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If you need four screws for a job, the first three will be easy to find.

Any idea that was not put in by reason cannot be taken out by reason.

The older I get, the better I used to be.

Minds at rest rust.

There is so much apathy in the world today .. but who cares?

One hologram is worth 1,000,000,000 words.

Why not go out on the limb? That's where all the fruit is.

Time flies, but remember: you are the navigator.

People who do things that count, never stop to count them.

When spring is dancing among the hills, one should not stay in a little dark corner.

When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not.
Mark Twain

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
Immanual Kant

Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew.

Peace is not a season, it is a way of life.

We forfeit three fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.
Schopenhauer

Do what you can with what you have where you are.
Teddy Roosevelt

Have you hugged someone today?

A laugh is just like sunshine. It freshens all the day.

Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Life is hard by the yard, but by the inch, life's a cinch.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.
Shakespeare

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Soft is the heart of a child; do not harden it.

You cannot build a reputation on the things you are going to do.

You cannot push anyone up the ladder, unless he is willing to climb himself.

The way to learn is to begin.

Make your life an act of love.

It takes both the sun and the rain to make a beautiful rainbow.

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.
Sir Thomas Brown

Take a little time to do whatever makes a happy you.

When the outlook is poor, try the up look.

Giving makes living more loving.

Happiness is like jam. You can't spread even a little without getting some on yourself.

An apology is a good way to have the last word.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Patience is the ability to put up with people you'd like to put down.

If you are willing to admit when you are wrong, you are right.

Make your life an act of love.

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

In my garden love grows.

We may give without loving, but we cannot love without giving.

Friends multiply joy and divide sorrow.

The only reason some people listen to reason is to gain time for rebuttal.

Beware what you set your heart upon, for it surely shall be yours.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

A yawn is a silent shout.
G.K.Chesterton

Lift where you stand.

Anyone bored these days is not paying attention.
Bill Copeland

Try not to become a person of success, but rather a person of value.
Albert Einstein

Some things have to be believed to be seen.
Ralph Hodgson

My conscience doesn't keep me from doing things. It does keep me from enjoying them.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

You have achieved success if you have lived well, laughed often and loved much.

Let there be spaces in your togetherness.

Experience is the best teacher, but the tuition is very costly.

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of is the only end in life.

Refusing to ask for help when you need it is refusing someone the chance to be helpful.

A good rule for going through life is to keep the heart a little softer than the head.

Cheerfulness is the atmosphere under which all things thrive.
Jean Paul Richter

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Schweitzer

A little smile adds a great deal to your face value.

Years wrinkle the skin, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
N.V.Peale

There is no thrill quite like doing something you didn't know you could.

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

For every problem there is an opportunity.

Duty is a matter of the mind. Commitment is a matter of the heart.

The first duty of love is to listen.

You create your own reality.

I can alter my life by altering the attitude of my mind.

May you live all the days of your life.
Jonathan Swift

Aim at the sun. You may not reach it, but you will fly higher than if you never aimed.

The true vocation of man is to find his way to himself.
Hesse

Liberty is always unfinished business.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.
Mark Twain

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.
Kierkegaard

A fault recognized is half corrected.

Time is like the ocean, always there, always different.
Ogden Nash

Time is nature's way of preventing everything from happening at once.

What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.
James Stephens

The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.

The grass is greener on the other side, but it is just as hard to mow.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

We must constantly build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.

You must believe to achieve.

We should be patient with everyone, but above all with ourselves.

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

Life is there for the taking .. or the refusing.

Friendship is the only cement that can hold the world together.

Be a living expression of God's kindness.
Mother Theresa


Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.

A person's life is dyed with the color of his imagination.
Marcus Aurelius

Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
Thoreau

Happiness is not always measured in smiles.

Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.

To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are.

Do not follow where the path leads. Rather go where there is no path and leave a trail.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

He who cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must himself pass.

Think all you speak, but speak not all you think.

Success depends on your backbone, not your wishbone.

We are all ignorant about different things.
Will Rogers

Your dreams come true when you act to turn them into realities.

A person who aims at nothing has a target he can't miss.

Some people give and forgive; Others get and forget.

A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.

Go often to the house of a friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

The man who rows the boat seldom has time to rock it.
Bill Copeland

Goodwill is earned by many acts; it can be lost by one.
Duncan Stuart

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.

The control center of your life is your attitude.

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.
Kahlil Gibran

A man of peace does more good than a very learned man.
Thomas a'Kempis

Happiness is acceptance.

If you must worry - worry BIG!

Most of all - let love guide your life. (Colossians 3:14)

Wealth is not what we have, but what we are.

The darkest hour is only 60 minutes long.

You can save yourself a lot of trouble by not borrowing any.

Love is what dreams are made of.

When you love others you aren't nervous.
Mary Martin

Live in peace in a time of stress.

Words should be weighed - not counted.

Work is love made visible.

No matter what your lot in life may be, build something on it.

Gentle words work better than hard ones.

Children have more need of models than of critics.

We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.

The gift of happiness belongs to those who unwrap it.

You are never fully dressed until you wear a smile.

Our best preparation for tomorrow is the proper use of today.

People who like others are people others like.

There's always room for improvement; It's the biggest room in the house.

Make one person happy each day, even if it's yourself.

Believe that you have it, and you have it.

He who has no fire in himself cannot warm others.

You cannot sit on the road to success for if you do, you will get run over.

You won't even get started if you wait for all the conditions to be "just right."

Where there is an open mind there will always be a frontier.

It is far better that we should err in action than completely refuse to perform.

A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.
M.L.King

Improvement begins with "I".

To love something is to give it room enough to grow.

It's not a matter of growing old, it's getting old if you don't grow.

A happy memory is a joy forever.

A candle loses nothing of its light by lighting another candle.
Kelly

Sometimes you already have what you pray for.

The person who makes no mistakes usually does not make anything.

To enjoy life we must touch much of it lightly.
Voltaire

The only thing worse than watching a bad movie is being in one.
Elvis Presley

The world is more alive at night; it's like God isn't looking.
Elvis Presley

Visualize the type of person you want to be. Then act as if you already ARE that person.

Cashews are nuts.

Guillotine operators get severance pay.

Refrigerators are frigid.

This is your slum - keep it clean.

War is good business.

Lincoln is alive and living in Disneyland.

Do I have the party to whom I am speaking?

Love yourself, love the Earth, respect life.

Destiny is not a matter of chance. It's a matter of choice.

Believe you can, believe you can't - either way, you're right.

Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

Winners expect to win in advance. Life is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

If you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

If there's something I can't stand, it's a person who talks while I'm interrupting.

If hard work is the greatest thing on earth, I'll try Mars.

The shortest answer is doing.

It is better to wear out than rust out.

One doesn't get chances -- one takes chances.

Imagination is real.

Everything is true.

On Western civilization: "I think it would be a good idea."
Mahatma Gandhi

We are all just crash dummies on the information highway.
Steve Worona

If we do not succeed, then we face the risk of failure.
Dan Quayle

It's difficult to work in a group when you're omnipotent.
Q (from Star Trek)

Money - the root of all evil... Man needs roots.

If you're happy and you know it, clank your chains!

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
The Dalai Lama

We do not remember days, we remember moments.
Casare Pavese

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.
Marcus Aurelius

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
Robert Byrne

The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe.
Joanna Macy

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
Erasmus

Keep on sowing your seed, for you never know which will grow - perhaps it all will.

Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.

Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.

It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.
Irish proverb

Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.
M.Theresa

Let the beauty we love be what we do.
Rumi

It is better to give and receive.
Bernard Gunther

When strangers start acting like neighbors, communities are reinvigorated.
R.Nader

Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
Achaan Chah

Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.
Sir James Barrie

If you stop to be kind, you must swerve often from your path.
Mary Webb

Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness.
Seneca

There must be more to life than having everything!
Maurice Sendak

Kindness is the noblest weapon to conquer with.

We may have all come on different ships, but we are in the same boat now.
M.L.King