"There are many find things which you mean to do some day, under what you think will be more favorable circumstances. But the only time that is surely yours is the present, hence this is the time to speak the word of appreciation and sympathy, to do the generous deed, to forgive the fault of a thoughtless friend, to sacrifice self a little more for others. Today is the day in which to express your noblest qualities of mind and heart, to do at least one worthy thing which you have long postponed, and to use your God-given abilities for the enrichment of some less fortunate fellow traveler. Today you can make your life... significant and worthwhile. The present is yours to do with it as you will." "All worthwhile men have good thoughts, good ideas and good intentions--but precious few of them ever translate those into action." "Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results." "He means well' is useless unless he does well." "Electricity can be dangerous. My nephew tried to stick a penny into a plug. Whoever said a penny doesn't go far didn't see him shoot across that floor. I told him he was grounded."
"Men do not like to admit to even momentary imperfection. My husband forgot the code to turn off the alarm. When the police came, he wouldn't admit he'd forgotten the code... he turned himself in." "Do not let trifles disturb your tranquility of mind. The little pinpricks of daily life when dwelt upon and magnified, may do great damage, but if ignored or dismissed from thought, will disappear from inanition. Most men have worried about things which never happened, and more men have been killed by worry than by hard work. Life is so great in its opportunities and possibilities, that you should rise confidently above the inevitable trifles incident to daily contact with the world. Life is too precious to be sacrificed for the nonessential and transient...Ignore the inconsequential." "Thinking about interior peace destroys interior peace. The patient who constantly feels his pulse is not getting any better." "When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere."
"When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and bring joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life." "As I mature, with my gray hair and character lines, I am noticing more and more girls interested in me. One asked me, if my hair was real. I told her, 'Would anyone buy hair like this?' Another wanted to know if my teeth were mine. I told her, 'Certainly they are mine. I just made the last payment.' But, all seriousness aside, more and more girls are giving me the once over. Once they look at me, its all over." "Two things help to keep one's job. First, let the boss think he's having his own way. Second, let him have it." "Better never than late."
"I am a believer in punctuality though is makes me very lonely." "Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful."
"Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time." "After spending last night in jail, I came to the conclusion that the guy who coined the phrase 'cop a feel' never tried it on a real cop." "I think women get more excited about New Year's Eve than men. If you think about it, you can see why. What do you do on New Year's Eve? You get drunk and make a lot of promises you don't keep. You see, men do that all the time, it's called dating."
"The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you die, when affection and interest are over, and nothing but sterling excellence can preserve your name. Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence." "Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well." "We would all like a reputation for generosity and we'd all like to buy it cheap."
"The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."
"I put my air conditioner in backwards. It got cold outside. The weatherman on TV was confused. 'It was supposed to be hot today, I don't understand!'" "The proof that we don't understand death is we give dead people a pillow. I mean if you can't stretch out and get some solid rest at that point, I don't think there are any bedding accessories that can make the difference. But the suit and the pillow really shows how we have no idea what to get these people ready for. I mean, what situation are you going into with a suit and a pillow? There's no business nap meetings." "As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are as intolerant as those that have just turned saints." "Tolerance and celebration of individual differences is the fire that fuels lasting love."
"Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting." "Homogeneity makes for healthy milk but anemic friendships. We need relationships that cross culturally imposed lines to enlarge our hearts and expand our vistas." "I called the Census Bureau to see why they hadn't sent me a form, and they said that I was too nondescript to influence the demographics one way or another." "Oh, last week was a rough week. I noticed my gums were shrinking. I was brushing my teeth with Preparation H." |