I've always been a sucker for a sappy poem or quote. This is a collection of some of my favorite quotes...hope you enjoy them.



Never deliberate what is clearly wrong, and try to persuade yourself that it is not. **Frederick Temple

A friend is one who knows all about you and loves you just the same. **Hubbard

Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. **St. Francis DeSales

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to relive it. **Santayna

Everything that is done in the world is done by hope. **Martin Luther

The only way to have a friend is to be one. **Emerson

Be not simply good--be good for something. **Thoreau

If you have one true friend, you have more than your share. **Thomas Fuller

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice. **Johnson

To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have. **Ken S. Keyes, Jr.

This time, like all time, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it. **Emerson

Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death. **Earl Wilson

Doubt who you will, but never yourself. **Bovee

I am part of all that I have met. **Tennyson

He who mistrusts should be trusted least. **Spenser

Always do what you are afraid to do. **Emerson

God gives us relatives; thank God we can choose our friends. **Mizner

Friendship is love with wings. **Byron

Little things affect little minds. **Emerson

Respect is what we owe; love, what we give. **Bailey

You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it. **Chesterson

He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. **Benjamin Franklin

This above all: To thine own self be true. **Shakespeare

It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts. **Addison Walker

Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead--that's where your future lies. **Ann Landers

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. **Theodore Roosevelt

The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. **John Vance Cheney

When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice. **Marquis De La Grange

Nothing lasts forever--not even your troubles. **Arnold H. Gaslow

Among my most prized posessions are words that I have not spoken. **Orson Rega Card

Education is the vaccine for violence. **Edward James Olmos

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else. **Len Wein

Changes can come from the power of many, but only when the many come together to form that which is invincible...the power of one. **Bryce Courtenay (Thanks for this one, Luana!!)

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn, to see the other and honor him for what he is. **Hermann Hesse (Thanks Michael!!)

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. **Aristotle

Courage is very important. Like a muscle, it is strengthened by use. **Ruth Gordon

Miracles happen to those who believe in them. **Bernard Bernenson

If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right. **Mary Kay Ash

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. **David Viscott, M.D.

I'd rather be a failure at something I enjoy than be a success at something I hate. **George Burns

The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right. **Jill Ruckelshaus

A friend is a lot of things, but a critic he isn't. **Bern Williams

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get. **H. Jackson Brown

Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. **Bob Talbert

Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies. **Charles Dickens (This one came from Kath. Thanks!!!)

Never ruin an apology with an excuse. **Kimberly Johnson

Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason. **Jerry Seinfeld

My interest is in the future...because I'm going to spend the rest of my life there. **Charles Keetering

You never know when you're making a memory. **Rickie Lee Jones

It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows. **Erma Bombeck

The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear. **Maya Angelou

The moment may be temporary, but the memory is forever. **Bud Meyer

Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone. **Jim Fiebig

We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. **W A Nance

A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they're not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they're not so bad. **Arnold H. Glasow

The world is your playground. Why aren't you playing? **Ellie Katz

Go the extra mile. It's never crowded. **Executive Speedwriter Newsletter

When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. **William Arthur Ward

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

In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes. **Andy Warhol

There is more to life than increasing its speed. **Mohandas Gandhi

Start every day with a smile and get it over with. **W C Fields





If you have a favorite quote you think should be included here, please send it to me and I will add it.



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