Quote Archive

An archive of previous “weekly quotes” from the side bar…

“Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”

Elbert Hubbard

10th January 2011

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“Every man should be born again on the first day of January.  Start with a fresh page.  Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past.”

Henry Ward Beecher

3rd January 2011

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“Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.”

Oprah Winfrey

27th December 2010

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“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

Norman Vincent Peale

20th December 2010

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Christmas is a necessity.  There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves.

Eric Sevareid

13th December 2010

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“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”

Albert Camus

6th December 2010

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“If things go wrong, don’t go with them.”

Roger Babson

29th November 2010

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“When your dreams turn to dust, vacuum.”

Anonymous

22nd November 2010

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“If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.”

Buddhist Saying

15th November 2010

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“People gather bundles of sticks to build bridges they never cross.”

Anonymous

8Th November 2010

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“Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs.  Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger.  If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.”

Dale Carnegie

1st November 2010

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“The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.”

Sonya Friedman

25th October 2010

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“A thousand books on tennis won’t improve your serve, but a thousand serves will.”

Rick DeMarinis

18th October 2010

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“Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.”

Robert Ingersoll

11th October 2010

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“One moment of patience may ward off great disaster.  One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.”

Chinese Proverb

4th October 2010

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“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.”

Soren Kierkegaard

27th September 2010

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“I never make stupid mistakes.  Only very, very clever ones.”

John Peel

20th September 2010

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“A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.”

Douglas Pagels

13th September 2010

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“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”

Abraham Lincoln

6th September 2010

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“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”

William Blake

30th August 2010

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“We swim because we are too sexy for a sport that requires clothes.”

Anonymous

23rd August 2010

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“When the world says, ‘Give up,’
Hope whispers, ‘Try it one more time’.”

Anonymous

16th August 2010

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“It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;– it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.”

Jane Austen

9th August 2010

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“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.”

Les Brown

2nd August 2010

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“Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly.”

George MacDonald

26th July 2010

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“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.”

Booker T. Washington

19th July 2010

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“If you love something let it go. If it comes back to you it’s yours. If it doesn’t, it never was.”

Anonymous

12th July 2010

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“There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them. “

Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

5th July 2010

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“Missing someone gets easier everyday because even though you are one day further from the last time you saw them, you are one day closer to the next time you will.”

Anonymous

28th June 2010

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“A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun.  Enjoy the trip.”

Anonymous

21st June 2010

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“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

Mahatma Gandhi

14th June 2010

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“Happiness is like a butterfly; if you chase it, it will constantly elude you. But if you sit quietly, it will gently come and sit on your shoulder.”

Chinese Proverb

7th June 2010

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“If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.”

Benjamin Franklin

31st May 2010

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“Four wheels move the body.  Two wheels move the soul.”

Anonymous

24th May 2010

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“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.”

Elisabeth Foley

17th May 2010

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“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”

Milton Berle

10th May 2010

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“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

3rd May 2010

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“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”

Anonymous

26th April 2010

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“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”

Native American Proverb

19th April 2010

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“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.”

Cyril Connolly

12th April 2010

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“Be what you are.  This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.”

Julius Charles Hare

5th April 2010

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“The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.”

Aristotle

29th March 2010

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“You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.”

Desmond Tutu

22nd March 2010

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“Don’t think there are no crocodiles just because the water is calm”

Malayan Proverb

15th March 2010

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“Even the dead will not be safe from the enemy if he wins.”

Walter Benjamin

8th March 2010

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“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”

Vivian Green

1st March 2010