How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. ~Henry David Thoreau, Journal, 19 August 1851
Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player. ~Author Unknown
Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them. ~Jim Davis
Most people, upon reaching the top, look down and enjoy the view. The smart money is on looking up and finding new mountains to climb. ~Jeb Dickerson, www.howtomatter.com
If we escape punishment for our vices, why should we complain if we are not rewarded for our virtues? ~John Churton Collins, Aphorisms in the English Review, 1914
The ornaments of your house will be the guests who frequent it. ~Author Unknown
Love - a wildly misunderstood although highly desirable malfunction of the heart which weakens the brain, causes eyes to sparkle, cheeks to glow, blood pressure to rise and the lips to pucker. ~Author Unknown
Dare to be imperfect and one day there will tug at your sleeve a soulmate. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
I hate women because they always know where things are. ~Voltaire
There are an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job. ~Peter Drucker
Wishing won't keep you safe - safety will. ~Author Unknown
Many a man wishes he were strong enough to tear a telephone book in half - especially if he has a teenage daughter. ~Guy Lombardo
When you are unwell, you must cough, sneeze, and ache prayer. ~Carrie Latet
The love game is never called off on account of darkness. ~Tom Masson
The memories of men are too frail a thread to hang history from. ~John Still, The Jungle Tide
Freedom of the press in Britain is freedom to print such of the proprietor's prejudices as the advertiser's won't object to. ~Helen Swaffer
The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be? - it is the same the angels breathe. ~Mark Twain, "Roughing It"
Is solace anywhere more comforting than in the arms of a sister. ~Alice Walker
Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. ~Emily Bronte
It is natural that affluence should be followed by influence. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827
The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say. ~Mark Twain
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. ~Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary and Book of Epigrams, 1923
Whenever the ball flew toward our goal and a score seemed inevitable, Jesus reached his foot out and cleared the ball. ~Author unknown, from an article in Rio de Janeiro's Jornal dos Sports
Volunteers are love in motion! ~Author Unknown