A smile is the whisper of a laugh.

If someone did not have the courage to be stupid every now and then the world would be an incredibly dull place.

You laugh because I am different. I laugh because you are all the same.

Sometimes I wish I was a little kid again, skinned knees are easier to fix than broken hearts.

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Sometimes you just have to jump off a bridge and learn to fly on the way down.

I'm old enough to know better, but still too young to care.

When you cry, you’re healing yourself.

It isn't work unless you'd rather be doing something else.

May you live every day of your life.

The best way to look busy is to look angry.

It may be that your sole purpose is to serve as a warning to others.

A hen is an egg's way of making another egg.

The best way to save face is to keep the lower part shut.

War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.

You're only a fool if you give up.

Every journey begins with a single step.

Too many people are ready to carry the stool when the piano needs to be moved.

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.

Go as far as you can see, and when you get there, you'll see farther.

If your soul is smiling, notify your face!

The king and the pawn go back into the same box when the game is over.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Our darkest hour only has 60 minutes.

If God intended for today to be perfect, He would not have invented tomorrow.

To experience true loss you must love someone else more than yourself.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and the shadows will fall behind you.

Always hire a rich attorney. Never buy from a rich salesman.

Half the people in the world are below average.

There are some things that everybody thinks and nobody says and other things that everybody says and nobody thinks.

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic.

A bird does not sing because it has an answer - it sings because it has a song.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

A single reason why you can do something is worth 100 reasons why you can't.

True love comes quietly without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.

I hate the stars because I look at the same ones as you do, without you.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Freedom defined is freedom denied.

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

If you don't care where you are, then you ain't lost.

Observation, and not old age, brings wisdom.

You're only young once, and if you do it right, once is enough.

I'd rather be a failure in something that I love than a success in something that I don't.

As much as we are the root of the problem, we are also the genesis of the solution.

Dance like no one is watching; and love like it will never hurt.

A mirror reflects your picture, not you.

A dream is nothing but a canvas in our imagination.

Failure is not an option. It is a privilege reserved only for those who try.

A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

You can win more flies with honey...

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say.

Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Anybody remotely interesting is mad, in some way or another.

Ask forgiveness, not permission.

It's okay for students to ask dumb questions; they're easier to handle than dumb mistakes.

Teach your students to use what talents they have; the woods would be silent if no bird sang except those that sing best.

There is no worse robber than a bad book.

Common sense is the most uncommon thing in the world.

A woman who pretends to laugh at love is like a child who sings at night when he is afraid.

Eat right, exercise regularly, die anyway.

He who dies with the most toys, is, nonetheless, still dead.

I believe in questioning authority up until a certain point, and that point is reached when I am the authority.

Imagination is intelligence having fun.

Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality.

Just try explaining the value of statistical summaries to the widow of the man who drowned crossing a stream with an average depth of four feet.

The more beautiful the snake the deadlier its venom.

Offense is never given. It is only taken.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

The stone that lieth not in your way need not offend you.

Those who tried to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed at it.

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