Collected Quotations from the Jack Russell Calendars

Some of you are finding out about us for the first time here on the Web,
while others may know of us already, having seen the JRT Calendar
and our JR products catalog, or maybe you are familiar with our
rescue work. In an effort to include some of the flavor of the
Jack Russell Calendar in the website, we have included here
a selection of our favorite quotations from past Calendars.

Happiness is a conscious choice,
not an automatic response.

--= M. Barthel =--

Everybody needs beauty
as well as bread, and places to play in,
where nature may heal and cheer and give
strength to body and soul alike.

--= John Muir =--

The Saints are the sinners
who keep on going.

--= Robert Louis Stevenson =--

We can't all be heroes because
somebody has to sit on the curb
and clap as they go by.

--= Will Rogers =--

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

--= Robert Byrne =--

The way I see it, it doesn't matter what
you believe-- just so you're sincere.

--= Charles M. Schultz =--
from Go Fly a Kite Charlie Brown

Happiness makes up for in height,
what it lacks in length.

--= Robert Frost =--

The meaning of things lies not in the things
themselves, but in our attitude towards them.

--= Saint Exupery =--

Real generosity is doing something nice
for someone who will never find it out.

--= Frank A. Clark =--

The better part of one's life
consists of their friendships.

--= Abraham Lincoln =--

How we spend our days is,
of course, how we spend our lives.

--= Anne Dillard =--

The dog is the god of Frolic.

--= Henry Ward Beecher =--

The fidelity of a dog is a precious gift
demanding no less binding moral responsibilities
than the friendship of a human being. The bond with
a true dog is as lasting as the ties of the earth can ever be.

--= Konrad Lorenz =--

We who choose to surround ourselves
with lives even more temporary than
our own, live within a fragile circle.

--= Irving Townsend =--

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