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12~28~00
"No one is useless in the world
who lightens the burden of it for anyone else."
*Charles Dickens*

"Very often a change of self is needed
more than a change of scene."
*Arthur Christopher Benson*

"One thing at a time, all things in succession.
That which grows slowly endures." *J. G. Hubbard*

"Happiness is not a matter of events,
it depends upon the tides of the mind."
*Alice Meynell*

"A guaranteed way to stay out of debt: act your wage."
*Unknown*

"The most unhappy of all men is he who believes himself to be so."
*David Hume*

"The biggest trouble with having the gift of gab
is wrapping it up." *Anonymous*

"The greatest part of our happiness or misery
depends on our dispositions, and not our circumstances."
*Martha Washington*

"There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist." *Mark Twain*

"I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist."
*Tammy Faye Baker*

"Everyday ask yourself the question,
'Do I want to experience Peace of Mind
or do I want to experience Conflict?'" *Gerald Jampolsky*

"Mistakes fail in their mission of helping the person
who blames them on the other fellow."
*Henry S. Haskins*

"When you blame others you give up your power to change."
*Anonymous*

"The important thing is not that we can live on hope alone,
but that life is not worth living without it."
*Harvey Milk*

"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer
but wish we didn't." *Erica Jong*

12~16~00
"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times,
always with the same person."
*Mignon McLaughlin*

"Speak when you're angry,
and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret."
*Laurence Peter*

"However much we guard against it,
we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us."
*Eric Hoffer*

"Everything's in the mind. That's where it all starts.
Knowing what you want is the first step toward getting it."
*Mae West*

"I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude."
*Henry David Thoreau*

"There's no labor a man can do that's undignified, if he does it right."
*Bill Cosby*

"Difficulties exist to be surmounted."
*Ralph Waldo Emerson*

Watch your thoughts, for they become your words;
Watch your words, for they become your actions;
Watch your actions, for they become your habits;
Watch your habits, for they become your character;
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny. *Unknown*

"No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back."
*Turkish proverb*

"A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience."
*Miguel de Cervantes*

"If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us,
we would all be millionaires." *Abigail Van Buren*

"Luck is largely a matter of paying attention."
*Susan M. Dodd*

"Worry is like a rocking chair, it will give you something to do,
but it won't get you anywhere. *Unknown*

"I have lived my life according to this principle:
If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it." *Erica Jong*

"He is poor who does not feel content." *Japanese proverb*

"The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep."
*W.C.Fields*

"Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite
and furthermore always carry a small snake." *W. C. Fields*

12~8~00
"Life can be real rough,
you can either learn from your problems,
or keep repeating them over and over."
*Marie Osmond*

"First say to yourself what you would be,
and then do what you have to do." *Epictetus*

"Making the simple complicated is commonplace;
making the complicated simple, awesomely simple,
that's creativity." *Charles Mingus*

~A child's answer to the question, "What is love?"~
"When you tell someone something bad about yourself
and you're scared they won't love you anymore.
But then you get surprised
because, not only do they still love you,
they love you even more."

"Every man usually has something
he can do better than anyone else.
Usually it is reading his own hardwriting." *Unknown*

"I like living.
I have sometimes been wildly,
despairingly,
acutely miserable,
racked with sorrow,
but through it all I still know quite certainly
that just to be alive is a grand thing."
*Agatha Christie*

"Those who dance are considered insane
by those who can't hear the music."
*George Carlin*

"There is a way to look at the past.
Don't hide from it.
It will not catch you if you don't repeat it."
*Pearl Bailey*

"You have no idea how big the other fellow's troubles are."
*B. C. Forbes*

"A speech is like a love affair. Any fool can start it,
but to end it requires considerable skill."
*Lord Mancroft*

Gravestone epitaph:
Here lies the body of Solomon Peas,
Under the daisies and under the trees.
Peas is not here, only the pod.
Peas shelled out, went home to God!

"True friendship comes
when silence between two people is comfortable."
*David Tyson Gentry*

11~30~00
"All good things arrive to them that wait --
and don't die in the meantime." *Mark Twain*

"It takes but one positive thought
when given a chance to survive and thrive
to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts."
*Robert H. Schuller*

"It is important to our friends that we are unreservedly frank with them,
and important to our friendship that we are not."
*Mignon McLaughlin*

"Life not only begins at forty, it begins to show." *Unknown*
(I guess we now know that "Unknown" has hit the big Four Oh!)

"Happy the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind,
and has given up worrying, once and for all." *Ovid*

"Marriage is not just spiritual communion and passionate embraces;
marriage is also three meals a day, sharing the workload and
remembering to carry out the trash."
*Dr. Joyce Brothers*

"It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser." *Anonymous*

"Courage is the power to let go of the familiar." *Raymond Linquist*

"To change and to improve are two different things." *German Proverb*

"If we all told what we know of one another,
there would not be four friends in the world." *Blaise Pascal*

"Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life
and repeat to yourself the most comforting words of all:
This, too, shall pass." *Ann Landers*

"What worries you, masters you." *Haddon W. Robinson*

"Don't hurry, don't worry.
You're only here for a short visit.
So be sure and stop to smell the flowers." *Walter Hagen*

11~28~00
"You will never find anybody who can give you a clear
and compelling reason why we observe Daylight Savings Time."
*Dave Barry*

"To fear love is to fear life itself,
and those who fear life are already three parts dead."
*Bertrand Russell*

"A friend is one who overlooks your broken fence
and admires the flowers in your garden." *Unknown*

"Before you flare up at another's faults,
take time to count ten of your own." *Unknown*

"Why do tourists go to the tops of tall buildings
and then put money into telescopes
so they can see things on the ground close-up?"
*Unknown* ( I think "Unknown" thinks too much! ; )

"What is now proved was once imagined." *William Blake*

"No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is,
you still have to get out of it." *Grace Slick*

"Do whatever you do intensely." *Robert Henri*

"Other people's interruptions of your work
are relatively insignificant
compared with the countless times you interrupt yourself."
*Brendan Francis*

"Half the world is composed of people who have something to say
and can't
and the other half have nothing to say and keep on saying it."
*Robert Frost*

"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."
*Jean Rostand*

"The first step to knowledge
is to know that we are ignorant." *Lord David Cecil*

"It's weak and despicable to go on wanting things
and not trying to get them." *Joanna Field*

"Use what talents you have; the woods would have little music
if no birds sang their song except those who sang best."
*Reverend Oliver G. Wilson*
(of course, this rule does Not apply if you are thinking of trying Karaoke!)

11~25~00
Here's a nice one. I love the graphic at this page.
My thanks to Frank for sending this to me!
Desiderada Need a quick break from stress?

"If you truely Love someone,
Never give them reason to doubt that love."
*Susan A. Peterson*

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