Saturday, March 10, 2012

Good Quotes

Jumping for joy is good exercise.

If God had wanted me otherwise, he would have created me otherwise. - Johann von Goethe

Most people are more comfortable with old problems rather than with new solutions.

Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it. - Jane Wagner

Seeking happiness, I passed many travelers headed in the opposite direction, seeking happiness. - Robert Brault

What a pity human beings can't exchange their problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellows. - Olin Miller

Wherever you go, go with all your heart. - Confucius

Bores bore each other too, but it never seems to teach them anything. - Don Marquis

Warning: dates in calendar are closer than they appear!

The best way to succeed in life is to act on the advice we give to others.

Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't. - Robert Bach

Please listen carefully and try to hear what I'm not saying. - Charles C. Finn

You have control of the authorship of your own destiny. The pen that writes your life story must be held in your own hand. -Irene C. Kassoria

There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament. - Henry Van Dyke

Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thornbush has roses. - Proverb

It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you're not. - Denis Waitley

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun. - Katharine Hepburn

In the long run, the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist had a better time on the trip. - Daniel Reardon

Some people walk in the rain. Others just get wet. - Roger Miller

The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time. - Abraham Lincoln

You can't wake a a person who is pretending to be asleep. - Navajo Proverb

Life: It is about the gift, not the package it comes in. - Dennis P. Costea, Jr.

Beware lest you lose the substance be grasping at the shadow. - Aesop

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple. - Dr. Seuss

Life is not a final exam. It's daily pop quizzes.

Happiness held is the seed, happiness shared is the flower. - Anonymous

Never act until you have clearly answered the question: "What happens if I do nothing?" - Robert Brault

I can live for two months on a good compliment. - Mark Twain

To know the height of a mountain, one must climb it. - Augustus William Hare

I hope life isn't a big joke, because I don't get it. - Jack Handey

Why torture yourself when life will do it for you?

Pay attention to your dreams - God's angels often speak directly to our hearts when we are asleep. - Eileen Elias Freeman

There is no wealth but life. - John Ruskin

To succeed in life you need three things: A wishbone, a backbone, and a funnybone. - Reba McEntire

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on. - Robert Frost

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time. - Edith Wharton

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. - Lady Blessington

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live. - Jim Rohn

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. - Dorothy Parker

Knock on the sky and listen to the sound. - Zen saying

I think everyone should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer. - Jim Carrey

I don't want to get the the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. - Diane Ackerman

Put your future in good hands - your own.

If you don't control your mind, someone else will. - John Allston

If you keep doing things like you've always done them, what you'll get is what you've already got.

When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. - Henry J. Kaiser

Life is a long lesson in humility. - James M. Barrie

One filled with joy preaches without preaching. - Mother Teresa

An apology is a good way to have the last word.

I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is fourteen days. - Totie Fields

If you put a small value on yourself, rest assured the world will not raise your price.

We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. - Bryan White

Live every day as if it were your last and then some day you'll be right. - H.H. Morant

If A equals success, than the formula is A = X + Y + Z, where X is work, Y is play, and Z is where you keep your mouth shut. - Albert Einstein

We have no right when sorrow comes to ask, "why did this happen to me?" unless we ask the same question of every happy moment that comes our way.

You don't get harmony when everyone sings the same note. - Doug Floyd

Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. - Malachy McCourt

The obstacle is the path. - Zen proverb

Begin at the beginning and go on until you come to the end, then stop. - Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Be open-minded, but not so open-minded that your brains fall out. - Stephen A. Kallis, Jr.

We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things get worse.

Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid. - Franklin P. Jones

Courage is the fear that has said its prayers. - Dorothy Bernard

Courage is never let your actions be influenced by your fears. - Arthur Koestler

Unless you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was. - Margaret Mitchell

The darkest hour only has sixty minutes. - Morris Mandel

You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness.

I'm in shape. Round is a shape, isn't it?

My life has a superb cast, but I can't figure out the plot! - Ashleigh Brilliant

Life is principally multiple choice, but at the end, there's a tough essay question. - Robert Brault

After all is said, and all is done, a lot more will be said than done.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer somebody else up. - Mark Twain

A bend in the road is not the end of the road - unless you fail to take the turn.