Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)

Let us make one point, that we meet each other with a smile, when it is difficult to smile. Smile at each other, make time for each other in your family.

Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997), in her Nobel lecture

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don’t like?

Jean Cocteau (1889 – 1963)

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Robert Frost (1874 – 1963)

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

Jane Austen (1775 – 1817), Northanger Abbey

scrapbook of sayings (you do say you want more than one)

The early bird gets the worm.

(What does the early worm get?)

Better late than never.

(But better never late.)

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Still waters run deep.

A watched pot never boils.

Out of sight out of mind.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Little pitchers have big ears.

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

If you want to have a friend, first be a friend.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Count your blessings.

The choices we make everyday will write our life story, and everybody knows you can’t write anything well without an outline.

-Life is beautiful !

-Its better to be poor and have peace, than to have money and be alone.

-Whats the point of being able to do so much, if you don’t put it to use.

-You can’t have everything you want.

-work hard and play harder !

-Its better to live one day as a lion, than ten as a sheep !

-Learn from the ant.

-Theres a time for love and theres a time for hate. Theres a time for Peace and theres a time for war !

-There is nothing new under the sun, everything that is happening now has already happened before.

-All wisdom comes from God !

-Life without God is meaningless !

for classics check out ben franklin’s and some of the psalms in the bible are cool.

then u try to figure out how u got grapejuice from lemons

like “you’ve got it made!’….”if life gives you a lemon, make lemonade!”

1> Life is definitely not a bed of roses…but a curse for those who get more than their share of thorns……

2> No winter lasts forever….no spring skips its turn…