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Inspirational quotes for Feb 2010

Sanderson

It’s simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.

(Aristotle)

People will accept your ideas more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.

(Davis H. Cowins)

God’s gifts put men’s best dreams to shame.

(Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they’re not in it.

(Bernard Bailey)

Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees it’s old enough to know better.

(Unknown source)

After a man learns to stand on his own two feet the next thing he should learn how to do is hold out his arms.

(Kristin Hunter)

Courage isn’t the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.

(Ambrose Redmoon)

Don’t change the music, let the music change you.

(Bumper sticker)

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

(Source unknown)

I’ve learned that saying “hi” to somebody today can result in a new friend tomorrow.

(Ken Dooley)

When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion.

(Ethiopian proverb)

We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.

(Pogo)

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

(Source unknown)

In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.

(John Collins)

Keep me away from wisdom which doesn’t cry, philosophy that doesn’t laugh and greatness which doesn’t bow before children.

(Kahlil Gibran)

You can’t do anything about the length of your life but you can do something about its breadth.

(Evan Esau)

To say that you’re losing it implies that you had it in the first place.

(Source unknown)

Life is what you make of it. Always has been. Always will be.

(Grandma Moses)

An act of love, now matter how great or small, is always appreciated.

(Source unknown)

Warmth, kindness and friendship are the most yearned for commodities in the world. The person who can provide them will never by lonely.

(Unknown source)

Dew knot trussed yore spell chequer two fined awl yore mistakes.

(Brendan Hills)

To a woman who couldn’t stop grieving the loss of a loved one Buddha said, “Collect five poppy seeds from homes that have never suffered such a loss.” She could find no such home and that was the lesson.

(Source unknown)

The Egyptians believe that when you arrive in heaven you have to answer to questions: 1. Did you find joy in your life? 2. Did you bring joy to the lives of others?

(The Bucket List)

The problem with doing nothing is not knowing when you’re finished.

(Unknown source)

Be sincere, be brief, be seated.

(Franklin D. Roosevelt)

Those who want to succeed will find a way; those who don’t will find an excuse.

(Leo Aguila)

Life is a state of mind; imagine the one that you want, and then create it.

(Unknown source)

One comforting thing about not being anybody famous or important - you never have to worry about becoming a has-been.

(Woodrow Wilson)

A person can build a staunch reputation for honesty for admitting an error, especially when he or she has been caught at it.

(Robert Ruark)

Whenever a man’s friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think his is growing old.

(Washington Irving)

A mouse never trusts its luck to one hole only.

(Plautus)

Fear begins to melt away when you begin to take action on a goal you really want.

(Robert Allen)

Lies are like cockroaches - if you find one, there are others.

(Unknown source)

Enjoy little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were big things.

(Robert Breault)

Wag more, bark less.

(Bumper sticker)

All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.

(Jimmy Carter)

Each new year is an adventure into which we must go.

(Ken Dooley)

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

(Anne Frank)

Most people don’t look for the truths of life; they only search for someone to agree with them.

(Unknown source)

It’s only one six billionth about you.

(Bumper sticker)

To be the father of a great nation is an honor, but to be the father of a family is a greater joy.

(Nelson Mandela)

Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to make other people happy.

(Robert Ingersoll)

It is easier to have the vigor of youth when you’re old than the wisdom of age when you’re young.

(Richard Needham)

The bad news is that there’s no key to the universe. The good news - it was never locked.

(Swami Bejondaranda)

If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it.

(Canine wisdom)

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward.

(Henry David Thoreau)

No situation is so bad that losing your temper won’t make it worse.

(Unknown source)

Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.

(Canine wisdom)

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

(Buddha)

Seventy is wormwood

Seventy is gall

But it’s better to be seventy

Than not alive at all.

(Phyllis McGinley)

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