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These are the quotes that were used in 2009 and before...Enjoy!
12-31-09
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. Bill Vaughan
12-30-09
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better man. Benjamin Franklin
12-29-09
People build you up or break you down, you choose what role they play in your success. Unknown
12-28-09
The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. Robert Frost
12-27-09
Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them. John Shirley
12-26-09
Life: It is about the gift not the package it comes in. Dennis P. Costea, Jr.
12-25-09
The best Christmas of all is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up with one another. Unknown
12-24-09
While you are celebrating and having fun, do not forget the birth of God’s son, Merry Christmas.
12-23-09
Two things upon this changing earth can neither change nor end; the splendor of Christ's humble birth, the love of friend for friend. Unknown
12-22-09
Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles. Unknown
12-21-09
Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect. Oren Arnold
12-20-09
Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind. Helen Steiner Rice
12-19-09
The weakest link in the chain is the strongest because it can break it. Stanislaw J. Lee
12-18-09
He who has no fire cannot warm others. Unknown
12-17-09
Don't be prisoner of your past, but the architect of your future. Unknown
12-16-09
The ornaments of your house will be the guests who frequent it. Author Unknown
12-15-09
The ornaments of your house will be the guests who frequent it. Author Unknown
12-14-09
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, only with what you are expected to give. Which is everything. Katherine Hepburn
12-13-09
A sunbeam to warm you, a moonbeam to charm you, a sheltering angel, so nothing can harm you. Irish Blessing
12-12-09
To eat an egg, you must break the shell. Jamaican Proverb
12-11-09
A half-baked idea is okay as long as it's in the oven. Author Unknown
12-10-09
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. Oscar Wilde
12-9-09
Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself. Elbert Hubbard
12-8-09
Bring the past only if you are going to build from it. Doménico Cieri Estrada
12-7-09
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment to improve the world. Anne Frank
12-6-09
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. Thornton Wilder
12-5-09
A great leader knows how to step on someones toes without messing up their shine. Unknown
12-4-09
The surest cure for loneliness, the quickest way to happiness, is found in this, a simple creed: Go serve someone in greater need – William Arthur Ward
12-3-09
There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self. Aldous Huxley
12-2-09
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott
12-1-09
I am never weary of being useful… In serving others I cannot do enough. Leonardo da Vinci
11-30-09
Friends are family you choose for yourself. Author Unknown
11-29-09
To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. Johannes A. Gaertner
11-28-09
Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to. John Ed Pearce
11-27-09
Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day. Robert Caspar Lintner
11-26-09
Forever on Thanksgiving Day, the heart will find the pathway home. Wilbur D. Nesbit
11-25-09
I love you all the way from the bottom of my socks because my heart doesn’t go deep enough.
11-24-09
I’m alive, alert, awake, joyful and enthusiastic about life. Curt Goad
11-23-09
The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen. Sarah Brown
11-22-09
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein
11-21-09
Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel. Unknown
11-20-09
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. Margaret Thatcher
11-19-09
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with. Wayne Dyer
11-18-09
How beautiful a day can be, when kindness touches it! George Elliston
11-17-09
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. Calvin Coolidge
11-16-09
One can never consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar. Helen Keller
11-15-09
Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. Mother Teresa
11-14-09
It only takes one person to change your life - you. Ruth Casey
11-13-09
He who rejects change is the architect of decay. Harold Wilson
11-12-09
Life's problems wouldn't be called "hurdles" if there wasn't a way to get over them. Author Unknown
11-11-09
The red is for the blood. The blue is for the bruise. The white is for the eyes that fought for me and you. The Goads
11-10-09
The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started. Dr. Phil
11-9-09
Every day shines when you have a great attitude. Unknown
11-8-09
Faith is like radar that sees through the fog. Corrie Ten Boom
11-7-09
Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog. Franklin P. Jones
11-6-09
When we are no longer are able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. Victor Frank
11-5-09
Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. Doug Larson
11-4-09
A good heart is better than all the heads in the world. Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
11-3-09
A good heart is better than all the heads in the world. Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton
11-2-09
There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them. Vicki Baum
11-1-09
The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings. Eric Hoffer
10-31-09
If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. Milton Berle
10-30-09
A smile confuses an approaching frown. Author Unknown
10-29-09
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” Anonymous
10-28-09
There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew. Marshall McLuhan
10-27-09
The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend. Aristotle
10-26-09
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. Harry Truman
10-25-09
The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. Ferdinand Foch
10-24-09
If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere. Frank A. Clark
10-23-09
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. Malcolm S. Forbes
10-22-09
Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. Swedish Proverb
10-21-09
The mind is a bit like garden, if we don’t weed and keep it cultivated, the weeds will take over. Unknown
10-20-09
We're either in love, dreaming about love. recovering from it, wishing for it or reflecting on it. Michael Buble
10-19-09
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it. Winston Churchill
10-18-09
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. Stanley Horowitz
10-17-09
We know what we are, but not what we may be. Shakespeare
10-16-09
When you look back at the storm you went thru it doesn't seem as large as when you were in the middle of it. Unknown
10-15-09
Flattery is like chewing gum. It’s enjoyable for a while but you shouldn’t swallow it. Unknown
10-14-09
Friends are like pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up and sometimes they lean on you. Unknown
10-13-09
Don’t let life consume your dream. Let your dream consume your life. Unknown
10-12-09
Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is; the tree is the real thing. Abraham Lincoln
10-11-09
Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light. Groucho Marx
10-10-09
It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always. Oprah Winfrey
10-9-09
A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. Douglas Pagels
10-8-09
One thing I like about stones in my path is when I cross them they become my milestones. Unknown
10-7-09
The best way to predict the future is to create it! -- Jason Kaufmann
10-6-09
Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons. Ruth Ann Schabacker
10-5-09
The best angle from which to approach any problem is the try-angle. Unknown
10-4-09
Wisdom is scriptural solution to a human problem. Unknown
10-3-09
A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. Donna Roberts
10-2-09
Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was. Robert Louis Stevenson
10-1-09
One measure of leadership is the caliber of people who choose to follow you. Dennis A. Peer
9-30-09
The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it away. Joy J. Golliver
9-29-09
I love you from the bottom of my socks, because my heart doesn’t go deep enough. Unknown
9-28-09
Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars. Joan L Curcio
9-27-09
A little faith will bring your soul to heaven, but a lot of faith will bring heaven to your soul. Unknown
9-26-09
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust
9-25-09
A ship in harbor is safe - but that is not what ships are for. John A. Shedd
9-24-09
The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter. Author Unknown
9-23-09
Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music. Ronald Reagan
9-22-09
Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him. Albert Schweitzer
9-21-09
People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them. Epictetus
9-20-09
Life holds many blessings, thanks for being one of them. Unknown.
9-19-09
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. Vance Havner
9-18-09
Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday. Unknown
9-17-09
If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. Korean Proverb
9-16-09
Carve a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of disappointment. Martin Luther King Jr
9-15-09
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. Albert Camus
9-14-09
Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is? Frank Scully
9-13-09
A day hemmed in prayer is not likely to unravel. Unknown
9-12-09
Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless. Sherry Anderson
9-11-09
Stay true to you and everyone else will love you, too! Kelly Clarkson
9-10-09
A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. Phyllis Diller
9-9-09
Children seldom misquote. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said. Unknown
9-8-09
The more chance there is of stubbing your toe, the more chance you have of stepping into success. Author Unknown
9-7-09
Happy Labor Day! Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. Ovid
9-6-09
Dreams like wild horses are meant to run free. Unknown
9-5-09
Never saw off the branch you are on, unless you are being hanged from it. Stanislaw Lec
9-4-09
Every great accomplishment is simply a dream that learned how to spread its wings. Unknown
9-3-09
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. James Bryant Conant
9-2-09
Joy thrives best in the soil of thankfulness. Unknown
9-1-09
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic. Unknown
8-31-09
Vision without action is merely a dream. Action with vision can change the world. Joel Barker
8-30-09
Faith is like radar that sees through the fog. Corrie Ten Boom
8-29-09
Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise. Unknown
8-28-09
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. Judy Garland
8-27-09
Success will never be a big step in the future, success is a small step taken just now. Jonatan Mårtensson
8-26-09
Count the garden by the flowers, never by the leaves that fall. Count your life with smiles and not the tears that roll. Author Unknown
8-25-09
Rock bottom is good solid ground, and a dead end street is just a place to turn around. Buddy Buie and J.R. Cobb
8-24-09
Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic. Jean Sibelius
8-23-09
If God cushioned every blow we would never have the chance to grow. Unknown
8-22-09
From one small seed of kindness, friendship grows. Unknown
8-21-09
Compassion is the capacity to feel what another person is feeling. Unknown
8-20-09
Before you put on a frown, make absolutely sure there are no smiles available. Jim Beggs
8-19-09
You cannot teach what you do not know and you cannot lead where you do not go. Unknown
8-18-09
When one bases his life on principle, 99 percent of his decisions are already made. Unknown
8-17-09
The tomorrow we face won't be so bad after all if we do something to make it better today. Unknown
8-16-09
Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. William Shakespeare
8-15-09
A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. Douglas Pagels
8-14-09
Follow your passion, and success will follow you. Arthur Buddhold
8-13-09
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Scott Adams
8-12-09
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. William Arthur Ward
8-11-09
Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
Alexander Graham Bell
8-10-09
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison
8-9-09
Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light. Unknown
8-8-09
The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side. Margaret Carty
8-7-09
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. Unknown
8-6-09
We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. Japanese Proverb
8-5-09
When life looks like it's falling apart, it may just be falling in place. Beverly Solomon
8-4-09
Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody. Robert Fulghum
8-3-09
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Walter Gagehot
8-2-09
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. Henry David Thoreau
8-1-09
Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level. Max L. Forman
7-31-09
Just because you make mistakes doesn't mean you are one. Unknown
7-30-09
Good friends are like stars... You do not always see them, but you know they are always there. Unknown
7-29-09
Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. George Eliot
7-28-09
Don’t look back unless you intend to go that way. Marc Holm
7-27-09
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. Buddha
7-26-09
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul. Aristotle
7-25-09
The me I see is the me I’ll be. Unknown
7-24-09
The rest of your life will be the best of your life.
7-23-09
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. Chinese proverb
7-22-09
Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience. Victoria Holt
7-21-09
Know in your heart that all things are possible. We couldn't conceive of a miracle if none had ever happened. Libbie Fudim
7-20-09
If you would like to spoil the day for a grouch, give him a smile. Unknown
7-19-09
God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily. Unknown
7-18-08
Do not just go through life, grow through life. Eric Butterworth
7-17-09
After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. After every storm, there comes clear, open skies. Samuel Rutherford
7-16-09
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. Czech Proverb
7-15-09
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. Ralph Waldo Emerson
7-14-09
Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them. Author Unknown
7-13-09
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present. Babatunde Olatunji
7-12-09
Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. Lin Yutang
7-11-09
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Ann Landers
7-10-09
One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life. E.M. Forster
7-9-09
You will only be remembered for 2 things; the problems you solve or the ones you create. Mike Murdock
7-8-09
Laughter is the corrective force which prevents us from becoming cranks. Henri Bergson
7-7-09
The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you. John E. Southard
7-6-09
Don't get your knickers in a knot. Nothing is solved and it just makes you walk funny. Kathryn Carpenter
7-5-09
Home is not where you live but where they understand you. Christian Morgenstern
7-4-09
Free at last; free at last; thank God Almighty we are free at last. Martin Luther King
7-3-09
Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself. Thomas J. Watson
7-2-09
A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her. David Brinkley
7-1-09
Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts. Charles Dickens
6-30-09
A sharp tongue and a dull mind are usually in the same head. Dr. Stan Toler
6-29-09
Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success. ~Author Unknown
6-28-09
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves. William A. Ward
6-27-09
At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. Jean Houston
6-26-09
You can’t shake hands with a clenched fist. Unknown
6-25-09
The secret to happiness is not in doing what ones likes to do, but in liking what one has to do - Unknown
6-24-09
Some people’s attitudes are like cement, all mixed up and permanently set. Unknown
6-23-09
Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Alva Edison
6-22-09
Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. - Francesca Reigler
6-21-09
Any fool can be a Father, but it takes a real man to be a Daddy! Happy Fathers Day! P. Whitmore
6-20-09
The only disability in life is a bad attitude. Scott Hamilton
6-19-09
Never wait until tomorrow to hug someone you could hug today. When you give one-you get it back right away. Unknown
6-18-09
It isn't our position but our disposition which makes us happy. Author Unknown
6-17-09
If you don't start out the day with a smile, it's not too late to start practicing for tomorrow. Unknown
6-16-09
A friendly look, a kindly smile, one good act, and life is more than worthwhile. Unknown
6-15-09
Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So... get on your way.
Dr. Seuss
6-14-09
A good heart is better than all the heads in the world. Edward Bulwer-Lytton
6-13-09
Your attitude is the key, sometimes it is the only thing you can control. Unknown
6-12-09
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. Thich Nhat Hanh
6-11-09
Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower. Shigenori Kameoka
6-10-09
Life is like a mirror, we get the best results when we smile at it. Unknown
6-9-09
Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart. Zig Ziglar
6-8-09
Why not learn to enjoy the little things - there are so many of them. Author Unknown
6-7-09
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. Mark Twain
6-6-09
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. James Openheim
6-5-09
Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open. Thomas Dewar
6-4-09
Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it is a comfort to go hand in hand. Emily Kimbrough
6-3-09
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be.
Now put foundations under them. Henry David Thoreau
6-2-09
Don’t ever wrestle with a pig. You’ll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it. Cale Yarborough
6-1-09
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers
5-31-09
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. Thomas Jefferson
5-30-09
Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody's heart. Anthony D'Angelo
5-29-09
A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.
Arnold H. Glasgow
5-28-09
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. Jimmy Johnson
5-27-09
There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up. John Andrew Holmes
5-26-09
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. Benjamin Franklin
5-25-09
It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards. Baltasar Gracian
5-24-09
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. Dr. Seuss
5-23-09
Make somebody happy today. Mind your own business. Ann Landers
5-22-09
Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak. Sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go. Unknown
5-21-09
Life is like riding a bicycle - in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving. Albert Einstein
5-20-09
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine. Ralph Waldo Emerson
5-19-09
Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.
Jennie Jerome Churchill
5-18-09
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.
Jesse Jackson
5-17-09
Where the loser saw barriers, the winner saw hurdles. Robert Brault
5-16-09
Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments. Henry Ward Beecher
5-15-09
Happiness is like a potato salad - when shared with others, it is a picnic. Unknown
5-14-09
Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards. Lewis Carroll
5-13-09
A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world. - Lois Wyse
5-12-09
Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt
5-11-09
A Good laugh is sunshine in a house. William Makepeace Thackeray
5-10-09
Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. – Unknown Happy Mothers Day!
5-9-09
The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. Norman Vincent Peale
5-8-09
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein
5-7-09
The most successful people are those who are good at plan B. James Yorke
5-6-09
People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend. Walter Savage Landor
5-5-09
The weight of preparation is lighter than the load of regret. Unknown
5-4-09
The only true gift is a portion of yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson
5-3-09
The worst that happens to you can be the best thing for you, if you don’t let it get to you. Unknown
5-2-09
When you feel dog tired at night, it may be because you’ve growled all day long. Unknown
5-1-09
Big Changes in our lives are more or less a second chance. Harrison Ford
4-30-09
A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away. Bill Keane
4-29-09
The best thing about memories is creating them. Unknown
4-28-09
To remember something, you pull your eyes inside your head and look round till you find it. Bill Keane
4-27-09
Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional, and joy is a choice. Dan Miller
4-26-09
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
4-25-09
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Dr. Seuss
4-24-09
Healing comes to the broken places first. Unknown
4-23-09
No road is long with good company. Turkish Proverb
4-22-09
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life. Omar Khayyam
4-21-09
Man should stop fighting among themselves and start fighting insects. Luther Burbank
4-20-09
Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand.
Emily Kimbrough
4-19-09
Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. Mother Teresa
4-18-09
Life's blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fire of enthusiasm. Norman Vincent Peale
4-17-09
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. James Openheim
4-16-09
The spaces between your fingers were created so that another’s could fill them in. Unknown
4-15-09
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. Mother Teresa
4-14-09
Better to lose count while naming your blessings than to lose your blessings to counting your troubles.
Maltbie D. Babcock
4-13-09
Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day. Author Unknown
4-12-09
Happy Easter! He is risen! He is risen indeed!
4-11-09
Blessed are those who give without remembering and receive without forgetting. Unknown
4-10-09
Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James A. Baldwin
4-9-09
Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day. Nicholas Chamfort
4-8-09
Mentioning the faults of others does not rid us of our own. Unknown
4-7-09
When someone sings his own praises, he always gets the tune too high. Mary H. Waldrip
4-6-09
The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong. Thomas Carlyle
4-5-09
Why not learn to enjoy the little things - there are so many of them. Unknown
4-4-09
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. Maori Proverb
4-3-09
Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road. Robert R. Updegraff
4-2-09
Just living is not enough... One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. Hans Christian Anderson
4-1-09
The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year. Mark Twain
3-31-09
My favorite animal is the turtle…for it to move, it has to stick its neck out. Dr. Ruth Westheimer
3-30-09
It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference. Zig Ziglar
3-29-09
A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn. Unknown
3-28-09
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open. John Barrymore
3-27-09
Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it. Eliza Tabor
3-26-09
When we are dreaming alone it is only a dream. When we are dreaming with others, it is the beginning of reality. Dom Helder Camara
3-25-09
Things turn out the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. John Wooden
3-24-09
If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade. Tom Peters
3-23-09
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson
3-22-09
Love cures people -- both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it. Karl A. Menninger
3-21-09
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. Ambrose Redmoon
3-20-09
A good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help another up. Unknown
3-19-09
Life's not about waiting for the storms to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain. Vivian Greene
3-18-09
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. William Butler Yeats
3-17-09
St. Patrick's Day is an enchanted time, a day to begin transforming winter's dreams into summer's magic. Adrienne Cook
3-16-09
A hug is a great gift - one size fits all, and it's easy to exchange. Unknown
3-15-09
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. Arthur Rubinstein
3-14-09
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. Helen Keller
3-13-09
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou
3-12-09
The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything. Theodore Roosevelt
3-11-09
Ability is what gives you the opportunity; belief is what gets you there. Apollo
3-10-09
You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give. Winston Churchill
3-9-09
Friends are angels who lift our feet when our own wings have trouble remembering how to fly
3-8-09
You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with. Wayne Dyer
3-7-09
Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it. John Steinbeck
3-6-09
Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise. Alice Walker
3-5-09
To dream of the person you would like to be is to waste the person you are. Unknown
3-4-09
Face your fears and doubts, and new worlds will open to you. Robert Kiyosaki
3-3-09
Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart. Kay Knudsen
3-2-09
Remove the rock from your shoe rather than learn to limp comfortably. Interactions by Stephen C. Paul and Gary Max Collins
3-1-09
Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say. Unknown
2-28-09
Laughter is a smile with the volume turned up. Unknown
2-27-09
If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them. Source Unknown
2-26-09
Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working. Unknown.
2-25-09
Change the way you see things and the things you see will change. Unknown
2-24-09
Patience can be bitter, but its fruit is sweet. French Proverb
2-23-09
Your mind is like a parachute…it doesn’t work until it is opened. Unknown
2-22-09
Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. Franklin P. Jones
2-21-09
You must start with a positive attitude or you will surely end without one. Carrie Latet
2-20-09
May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live. Irish Blessing
2-19-09
Breakdowns can create breakthroughs. Things fall apart so things can fall together. Source Unknown
2-18-09
A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. Donna Roberts
2-17-09
If you judge people, you have no time to love them. Mother Teresa
2-16-09
Man is not disturbed by things, but by the views he takes of them. Unknown
2-15-09
What the heart gives away is never gone ... It is kept in the hearts of others. Robert St. John
2-14-09
Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place. Zora Neale Hurston
2-13-09
It is only when the dark comes that the stars shine. Unknown
2-12-09
Find a need and fill it. Find a hurt and heal it. Unknown
2-11-09
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. James Matthew Barrie
2-10-09
There are no traffic jams when you go the extra mile. Attributed to Zig Ziglar and Dr. Kenneth McFarland
2-9-09
Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns. Author Unknown
2-8-09
A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition. William Arthur Ward
2-7-09
When faced with an obstacle or challenge. You have three choices backup, give up or stand up. Curt Goad
2-6-09
All meaningful change starts in the imagination and works its way out. Therefore, dream often… and dream big. Dan Zadra
2-5-09
Here is the test to determine whether your mission on earth is finished. If you’re alive, it isn’t. Richard Bach
2-4-09
Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that. Michael Leunig
2-3-09
Why not learn to enjoy the little things - there are so many of them. Author Unknown
2-2-09
When angry, count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred. Thomas Jefferson
2-1-09
We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible. Vince Lombardi
1-31-09
Wisdom cannot prevent a fall, but may cushion it. Mason Cooley
1-30-09
Your friendship is a gift I enjoy opening every day. Unknown
1-29-09
Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do. Gerry Sikorski
1-28-09
It is the little things well done that make up a truly good life. Theodore Roosevelt
1-27-09
Always know in your heart that you are far bigger than anything that can happen to you. Dan Zadra
1-26-09
You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction. Alvin Toffler
1-25-09
People have a way of becoming what you encourage them to be—not what you nag them to be. S. N. Parker
1-24-09
Who you are called to sustain will determine how you are maintained. Curt Goad
1-23-09
We can’t control the wind, but we can adjust the sails. Unknown
1-22-09
The mode in which the inevitable comes to pass is through effort Oliver Wendell Holmes
1-21-09
Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day. Unknown
1-20-09
Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting gold. Maurice Setter
1-19-09
As you battle for strength, courage and healing, remember: there are people all around you cheering you on and waiting to lend a hand. Kathryn T. Shaw
1-18-09
If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives. Bishop Robert South
1-17-09
Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down. Proverbs.
1-16-09
Life storms don’t always come with a forecast. You have to learn how to dance in the rain. Unknown
1-15-09
Doubt whom you will, but never yourself. Christine Bover
1-14-09
If your sword's too short, add to its length by taking one step forward. Source Unknown
1-13-09
Never explain yourself. Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe it. Belgicia Howell
1-12-09
Do not follow a person who is running a way. African Proverb
1-11-09
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. Ralph Waldo Emerson
1-10-09
Never let your memories be greater than your dreams. Doug Ivester
1-9-09
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but true friends will leave footprints in your heart! Unknown
1-8-09
Love cures all people. Both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it. Karl A. Menninger
1-7-09
Don’t allow outside storms to become inside storms. Curt Goad
1-6-09
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each New Year find you a better man. Benjamin Franklin
1-5-09
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. Vincent Van Gogh
1-4-09
The weight of preparation is lighter than the load of regret. Curt Goad
1-3-09
Be not simply good - be good for something. Henry David Thoreau
1-2-09
Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily. Unknown
1-1-09
Happy New Year! Your presence is a present to the world. Unknown
12-31-08
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself. Unknown
12-30-08
You will never leave where you are until you decide where you want to be. Unknown
12-29-08
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. Andre Gide
12-28-08
Remember that a little love goes a long way. Remember that a lot … goes forever.
12-27-08
Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn't, do something else. Franklin D Roosevelt
12-26-08
May your every wish be granted. Chinese Proverb
12-25-08
Christmas: one simple truth. God is with us. Merry Christmas Everyone!
12-24-08
To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.
12-23-08
Money won't make you happy... but everybody wants to find out for themselves. Zig Ziglar
12-22-08
A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked. Bernard Meltzer
12-21-08
Strength is the capacity to break a chocolate bar into four pieces with your bare hands- and then eat just one of the pieces. Judith Viorst
12-20-08
Friendship is a wise investment. Unknown
12-19-08
We will be judged on the fruit we produce not the manure we spread. Curt Goad
12-18-08
The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it. Norman Schwarzkopf
12-17-08
You are richer today if you have laughed, given and forgiven. Unknown
12-16-08
Things turn out the best for those who make the best of the way things turn out. Art Linkletter
12-15-08
Some people have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to; all they need is one reason why they can. Willis Whitney
12-14-08
A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. Leo Buscaglia
12-13-08
Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor. Brian Tracy
12-12-08
Great things are only possible with outrageous requests. Thea Alexander
12-11-08
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. Victor Hugo
12-10-08
A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition. William A Ward
12-9-08
Joy, has no cost. Marianne Williamson
12-8-08
Activity and sadness are incompatible. Source Unknown
12-7-08
Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. Source Unknown
12-6-08
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. Henry David Thoreau
12-5-08
We reform others unconsciously when we walk uprightly. Anne Sophie Swetchine
12-4-08
God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them. German Proverb
12-3-08
Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life. Daniel Francois Espirit Auber
12-2-08
If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. Frank A. Clark
12-1-08
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. Helen Keller
11-30-08
When your ship comes in, make sure you’re not at the airport. Jan Hudec
11-29-08
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar
11-28-08
Adversity causes some men to break, others to break records. William A Ward
11-27-08
Happy Thanksgiving. When you count your blessings, your arithmetic better be good. Curt Goad
11-26-08
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. Victor Hugo
11-25-08
You will never win if you never begin. Robert Schuller
11-24-08
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. Helen Keller
11-23-08
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Walter Bagehot
11-22-08
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. Laura Ingalls Wilder
11-21-08
The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching. Dennis Green
11-20-08
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. Mark Twain
11-19-08
It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot
11-18-08
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. William James
11-17-08
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop
11-16-08
Hold a true friend with both hands. African Proverb
11-15-08
Where there is great love there are always miracles. Willa Cather
11-14-08
It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. Mark Twain
11-13-08
Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it. James A. Baldwin
11-12-08
Live the life you've dreamed. Henry David Thoreau
11-11-08
The darkest hour has only sixty minutes. Morris Mandel
11-10-08
Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it. Source Unknown
11-9-08
You are a special jewel to be treasured forever. Curt Goad
11-8-08
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. Helen Keller
11-7-08
It always seems impossible until it is done. Nelson Mandella
11-6-08
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. Mark Twain
11-5-08
Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow. Helen Keller
11-4-08
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. Harriet Beecher Stowe
11-3-08
Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them. John Shirley
11-2-08
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me. Benjamin Desraeli
11-1-08
The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do. Sara Ban Breathnach
10-31-08
Rock bottom is good solid ground, and a dead end street is just a place to turn around. Buddy Buie
10-30-08
You can't plow a field by turning it over in your mind. Source Unknown
10-29-08
Life is like a flying trapeze, sometimes you're up, then you're down.
- Unknown
10-28-08
If you want it to happen, you must make it happen. If you let it happen, you won't like what happened. Dale Adams
10-27-08
It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite. Sam Levenson
10-26-08
The odds of hitting your target go up dramatically when you aim at it. Mal Pancoast
10-25-08
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. Ralph Waldo Emerson
10-24-08
If you’re thinking the same way at 50 you did at 20, you’ve wasted 30 years of your life. Curt Goad
10-23-08
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. Chinese Proverb
10-22-08
Big goals get big results. No goals get no results or somebody else's results. Mark Victor Hansen
10-21-08
Frogs have it easy, they can eat what bugs them. Source Unknown
10-20-08
If you're on thin ice, you might as well dance. Source Unknown
10-19-08
Keep your head and your heart going in the right direction and you will not have to worry about your feet. Source Unknown
10-18-08
The fellow who does things that count, doesn't usually stop to count them. Source Unknown
10-17-08
Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over. Percy Ross
10-16-08
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. Norman Vincent Peale
10-15-08
What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. Antoine De Saint-Exupery
10-14-08
Have a great day, it’s yours to enjoy!
How do you know if someone needs Encouragement...they are breathing!
