quotes

“Slang is the poetry of

“Slang is the poetry of everyday life.” S. I. Hayakawa

“Habits are like a cable.

“Habits are like a cable. We weave a strand every day and soon it cannot be broken.” Horace Mann

“You can't depend on your

“You can't depend on your eyes if your imagination is out of focus.” Mark Twain

“Anyone who imagines that bliss

“Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around shouting that he's been robbed. The fact is that most putts don't drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to be just people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, and most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. Life is like an old time journey...delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas, and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride.” Gordon B. Hinckley

“A man who wants to

“A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.” Max Lucado

“We cannot be more sensitive

“We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.” Alan Watts

“Be not afraid of growing

“Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” Chinese Proverb

“An inconvenience is only an

“An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered.” G.K. Chesterton

“If you want to make

“If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.” Carl Sagan

“Gray hair is God's graffiti.”

“Gray hair is God's graffiti.” Bill Cosby
“The only real way to look younger is not to be born so soon.” Charles Schulz
“Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.” Jeanne Moreau
“Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.” Victor Hugo
“Lying about your age is easier now that you sometimes forget what it is.” Anonymous

“Be master of your petty

“Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe.” Robert Service, writer (1874-1958)

“Each day of our lives

“Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.” Charles R. Swindoll

“Life is denied by lack

“Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.” Nadia Boulanger

“We don't stop playing because

“We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw

“Technology made large populations possible;

“Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable.” Joseph Wood Krutch

“Freedom is being able to

“Freedom is being able to live with the consequences of your decisions.” James X. Mullen

“Love is a symbol of

“Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.” Germain de Stael