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May 3, 2008

famous quotes on change by Joseph Schenck

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If four or five guys tell you that you’re drunk, even though you know you haven’t had a thing to drink, the least you can do is to lie down a little while
~famous quotes on change by Joseph Schenck

The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only the bicycle remains pure in heart.
~change by Iris Murdoch, The Red and the Green

Jealousy is the great exaggerator.
~sayings about change by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, The Conspiracy of Fiesco, 1783

Health - what my friends are always drinking to before they fall down
~quotes about Party Invitations by Phyllis Diller

America is just the country that shows how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society.
~famous quotes on change by Peter Kroptkin, speech, 1891

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.
~saying on Teachers by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

 

April 13, 2008

inspirational away messages by Arthur Schopenhauer

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With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
~inspirational away messages by Arthur Schopenhauer

A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family.
~away messages by Saul Alinsky

In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present torture, but chiefly by the pang that rankles after it
~sayings about away messages by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

The history of free men is never written by chance, but by choice - their choice.
~quotes about Attitude by Dwight D. Eisenhower

Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid.
~inspirational away messages by Harlan Miller

A book of quotations . . . can never be complete
~saying on Books by Robert M. Hamilton

Wouldn’t it be great if you could only get AIDS from giving money to television preachers?
~inspirational away messages by Elayne Boosler

 

March 27, 2008

quotes about Opportunities by John F. Kennedy

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When written in Chinese the word crisis is composed of two characters - one represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
 ~quotes about Opportunities by John F. Kennedy, address, 12 April 1959

The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual.
 ~easter motivational quote by John Muir, letter to J.B. McChesney, 19 September 1871

I have come one step away from everything. And here I stay, far from everything, one step away.
 ~saying on Life by Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

There is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one’s self, the very meaning of one’s soul
 ~easter motivational quote by Edith Wharton

My strength is made perfect in weakness
 ~easter by II Corinthians

We do not deal much in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.
 ~sayings about easter by Mark Twain

Love is a game that two can play and both win.
 ~quotes about Love by Eva Gabor

 

March 27, 2008

athletic motivational quote by Dudley Field Malone

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I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me.
 ~athletic motivational quote by Dudley Field Malone

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
 ~saying on Wise Words by Plato

I have woven a parachute out of everything broken
 ~athletic motivational quote by William Stafford

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
 ~athletic by Abigail Van Buren

When you have done your best for a flower, and it fails, you have some reason to be aggrieved.
 ~sayings about athletic by Frank Swinnerton

A smile is the lighting system of the face, the cooling system of the head and the heating system of the heart
 ~quotes about Cool by Unknown

In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again…. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring.
 ~athletic motivational quote by Enid Bagnold, Autobiography, 1969

 

March 20, 2008

saying on Justice by Edgar Argo

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Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices.
 ~saying on Justice by Edgar Argo

Publication - is the auction of the Mind of Man.
 ~catholic inspirational messages by Emily Dickinson

A pedestrian is someone who thought there were a couple of gallons left in the tank.
 ~catholic messages by Author Unknown

As soon as forever is through, I’ll be over you.
 ~sayings about catholic messages by Toto

If one man offers you democracy and another offers you a bag of grain, at what stage of starvation will you prefer the grain to the vote?
 ~quotes about Perspective by Bertrand Russell

No cowboy was ever faster on the draw than a grandparent pulling a baby picture out of a wallet
 ~catholic inspirational messages by Author Unknown

Many men are like unto sausages: Whatever you stuff them with, that they will bear in them.
 ~saying on Confidence by Alexi Konstantinovich Tolstoy

There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.
 ~catholic inspirational messages by Winston Churchill

 

March 19, 2008

saying on Self-Discovery by Robert M. Pirsig

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It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, Go away, I’m looking for the truth, and so it goes away. Puzzling.
 ~saying on Self-Discovery by Robert M. Pirsig

Love is being stupid together
 ~famous presidential quote by Paul Valery

Women have been taught that, for us, the earth is flat, and that if we venture out, we will fall off the edge.
 ~presidential by Author Unknown

Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter, wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others who are within his sphere of action: and therefore, in many cases, it would not be altogether absurd if a man were to thank God for his vanity among the other comforts of life.
 ~sayings about presidential by Benjamin Franklin

The important thing is to strive towards a goal which is not immediately visible. That goal is not the concern of the mind, but of the spirit.
 ~quotes about Goals by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Flight to Arras, 1942, translated from French by Lewis Galantière

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
 ~famous presidential quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.
 ~saying on Wisdom by Juvenal, Satires

We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love
 ~famous presidential quote by Author Unknown

 

March 18, 2008

saying on Books Reading by Elbert Hubbard

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This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
 ~saying on Books Reading by Elbert Hubbard

I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot
 ~motivational quote for teen by Gary Hart

It is impossible to keep a straight face in the presence of one or more kittens.
 ~teen by Cynthia E. Varnado

Anywhere you go liking everyone, everyone will be likeable.
 ~sayings about teen by Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, 1966

The first time you buy a house you see how pretty the paint is and buy itThe second time you look to see if the basement has termitesIt’s the same with men
 ~quotes about Women’s Greetings by Lupe Velez

Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.
 ~motivational quote for teen by Lillian Smith

I’ve written some poetry I don’t understand myself.
 ~saying on Poetry by Carl Sandburg

 

March 16, 2008

saying on College by George Gobel

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College is a place to keep warm between high school and an early marriage.
 ~saying on College by George Gobel

The moral flabbiness born of the bitch-goddess SUCCESS. That - with the squalid interpretation put on the word success - is our national disease.
 ~key chain with funny saying by William James, 11 September 1906

Being cheerful keeps you healthy. It is slow death to be gloomy all the time.
 ~key chain with by

Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
 ~sayings about key chain with by Michel de Montaigne

Since our happiness depends on the character of our thoughts, away forever with all negatives. It requires effort to keep positive, but anything that doesn’t take effort isn’t worth having.
 ~quotes about Happiness by

Happiness is your dentist telling you it won’t hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill.
 ~key chain with funny saying by Johnny Carson

I eat everything that nature voluntarily gives: fruits, vegetables, and the products of plants. But I ask you to spare me what animals are forced to surrender: meat, milk, and cheese.
 ~saying on Vegetarianism by Author Unknown (Thank you, Eric.)

 

March 15, 2008

Inspirational philosophy quotes and motivational philosophy sayings

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Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it’s like gold; after you understand it, it’s like dung.
  philosophy motivational sayings by  Zen Saying

I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam: I looked into the soul of another boy.
  Quote By  Woody Allen~Inspirational philosophy quote

To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.
  philosophy motivational sayings by  Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 1670

To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both - a philosopher.
  Quote By  Friedrich Nietzsche~Inspirational philosophy quote

My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.
  philosophy motivational sayings by  Louisa May Alcott, in Life, Letters, and Journals, ed. E.D. Cheney, 1889

The only difference between graffiti and philosophy is the word fuck.
  Quote By  Author Unknown~Inspirational philosophy quote

When I study philosophical works I feel I am swallowing something which I don’t have in my mouth.
  philosophy motivational sayings by  Albert Einstein

Philosophy is just a hobby. You can’t open a philosophy factory.
  Quote By  Dewey Selmon~Inspirational philosophy quote

 

March 15, 2008

Inspirational thrift quotes and motivational thrift sayings

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Whatever thrift is, it is not avarice. Avarice is not generous; and, after all, it is the thrifty people who are generous.
  thrift motivational sayings by  Lord Rosebery

Thrift is not an affair of the pocket, but an affair of character.
  Quote By  S.W. Straus~Inspirational thrift quote

By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a golden harvest.
  thrift motivational sayings by  Agesilaus

The thrift that does not make a man charitable sours into avarice.
  Quote By  M.W. Harrison~Inspirational thrift quote

Thrift comes too late when you find it at the bottom of your purse.
  thrift motivational sayings by  Seneca

Thrift means that you should always have the best you can possibly afford, when the thing has any reference to your physical and mental health, to your growth in efficiency and power.

 

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