INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES for December 2010



INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES April 2011

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The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn. (David Russell)

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets credit for doing them. (Benjamin Jowett)

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements. (Norman Douglas)

Crises refines life. In them you discover what you are. (Allan Knight Chalmers)

Don’t take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to. (Josh Billings)

Take account of the difficult while it is easy,

And deal with the large while it is still tiny.

The most difficult things in the world originate with the easy,

And the largest issues originate with the tiny. (Unknown source)

To reach the height of our ambition is like try to reach the rainbow; as we advance, it recedes. (Edmund Burke)

To rule one’s anger is well; to prevent it is still better. (Tyron Edwards)

Never fail to know if you are doing all the talking, you are boring somebody. (Helen Gurley Brown)

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person. Always do what you are afraid to do. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. (George Eliot)

Morale is self-esteem in action. (Avery Weisman)

Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations, and small needs. (H. Stein)

Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.

(Stephen Leacock)

How you respond to the challenge will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser. (Lou Holtz)

If you’re not part of the steamroller, you’re part of the road. (Hy Gardner)

When a bit of sunshine hits ye,

After passing of a cloud,

When a fit of laughter gits ye

An’ ye’r really fellin’ proud,

Don’t forgit to up and fling it

At a soul that’s feelin’ blue,

For the minit that ye sling it

It’s a boomerang to you.

(Jack Crawford)

Conscience is that still, small voice that is sometimes too loud for comfort. (Bert Murray)

The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob turns to the left. (Herbert Browne)

A glimpse is not a vision. But to a man on a mountain road by night, a glimpse of the next three feet of road may matter more than a vision of the horizon. (C. S. Lewis)

Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand. (George Eliot)

Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar. (Edmond Burke)

Many people feel “guilty” about things they shouldn’t feel guilty about in order to shut out feelings of guilt about things they should feel guilty about. (Sydney J. Harris)

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom; the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. (Walter Lippman)

The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes. (William Davis).

When it comes to staying young, a mind lift beats a face lift any day. (Marty Bucella)

I only take a drink on two occasions - when I’m thirsty and when I’m not. (Brendan Behan)

It’s the things in common that make relationships enjoyable, but it’s the little differences that make them interesting. (Bill Barich)

In the old days, when things got rough, what you did was without. (Bill Copeland)

One does not make friends. One recognizes them. (Garth Henrichs)

To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own. (Anne Lindbergh)

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. (Havelock Ellis)

Laziness has many disguise. Soon “winter doldrums” will become “spring fever.” (Bern Williams)

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it. (Maurice Maeterlinck)

In every winter’s heart there is a quivering spring, and behind the veil of each night there is a smiling dawn. (Kahlil Gibran)

When you teach your son, you teach your son’s son. (The Talmud)

Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,

Old Time still a flying;

And the same flower than blooms today,

Tomorrow may be dying.

(Robert Herrick)

It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time. (Laurence Peter)

The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his clients to plant vines. (Frank Lloyd Wright)

A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle. (Ian Fleming)

Children have more need of models than of critics. (Carolyn Coats)

People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world, and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of travail. (Bob Newhart)

The real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands but in seeing it with new eyes. (Marcel Proust)

Sunshine without rain is the recipe for a desert. (Arabian proverb)

Happiness doesn’t come from doing what we like to do but from liking what we have to do. (Wilfred Peterson)

Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. (John Gardner)

Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius. (Ann Wang)

Service is the rent you pay for room on this early. (Shirley Chisholm)

The first rule of holes: When you’re in one, stop digging. (Molly Ivins)

Although today there are many trial marriages, there is no such thing as a trial child. (Gary Wills)

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones. (Philip Brooks)

A person without patience is a lamp without oil. (Andres Segovia)

No person was ever wise by chance. (Seneca)

Every man regards his own life as the New Year’s Eve of time. (Jean Paul Richter)

I don’t want everyone to like me. I should think less of myself if some people did. (Henry James)

Hiring someone to write your autobiography is like paying someone to take a bath with you. (Mae West)

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old one leaves. (Bill Vaughn)

He who believes that the past cannot be changed has not yet written his memoirs. (Torvald Gahlin)

THE FOLLOWING QUOTES ARE FROM A WONDERFUL LITTLE BOOK OF WESTERN QUOTES CALLED “SAVVY SAYIN’S,” BY KEN ALSTAD. I HAVE POSTED SOME OF THESE BEFORE.

If you’d like to know a man, find out what makes him mad.

You never know your luck until the wheel stops.

Some folks follow old wagon tracks. Others break new trails.

There ain’t many tears shed at a Boot Hill buryin’

Next to hoss rustlin’, curiosity is the most dangerous crime.

Anyone kin look tall when surrounded by shorties.

Do not desire what you can’t acquire.

The best way to convince a tenderfoot is to let him have his own way.

A faint heart never filled a flush.

If you see a coward with a gun, it’s time to get scared or scarce.

Be mighty careful in your choice of enemies.

The hottest fire is made by the wood you chop yourself.

When the boss wants a long talk, you’re in for a long listen.

Worry is like a rockin’ horse. It’s somethin’to do that don’t get you nowhere.

You cain’t hurt a tongue by speaking softly.

No matter how hard the winter, spring always comes.

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