Don't expect your neighbor to be better than your neighbor's neighbor.
The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. -Mark Twain
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. -Johnson
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Continual cheerfulness is a sign of wisdom. -old Irish Saying
Never return a kindness. Pass it on.
Never criticize your spouse's faults. If it weren't for them, your mate might have found someone better than you.
Music is more enjoyable if you listen to it with your eyes shut. It is also more enjoyable if people sitting near you listen with their mouths shut!
You can't make a place for yourself in the sun if you keep sitting in the shade of the family tree.
If you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right. -Henry Ford
How do you make God laugh? Tell him your plans!
Your companions are like the buttons on an elevator. They will either take you up or take you down.
Conversation without thought is just gossip.
If at first you don't succeed, you're just about average.
Coincidences are God's way of remaining anonymous.
Training the baby by the book is a good idea, only you need a different book for each baby.
The best way to get the last word is to apologize.
A room without books is like a body without a soul. -Cicero
Swallowing angry words is much better than having to eat them.
Of two evils, choose neither. Charles H. Spurgeon
The mind is like a television: when it goes blank, it's a good idea to turn off the sound.
The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use? -Dale Carnegie
Everyone from time to time needs a little help. If you see a turtle on a fencepost, you know he didn't get there by himself.
If you're up to your ears in adversity, try using the part that isn't submerged...
Progress is made when someone is not satisfied to leave well enough alone
Do something--either lead, follow, or get out of the way!
If you're going to climb, you've got to grab the branches, not the blossoms.
If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance. -George Bernard Shaw
Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time. -Baltimore Grotto
The Ten Commandments aren't prefaced with "If you're in the mood." -Laura Schlessinger
Usefulness is not impaired by imperfection. You can drink from a chipped cup.
Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
We have enough youth--how about a fountain of smart?
If you don't know history, you don't know anything. You're a leaf that doesn't know it's part of a tree. -Michael Crichton
The trick to eating crow is to pretend it tastes good.
Lying makes a problem part of the future; truth makes a problem a part of the past. -Rick Pitino
The squeaky wheel may get the most oil, but it's also the first to be replaced. -Marilyn Vos Savant
Wisdom is knowing what to do next. Virtue is doing it.
Don't confuse being "soft" with seeing the other guy's point of view. -George Bush
The only failure is not knowing how to be happy.
We can 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 have to learn to live in the same box.
Most of us go to our grave with our music still inside of us.
Don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened.
The more things you own, the more they own you.
Nothing is new, just old and forgotten.
It is important that people know what yu stand for; it is equally important that they know what you won't stand for.
Your forefathers did without sugar until the 13th century, without coal fires until the 14th century, without buttered bread until the 15th century, without potatoes until the 16th century, without coffee, tea, and soap until the 17th century, without pudding until the 18th century, without gas, matches and electricity until the 19th century, and without canned goods until the 20th century.
Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
Time is a created thing. To say "I don't have time," is like saying "I don't want to." -Lao Tzu (6th century BC)
Go as far as you can see. When you get there you will see farther.
