Dear friends and readers, thanks for sharing your favorite quotes. I hope you'll enjoy reading them!
COMMON SENSE
Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see. Grampa Vanny
Flattery is a lot like chewing gum.. It’s OK to savor the flavor, but don’t swallow it! Joan
Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it. - Descartes Hubert
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. - Socrates Sally
Don’t shit where you eat. - Rose Castorini, Moonstruck Dave
FORGIVENESS
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
- Nelson Mandela Sally
Sometimes, the first step towards forgiveness is realizing the other person is totally bat-shit crazy. - anonymous Sally
HOPE
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.- Martin Luther King, Jr. Cindy
It’s OK to sit on your pity pot for a little while, but the only thing you'll get is a red ring around your ass. Brenda
When something goes wrong in your life, just yell, “ PLOT TWIST” and move on! Brenda
When you replace "why is this happening to me" with "what is this trying to teach me," everything shifts. Brenda
KINDNESS
Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you -Princess Diana Cindy
Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and care to change a person's life. -Jackie Chan Cindy
Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that. -Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire Tom
LIFE LESSONS
Travel is fatal to prejudice. - Mark Twain Sue
I am a part of all that I have met. -Tennyson Cindy
I am a combination of all my life's experiences- the good, bad and ugly. Cindy
It's better to have tried and failed, than to live life wondering what would've happened if I had tried. -Tennyson Cindy
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. - Tennyson Cindy
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. - Seneca Hubert
No problem can be solved with the same consciousness that caused the problem in the first place. - Einstein Kat
If you think positively every single day, work hard, strive to become the best version of yourself, surround yourself with inspirational people and never give up, then there is no limit... to how exhausted you can be! - Svend Brinkmann Fernanda
LOVE
It is chance that makes us cousins, but hearts that make us friends. - Zig Ziglar (paraphrase) Whitney, my cousin
She's in the sun, the wind, the rain
She's in the air we breathe With every breath we take. She sings a song of hope and cheer There's no more pain, no more fear See her in the clouds above, Hear her whisper words of love. We will be together before long, Until then, listen for her song.
- Christy Ann Martine Cindy
The best gift that parents can give their children is roots and wings. Joan
SPIRITUAL
Be still and know that I am God - Psalms 46:10 Joan and Kellie
Variations: Be Still, Be
There is nothing that can happen to me today, God, that You and I cannot handle together. Joan
Dear (fill in your name),
I know what I’m doing!
Love, God Brenda
All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever has done these two things best, has made himself most saintly. - Saint Frances de Sales Kyle
UNCLASSABLE CLASSIC
Don’t worry, about a thing, ‘cause every little thing, gonna be alright - Bob Marley Kyle
A great quote, a great song, and a great chance to practice your French:
Extra quote from Jo Burbage:
Chez les Burbage, tout le monde donne des ordres et chacun fait ce qu'il veut. femme de menage des Burbage's
At the Burbage's, everyone gives orders but each person does what s/he wants.
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