ProverbsProverbs
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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The older generation is much wiser than the younger generation is wise enough to listen to. ***
The wisdom of the
wise and the experience of the ages ** You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than you can by living in New York. William Lyon Phelps ** I'd rather go to jail for spanking my kids than for them to go to jail because I didn't. Gracie Bowlan ** Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. #Nietzsche ** Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart ~ C.S Lewis *** Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. Aldous Huxley *** Everybody Does Better when everybody does better, Old Hills Saying *** Feeling sorry for a tiger in the zoo won't keep him from taking a bite out of you. *** Turn your wounds into wisdom. ~ Oprah Winfrey ** Do your roses have thorns, or do your thorns have roses? Jim Hightower *** God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it. Daniel Webster *** It is cheaper to buy milk than it is to keep a cow. Samuel Butler ** Genius is honored, but never encouraged -- Winston Churchill *** Ben Franklin is known as a wise old man, and folks that knew him well believed he was a smart man too. He published all these before he was through..
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals. -Benjamin Franklin ** As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they DO." Andrew Carnegie *** The only trouble with the older generation is that they didn't listen to the wisdom of their older generation. ~ Lin Stone *** Women may be the ones going to hell in limousines -- but it's the men who are stepping on the gas. Zane Grey *** Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. - Marianne Williamson *** I have noticed that when chickens stop quarreling over their food they often find that there is enough for all of them. I wonder if it might not be the same way with the human race. ~ Don Marquis *** There is a lot of difference in pioneering for gold and pioneering for spinach. Will Rogers *** Advice is
like castor oil, * New York has more hermits than will be found in all the forest, mountains and deserts of the United States. Simeon Strunsky *** Knowledge, carefully recorded, is knowledge available in times of need. ~ Richard G. Scott ** Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." — Mark Twain ** Like you, once upon a time I judged people by their appearances. Then one day, I glanced into a mirror. ~ Lin Stone *** If you beat a dead horse long enough you won't have to bury it. ~ Lin Stone *** No life is of much value and every death is but a little loss. Clarence Darrow. *** Energy and Persistance Conquer All Things
Benjamin Franklin ** All of us could take a lesson from the weather, it pays no attention to criticism. ~ anon * Spare moments are the gold dust of time. Bishop Hail ** Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves. Lord Chesterfield ** Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself: Leo Tolstoy ** Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable to him than a diamond -- Cervantes
** You cannot make a revolution without honest men, but they are soon disposed of. ~ Agatha Christie ** It is better to stir up a question without deciding it, than to decide it without stirring it up. ~Joseph Joubert ** A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool." — William Shakespeare (As You Like It) *** They know enough who know how to learn." Henry Adams ** I won’t belabor a point so obvious it hurts to stare at it. **
The foolish think that
nothing is well done, except that which they
do themselves. anon Never tell a lawyer anything until it is too late. Vivien Kellems *** It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward. ~ Baltasar Gracian *** When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice. Otto von Bismarck *** Loyalty always comes with a price tag. Lin Stone ** The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow *** "If you want the rainbow, you must put up with the rain." D. Parton *** Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. Paul Boese *** If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. Loren Eiseley *** The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. Dorothy Parker *** A long memory isn't half as useful as a long purse Agatha Christie *** A Man Sees in the world what he carries in His Heart. Goethe ** Change just happens. Change for the better is a full-time job. Adlai E. Stevenson ** Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. Adlai E. Stevenson ** Without music, life would be an error.” - Nietzsche *** Only the best Rewriters know when to take the polish off of the shoes and put it into the sausage. ~ Lin Stone ** A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd." ~ Max Lucado ** The palest ink is better than the best memory ** Patience and fortitude conquer all things. - Emerson You send your boy to school to be educated, but the education that he gets is largely from the other boys.” It is a kind of education that he will remember longer and have a greater influence upon his character and career in life than the instructions he gets from the teacher. ~ Emerson ** Deciding what we should have done is no where near as important as knowing what we should do right now. ~ Tina Johnson ** Finding out you have a problem is like finding half the solution. ~ Lin Stone ** Take risks with caution. ~ Dick Francis *** Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ** Once it's too hot; it's too late. ~ Prestone ** A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune. ~ Andrew Carnegie |
