Welcome to My World of Quotes

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 I have been collecting quotes for many years and now I finally have a place to put them and share them with others.  These are some of my favorites. Some are serious and some are funny and yet oh so true.  I hope you enjoy them.

Let's start out with the THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can't eat it or play with it, pee on it and walk away.

Believe that love, family, peace and kindness

are what really makes the world go round;

rather than, jobs, technology, money and politics.

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"BOTH sides of the coin".....

Birds of a feather flock together -BUT- Opposites attract."

"You're never too old to learn -BUT- You can't teach an old dog new tricks."

"Ask no questions, hear no lies -BUT- Ask and you shall receive."

"Variety is the spice of life. -BUT- Don't change horses in midstream."

"Doubt is the beginning, not the end of wisdom -BUT- Faith will move mountains."

"The pen is mightier than the sword -BUT- Actions speak louder than words."

"Don't cross the bridge till you come to it. -BUT- Forewarned is forearmed." 

"Silence is golden. -BUT- The squeaky wheel gets the grease."

"Clothes make the man -BUT- Never judge a book by its cover."

"The best things come in small packages -BUT- The bigger, the better."

"A miss is as good as a mile -BUT- Half a loaf is better than none."

"An old fox is not easily snared -BUT- There's no fool like an old fool."

"Blood is thicker than water. -BUT- Many kinfolk, few friends."

"Practice makes perfect. -BUT- All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."

"There's safety in numbers. -BUT- Better to be alone than in bad company."

"Age isn't so bad. Ugly is what you gotta watch out for."

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Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, tolerant with the weak, and forgiving with the wrong; for sometime in your life you will have been all of these.

by Lloyd Shearer

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The following are quotes from Andy Rooney:

I've learned... that the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

I've learned...that when you're in love, it shows.

I've learned...that just one person saying to me, You've made my day!" makes my day.

I've learned...that having a child fall asleep in your arms  is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.

I've learned...that being kind is more important  than being right.

I've learned....that you should never say no to a gift from a child.

I've learned...that I can always pray for someone  when I don't have the strength to help him  in some other way.

I've learned...that no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a  friend to act goofy with.

I've learned...that sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.

I've learned...that simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was  a child did wonders for me as an adult.

I've learned... that life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.

I've learned...that we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.

I've learned...that money doesn't buy class.

I've learned...that it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

I've learned...that under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.

I've learned...that the Lord didn't do it all in one day.  What makes me think I can?

I've learned...that to ignore the facts does not change the facts.

I've learned...that when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.

I've learned...that love, not time, heals all wounds.

I've learned...that the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

I've learned...that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

I've learned...that there's nothing sweeter than sleeping with your babies and feeling their breath on your cheeks.

I've learned...that no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.

I've learned...that life is tough, but I'm tougher.

I've learned...that opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.

I've learned...that when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

I've learned...that one should keep his words both soft  and tender, because tomorrow he may  have to eat them.

I've learned...that a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

I've learned...that I can't choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it.

I've learned...that everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.

I've learned...that it is best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it is requested  and when it is a life-threatening situation.

I've learned...hat the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.

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Gems from Steven Wright

If you're not familiar with the work of Steven Wright, he's the famous erudite scientist who once said: 
"I woke up one morning and all of my stuff had been stolen...and replaced by exact duplicates!" 
His mind tends to see things a bit differently than the rest of us mortals. 

Here are some of his gems: 
1- I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize. 
2- Borrow money from pessimists - they don't expect it back. 
3- Half the people you know are below average. 
4- 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name. 
5- 42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot. 
6- A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good. 
7- A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. 
8- If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. 
9- All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my hand. 
10- The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. 
11- I almost had a psychic girlfriend, but she left me before we met. 
12- OK, so what's the speed of dark? 
13- How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink? 
14- If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. 
15- Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. 
16- When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. 
17- Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy. 
18- Hard work pays off in the future, laziness pays off now. 
19- I intend to live forever; so far, so good. 
20- If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends? 
21- Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. 
22- What happens if you get scared half to death twice? 
23- My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder." 
24- Why do psychics have to ask you for your name? 
25- If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. 
26- A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. 
27- Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. 
28- The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread. 
29- To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research. 
30- The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard. 
31- The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up. 
32- The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body is required to be on it. 
33- Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. 
34 - If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work? 

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Very little in life is black and white - except if you're a zebra!

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. - Aesop

Be brave only when you have to be - don't go looking for trouble.

Some people are wise, and some are otherwise. - Tobias Smollett

Always lend a helping hand.

Be wiser than others, but do not tell them so. 

A person who does not remember his mistakes will repeat them.

Understand the balance of nature and respect all the creatures - from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope.

There is enough for the needy, but not enough for the greedy. - M.K. Gandhi

When a person is wrapped up in themselves, they make a pretty small package.

When all think alike, then no one is thinking. - Walter Lippmann

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

If you do not save the land around you, it  will not save you. 

There are those who laugh to show their sharp teeth, and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.

Injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere.

Nature does nothing uselessly. - Aristotle

It's no good running swiftly if you are on the wrong path.

To climb the mountain, you must begin at the bottom.

Do not lie beneath the buzzards.

Share your courage with others.

Your eyes are of little use if your mind is closed. - Arab proverb

A clear conscience makes a sound sleep. - Scottish proverb

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Do not be set in your opinions. As you grow older they will change - Plato

Give advice that you would take yourself.

You can either run from your past or learn from it.

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Don't let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff. 

Life's short. If you don't look around once in a while you might miss 
it. 

A best friend is like a four leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to 
have. 

Some people make the world special just by being in it. 

Don't frown. You never know who is falling in love with your smile. 

What do you do when the only person who can make you stop crying is 
the person who made you cry? 

Most people walk in and out of you life, But only friends leave 
footprints in your heart. 

Remember, every minute spent angry is sixty seconds of happiness wasted. 

If you don't believe in yourself, how can others? 

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Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do. 


May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy. 

Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.


The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. 

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.  Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

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A smile from you, can bring happiness to anyone, even 
if you think they don't like you. 

When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it. 

When you think the world has turned it's back on you, take a look, you most likely turned your back on the world. 

When you think you have no chance at getting what you want, you probably won't get it, but if you believe in yourself, you probably sooner or later will get it. 

Always remember complements you received, forget about the rude remarks. 

Always tell someone how you feel about them, you will feel much better when they know. 

If you have a great friend, take the time to let them know that they're great. 

Some live without working and others work without living.

The first step in making a dream come true is to wake up.

Silence is not always golden - sometimes it is just plain yellow.

Hard work is an accumulation of easy things you didn't do when you should have. 

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

He who can suppress a moment's anger may prevent a day of sorrow.

They think too little who talk too much.

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

Think all you speak, but speak not all you think.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.

Fine eloquence consists in saying all that should be, not all that could be said.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Nothing is opened more by mistake than the mouth.

Seek not to be better than our neighbors but better than ourselves.

He tried to be somebody by trying to be like everybody, which makes him a nobody. 

Seeing ourselves as others see us wouldn't do much good - we wouldn't believe it anyway.

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles by it.

Talk to a man about himself, and he will listen for hours.

Snobs talk as if they had begotten their ancestors.

If the whole world followed you to the letter, would the world be better?

You can always spot a well-informed man - his views are the same as yours.

Nothing will make us so charitable and tender to the faults of others as to thoroughly examine ourselves.

Knowledge makes men humble, and true genius is ever modest.

Be not like the cock who thought the sun rose to hear him crow.

Be sure of this: you are dreadfully like other people.

Be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all.

What you are thunders so loud, I cannot hear what you say.

The man who lives by himself and for himself is apt to be corrupted by the company he keeps.

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither praise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

There may be times when you cannot find help, but there is no time when you cannot give help.

The man who is mean is meaner to himself than anyone else.

Be what you say and say what you are.

A problem honestly stated is half solved.

No man has good enough memory to make a successful liar.

It is better to suffer for speaking the truth than that the truth should suffer for want of speaking it.

It is easy to tell a lie; but hard to tell only one lie.

What you dislike in another, take care to correct in yourself.

No man can be good to others without being good to himself.

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The one who makes  you angry is the one who controls you.

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"LIFE IS NOT A JOURNEY TO THE GRAVE WITH THE INTENTION OF ARRIVING SAFELY IN A PRETTY AND WELL PRESERVED BODY, BUT RATHER TO SKID IN SIDE-WAYS, THOROUGHLY USED UP, TOTALLY WORN OUT, AND LOUDLY PROCLAIMING: WOW.... WHAT A RIDE !!!"

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