Favorite Quotes

"Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent. Remember to say "I love you" to your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you. Give time to love, time to speak, and give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind."

'The problem with doing nothing is not knowing when you're finished' ~Ben Franklin

(I found that little gem on my box of 'Tension Tamer' tea)

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.
Robert Louis Stevenson

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
Mahatma Gandhi

The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Albert Einstein

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Mark Twain

If someone betrays you once, it's their fault; if they betray you twice, it's your fault.
Eleanor Roosevelt

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
Kahlil Gibran

This is strange but I like it still....

"Know your own bone. Gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still."

Henry David Thoreau

All by Eleanor Roosevelt
“Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.”
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
“Do one thing everyday that scares you.”
“You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. It is how you arrange your mind. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

"Some people say the glass is half empty, some say it's half full, I say, are you going to drink that?" - Anonymous

lol psychotic phil

You may sometimes fall in the game,but,you'll never win unless you pick yourself up and run for the winning goal-Me (Kayte Roberts)(i made it up)

"get the lay of the land and lie down"......saw it in the New YOrker about 30 years ago. sorta have an idea what it means.

The Sun will come out tommorrow.bet your bottom dollar that tommorrow they'll be sun.Just thinkin about tommorrow clears away the cobwebs and the sorrow till there's none.When im stuck with a day thatsgray and lonely,i just stick up my chin and grin and say oh the sun will come out tommorrow so you gotta hang on till tommorrow come what may.Tommorrow tommorrow i love ya tommorrow.your only a day away.-Annie

That was actually a song but,it still has a good message.

Thanks, depressed girl, for posting that quote. I had long forgotten about Annie, but it just goes to show you that her & her messages are timeless........

Now all I need is a Sandy.

Btw, "this, too, shall pass".

Love that quote, Tal.

Easier said than done, though.......but aren't most of them.....

In some ways, I think Madonna is a genius.

Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander.
Holocaust Museum, Washington D.C.

Excellent one, Calm.

Here's mine:

"Done is better than perfect."

And (paraphrasing from "Terms of Endearment"):

"As hard as you think raising kids is gonna be before you have them, once you have them, you only wish it was that easy."

Meta

Meta, so true about the raising of children.

"Never give up."

"You cannot fully enjoy a victory until you experience defeat."

I don't know if anyone said that originally, but my league operator for billiards told me that. =)

Friendship Quotes

"Strangers are just friends waiting to happen."

"Friendship is one mind in two bodies."

"If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them." - Hooray for PC!

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."

A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.
Kurt Vonnegut

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
- Albert Einstein