"Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us."
— Hal Borland

"It ain’t dying I’m talking about, it’s living. I doubt it matters where you die, but it matters where you live.” ~spoken by Augustus McCrae"
— Larry McMurtry (Lonesome Dove)

"You weren't put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity."
— Rick Warren (The Purpose-driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?)