life's a precious and wonderful thing. you can't sit down and let it lap around you...you have to plunge into it; you have to dive through it! and you can't save it, you can't store it up; you can't horde it in a vault. you've got to taste it; you've got to use it. the more you use, the more you have...that's the miracle of it!-Kyle Chrichton

you can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you-Dale Carnegie

peace may cost as much as war, but it's a better buy

there are parts of a ship which taken by themselves would sink. the engine would sink. the propeller would sink. but when the parts of a ship are built together, they float. so with the events of my life (or mission). some have been tragic. some have been happy. but when they are built together, they form a craft that floats and is going someplace. and I am comforted-Ralph W Sockman

when a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself-Louis Nizer

eating words has never given me indigestion-Winston Churchill

hatred is blind as well as love-Thomas Fuller

when you hear that someone has gossiped of you, kindly reply that he did not know the rest of your faults or he would not have mentioned only these

the only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved-Russell Lynes

we like someone because. we love someone although-Henri De Montherlant

if you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. what isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us-Hermann Hesse, Demian

being taken for granted can be a compliment. it means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life-Dr. Joyce Brothers

oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure word, but to pour them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away-George Eliot

God bears with imperfect beings...even when they resist His goodness. we ought to imitate this merciful patience and endurance, it is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. the more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people-Francois de Fenelon

to put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to pit the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right-Confucius

we cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another-until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices-Richard M Nixon

one of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears-by listening to them-Dean Rusk

better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt-Abraham Lincoln

do not the most moving moments of our lives find us all without words?-Marcel Marceau

that which we are capable of feeling, we are capable of saying-Cervantes

do not say things. what you are stands over you the while and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary-Ralph Waldo Emerson

when you are angry say nothing and do nothing until you have recited the alphabet

the wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks-Thomas Fuller

few sinners are saved after the first 20 minutes of a sermon-Mark Twain

the heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart-Benjamin Franklin

a pupil asked a wise man how he could become a good conversationalist. the sage replied, "listen, my son." after waiting a while, pupil said, "I am listening, please continue your instruction." the sage smiled. "there is no more to tell."

you never have to explain something you haven't said

the hardest part of raising children is teaching them to ride bicycles. a father can run beside the bicycle or stand yelling directions while the child falls. a shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both support and freedom. the realization that this is what the child will always need can hit hard-Sloan Wilson

I wish I would have put as much emotion into my relationships with my mom and dad as I do now in my memories of them. we should pay more attention when we are making our memories. if we did, we wouldn't have so many regrets when all we have is memories

you may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. you may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. you may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. for life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. you are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth-Kahlil Gibran

if you want your children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders-Abigail Van Buren

no success can compensate for failure in the home-David O McKay

we cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future-Franklin D Roosevelt

children can have no better inheritance than believing parents. religion can become real in the midst of the family as in practically no other way. many of us have inherited great riches from our parents-the bank account of their personal faith and family prayers-Nels F S Ferre

love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit-Peter Ustinov

children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them-James Baldwin

example is not the main thing in influencing others. it is the only thing-Albert Schweitzer

the time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining-John F Kennedy

the measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found our-Thomas Macaulay

if you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want

never explain-your friends do not need it, and your enemies will no believe it anyway

he who has a thing to sell and goes and whispers in a well, is not so apt to get the dollars as he who climbs a tree and hollers

a man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit-Elton Trueblood

courage and cowardice are antithetical. courage is an inner resolution to go forward in spite of obstacles and frightening situations; cowardice is a submissive surrender to circumstance. courage breeds creative self-affirmation; cowardice produces destructive self-abnegation. courage races fear and thereby masters it; cowardice represses fear and is thereby mastered by it. courageous men never lose the zest for living even though their life situation is zestless; cowardly men, overwhelmed by the uncertainties of life, lose the will to live. we must constantly build dykes of courage to hold back the flood of fear-Martin Luther King, Jr.

after Benjamin Franklin had received a letter thanking him for having done a kindness, he replied: "as to the kindness you mention, I wish I could have been of more service to you than I have been, but if I had, the only thanks that I should desire are that you would always be ready to service any other person that may need your assistance, and so let good offices go around, for mankind are all of a family. as for my own part, when I am employed in serving others I do not look upon myself as conferring favors but paying debts."

heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul-Confucius

a good example is the best sermon-Herbert J Taylor

thanks is sometimes a mask for ingratitude. true gratitude is expressed in deeds rather than in words

the weak can never forgive. forgiveness is the attribute of the strong...hatred can be overcome only by love-Mahatma Gandhi

a man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. he can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as longs as he can listen to his own thoughts-Axel Munthe

a saint is one who makes goodness attractive-Laurence Housman (you are a saint to me!!)

"the worst thing that can happen to a youngster starting school," said the lawyer, "is to be caught cheating." "Not at all," said the clergyman, "the worst thing at the start of a person's life is to cheat and not get caught."

the art of being yourself at your best is the art of unfolding your personality into the man you want to be...be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others-Wilfred Peterson

self-respect cannot be hunted. it cannot be purchased. it is never for sale. it cannot be fabricated out of public relations. it comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth, we have spoken it-Whitney Griswold

rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without his thumb on the scale-Byron Langfeld

you're here for only a short visit, so don't hurry, don't worry, and be sure to smell the flowers along the way-Walter Hagen

laughter is more contagious than tears

you can't feel down in the mouth with the corners up

the essentials for happiness are: something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for

what life means to us is determined not so much by what life brings to us as by the attitude we bring to life; not so much by what happens to us as by our reaction to what happens-Lewis L Dunnington

it is not easy to find happiness in ourselves and it is not possible to find it elsewhere-Anges Repplier

one of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. we are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today-Dale Carnegie

there are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word "happy" would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness-Dr. Carl Jung

one would suffer a great deal to be happy-Mary Wortley Montagu

it gives me a deep comforting sense that "things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal."-Helen Keller

take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water-bath is to the body-Oliver Wendell Holmes

the reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work-Robert Frost

fear less, hope more, eat less, chew more, whine less, breathe more, talk less, say more, hate less, love more, and all good things will be yours-Swedish proverb

bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. bitterness sickens life; love heals it. bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eye-Harry Emerson Fosdick

we need time to dream, time to remember, and time to reach the infinite. time to be-Gladys Taber

health nuts are going to feel stupid someday,lying in hospitals dying of nothing-Redd Foxx

we have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall to easily into the trap of being our worst enemies-Roderick Thorp

we too, the children of the earth, have our moon phases all through any year; the darkness, the delivery from darkness, the waxing and waning. none lives, except the mindless, who does not in some degree experience this; hours of despair followed by hope or, perhaps, slow adjustment; times of fear, even panic, and then the light, however small. for in the normal human being it is impossible to live every day under emotional stress; there have to be, on this seesaw, periods of even balance-Faith Baldwin

a time of quietude brings things into proportion and gives us strength. we all need to take time from the busyness of living, even if it be ten minutes to watch the sun go down or the city lights blossom against a canyoned sky

we listen too much to the telephone and we listen too little to nature. the wind is one of my sounds. a lonely sound, perhaps, but soothing. everybody should have his personal sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive, or quiet and calm...as a matter of fact, one of the greatest sounds of them all-and to me it is a sound-is utter, complete silence-Andre Kostelanetz, conductor

cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of youthful looks-Charles Dickens

he who laughs, lasts-Mary Pettibone Poole

laughter crowds the tension out of our lives, brings worry to a halt, and gives the personality a chance to stretch

wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk-Doug Larson

God has given us two hands-one to receive with and the other to give with. we are not cisterns made for hoarding; we are channels made for sharing-Rev Billy Graham

it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness

is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care-William Safire

I can see...in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made world, not a man-made world-Hellen Keller

everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. no one can eliminate prejudices-just recognize them-Benjamin Disraeli

I haven't been wrong since 1961, when I thought I made a mistake-Bob Hudson

you learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so you learn to love God and man by loving. begin as a mere apprentice and the very power of love will lead you on to become a master of the art-St. Francis De Sales

home is the one place in all this world where hearts are sure of each other. it is the place of confidence. it is the place where we tear off that mask of guarded and suspicious coldness which the world forces us to wear in self-defense, and where we pour out the unreserved communications of full and confiding hearts. it is the spot where expressions of tenderness gush out without any sensation of awkwardness and without any dread of ridicule-Frederick W Robertson

three things return not, even for prayers and tears-
the arrow which the archer shoots at will;
the spoken word, keen-edged and sharp to sting;
the opportunity left unimproved.
if thou would'st speak a word of loving cheer,
oh speak it now. this moment is thine.
reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. I sought to hear the voice of God
dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal and climbed the topmost steeple,
-Ralph Vaull Starr

but God declared: "go down again

-I dwell among the people."

-John Henry Newman

twelve things to remember

1.the value of time

2.the success of perseverance ten spiritual tonics

3.the pleasure of working 1.stop worrying. worry kills life.

4.the dignity of simplicity 2.begin each day with a prayer. it will arm you soul.

5.the worth of character 3.control appetite. over-indulgence clogs body and mind.

6.the power of kindness 4.accept your limitations

7.the influence of example 5.don't envy. it wastes time and energy

8.the obligation of duty 6.have faith in people. cynicism sours the disposition

9.the wisdom of economy 7.find a hobby. it will relax your nerves.

10.the virtue of patience 8.read a book a week to stimulate imagination and 11.the improvement of talent broaden your view.

12.the joy of originating 9.spend some time alone for the peace of solitude and silence.

10.try to want what you have, instead of spending your strength trying to get what you want.

-Abraham L Feinberg

there are those who give little of the much they have-and they give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts unwholesome. and there are those who have little and give it all. these are the believers in life and the bounty of life, and their coffer is never empty. there are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward. and there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism. and there are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue; they give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space. through the hands of such as these God speaks, and from behind their eyes He smiles upon the earth-Kahlil Gibran

I love you
not only for what you are,
but for what I am
when I am with you
-Roy Croft

...and I also wanted to make them feel like they were in love. a fellow in love does silly things-Gene Kelly