There are two lasting bequests we can give our
children : one is roots. The other is wings.
-Hodding Carter, J.R.
Never wrestle a pig.
You both get dirty and the pig enjoys it.
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the
sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed
only if there is a light from within. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"
Never look down on anybody unless you are helping them up.
"If you judge people, you have no time to love them." -Mother Theresa
Don't cry because it's over;
smile because it happened.
We could learn a lot from crayons:
some are sharp, some are pretty, some are
dull, ,
some have weird names, and all are different colors,
but they all exist
very nicely in the same box.
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day,
so I never have to live without you."
-Winnie the Pooh
Always forgive your enemies,
Nothing annoys them so much.
Those who pry into other peoples affairs,
will hear what they do not like
Stand up for what is right,
even if you are standing alone.
Readers are Leaders
We can do, and
we must do, better than this!
Watch your thoughts; they become your words.
Watch your words; they become your actions.
Watch your actions; they become your habits.
Watch your habits; they become your character.
Watch your character for it will become your destiny." Hillel ...
Violent behavior is not a revelation of one's strength,
but an attempt to conceal their weaknesses
The best relationship is one where your love for each other
is greater than your need for each other.
Let your heart guide you. It whispers,
so listen closely.
Thank God for what you have, TRUST GOD for what you need.
To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it.
Respect is something that must be earned.
Grace is something that is given.
Isn't it great that we don't have to earn God's grace or respect?
Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things,
but just look what they can do when they stick together.
Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because no other procedure involves
the purposeful termination of a potential life.
When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember
that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart. --Helen Keller
The most important thing a father can do for his children
is to love their mother.
To be loved is to be fortunate,
but to be hated is to achieve distinction.
You may only be one person to the world,
but you may also be the world to one person.
We come to love not by finding the perfect person
but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
Love is friendship set on fire. - French Proverb
Love at first sight is rather pointless without love
at second sight, and third, and fourth
A bird in the hand is safer than one overhead
Work to become, not to acquire."
-- Confucius
It takes both sunshine and rain
to make a rainbow.
Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind.
Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it.
A peacock who sits on his tail is just another turkey
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
--Aesop
Kind words are short to speak,
but their echoes are endless.
Anyone can enjoy good days;
those who find ways to enjoy bad days
have something going for them!
If you are willing to admit faults,
you have one less fault to admit.
Silence is foolish if we are wise,
but it is wise if we are foolish.
Parents can tell but never teach, unless
they practice what they preach.
Life is like a sewer... what you get out of it
depends on what you put into it.
Without vision, we are blind to opportunity.
It's not what you've got, it's what you use
that makes a difference. "Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
--George Bernard Shaw
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live your life so that when you die,
the world cries and you rejoice.
Don't worry about temptation--as you grow older, it starts avoiding you.
Lead me not into temptation; I can find it myself.
God may give you seeds but he won't plant them for you."
Take interest in your future.
It's where you're going to spend the rest of your life.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead
where there is no path and leave a trail."
--George Bernard Shaw
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