Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts. -Winston Churchill

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.  You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.  You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.  You cannot further the brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred.  You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.  You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.  You cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and independence.  You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

-Abraham Lincoln

Really proud of my boys.  They all pitched in and counted pieces, read the instructions and built a couple of kitchen islands from IKEA tonight for their mom.  They worked together and they are incredibly proud of the result.  Maybe they will spend time in the kitchen just to use their creation.  I doubt it, but we’ll see