Friday, August 27, 2010

Thoughts And Quotes

You were not created a copy. You were born an original. You are unique and special in your own way. Be happy with yourself.

Life is like a roller coaster ride - it has its ups and downs, but if you’re not screaming, you’re not getting your money’s worth.

If you want to do something, you should do it today - tomorrow it may be against the law.
You gain strength courage and confidence,by every experience in which you really stop
to look fear in the face. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

The treatment must not be worse than the disease. Alan Tiernstein

"In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these."
Paul Harvey

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them. ~ Edward R. Murrow

"Because I took a moment to speak. And you took a second to smile. A tiny part of me will leave with you. And a little bit of you will stay." ~ Jevanaf

"Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day." ~ Sally Koch ~

"Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness."
~ Sacha Guitry ~

"I would rather live in a world where life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it." ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick ~

"Confidence on the outside begins by living with integrity on the inside." ~ Brian Tracy

Irish Proverbs

A kind word never broke anyone's mouth.

A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied.

A lie travels farther than the truth.

An old broom knows the dirty corners best.

Put silk on a goat, and it's still a goat.

A friend's eye is a good mirror.

It's no use carrying an umbrella if your shoes are leaking.

God is good, but never dance in a small boat.

Even a small thorn causes festering.

Every dog is brave on his own doorstep.

You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.

Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord and it makes you miss him.

You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.

"If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little." ~ George Carlin

Music is the Words of the Soul.

A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. ~
Leopold Stokowski

Without music life would be a mistake. ~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

If the King loves music, it is well with the land. ~ Mencius

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. ~
Victor Hugo

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water-bath is to the body. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable. ~ Aaron Copland

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul. ~ Plato

Music is the soundtrack of your life. ~ Dick Clark

Love the music in yourself, not yourself in the music. ~ Jon Peter Lewis

If music be the food of love; play on. ~ William Shakespeare

If one hears bad music it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation. ~ Oscar Wilde

" Don't meddle in the affairs of the Dragon for you are crunchy and good with ketchup "

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some sort of battle.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? ~ Vincent Van Gogh

"Imagination is more important than intelligence" ~ Albert Einstein

Food for Thought

Two wrongs do not make a right, but three lefts do

My wild oats have turned to shredded wheat

Is reading in the bathroom considered multitasking?

Seen it all. Done it all. Can't remember most of it.

Police station toilet stolen........cops have nothing to go on.

Schizophrenia beats being alone

If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.

You have the capacity to learn from your mistakes...you'll learn a lot today.

Heck is where people go who don't believe on Gosh!

Time is just nature's way to keep everything from happening at once.

Hard work never killed anyone, but why chance it?

All true wisdom is found on T-shirts

Strip Mining Prevents Forest Fires

I don't have a solution; but I do admire the problem.

I think sex is better than logic, but I can't prove it.

A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up a thousand times the memory.

The Meek shall inherit the earth...after we're through with it.

Two can live a cheaply as one....for half as long.

Ham and Eggs....a day's work for a chicken; a lifetime commitment for a pig.

Lord, if I can't be skinny, please let all my friends be fat.

Good Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

The buck doesn't even slow down here so keep it going

Confession is good for the soul, but bad for your career

Sometimes too much to drink isn't enough

It hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere.

Welcome to Utah...set your watch back 20 years.

A closed mouth gathers no foot.

The trouble with life is there's no background music.

Money isn't everything, but it sure keeps the kids in touch

What happens if you get scared to death twice?

Losing a husband/wife can be hard. In my case it was almost impossible.

We have enough youth. How about a fountain of "SMART"?

"This is a lifetime deal.... Just remember these three things.... There is NO DEPOSIT----NO REFUND----and absolutely NO RETURN"

" It is worse to be sick in the soul than in body." ~ Polish Proverb ~

" Feed your faith and your doubts will starve to death." ~ Roadside Church Sign ~

" The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie." ~ Ann Landers ~

" I will charge thee nothing but the promise that thee will help the next man thee finds in trouble." ~ Mennonite Proverb ~

The fruit with its seeds on the outside: strawberry.

The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form but fresh is lettuce.

"Vision without strategy is little more than a daydream." John Maxwell

"There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart. Pursue those." ~ Michael Nolan

WISE WORDS

'Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.'

A sharp tongue can cut my own throat.

If I want my dreams to come true, I mustn't oversleep.

Of all the things I wear, my expression is the most important.

The best vitamin for making friends...B1.

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

The heaviest thing I can carry is a grudge.

One thing I can give and still keep...is my word.

I lie the loudest when I lie to myself.

If I lack the courage to start, I have already finished.One thing I can't recycle is wasted time.

Ideas won't work unless ' I ' do.

My mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open.

The 10 commandments are not a multiple choice.

The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime! It is never too late to become what I might have been.

Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right...
Forget about the one's who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

Friends are like balloons; once you let them go, you might not get them back. Sometimes we get so busy with our own lives and problems that we may not even notice that we've let them fly away. Sometimes we are so caught up in who's right and who's wrong that we forget what's right and wrong. Sometimes we just don't realize what real friendship means until it is too late. I don't want to let that happen so I'm gonna tie you to my heart so I never lose you.

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