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Inspirational quotes for September 2009

Sanderson

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Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.

(Mark Twain)

A late summer garden has a tranquility found no other time of the year.

(William Longgood)

If I shoot at the sun, I may hit a star.

(P. T. Barnum)

The test of good manners is being able to put up with the bad ones.

(Josephine Baker)

The fly sat upon the axletree of the chariot-wheel and said, “What a dust do I raise!”

(Francis Bacon)

You have to know the past to understand the future.

(Carl Sagan)

An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings of people.

(Walther Bagehot)

The difference between playing to win and playing not to lose is the difference between the successful person and the security-hunting mediocre person.

(David Mahoney)

Surprise is a near-sighted porcupine fallin’ in love with a cactus.

(Ken Alstad)

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

(Benjamin Franklin)

Until the donkey tried to clear the fence, he thought himself a deer.

(Arthur Guiterman)

Liars are never specific. You may believe a fisherman when he announces the length of his fish in feet and inches. You smile only when he measures his catch with a gesture.

(James Adams)

The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

(P. G. Wodehouse)

A rule of thumb in medical advice is to take everything any doctor says with a grain of asprin.

(Goodman Ace)

The hardest years in life are those between 10 and 70.

(Helen Hayes)

Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes on somebody else.

Life can be so simple, so why make it harder?

(Shandonna Richards)

Anger is never without reason, but seldom with a good one.

(Benjamin Franklin)

Nothing can be done without hope of confidence.

(Helen Keller)

Your mind is like a magnet –it attracts into your life whatever you think about most.

(Tracey McManus)

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

(Aristotle)

Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.

(Mother Teresa)

It’s always the ones who talk the loudest who do the least.

(Unknown source)

People only see what they are prepared to see.

(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

I’ll say this for adversity; people seem to be able to stand it, and that’s more than I can say for prosperity.

(Ian Hubbard)

You don’t concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No task is too grteat to prevent the necessary job from getting done.

(Chuck Yeager)

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.

(Victor Frankl)

Some people make the future; most people wait for the future to make them.

(Arthur Lenehan)

Journalism is literature in a hurry.

(Matthew Arnold)

When you are right, you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong, you cannot afford to lose it.

(Chester Bowles)

Anybody can win unless there happens to be a second entry.

(George Ade)

Snow on the roof doesn’t mean there’s no fire in the fireplace.

(Unknown source)

What one sees depends upon where one sity.

(James Schlesinger)

You cannot make a crab walk straight.

(Aristophanes)

Take a holiday photograph each year in the same spot, such as a favorite tree in your yard. In years to come you’ll have a wonderful record of the growth of your family, as well as the growth of the tree.

(H. Jackson Brown)

Those who talk too much dominate communication. Those who listen and ask questions control communication.

(Unknown source)

Laziness is the sibling of starvation.

(Philippine proverb)

You’ll sure get out-pointed if you pick a fight with a porcupine.

(Ken Alstad)

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

(Andrew Carnegie)

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

(William Blake)

Fight a tendency to look at others and see how far they’ve come. The only things that count are using the potential we possess and running our race to the best of our abilities.

(Dennis Waitley)

There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to fund out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings. Fear grows in darkness; if you thing there’s a bogeyman around, turn on the light.

(Dorothy Thompson)

I must not rust.

(Clara Barton)

Bring me a problem early and you have a partner in finding a solution. Bring me a problem late and you’ve got a judge.

(Ken Dooley)

Say nothing and saw wood.

(Maine proverb)

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose – and then where are you?

(Fanny Brice)

Successful people hear more music than the band plays.

(Bob Kerrigan)

Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice.

(Thomas Paine)

When you can’t decide which of two evenly balanced courses to take – choose the bolder.

(W. J.Slim)

Wisdom comes more from living than from studying.

(Tuchy Palmieri)

Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.

(Confucius)

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

(M. Angelou)

The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.

(Thomas Jefferson)

You can’t be hurt by the words you don’t say.

(Ken Alstad)

Doubt always sees the obstacles,

Faith always sees the way.

Doubt always sees the darkest night,

Faith always sees the day.

Doubt always dreads to take a step,

Faith always soars on high

Doubt always questions “who believes?”

Faith always answers, “I.”

(Beautiful poem, but “author unknown.”)

It really is the little things

That mean the most of all;

The “let me help you with that” things

That may seem very small;

The “I’ll be glad to do it” things

That make your cares much lighter;

The “laugh with me, it’s funny” things

That make your outlook brighter;

The “never mind the trouble” things

The “yes, I understand;”

The interest and encouragement

In everything you’ve planned;

It really is the little things,

The friendly word or smile;

That add such happiness to life,

And make it more worthwile.

(Mary Dawson Hughes)

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