Time wasted is existence. time used is life





Time is like a handful of sand...the tighter you grasp it, the faster it runs through your fingers





Every rose has its thorn





Memories give you the power to ctllet roses in the winter





Sarcasm is the protest of people who are weak





My mind is as open as a 40 acre field but that doesn't mean I'm going to change it





Whenever you think something sounds easy, it turns out there's one part you didn't hear





All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players...William Shakespeare





Too often are we so preoccupied with the destination, we forget the journey





Just being yourself, being who you are, is a successful rebellion





Never fear shadows.  They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby






It's okay to let yourself go, just as long as you can find your way back





You don't have to blow out my candle to make yours grow brighter





Avoiding the topic doesn't make it go away





Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it





You always want what you cant have! When you can't have it, you want it even more.. Once you have it, you dont want it anymore...





Almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades





Only dead fish swim with the stream.  Question authority





The great thing in this world is not so much  where we stand... as in what directio





It's only notes if it doesn't convey emotion





Our chief want in life is someone who shall make us do what we can



Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich





Leadership is action, not a position





Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle





There is no limit to what can be accomplished if it doesn't matter who gets the credit





Seurity is mostly a superstition...life is either a daring adventure or nothing





Skill is stronger than strength





Why am I upset when I think that I'm different from every body else, but angry when I realize 'm the same?





No offense, but why are old ladies allowed to dye their hair purple and blue, but if we younger people do it, we're considered weird





Tell me, and I doubt...show me proof, and I believe





Some people think it's holding on that makes one strong..sometimes it's letting go





A moment lasts all of a second, but the memory lives on forever





You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true





If you expect too much from others, they won't ever reach their potential





Equality...I understand the concept, but I can't find an example





Life is like a ten speed bike.  Most of us have gears we never us





If we know anything, it is that if virtues do no equal powers...the powers will be misused





Every solution of a problem is a new problem





More is not always better





Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity: I'm not sure about the universe





Some people are so afraid to die that they begin to live





Better beans and bacon is peace than cakes and ale in fear





A wise man does not try to hurry history







Every child is an artist.  The problem is how to remain an artist once wep...Pablo Picasso





Modesty and unselfishness....these are the virtues which men praise..and pass by





If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so





The most disressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which now, as always, are moral issues





There are no gains without pains





Much outcry, little outcome





None love the messenger who brings bad news





A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth





Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water





Words mean more than what is set down on paper.  It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning





Never before have we had so little time in which to do so much





Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of sacrifices of his fiends





Truth is the most valuable thing we have.  







You cannot find a medicine for life when once a man is dead





There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison







You don't need any brains to listen to music...Pavarotti





Blest be the tie that binds





Obscurity often brings safety





Longer than deeds liveth the word





Yet after brick and steel and stone are gone, and flesh and blood are dust, the dream lives on





More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars...Franklin Delano Roosevelt





We do not live to extenuate the miseries of the past nor to accept as incurable those of the present





The enemies of the Future are always the nicest people





Appearances are deceptive





I want to know not his earning power but his yeaning power





No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghosty heart





If you take care of the little things, the big things take care of themselves





Coal under pressure porduces diamonds





It is not the whistle that moves the train





It is not as important what is true, as what we perceive to be true





Except little and you will never be disappointed





In every face-to-face encounter, regardless of how brief, we leave something behind





Never underestimate the potential and power of the human spirit





Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures





We are all manufacturers...some make good, others make trouble, and still others make excuses



What appears to be the end may really be a new beginning





"Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action" Theodore Roosevelt 

"Action is the antidote to despair."...Joan Baez 

Today is yesterday's effect and tomorrow's cause



It is the stern realities that make us dream of better things





The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams 





A man is literally what he thinks

Fear is the prison of the heart

Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind

Hope is a waking dream

All forms of fear produce fatigue






The future comes one day at a time





In no order of things is adolescence the time of the simple life

sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side





There are people who want to be everywhere at once, and they get nowhere

Imagination is more important than knowledge





It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else....Erma BombecK





If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag

Aim at nothing and you'll succeed



Taking risks gives me energy




 
Fortune and love befriend the bold
 
Nothing is interesting if you're not interested





You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm




Don't meet competition, crush it





"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got."....Janis Joplin 





Don't let regret hold you back: 

Were it not better to forget/Than but remember and regret?

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it is good only for wallowing





Humdrum is not where you live; it's what you are 




 
There is no bore we dread being left alone with so much as our own minds 




 
Interesting people are people who are interested. Bores are people who are bored. 




 
There are no uninteresting things, there are only uninteresting people 




 
Everone is a bore to someone.  That is unimportant.  The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself. 





No one is liable to make more mistakes than the man who acts only on reflection





Superior people never make long visits





You have to endure what you can't change





To be successful, the first thing to do is fall in love with your work





There is no such thing as a great talent without great will




 
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try





He who laughs, lasts





Laughter is by definition healthy





The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed





No one is liable to make more mistakes than the man who acts only on reflection





Superior people never make long visits





"You have to endure what you can't change





You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it....Barbra Streisand 





I will work in my own way, according to the light that is in me





I did it my way....Frank Sinatra 





If you don't risk anything, you risk even more




 
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing





Faith in oneself is the best . . . and safest course





You can always lead....even from the back of the pack 





You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader





Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person....Mother Teresa 





A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not





Enthusiasm moves the world





Imagination is the highest kite one can fly




 
Wonder rather than doubt is the root of knowledge





Be willing to change your mind if the situation dictates it.... Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof





Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands




 
Men often say that women change their minds too much. I say they sometimes don't change them enough. I mean changing their state of mind, their attitudes, their outlook, their expectations, their consciousness....most of all, about themselves and what is possible in their lives





False modesty is better than none





Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy





Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died....Erma Bombeck 





Pressure is part of life: adapt to it and use it! 




If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen....Harry Truman 





Definition of courage: "Grace under pressure." ....Ernest Hemingway





The trouble with being punctual is that there's nobody there to appreciate it





Never let go of the fiery sadness called desire





When trouble comes, wise men take to their work; weak men take to the woods





Never accept the proposition that just because a solution satisfies a problem, that it must be the only solution





There's a mighty big difference between good sound reasons, and reasons that sound good





Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too easily





Money is like an arm or a leg....use it or lose it





We are new every day





A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him....Mae West 





Look fear in the face and know it for what it is




 
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood





All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty....General George S. Patton 





Make fear's energy work for and not against you





Keep away from people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great....Mark Twain 





Decide what you think is right and stick to it
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If you don't know where you are going, how can you expect to get there?





Don't short-change yourself, use all of your abilities... Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability 





I want to be all that I am capable of becoming





There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers