The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as long as we live. – Mortimer Adler

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. -Maria Robinson

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. – Plato

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes. – Peter F. Drucker

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. – Albert Einstein

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. – Anton Chekhov

Dwell not on the past.  Use it to illustrate a point, then leave it behind.  Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time.  From this moment onwards you can be an entirely different person, filled with love and understanding, ready with an outstretched hand, uplifted and positive in every thought and deed. – Eileen Caddy

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. – Albert Einstein

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are. – Oprah Winfrey

Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were. – Cherie Carter-Scott

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers. – Voltaire

The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something.  It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow.  Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer. – Nolan Bushnell

Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are. – Jose Saramago

Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink.  But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love.  If you must steal, steal away from bad company.  If you must cheat, cheat death.  And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away. -Will Smith as Alex “Hitch” Hitchens in Hitch

People often say that motivation doesn't last.  Well, neither does bathing-that’s why we recommend it daily. -Zig Ziglar

When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. -Eleanor Roosevelt

You have to be yourself.  Be very honest about who and what you are.  And if people still like you that's fine.  If they don't, well, that's their problem. -Sting, English singer and songwriter

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. -Dr. Seuss 

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not. -Giacomo Leopardi

I wish they would only take me as I am. -Vincent Van Gogh

It's important that people should know what you stand for. It's equally important that they know what you won't stand for. -Mary H. Waldrip

A person's a person, no matter how small. -Dr. Seuss

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. -Abraham Lincoln

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. -John Wooden

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. -Eric Hoffer

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it.  The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use. -Earl Nightengale

I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them. -Pablo Picasso

The mind is like the stomach. It is not how much you put into it that counts, but how much it digests. -A.J. Nock

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility. -Eleanor Roosevelt

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. -Neil Armstrong

People only see what they are prepared to see. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never think you've seen the last of anything. -Eudora Welty

What you dislike in another take care to correct in yourself. -Thomas Sprat

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong. -Leo Rosten

Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of. -Anon

It's just like magic.  When you live by yourself, all your annoying habits are gone! -Merril Markoe

It's not what you do once in a while, it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference. -Jenny Craig 

I find the less you focus on your flaws, the better off you are.  Be yourself, and be glad. -Michelle Pfeiffer

Never assume, for it makes an ASS out of U and ME. -Anon

What makes you valuable is your heart...and how you present yourself to the world. -Jada Pinkett-Smith

Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level. -Max L. Forman

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. -Henry David Thoreau

I got a simple rule about everybody.  If you don't treat me right - shame on you. -Louis Armstrong

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. -Noel Coward

Behind every great man...is a woman rolling her eyes. -Jim Carrey as Bruce Nolan in Bruce Almighty

If you are never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances. -Julia Sorel, contemporary American writer

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. -Alexander Graham Bell

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. -Beverly Sills

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight. -Jim Rohn

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. -Jimmy Dean

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. -William James

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. -Eleanor Roosevelt

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others. -Plato

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another. -Walter Elliott

I do not ask to walk smooth paths nor bear an easy load.  I pray for strength and fortitude to climb the rock-strewn road.  Give me such courage and I can scale the hardest peaks alone, and transform every stumbling block into a stepping-stone. –Gale Brook Burket

Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. -Chinese proverb

Never give up on anybody. -Hubert H. Humphrey

It's a little childish and stupid, but then, so is high school. -Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller in Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to someone else. -Will Rogers

Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain. -Robert Gary Lee

Pain is temporary.  It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place.  If I quit, however, it lasts forever. -Lance Armstrong

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on. -Lance Armstrong

Bad excuses are worse than none. -Thomas Fuller

Good-bye.  I am leaving because I am bored. -George Saunders

Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them. -John Shirley

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers. -Jewish proverb

Mother is the one we count on for the things that matter most of all. -Katherine Butler Hathaway

A mother's love is like a circle, it has no beginning and no ending.  It keeps going around and around ever expanding, touching everyone who comes in contact with it. -Art Urban

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. -Harry S. Truman, American 33rd president of the United States, 1884-1972

The hard part about being a bartender is figuring out who is drunk and who is just stupid. -Richard Braunstein

It takes only one drink to get me drunk.  The trouble is I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.  –George F. Burns

To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with. -Mark Twain

Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people. -F. M. Hubbard

The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood. – Buddha

Your communication is only as good as your understanding of the person you're communicating with. -Dr. Tony Alessandra

When people talk, listen completely.  Most people never listen. -Ernest Hemingway

If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear. -Winnie the Pooh

Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter because nobody listens. -Nick Diamos

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way. -Keanu Reeves

We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that's a decision. -Gary Collins

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines. -Robert Schuller

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. -Galileo Galilei

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do.  The hard part is doing it. -Norman Schwarzkopf

Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance? -Edgar Bergen

It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop. -Confucius

A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking. -Arthur Block

The days that make us happy make us wise.  -John Masefield, English poet laureate, playwright, and fiction writer

Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember. -Virgil, Aenid

The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up. -Mark Twain

If you have a lemon, make lemonade. -Howard Gossage

I have a right to my anger, and I don't want anybody telling me I shouldn't be, that it's not nice to be, and that something's wrong with me because I get angry. -Maxine Waters

I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. -A. Whitney Brown

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. -Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. president

Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us. -Charlotte Bronte

Make the most of yourself.  That is all there is to you.  -Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and poet

This above all; to thine own self be true.  -William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet

Weather forecast for tonight: dark. -George Carlin

You know you're getting fat when you can pinch an inch on your forehead. -John Mendoza

Always get married in the morning.  That way, if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted a whole day. -Mickey Rooney

I'd go to the end of the world for my husband. Of course, if he'd just stop and ask directions, I wouldn't have to. -Martha Bolton

People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one. -Leo J. Burke

It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have time. -Tallulah Bankhead

Determine that the thing can and shall be done.  And then we shall find the way.  -Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. president

Obstacles don't have to stop you.  If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up.  Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. -Michael Jordan

Obstacles can't stop you. Problems can't stop you. Most of all, other people can't stop you. Only you can stop you. -Jeffrey Gitomer

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them.   You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. -Norman Vincent Peale

You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machines.  -Flip Wilson, American entertainer

Ever notice how it's a penny for your thoughts, yet you put in your two-cents?  Someone is making a penny on the deal! -Steven Wright

A hero is a man who does what he can. -Roman Rollard

If you can't accept losing, you can't win.  -Vince Lombardi, American football coach

Failure is only an opportunity to begin again more intelligently.   -Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer

"He means well" is useless unless he does well. -Plautus, Roman playwright

Minds are like parachutes.  They only function when they are open. -Sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist and physicist

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.  -Frederick Douglass, American abolitionist

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. -Mark Twain, American writer

Faith in oneself...is the best and safest course.  - Michelangelo, Italian painter, architect, and poet

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. -Mother Teresa

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today. -William Allen White

For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. -African Proverb

You never know what you can do till you try. -William Cobbett

My father always told me, “Find a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life. -Jim Fox

A father is a banker provided by nature. -Proverb

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one. -Oscar Wilde

You cannot sink someone else's end of the boat and still keep your own afloat. -Charles Bower

Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground. -Theodore Roosevelt

What is now proved was once imagined. -William Blake, English poet and artist

Do not choose to be wrong for the sake of being different. -Sir Herbert Louis Samuel, English politician

When all think alike, no one is thinking. -Walter Lippmann, American journalist and author

It's so simple to be wise.  Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite. -Sam Levenson

A word to the wise ain't necessary; it's the stupid ones who need the advice. -Bill Cosby

The dumbest people I know are those who know it all. -Malcolm Forbes

Always forgive your enemies.  Nothing annoys them more. -Oscar Wilde, Irish poet, wit, and dramatist

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. -John F. Kennedy

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr. 

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. -Christopher Reeve

If you do not think about the future, you will not have one. -John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright

The future will be better tomorrow. -Dan Quayle

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. -Douglas Adams

The greatest limitations you will ever face will be those you place on yourself. -Denis Waitley

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. -Warren Buffett

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Austrailia. -Charles Schulz, contemporary American cartoonist

The beginning is always today. -Mary Wollstonecraft, English writer

Some say the glass is half-empty, some say the glass is half-full, I say, are you going to drink that? -Lisa Claymen

Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they do when they stick together. -Verna Kelly, contemporary American writer

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. - Helen Keller

Consider the postage stamp:  its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. -Josh Billings

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting. -Bernard Meltzer

May you have love that never ends, lots of money and lots of friends. Health be yours, whatever you do and may God send many blessings to you. -Irish Blessings

New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time. -James Agate

People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas.

Many people look forward to the New Year for a new start on old habits.

Where you've been is not half as important as where you're going.

Pain is only valuable once you know that you've learned from it.

If you want the last word, apologize.

I quit, I give up, nothing's good enough for anybody else, it seems...When I'm all alone it's the best way to be. When I'm by myself nobody else can say goodbye. Everything is temporary anyway.

Without trust there is nothing.

We could all take a lesson from crayons:  some are sharp, some are beautiful, some have weird names, all are different colors, but they still learn to live in the same box.

Work like you don't need the money, dance like no one is watching and love like you'll never get hurt.

Pain is never permanent.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Your thoughtfulness is the perfect gift no matter what the occasion.

Thoughtfulness is a gift you can give without having to wrap it first.

When you delight in the game, the effort seems unimportant.

Winning or losing doesn't matter-its how you play the game.

Always imitate the behavior of the winner when you lose.

Don't count your days, make your days count.

Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.

Any situation can be improved with an encouraging word.

A kind word can light up the day for the giver, as well as for the recipient.
 

A good deed, like sunshine, will leave you warm all over.

A day without kindness will be gloomy no matter how much the sun shines.

I want to be the girl who could always brighten everyone's day...even when she couldn't brighten her own.

An act of kindness is an act of caring.

Caring is contagious.  Help spread it around!

The act of caring is not meant to be measured.  

Reach out when you feel down, and the response you receive will lift you up. 

Don't worry about failure.  Worry about the chances you miss when you don't try.

Try and fail, but don't fail to try.

You only fail when you give up.

A bend in the road is not the end of the road...unless you fail to make the turn.

Be a "how" thinker, not an "if" thinker.

Think! It's the most difficult act anyone performs.

You'll never know what's behind the door if you don't open it.

Don't stand in front of a push door expecting it to open.

When you believe you can, you can.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 

Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps, if you are not willing to move your feet.

Every path will have at least one puddle.

Turn your stumbling blocks into stepping stones.

Nobody trips over mountains.  It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble.  Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain.

The one who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Experience is what I got when I didn't get what I wanted.

Sometimes I wish I could just fast-forward through time, just to see if it's worth it all in the end.

Don't ever let anyone make you feel like you don't deserve what you want.

The best thing to hold onto in this world is each other. 
  

A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.

The world is a much nicer place because you're part of it.

Some people make the world special just by being in it.

To the world, you're just one person, but to one person you could be the world.

Never make someone a priority, if you are only an option.

Never look down on anybody unless you are helping them up.

It doesn't matter whether you fall down or not; it's whether you get back up.

Moving on is simple, it's what you leave behind that makes it so difficult.

Sometimes I wonder what you think of me...or if you do at all.

You never knew me...you just thought you did.

Don't worry about knowing people make yourself worth knowing.

You can only be you, but sometimes, it's never good enough for people.

Surround yourself with people who support you, not bring you down.

In a world where you can be anything, be yourself.

Be yourself.  Everyone else is already taken.

Be yourself; who else is better qualified?

Trying to be someone you’re not is a waste of the person you are.

While you are wishing to be someone else, someone, somewhere is wishing to be you.

Before you judge me, take a good look at yourself.

Judge me all you want but keep the verdict to yourself.

For those who talk about me, thanks for making me the center of your world!

Sometimes you need to run away to see who will follow you. 

Sometimes you have to stand alone...just to prove you can.

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

It's funny the way things don't work out; but it's funny the way they do.

There are things we don’t want to happen, but have to accept, things we don’t want to know, but have to learn, and people we can’t live without but have to let go.

Needing someone is like needing a parachute...If they aren't there the first time, chances are you won't be needing them again.

Don't ever miss someone from your past.  There's a reason they didn't make it to your future! 

The past can hurt, but the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it. 

DON'T let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff.

Sometimes, even though you’re having good times, you can’t help but stop and think about how much you miss the old times.

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.

We are the heroes of our own story.

Don't cry over anyone who won't cry over you.

Time spent in getting even would be better spent in getting ahead.

A million miles apart will not stop our hearts from reaching.

People may not remember exactly what you did or what you said, but they will always remember exactly how you made them feel. 

If you think there's good in everybody, you haven't met everybody.

Challenge of the day:  Find something good in everyone.

The next time that you think you're perfect, try walking on water.

People do not listen…they just wait for their turn to talk.

It’s better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

The only thing better than having you close is having you closer.

If you want something said - ask a man; but if you want something done - ask a woman.

Men are like a fine wine.  They start out as grapes, and it's up to women to stomp the shit out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.

Why did God create men?  Because vibrators can't mow the lawn.

Boys are great.  Every girl should own one.

Boys are like parking spaces, all the good ones are taken.

Men are like public toilets; they're either taken or full of crap!

If guys had their period, they'd probably brag about the size of their tampons.

If you sprinkle when you tinkle, be a sweetie and wipe the seatie!

The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get.

Everything is ok in the end.  If it's not ok, then it's not the end.

When things go wrong, don't go with them. 

No matter how bad it seems it could always be worse.

Cinderella is proof that a pair of shoes could change your life.

It may not be easy at times, but in those times of struggle you will find a stronger sense of who you are.

What does not kill me shall make me stronger.

Even though I’ve been hurt, I still remain strong.  Giving up doesn’t mean I’m weak…it means I’m strong enough to let go.

The glass is never half empty or half full; it is just too big for what is in it.

The future comes one day at a time.

Don't wish for it...work for it!

Don't wish upon a star; reach for one. 

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

Our eyes are placed in front because it's more important to look ahead than to look back.

Getting on your feet requires getting off your butt!

Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar territory.

Mean people suck!

I'm nobody, nobody is perfect, therefore, I'm perfect.

REMINDER: hating me won't make you pretty!

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.  Hate me because...well...okay, hate me because I'm beautiful.

Your lips keep on moving but all I hear is Blah, Blah, Blah.

I'm not anti-social, I just don't like you.

Some people are alive because it's illegal to kill them.

Frogs have it easy.  They can eat what bugs them.

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Hi.  I am probably home.  I'm just avoiding someone I don't like.  Leave me a message, and if I don't call back, it's you.

My door is always open so feel free to leave.

Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.

Be careful...a pat on the back is only a few inches from a kick in the butt.

Cancel my subscription because I don't need your issues.

Act your age and not your shoe size.

Stress is when you wake up screaming and then you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet.

If raising children was going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor!

Sex is like math...add the bed, subtract the clothes, divide the legs, and pray to God you don't multiply!

There are plenty of fish in the sea but who wants to date a fish?

D.A.R.E. Drugs Are Really Expensive

Scientists say 1 out of every 4 people is crazy.  Check 3 friends, and if they're okay, you're it.

You don't have to agree with me, but it's quicker.

If my words don't make an impact, my foot will.

If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.

How long a minute is depends on which side of the bathroom door you're on.

Bald guys never have bad hair days.

On the other hand...you have different fingers!

Looking for a helping hand?  There's one on your arm.

I would like to help you out.  Which way did you come in?

Just remember...if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.

Someday my ship will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the airport.

There's a light at the end of every tunnel, just pray it's not a train.

The trouble with going with the flow is you might wind up being sucked down the drain.

A paper should be like a mini skirt: long enough to cover everything, but short enough to keep it interesting.

A day without sunshine is...night.

If you want breakfast in bed...sleep in the kitchen. 

In a world full of cheerios, why not be a fruit loop?

I'm an angel!  Honest!  The horns are just there to keep the halo up straight!

The grass may be greener on the other side, but it still has to be mowed.

How do "Do Not Walk on the Grass" signs get there?

Not all who wander are lost.

There is no shortcut to anywhere worth going.

You are slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter.

When all else fails, look cute.

Save the planet; it's the only one with chocolate!

I'll trade you a kiss for a piece of your candy!

Worry about today before tomorrow.

Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere.

If it weren't for the last minute, a lot of things wouldn't get done.

Live each day as if it were your last.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.

A compass and one's heart are alike for they both lead and show the way home.

You don't know how good you have it until you don't have it anymore.

If it's meant to be...It will happen...

Actions speak louder than words.

You can only go as far as you push.

Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.

Our memories are wrapped in ribbons of the heart.

Each of us is important and has something to give.

Your talent is God's gift to you, how you use it is your gift to God.

Faith is like electricity, you can't see it working, but you always see the light.

The greatest oak was once a little nut that held its ground.