Michael Josephson Commentary

A Flower unblown,
A Book unread,
A Tree with fruit unharvested
A Path untrod,
A House whose rooms lack yet the heart’s divine perfumes.
This is the Year that for you waits
Beyond tomorrow’s mystic gates.
– Horatio Nelson Powers, poet (1826-1890)

May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions.
– Joey Adams, comedian (1911-1999)

Never tell your resolution beforehand or it’s twice as onerous a duty.
– John Selden, British jurist (1584-1654)

Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.
– Mark Twain, author, humorist (1835-1910)

Come, woo me, woo me; for now I am in holiday humor and like enough to consent.
– William Shakespeare, British poet, playwright (1564-1616)

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.
– Oprah Winfrey, media mogul, philanthropist

Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better man.
– Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father (1706-1790)

The key to a better life: Complain less, appreciate more. Whine less, laugh more. Talk less, listen more. Want less, give more. Hate less, love more. Scold less, praise more. Fear less, hope more.
– Michael Josephson