Karen L. Oberst

Jesus, the Light of the World, 
as we celebrate Your birth ... 
may we begin to see the world in the light 
of understanding You give us. 
As You chose the lowly, the outcasts, 
and the poor to receive the greatest news 
the world had ever known, 
so may we worship You in meekness of heart. 
May we also remember our brothers and sisters 
less fortunate than ourselves 
in this season of giving. Amen. 
~Karen L. Oberst~ 

Sharon O'Brien

Writing became such a process of discovery
that I couldn't wait
to get to work in the morning:
I wanted to know
what I was going to say.
~Sharon O'Brien~

Great writing is a submission to a creative force 
that seems to use the writer as an instrument. 
The writer finds that the words stream out, 
almost as if someone else were producing them. 
Writing becomes a process of discovery. 
~S. O'Brien~

Sean O'Casey

Laughter is wine for the soul -- laugh soft, 
or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness. 
Comedy and tragedy step through life together, 
arm in arm... Once we can laugh, we can live. 
~Sean O'Casey~ 

Daniel O'Connell

Nothing is politically right which is morally wrong. 
~Daniel O'Connell~

Flannery O'Connor

The truth does not change 
according to our ability to stomach it. 
~Flannery O'Connor~ 

Sandra Day O'Connor

I find the system quite comforting. 
By spreading the responsibility to 
uphold the Constitution among so many, 
the framers enlisted a legion of defenders 
for their new charter. 
~Sandra Day O'Connor~ 

Gene Oliver

My past is my wisdom to use today. . . 
my future is my wisdom 
yet to experience. 
Be in the present because 
that is where life resides. 
~Gene Oliver~ 

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

If you bungle raising your children, 
I don't think whatever else you do well 
matters very much. 
~Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis~ 

Louis Orr

Science will never be able to reduce the value of a sunset to arithmetic. Nor can it reduce friendship to formula. Laughter and love, pain and loneliness, the challenge of beauty and truth: these will always surpass the scientific mastery of nature.
~Louis Orr~

Alexander Osborn

Creativity is so delicate a flower 
that praise tends to make it bloom, 
while discouragement often nips it in the bud. 
Any of us put out more and better ideas 
if our efforts are truly appreciated. 
~Alexander Osborn~

Don Osgood

To gain a new perspective,
our questions must be simple and profound.
What is important?
Who is important?
What are we going to do about it?
~Don Osgood~

Osho

If you deceive someone,
you lose one of life's greatest treasures,
you lose the capacity to trust.
Because without trust,
love is not possible.
~Osho~

William Osler

We are here to add what we can to life, 
not to get what we can from it. 
~William Osler~ 

Frank Outlaw

Watch your thoughts; they become words. 
Watch your words; they become actions. 
Watch your actions; they become habits. 
Watch your habits; they become character. 
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. 
~Frank Outlaw~ 

Mark Overby

Love is much like a wild rose, 
beautiful and calm, 
but willing to draw blood in its defense. 
~Mark Overby~

Ovid

To be loved,
be lovable.
~Ovid~

Whether they give or refuse, 
it delights women just the same 
to have been asked. 
~Ovid~

Take rest; 
a field that has rested 
gives a bountiful crop. 
~Ovid~