Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Quotes

These are some thought provoking quotes I like, and some cute/funny ones. :)

If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting? ~Stephen Levine

"Life's most urgent question is, what are you doing for others?"Martin Luther King Jr

"Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame"Benjamin Franklin

"Little things affect little minds"Benjamin Disraeli

"Laugh when you see yourself getting caught up in something minor."Anonymous

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky? ~Stanislaw J. Lec

You never know what is enough, until you know what is more than enough. ~William Blake, Proverbs of Hell

Alice came to a fork in the road. "Which road do I take?" she asked."Where do you want to go?" responded the Cheshire cat."I don't know," Alice answered."Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter."~Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

"Ask her to wait a moment - I am almost done."- Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), when informed that his wife was dying <<--- DON'T LET THIS BE YOU!!

"Destiny is not a matter of change, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."- William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925)

You have to walk carefully in the beginning of love; the running across fields into your lover's arms can only come later when you're sure they won't laugh if you trip. ~Jonathan Carroll, "Outside the Dog Museum"

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them. ~Stephen King

I ran up the door, opened the stairs,said my pajamas and put on my prayers -turned off my bed, tumbled into my light,and all because he kissed me good-night!~Author Unknown

God understands our prayers even when we can't find the words to say them. ~Author Unknown

How did it get so late so soon?It's night before it's afternoon.December is here before it's June.My goodness how the time has flewn.How did it get so late so soon?~Dr. Seuss

If you're alone, I'll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I'll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I'll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile. But anytime you need a friend, I'll just be me. ~Author Unknown

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again? ~Winnie the Pooh

Our minds are lazier than our bodies. ~François, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 1678

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. ~Thomas à Kempis, Imitation of Christ, c.1420

Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It happens every day. ~Albert Camus, The Fall, 1956

Now that it's all over, what did you really do yesterday that's worth mentioning? ~Coleman Cox

Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it. ~Author Unknown

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. ~Jimmy Johnson

I thought growing up was something that happened automatically as you got older. But it turns out it's something you have to choose to do. ~From the television show Scrubs

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? ~Abraham Lincoln

The essential question is not, "How busy are you?" but "What are you busy at?" ~Oprah Winfrey

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. ~David Star Jordan, The Philosophy of Despair

A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top. ~Author Unknown

The family is a haven in a heartless world. ~Attributed to Christopher Lasch

When you look at your life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses. ~Joyce Brothers

At the end of the day, a loving family should find everything forgivable. ~Mark V. Olsen and Will Sheffer, Big Love, "Easter"

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword. ~Charles Reade

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. ~Author Unknown

A gentleman is a man who can play the accordion but doesn't. ~Author Unknown

I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three. ~Elayne Boosler

There's no such thing as fun for the whole family. ~Jerry Seinfeld

Just Remember...
You can choose to be happy, sad or angry. You can choose to love or to hate. You can choose to smile or frown. But no matter what, you choose for you, and ONLY YOU!

2 comments:

Mandy said...

Those are really good! Thanks for sharing! Miss you!!

Rhonda said...

Arli I love these. Thanks for making me smile.