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Respect for ourselves guides our morals. Respect for others guides our manners - L Sterne

God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December. - James M. Barrie

Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough. - Earl Wilson

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. - Joseph Addison

A good sermon leaves you wondering how the preacher knew all about you. - Los Angeles Times Syndicate

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. - Will Rogers

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. - Dean Acheson

Inflation is when the buck doesn't stop anywhere. - Orben's Current Comedy

Nothing ruins a class reunion like a fellow who has managed to stay young - looking and get rich at thesame time. - Indianapolis Star

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it. - Sydney J. Harris

Success is never final and failure never fatal. It's courage that counts. - Quoted in Success Unlimited

The only time the average child is as good as gold is on April 15. - Ivern Boyett

There has never been a statue erected to the memory of someone who let well enough alone. - Jules Ellinger

The sneakiest two words in the English language are Plus Tax. - Mack McGinnis

If a man can see both sides of a problem, you know that none of his money is tied up in it. - Verda Ross

If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself. - Dorothy Law Nolte

I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts, financial worries. - The Journal of Jules Renard

Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June. - Al Bernstein

Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrongwith it. - Unknown

The best safety device in a car is a rear view mirror with a policeman in it. - Gil Stern

Frustration is not having anyone to blame but yourself. - Bits & Pieces

We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do. - OlinMiller

A folk singer is a person who gets rich singing about how wonderful it is to be poor. - George Viola

Science may never come up with a better office communications system than the coffee break. - EarlWilson

Success is often just an idea away. - Frank Tyger

Don't be so humble, you're not that great. - Golda Meir

A baby is born with a need to be loved -and never outgrows it. - Frank A. Clark

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself. - Thomas More

Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in his moccasins for two weeks. - SiouxIndian Prayer

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read. - Mark Twain

A well-adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous. - Jane Heard

When people tell you how young you look, they are also telling you how old you are. - Cary Grant

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable. - Geothe

If at first you don't succeed, you are running about average. - M. H. Alderson

Just be glad you're not getting all the government you're paying for. - Will Rogers, Jr.

Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund. - F. J.Raymond

Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in. - Andrew Jackson

He who turns the other cheek too far gets it in the neck. - H. Herth

The Executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules. - Elting E. Morison

When some people talk about their family tree, they trim off a branch here and there. - Lark Bragg

There's one four letter word you don't hear much anymore - cash. - Bob Goddard

Nothing is waste that makes a memory. - Ned Rorem

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was. - Walt West

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. - Abraham Lincoln

The saints are the sinners who keep on trying. - Stevenson

No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor. - Danish Proverb

'Automatic' simply means that you can't repair it yourself. - Mary H. Waldrip

A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. - Oscar Wilde

Unless you accept the challenge you will never feel the exhilaration of victory. -

Tell me I forget, show me I remember, involve me I understand. -

Loyalty, second only to Honor. -

The difference between the Pope and your boss is the Pope only expects you to kiss his ring. -

Americans are getting stronger, twenty years ago it took two people to carry a hundred dollars worth of groceries. Today a five-year-old can do it. -

Government workers are like a shotgun with a broken firing pin. They won’t work and you can’t firethem. -

Children, you spend the first two years teaching them to talk and walk and the next sixteen telling themto shut up and sit down. -

Grandchildren are your reward for not killing your children. -

There is only one perfect child in the world and every mother has it. -

Mothers of teens know why animals eat their young. -

Children are natural mimics, who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners. -

Children seldom mis-quote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn’t have said. -

The main reason for holding children's parties is to remind yourself that there are children more awful than your own. -

Be nice to your kids, They will chose your nursing home. -

To stay the course, sometimes you must make waves. -

Obstacles are those frightful things that you see when you take your mind off of your goal. -

Persistence prevails when all else fails. -

Opportunity always involves some risks. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first. -

A champion is someone who gets up even when they can't. -

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is the little extra. -

Teamwork is the ability to work together towards a common goal and serves as the fuel that allowscommon people to attain uncommon results. -

The race for quality has no finish line. -

Leaders are like eagles, they do not flock, you find them one at a time. -

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. -

The race is not always won by the swiftest, but rather by the one who keeps on running. -

No one can predict to what heights you can soar, even you will not know until you spread your wings andtry. -

Some people dream of worthy accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them. -

You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to loose sight of the shore. -

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength or knowledge, but rathera lack of will. -

Pride is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity. -

The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack. -

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. -

In the end, the only people who fail are those who quit trying. -

The pleasure you get from your life is equal to the attitude you put into it. -

The loftier your goals, the higher your risks, but the greater your glory. -

Companies do not succeed, people do. -

Attitudes are contagious. -

Every job is a self portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with quality. -

The happiness of your life is in direct proportion to the character of your thoughts. -

In the race to be better, the finish line is always just out of sight. -

Pride does not require that we be the best, it only asks that we try. -

Some succeed because they are destined to, most succeed because they are determined to. -

Somewhere in every difficulty, lies opportunity. -

Success is failure turned inside out. -

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful individuals with talent. -

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. -

Quality only happens when you care enough to do your best. -

The consumer is the final inspector of your product. -

If you do not take care of your customer, someone else will. -

None of us is as strong as all of us. -

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. -

You become successful by helping other to succeed. -

Team work means more we and less me. -

You cannot spell success without U. -

Positive attitudes produce positive results. -

Attitudes are contagious, is your's worth catching? -

In the middle of adversity lies opportunity. -

Service is most conspicuous in its absence. -

There are always obstacles, but the people we admire the most are the ones who get the job done anyway. Never promise more than you can deliver. -

Excellence is never an accident, it is always the result of a genuine effort. -

I is the smallest word in the English language. -

The journey to excellence begins beyond the call of duty. -

Pride is the motivation that inspires us not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves. -

Satisfied customers are the most important asset of any business. -

Beware of small expenses, a little leak can sink a big ship. -

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, and the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. -

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. -

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. -

The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist sees the opportunity in everydifficulty. - L.P. Jacks

Honor is a unique commodity, no one can give it to you, nor can they take it from you, you can onlyacquire or loose it through your own actions. -

It is not the strongest that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. - Charles Darwin

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do isnothing. - Theodore Roosevelt

There is never a wrong time to do the right thing. - Rush Limbaugh

We are a product of the choices we make, not the circumstances we face. - Roger Crawford

Silent and listen are spelled with the same letters. -

Scruples only have value, when they are inconvenient. When personal conviction and intestinal fortitudeare required to adhere to and preserve them. -

Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there. - Will Rogers

It is the friends and you can call on at 4 a.m. who count. - Marlene Dietrich

Paying attention allows you to learn more about yourself and those around you and you would besurprised how many problems can be avoided. -

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by. - Lucille Ball

You can never find yourself, until you are willing to face the truth. - Pearl Bailey

The key to success, is to think things through and then follow through. - Eddie Rikenbacker

If you are never a loser, until you quit trying. - Mike Dirka

The trouble with experience is that the time you have it you are too old to take advantage of it. - JimmyConners

Advice is more fun to give than to receive. - Malcolm Forbes

Before you speak, make certain you have something worthwhile to say. - Groucho Marx

A problem is an opportunity for you to test your abilities. -

If you don't know where you're going, you will likely end up in the wrong place. -

Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. - Sophia Loren

Insanity is hereditary, you get it from your children. - Sam Levenson

The greatest test is to bear defeat without losing heart. -

If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. - Dolly Parton

The measure of a society is judged not by the way it treats its best citizens, but by the way it treats worstcitizens. -

If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people? -

Can anyone explain to me why there are so many more horse's asses than there are horses? -

A diplomat is a man who remembers a lady's birthday but forgets her age. -

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. - Proverb

If it ain't broke don't fix it. -

If all else fails, read the directions. -

The fire of adversity will melt you like butter, or temper you like steel. The choice is yours. - Unknown

Don't be troubled if the temptation to give advice is irresistible; the ability to ignore it is universal. - Unknown

We do not stop playing because we are old. We grow old because we stop playing. - Unknown

You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely. - Unknown

Don't itch for things you're not willing to scratch for. - Unknown

Well done is better than well said. - Ben Franklin

Half the truth is often a great lie. - Ben Franklin

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins. - Ben Franklin

A false friend and a shadow stay around only while the sun shines. - Ben Franklin

Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable. - Goethe

The price of greatness is responsibility. - Sir Winston Churchill

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - AlbertEinstein

The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits. - Albert Einstein

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

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward. - Abraham Lincoln

Always do right, this will gratify some and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog. - Mark Twain

Courage is mastery of fear - not absence of fear. - Mark Twain

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. - Mark Twain

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. - Mark Twain

Men of principles are always bold, but those who are bold are not always men of principle. - Confucius

War does not determine who is Right, it determines who is Left. -

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticksand stones. - Albert Einstein

A soldiers job is not to die for his country, it's to make the other guy die for his. - General George S. Patton

If we desire to secure peace, it must be known, we are at all times ready for War. - George Washington

Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. - John F. Kennedy

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Good judgement comes from bad experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgement. -

The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket. -

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together. -

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. -

God gave you two eyes and two ears, but only one mouth, he must have meant for you to look and listentwice as much as you he wanted you to talk. -

Yesterday is a canceled check. Tomorrow is a promissory note. Today is the only cash you have, sospend it wisely - Kay Lyons

No one can be right all the time, but to be credible, you have to be right most of the time. - WHJ

Middle age is the awkward period when Father Times starts catching up with Mother Nature. - HowardCoffin

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it. - Jonathan Winters

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The time is always right to do the right thing. - Martin Luther King

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a persons determination. - Tommy Lasorda

There are no short cuts to any place worthwhile. - Beverley Sills

God grant me the courage to change the things I can, the serenity to accept the things I cannot, thewisdom to know the difference and the determination not to give up on what I think is right even thoughit looks hopeless. -

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. - Elbert Hubbard

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. - James Baldwing

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there. - Josh Billings Margaret Carty

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you'll land among the stars. - Les Brown

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. - Henry Ford

What ever you are, be a good one. - Abraham Lincoln

Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for ourcountry. - Calvin Coolidge

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’tmind. - Dr Seuss

The best way to predict the future is to create it. -

What is right isn't always popular and what is popular is not always right. -

The hardest thing is life is to learn which bridge to cross and which to burn. - Laurence Peter David Russell

A person's character is judged not by what they do when the whole world is watching, but rather by what they do when they do not think anyone is watching. -

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. - Eric Hoffer

The mind is like a television set, when it goes blank, it a good idea to turn off the sound. -

Success has a simple formula, do your best and people like it. - Sam Ewing

If you only look at what is, you will never achieve what could be. -

Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing. -

A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition. - William Ward

Keep in mind, no success or failure is necessarily final. -

It is not true nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game ever starts. - Addison Walker

Whoever says money can't buy happiness, doesn't know where to shop. -

The only place success comes before work is in a dictionary - Vidal Sassoon

Think of life like a good book, the further you get into it the more it begins to make sense. - HaroldKushner

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. - David Viscott

Winner never quit and quitters never win. - Vince Lombardi

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get. - Jackson Brown

Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best. - Bob Talbert

Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must first set yourself on fire. - Fred Shero

Good Management is nothing more than effectively motivating other people. - Lee Iacocca

Pay peanuts and you get monkeys. -

Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with mother nature -

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. - Frank Clark

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into theimpossible. - Arthur Clarke

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him and to let him know that you trust him. - Booker Washington

Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. - Zora Hurston

The reward for work well done, is the opportunity to do more. - Jonas Salk

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. - Oprah Winfrey

The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie. - Ann Landers

An American Veteran is someone who wrote a blank check payable to the people of the United States foran amount up to, and including his or her life, creating a debt we can never repay, the privilege of freedom. -

The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese in the trap. -

What happens if you get scared half to death twice? -

Why do psychics have to ask you for your name? -

Participating in a gun buy back program, because you believe criminals have too many guns, is like having yourself castrated, because you believe your neighbors have too many kids. -

It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. - Woody Allen

Never promise more than you can deliver. -

Hold up your end in all things in life with fidelity, keeping your honor sacred, second only to family and your duty inviolate, doing the best you can with what you have to work with. -

Give everything you undertake in life your best effort. Do what you believe to be "right", not expedient, popular or self-serving. Fulfill your obligations and responsibilities with fidelity, maintaining the sanctity of your honor inviolate, second only to family. Respect yourself and others in all things and treat everyone as you would want to be treated under similar circumstances. Allow no one's abuse of you or others, by word or deed to go unchallenged, realizing, the measure of a person's character is not what they do when they know others are watching, but rather what they do when they think no one is watching. -

Participating in a gun buy-back program, because you believe criminals have to many guns is like having yourself castrated because to think your neighbors have too many children. -