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Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Will Rogers

Buy land - they're not making it anymore.
Will Rogers

Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.
Anthony Robbins

All our souls are written in our eyes.
Edmond Rostand

It is our choices that show we truly are, far more than our abilities.
J.K. Rowling

It is necessary to learn from others' mistakes. You will not live long enough to make them all yourself.
Hyman Rickover, U.S. Navy Admiral

If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.
Bette Reeves

We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.
Will Rogers

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; in practice, there is.
Chuck Reid

It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.
Bertrand Russell, Nobel prize-winning author

Neurotics build castles in the air, psychotics live in them. My mother cleans them.
Rita Rudner

It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.
Babe Ruth (1895-1948)

The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
Will Rogers

Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing yourself to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.
Mary Lou Retton

Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be.
Rita Rudner

I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers, someone is taking the time to plant some.
Herbert Rappaport

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt

I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine.
Rita Rudner

There are many things that will catch my eye, but there are only a few that catch my heart... it is those I consider to pursue.
Tim Redmond, writer

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.
Will Rogers (1879-1935)

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jelly beans.
Ronald Reagan

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
Will Rogers

There will be ups and there will be downs, there will be times when things make sense, there will be times when they won't, but you'll always be on an adventure of meaning if you live for self, family, and others.
Christopher Reeve, actor (after horse accident)

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)

Success, real success, in any endeavour demands more from an individual than most people are willing to offer - not more than they are capable of offering.
James Roche

Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.
Andy Rooney

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.
Keanu Reeves, actor

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.
Tom Robbins

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
Agnes Repplier

I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.
Will Rogers (1879-1935)

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)

Destiny is as destiny does. If you believe you have no control, then you have no control.
Wess Roberts

See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails?
Will Rogers to his niece on seeing the Venus de Milo

The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.
Mark Russell

If you're going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.
Leo Rosten

I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was fulll of portraits of Picasso.
Rita Rudner

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
Babe Ruth

When I meet a man I ask myself, "Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?"
Rita Rudner

You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.
Jeanette Rankin (1880-1973), feminist and politician

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), philosopher

Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the deep end.
Christopher Reeve, actor

Walk softly and carry a big stick.
Theodore Roosevelt

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
John D. Rockefeller

Better by far you should forget and smile,
Than you should remember and be sad.
"Remember", Christina Rossetti

For there is no friend like a sister
In calm or stormy weather;
To cheer one on the tedious way,
To fetch one if one goes astray,
To lift one if one totters down,
To strengthen whilst one stands.
"Goblin Market", Christina Rossetti

Always be willing to look at both sides of the argument. Understanding the other side is the best way to strengthen your own.
Jim Rohn, motivational author

Love brings light into the world.
Rumi (1207-1273), poet

There is no disguise that can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not.
François de la Rochefoucald

Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
Dan Rather

We don't understand life any better at 40 than we do at 20, but we know it and admit it.
Jules Renard (1864-1918), writer

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
Pat Riley, basketball coach

Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
Jules Renard

Think about the impact of today's decisions, for tomorrow is much longer than today.
Don Raiff, economist

It is fun being in the same decade with you.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in a letter to Winston Churchill

The time you enjoy is not wasted time.
Bertrand Russell

And now let us welcome the New Year,
Full of things that have never been.
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), poet

I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
Rita Rudner

To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th U.S. President

The worst moment for the atheist is when he really is thankful and has nobody to thank.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti

I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.
Eleanor Roosevelt

In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk.
Rita Rudner

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough-informed to maintain its sovereign control over the government.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

There is a responsibility that comes with freedom: to use it well.
Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor

Listen to the passion of your soul, set the wings of your spirit free; and let not a single song go unsung.
Sylvana Rossetti

Indecision is the thief of opportunity.
Jim Rohn, motivational speaker

My mother buried three husbands, and two of them were just napping.
Rita Rudner

One's philosophy is expressed in the choices one makes.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

Mathematics, rightly viewed, possess not only truth, but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.
Bertrand Russell

When you get that audition or when you get that opportunity to sit in with somebody who could have an influence on your career, you have to be ready. You have to sit down and give up the goods.
Renee Rosnes, jazz pianist

Don't just make an impression on people; impact them!
Dr. Rick Rigsby, communications professor at Texas A&M University

Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense.
Helen Rowland

A conversation not grounded in honesty is not real communication.
Ismail Royer, editor

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

Don't let other people tell you what you want.
Pat Riley, professional basketball coach

What worries you, masters you.
Haddon W. Robinson, minister/author

The family is the building block for whatever solidarity there is in society.
Jill Ruckelshaus, social activist

When I finally met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always.
Rita Rudner

Example is contagious behavior.
Charles Reade (1814-1884), novelist

Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.
Ayn Rand, philosopher and author

Nothing you can't spell will ever work.
Will Rogers

You are simply my best time.
You are my sweetest laughter.
You are my most peaceful sleep...
and still! You find new ways to love me.
Always you will have my hand to hold.
Always.
Mary Anne M.B.L. Radmacher

Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.
John Ruskin (1819-1900), author/art critic/social reformer

Those who would treat morality and politics apart will never understand anything, either about the one or about the other.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Our real values are expressed in actions, in what we do and how we do it.
Robert Rabbin

It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
Man Ray (1890-1976), photographer/painter

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.
Edward V. Rickenbacker (1890-1973), aviator

Don't wish it was easier; wish you were better.
Don't wish for less problems; wish for more skills.
Don't wish for less challenge; wish for more wisdom.
Jim Rohn, speaker/author

Say what you mean, mean what you say, and do not be mean when you say it.
Meryl Runion

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