Below is a collection of thoughts and ideas I have found interesting.
Nothing more, nothing less. I hope you enjoy them.
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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
Robert A. Heinlein

A man may go to heaven, without health, without wealth;
without fame, without a great name;
without learning, without earnings;
without culture, without beauty;
without friends and without ten thousand other things;
But he can NEVER go to heaven without Christ!
Source Unknown

We don't direct the wind, but we can adjust our sails.
Unknown

"Dance as if no one were watching.  Sing as if no one were listening and live every day as if it were your last."
An Irish Toast

"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."
Mark Twain

"Hold out your hands, to feel the luxury of the sunbeams!"
Helen Keller

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
Frank Outlaw

"You give but little when you give of your possessions. 
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." 
Kahlil Gibran 

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."
Helen Keller

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude."
William James

"Forget the Former things: 
Do Not dwell on the past."
Isaiah 43:18-19,NIV

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows." 
Helen Keller

"Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent" 
Eleanor Roosevelt

"Friends are angels, who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly." 
Source Unknown

Wouldn't it be nice if we looked at people like jelly beans and we liked them all?
And didn't just pick out the pretty or smart people or the red and black jelly beans...
But we loved them all for what they are!
Author Unknown

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do." 
Edward Everett Hale 

"It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help." 
Judith S. Martin 

"When a man says it's a silly, childish game, it's probably something his wife can beat him at." 
Epperson's Law 

"Patience with others is Love, 
Patience with self is Hope, 
Patience with God is Faith." 
Adel Bestavros

"It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others." 
Joseph Addison

"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. 
Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. 
Hatred darkens life; love illumines it." 
Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Dearer than our children are the children of our children."
Egyptian Proverb

"A joyful heart is like the
sunshine of God's love,
the hope of eternal happiness."
Mother Teresa 

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
Albert Einstein

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; 
it empties today of it's joy."
Author unknown

"Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble.
Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain." 
Anonymous

"Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."
Anonymous

"Be more concerned with your character than you reputation, 
because you character is what you really are, 
while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
John Wooden 

We are not put on this earth to see through one another, But to see one another through.
Unknown

 Vision is the art of seeing things invisible to others.
Unknown

 Don't go backwards, you've already been there. 
Ray Charles

 A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. 
Walter Winchell

 Don't judge those who try and fail -- Judge only those who fail to try.
Unknown

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
Edmund Burke

The trouble with doing nothing -- Is that you don't know when you're done.
Unknown

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. 
R. Heinlein

People are like stained-glass windows.  They sparkle and shine in the sun,
but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within. 
-Elizabeth Keebler-Ross 

The tongue weighs practically nothing...but so few people can hold it!
Unknown

Truly great madness can not be achieved without significant intelligence. 
Unknown 

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new 
Albert Einstein 

All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.
Elias Canetti 1905 

Be your own best friend
Jerrine Militello 

Gossip betrays confidence, so avoid a man who talks too much.
Unknown 

Truth exists; it is falsehood that has to be invented.
Unknown 

Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. 
Winston Churchill 

It is better to be hated for what you are then to be loved for what you are not. 
Unknown 

Nothing is as stressful as trying to be a different person from whom you are.
Unknown 

The best insurance policy for tomorrow is to make the most productive use of today. 
Unknown 

Keeping in touch with childhood memories keeps us believing in life's simplest pleasures like a rainy afternoon, a swing set, and a giant puddle to play in. 
Chrissy Ogden 

Arguing with a stubborn person is much like mud wrestling with a pig. Pretty soon you realize the pig likes it.
Unknown 

If you don't defend your honor pretty soon people are going to believe you have none.
Unknown 

Those who are tentative about making plans are often unsure of their ability to show up.
Unknown

Amazingly people think the things that happen to them happen only to them.  
Unknown 

All of God's people are ordinary people, who have been made extraordinary by the purpose He has given them.
Oswald Chambers 

While on vacation, don't make God your last RESORT.
Unknown 

Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death.
Unknown

Many people want the benefits of the church, but choose not to be of benefit to the church.
Unknown 

Wise men still seek HIM today!
Unknown 

If you were ever accused of being a Christian; will they have enough evidence to convict you?
Unknown

Eternity: Smoking or Non Smoking. You choose!
Unknown

When all else fails, try prayer.
Unknown 

When the Satan reminds you of your past, remind him of his future.
Unknown 

Prayer... don't do anything without it! 
Unknown

If you don't think that faith works, then you are not a realist.
Unknown

Real men PRAY! 
Unknown 

Someone has figured out that we have about 35 million laws trying to enforce 10 Commandments!
Unknown 

Excuses are the lack of faith in your own powers! 
Unknown

Let God work from the inside out, starting with your heart! 
Unknown 

God wants spiritual fruit not religious nuts.
unknown 

When life's problems knock you to your knees, you are in the perfect position to pray. 
unknown

Prayer does not change God; it changes me. 
unknown

If you can't sleep, don't count sheep, talk to the Shepard.
unknown

Today is the first day of the rest of your life. 
unknown

Yesterday is history. tomorrow; a mystery, and today is a gift, that's why we call it the present. 
unknown

We all can be only who we are, no more, no less. 
unknown

The first rule of life, is to live. 
unknown

Nothing improves your memory like trying to forget. 
unknown

It's not me that's late it's everyone else in a hurry.
Marilyn Monroe 

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes, that way, when they get mad at you, you are a mile away from them, and they have no shoes. 
Unknown

Be a good human being, a warm-hearted affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief. Having a sense of caring, a feeling of compassion will bring happiness of peace of mind to oneself and automatically create a positive atmosphere.
Dalai Lama

Einstein quotes:
"God does not play dice."
"Never memorize anything you can look up."
"I believe in the God of Spinoza who reveals himself in the orderly balancing of what exists, not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings."
"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the former."

I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony with equal opportunities.
Nelson Mandela

Mercedes Benz
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV?
Dialing For Dollars is trying to find me.
I wait for delivery each day until three,
So oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV?

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town?
I'm counting on you, Lord, please don't let me down.
Prove that you love me and buy the next round,
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town?

Everybody!

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends,
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz?

That's it!
Janis Joplin, Bob Neuwirth, Michael McClure

"Any species that does not enjoy sex soon becomes extinct."
Carl Sagan

I'm looking for a one armed economist. That way he'll never say, "on the other hand".
Harry Truman

"Differences of opinion should never mean hostility. If they did, my wife and I should be sworn enemies of one another. I do not know two persons in the world who had no difference of opinion, and as I am a follower of the Gita, I have always attempted to regard those who differ from me with the same affection as I have for my nearest and dearest."
Gandhi