Yet some things you miss and some things you lose by keeping your arm outstretched. ~Author Unknown
My thoughts are free to go anywhere, but it's surprising how often they head in your direction. ~Author Unknown
The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination. ~Marian Zimmer Bradley
No one ever really dies as long as they took the time to leave us with fond memories. ~Chris Sorensen
Rock bottom is good solid ground, and a dead end street is just a place to turn around. ~Buddy Buie and J.R. Cobb, "Rock Bottom" (song)
The trouble with our praying is, we just do it as a means of last resort. ~Will Rogers
Some of the secret joys of living are not found by rushing from point A to point B, but by inventing some imaginary letters along the way. ~Douglas Pagels, These Are the Gifts I'd Like to Give to You
A man needs self-acceptance or he can't live with himself; he needs self-criticism or others can't live with him. ~James A. Pike
When it comes to staying young, a mind-lift beats a face-lift any day. ~Marty Bucella
My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy! ~Thomas Jefferson
Oh God, if there be cricket in heaven, let there also be rain. ~Alec Douglas Home
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another? ~Alan Paton
The best sex education for kids is when Daddy pats Mommy on the fanny when he comes home from work. ~William H. Masters
I have never advocated war except as a means of peace. ~Ulysses S. Grant
In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy? ~Leslie Caron
A man who is not a Liberal at sixteen has no heart; a man who is not a Conservative at sixty has no head. ~Benjamin Disraeli
Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns. ~Author Unknown
Women seem to be all right on bargains till it comes to picking out a husband. ~Kin Hubbard
The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out. ~James Baldwin
America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine providence on behalf of the human race. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
People are always asking about the good old days. I say, why don't you say the good now days? ~Robert M. Young
It has always been my private conviction that any man who pits his intelligence against a fish and loses has it coming. ~John Steinbeck
Everybody tells me that they would love to knit, but they don't have time. I look at people's lives and I can see opportunity and time for knitting all over the place. The time spent riding the bus each day? That's a pair of socks over a month. Waiting in line? Mittens. Watching TV? Buckets of wasted time that could be an exquisite lace shawl. ~Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them. ~Charles C. West
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