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Marriage is a romance in which the hero dies in the
first chapter.
Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life.
I told you I was poorly - The epitaph on Spike Milligan’s tombstone
I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live
It is what you do for others, that sets you ‘apart’ from all others.
An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows. Dwight D Eisenhower
A man’s desire is for the woman; but the woman’s
desire is rarely other than for the desire of the man
You can be anything you want in life if you just help enough other people get what they want. Zig Ziglar
The journey of a 1000 miles begins with a broken fan belt and a flat tyre.
Before you judge someone you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you judge them, you are a mile away and you have their shoes.
Your life is what your thinking makes it.
Dance as though no one is watching you; love as though you have never been hurt; sing as though no one can hear you; and live as though heaven is on earth.
A King is bad company, a worse friend and a fatal family member.
You need passion to end sorrow, and passion is not bought through escape. It is there when you stop escaping.’ Krishnamurati
The only true guardian of peace lies within: a sense of concern and responsibility for your own future and an altruistic concern for the well-being of others. His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today’s world do not have. Ronald Reagon
Whether it’s an argument with your spouse, a prang in the car, a lost wallet, a mistake, or a sprained ankle, ask yourself, ‘Will it matter in a year’s time’.
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant: they too have their story.
The people who do have children feel sorry for those who don’t; and the people who don’t have children feel sorry for those who do.
Let’s face it, the only new thing racing can do is make the horses run backwards. Pam Baker
When you assume, realize that you’re doing it; and know that you could be wrong.
One is often accused of the evil motives that lurk in the hearts of one’s accusers.
Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drank I feel some shame. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn’t drink this wine they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, ‘It is better that I drink this wine and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worried about my liver.
When politicians see things only in the short term, they inevitably only see the short term gains.
a) Take into account that great love and great achievement involve great risk.
b) When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
c) Follow the three R’s: Respect for self, Respect for other’s and Responsibility for all your actions.’ The Dalai Lama
A persons true happiness, if they were to lose all their money, is directly related to their residual wealth.
If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster.’ Isaac Asimov
Any fool can criticise, condemn and complain and most fools do’ Benjamin Franklin
Sex on the television can’t hurt you unless you fall off.
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall not be disappointed.
It’s better to live with faith and confidence than with fear and anxiety.
I have received all my education from the uneducated.’ George Bernard Shaw
Success is more attitude than aptitude.
Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration: which is why engineers sometimes smell really bad.
It takes 43 muscles to frown, and 17 to smile, but it doesn’t take any - just to sit there with a dumb look on your face.’
We need to ask ourselves constantly, if everyone in the world was doing what I am doing, would the world be a better place? If the answer is yes, you know you must be doing something right. Janine Shepherd
God sends his rain upon the just and upon the unjust fella; but more upon the just because the unjust has pinched the just’s umbrella.’
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand- strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming WOO HOO- What a ride!
Hope is the only good which is common to all men.
Be happy in the moment, that is enough. Each moment is all we need, not more. Mother Teresa
Marriage is a splendid institution. But who wants to live in an institution? Groucho Marx
I never repeat gossip, so listen carefully.
When preparing food, hard boiled eggs are hard to beat.
Unfortunately most money is tainted: tain’t yours and tain’t mine.
You can fool all the people some of the time; you may even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all the people all the time. - Abraham Lincoln 1809 - 1865
When two egotists meet it’s an I for an I.
In life many people walk into and out of it, but only true friends leave footprints in your heart. Eleanor Roosevelt
Beauty is unity in diversity.
A wise man learns from experience; A wiser man learns from others.
When we have not what we love, we most love what we have not.
I am always prepared to accept there can be two points of view - mine and the one that is wrong.
The definition of Success: Rising once more than you fall.
Some of the worst wrongs were caused by people who tried to change things.
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher. -
Socrates (469 BCE-399 BCE)
In life, as in everything else, the person who makes the fewest mistakes wins.’
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist not the sitter. - Oscar Wilde
If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
One is often accused of the evil motives that live in the minds of the accusers.
Happy is a positive cash flow.
If there’s one thing to know about destiny it’s that you can’t count on it for ever.
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly. - Plutarch - Greek biographer and moralist (46 CE-120 CE)
By the time a man realises that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong - Charles Wadsworth
Inspiration is the result of perspiration
Albert Einstein when asked if he carried pencil and paper with him, replied, “I rarely get a good idea.”
A Doctor can bury his mistakes, but an Architect can only advise his client to plant vines.’ - Frank Lloyd Wright
No one can keep up an act forever, so you may as well start as you plan to finish.
When the going gets tough, the smart get laughing.
You can fool all the people some of the time; you may even fool some of the people all the time; but you can’t fool all the people all the time. - Abraham Lincoln 1809 - 1865
Man needs three things: Something to do; something to look forward to; and someone to love.
To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the popularity of dogs. - Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)
When two egotists meet it’s an I for an I
It’s only the poor who are forbidden to beg.
Labour is the great producer of wealth; it moves all other causes.
In life many people walk into and out of it, but only true friends leave footprints in your heart. - Eleanor Roosevelt
Beauty is unity in diversity.
A wise man learns from experience; A wiser man learns from others.
Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking of new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we. attributed to George W. Bush
When we have not what we love, we most love what we have not.
I am always prepared to accept there can be two points of view - mine and the one that is wrong.
The definition of Success: Rising once more than you fall.
Blessed are they who go around in circles, for they will be seen as BIG WHEELS.
Nowadays we are all so hard-up, the only pleasant things to pay are compliments.
A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.
Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead: therein lies the whole art of pleasing.
It takes time and commitment to create a friendship; yet it only takes one thoughtless act to destroy one
A hangover is the wrath of grapes
Truth is the cry of many but the game of a few
Women are really much nicer than men: no wonder we like them.
Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work
Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired
The first piece of luggage out of the chute doesn’t belong to anyone, ever.
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. - Ronald Reagan
To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last - but eat you he will. - Ronald Reagan
The Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And, if it stops moving, subsidise it. -
Ronald Reagan
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Attitude is more important than attributes.
If you can’t do great things, do small things in a great way. Don’t wait for great opportunities, seize common everyday ones and make them great. - Napoleon Hill
To keep your marriage brimming
With love in a loving cup,
Whenever you’re wrong, admit it.
Whenever you’re right, shut up. - Ogden Nash
Yesterday represents our history; tomorrow never actually comes; so live today to the full as you embrace the present.
Nothing is more important than this day.
No one has ever injured their eyesight by looking on the brighter side of things.
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.-General H Norman Schwarzkopf
LORD; Please give me the strength to work and advise on matters within my expertise rather than matters outside my expertise. Give me the wisdom to recognize the difference.
With public sentiment nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, and to have the two as close together as possible.
Time may be a great healer but it’s a lousy beautician.
Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.
It’s only when the tide runs out that you learn who’s been swimming naked.
Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless - Mother Teresa
You know you are getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.T
Two men looked our between prison bars, one saw mud and the other stars.
A lot of us would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.
To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness. - Robert Muller
You don’t stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop laughing.
It’s when we forget ourselves that we do things that are most likely to be remembered.
Courage, determination, and hard work are all very nice, but not so nice as an oil well in the back yard. - Mason Cooley
Our body cells renew themselves while we sleep; if only our wallets would do the same! - J K Shaw
If a man speaks deep in a forest and there is no women to hear him; is he still wrong?
I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one’s business on earth, like the male spider who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind. - George Bernard Shaw
Blessed is he who expectant nothing, for he shall not be disappointed.
Everyone needs three things: Something to do; someone to love and something to look forward to.
If you want to kill any idea in the world today, get a committee to work on it.
The lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime
And departing leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.
LORD; Please give me the strength to work and advise on matters within my expertise rather than matters outside my expertise. Give me the wisdom to recognize the difference.
With public sentiment nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.