Some great quotes I recently discovered...

 

"The most significant change in a person's life is a change of attitude. Right attitudes produce right actions."  —William J. Johnson

 

Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest

when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly.--Ivan Turgenev

 

"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness.  Think of your three best friends.  If they're okay, then it's you.  --Rita Mae Brown

 

Time is like a snowflake--it melts away while we try to decide what to do with it.       

 

"The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you are."  -Thomas Dreier

 

Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind.

 

You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present worrying over the future.

 

Everyone needs to be loved...especially when they do not deserve it.

 

Thank God for what you have, trust God for what you need.

 

If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.

 

If anyone speaks badly of you, live so none will believe it.

 

The best thing parents can do for their children is to love each other.

 

You are richer today if you have laughed, given or forgiven.

 

For every minute you are angry with someone, you lose 60 seconds of happiness that you can never get back.

 

The best gifts to give:  To your friend, loyalty; to your enemy, forgiveness; to your boss, service; To a child, a good example; to your parents, gratitude and devotion; to your mate, love and faithfulness; to all men and women, charity; and to your God, your life.

 

At my age, I’ve seen it all, done it all, heard it all… I just can’t remember it all.

 

"Do what you love, love what you do and always do more than you promised!"

 

Real friends are those who, when you feel you've made a fool of yourself, don't feel you've done a permanent job.

 

A coincidence is when God performs a miracle and decides to remain anonymous.

 

Following the path of least resistance is what makes rivers and men crooked.

 

To become an able and successful person in any profession, three things are necessary:  nature, study, and practice.

 

In my vocabulary, there is no such word as “can’t,” because I recognize that my abilities are given to me by God to do what needs to be done.

 

To have grown wise and kind is real success.

 

You’ve got to continue to grow, or you’re just like last night’s cornbread — stale and dry.

 

I make progress by having people around me who are smarter than I am — and listening to them.

 

The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.

 

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