to feel down, I remember these words and refocus on the positive rather than the negative.

JANICE SIMS: Life is a smorgasbord...And most poor suckers are starving to death. So, live, live, live!!!