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"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will
escape a hundred days of sorrow."
~Chinese Proverb~
"Fear grows out of the things we think;
it lives in our minds. Compassion
grows out of the things we are, and
lives in our hearts."
~Barbara Garrison~
"Success is to be measured not
so much by the position that
one has reached in life as by
the obstacles that one has
overcome while trying
to succeed."
~Booker T. Washington~
"You can make more friends in a
month by being interested in them
than in ten years by trying to get them
interested in you."
~Charles L. Allen~
"It is one of the most beautiful
compensations of life that no man can
sincerely try to help another without helping himself."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson~
"Kind words can be short and easy
to speak but their echoes are truly endless."
~Mother Teresa~
"An author may have the thoughts, but
it is the words that make the book."
~Doc Jim~
"Charity is a bone shared with a dog
when you are just as hungry as the dog."
~Jack London~
"Money will buy a pretty good dog,
but it won't buy the wag of his tail."
~Annonymous~
"God gave us two ears but only one mouth.
Some people say that He wants us to
spend twice as much time listening as talking. Others
claim it's because He knows listening is twice as hard."
~Annonymous~
"The only people you should ever want to get 'even'
with are those who have helped you."
~John Honeyfeld~
"Love doesn't make the world go
'round; it makes the ride worthwhile."
~Annonymous~
"If we could read the secret
history of our enemies, we
should find in each person's
life sorrow and suffering
to disarm all hostility."
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow~
"Hold yourself responsible for a higher
standard than anybody else expects of you.
Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself.
Be a hard master to yourself -
and be lenient to everybody else."
~Henry Ward Beecher~
"Although it's natural to have negative thoughts, their
persistance can cause you to lose drive and self-esteem.
Control these thoughts by focusing only on the positive."
~Annonymous~
"If you live life right, death is
a joke as far as fear is concerned."
~Will Rogers~
Western Humorist
"The person born with a talent they are meant to use
will find their greatest happiness in using it."
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe~
"Love without friendship is lust."
~Doc Jim~
"A man will walk into Hell with both eyes open,
but not even the Devil can fool a dog."
~Annonymous~
"God answers all prayers. It's just that sometimes
the answer is no."
~Annonymous~
"I've never spent a day in my adult life
when I didn't learn something."
~Peter Jennings~
News Anchor
(1938-2005)
"A friend is one who knows all about you
and likes you anyway."
~Christi Mary Warner~
"The universe is change;
our life is what our thoughts make it."
~Marcus Aurelius~
Roman Emperor, Philosopher
"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable
ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor."
~Henry David Thoreau~
American Essayist, Poet and Naturalist
"Those who profess to know everything
are soon found to know nothing."
~Doc Jim~
"Truly great friends are hard to find,
difficult to leave, and impossible to forget."
~G. Randolf~
Author
"Love is what you feel
And it comes from within the heart
Be careful and know the meaning
Before you start"
~Annonymous~
"The inventor is not always the one who comes up
with an idea, but the one who acts upon it."
~Doc Jim~
"I have one criticism about the
Negro troops who fought under
my command in the Korean War.
They didn't send me enough of them."
~General Douglas MacArthur~
(1880-1964)
"One isn't necessarily born with courage,
but one is born with potential.
Without courage, we cannot practice
any virtue with consistency.
We can't be kind, true, merciful. generous, or honest."
~Dr. Maya Angelou~
(1928- )
"Man dies when he refuses to stand
up for that which is right.
A man dies when he refuses to take a
stand for that which is true."
~Dr. Martin Luther King~
(1929-1968)
"The color of the skin is noway connected
with strength of the mind or intellectual powers..."
~Benjamin Banneker~
Scientist, Inventor
(1731-1806)
"The true worth of a race must be measured
by the character of its womanhood..."
~Dr. Mary Mcleod Bethune~
Educator, Presidential Advisor,
Civil Rights Leader
(1875-1955)
"Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you
to realize a mistake when you make it again."
~Annonymous~
"I don't have to work for a living,
but I have to work for my mind."
Andy Griffith at age 81
(1926- )
"Better to have a big head,
than one filled with self-doubt."
~Doc Jim~
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