Favorite Quotes

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Favorite Quotes

"Opportunity may knock, but you must open the door."

"Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well."
- Stanhope

"Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice."

"Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first."
- Frederick Wilcox

"An apology is the best way to have the last word."

"Progress is not created by contented people."
- Frank Tyger

Don't cloud today with things that can't be undone.
You have no more control over yesterday or tomorrow,
than you do the raging of your passions.

--Author Unknown--

"One of the most important things a father can do for his children is to love their mother."
- Ray Chenoweth

"In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends."
- J. Churton Collins

"A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down."
- Arnold H. Glasow

"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is God's Gift. That's why we call it the 'Present.'"

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
-Abraham Lincoln

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
-Andre' Gide

Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and softly sits on your shoulder.
-L. Richard Lessor

...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
-Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.
-Galileo Galilei

God gave us memories that we might have roses in December.
-Sir James M. Barrie

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.: -Winston Churchill
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow you gotta put up with the rain.: -Dolly Parton
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.: -Abraham Lincoln
A man is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.: -Henry O. Dormann
"Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards."

"When science finally locates the center of the universe, some people will be surprised to learn they're not it."

"The tragedy of life is what dies inside a person while he lives."
-Albert Schweitzer

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
-John Lennon - Lyrics to the song "Beautiful Boy"

"Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe in, and enthusiastically act upon.....MUST.....inevitably come to pass."
-Paul J. Meyer

"Often the test of courage is not to die, but to live."
- Conte Vittorio Alfieri

Things you should learn about life...

These wonderful quotes were "borrowed" from the fabulous website of my good friend Pam at the Arizona Gang Website... thanks Pam!

...that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

...that it's not what you have in your life, but who you have in your life that counts.

...that you can get by on charm for about 15 minutes. After that, you'd better know something.

...that you shouldn't compare yourself to the best others can do, but to the best you can do.

...that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.

...that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.

...that no matter how thin you slice it, there are always two sides.

...that it's a lot easier to react than it is to think, but the right thing to do is think first.

...that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

...that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

...that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.

...that there are people who love you dearly, but just don't know how to show it.

...that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up.

...that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

...that you should NEVER tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if they believed it.

...that your family won't always be there for you. It may seem funny but people you aren't related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again. Families aren't always biological.

...that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

...that sometimes when my friends fight, I'm forced to choose sides even when I don't want to.

...that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they love each other, and just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they don't.

...that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.

...that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

...that writing, as well as talking, can ease emotional pains.

...that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

...that the people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.

...that it's hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people's feelings and standing up for what you believe.

...that what is important in life is living it the best you can, and not leave anything out you want to do!

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"Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use."
-- Wendell Johnson

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