Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe. ~John Lancaster Spalding
Not only must we be good, but we must also be good for something. ~Henry David Thoreau
A woman is like a tea bag. It's only when she's in hot water that you realize how strong she is. ~Attributed to both Eleanor Roosevelt and Carl Sandburg
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. ~Ernest Hemingway Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. ~Ernest Hemingway
Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things. ~Samuel M. Shoemaker
Abraham Lincoln is not dead. Emancipated from the thraldom of time, he has stepped beyond the trammels of birth, and race, and state. He lives in an epic all his own; in ever widening spiritual leadership; in the splendor of realized ideals; in inspiration to good citizenship and in multiplying memorials in literature and art, in progress and reform, in patriotism and philanthropy, in education and humanitarianism. ~John Wesley Hill
The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there. ~George Bernard Shaw, The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God, 1932
There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go. ~Tennessee Williams (Thomas Lanier)
Where thou art - that - is Home. ~Emily Dickinson
You know why there are so many whitefish in the Yellowstone River? Because the Fish and Game people have never done anything to help them. ~Russell Chatham, Silent Seasons, 1978
I'll bet living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween. ~Author Unknown
We "need" cancer because, by the very fact of its incurability, it makes all other diseases, however virulent, not cancer. ~Gilbert Adair, "Under the Sign of Cancer," Myths and Memories, 1986
Retirement itself is the best gift. No gold watch could ever top it. ~Abigail Charleson
The trouble with having a stubbornness contest with your kids is that they have your stubbornness gene. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. ~Cicero
We cannot blame the schools alone for the dismal decline in SAT verbal scores. When our kids come home from school do they pick up a book or do they sit glued to the tube, watching music videos? Parents, don't make the mistake of thinking your kid only learns between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. ~George Bush
America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there. ~Laurence J. Peter
I don't like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves. ~Joe Louis
Tough and funny and a little bit kind: that is as near to perfection as a human being can be. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension. ~Norman Mailer
Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers. ~Author Unknown Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers. ~Author Unknown
Who overcomes by force hath overcome but half his foe. ~John Milton, Paradise Lost, 1667
You can avoid having ulcers by adapting to the situation: If you fall in the mud puddle, check your pockets for fish. ~Author Unknown
History is a pageant and not a philosophy. ~Augustine Birrell, Obiter Dicta: The Muse of History
