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Opportunity comes like a snail, and once it has passed you it changes into a fleet rabbit and is gone.
There is nothing that pleases me more than a beautiful sentence ... It is something that satisfies me.
Not only don't I know what tomorrow will bring, I'm still not entirely certain what yesterday brought?
The mind is like a trunk: if well-packed, it holds almost every thing; if ill-packed, next to nothing.
Excessive indulgence to others, especially to children is in fact only self-indulgence under an alias.
Because they are children and for no other reason they have dignity and worth simply because they are.
If you don't develop your skill at enjoying what you have, you won't be any happier when you get more.
You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back. The heart will break... but broken live on.
Love and a good sense of humour strengthen the entire body; remember your cells respond to your input.
The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge.
How warm I feel. How icredibly alive and vibrant and heedless every last inch of me feels next to you.
I like the word OLD. Not senior, that's for proms. Older? Older than whom? 'Old' is honorable and ripe
My dad was a fairy," said Zach. "And by that I don't mean he dressed well and enjoyed musical theatre.
If you put into one room everyone who considered themselves a Nietzschean, there would be a bloodbath.
It's a great life, and Margaret and I are going to stay put above the Arctic Circle where we're happy.
It was all those biographies in me yelling, 'We want out. We want to tell you what we've done to you.'
Regardless of the popular literary trend of the times, write the thing which lies close to your heart.
In teaching your child, do not forget that suffering is good too. It makes a person rich in character.
A garden without cats, it will be generally agreed, can scarcely deserve to be called a garden at all.
Marriage - a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose.
I hope children will be happy with the books I've written, and go on to be readers all of their lives.
There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age.
I'm not funny in person. I mean I'm really not. I'm one of those people who always screw up anecdotes.
The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.
God didn't make you a leader to respond to stuff all day. He made you a leader to move things forward.
We will probably have to pay a price for devoting our lives to building the kingdom of God. Jesus did.
Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.
The Four Rules of Life: 1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don't be upset at the results.
Progress is a continuing effort to make the things we eat, drink, and wear as good as they used to be.
Improving efficiency on the farm is not only a risk-reduction strategy, it's a profitability strategy.
I've always been struck by how unsuspicious people are in general, if you tell them what you're about.
According to scriptures at least I know the Bible states not to make any permanent marks on your body.
So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it.
Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.
I loved moustaches. I used to draw myself with one. When I was 14, I was really into war and Van Gogh.
Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.
Understand that you dont have all the answers, you just have to start somewhere and keep an open mind.
I used to think I could learn about Jesus by studying Him, but now I know Jesus doesn't want stalkers.
I used to think God wouldn’t talk to me, but now I know I’m just selective with what I choose to hear.
Being a winner is never an accident; winning comes about by design, determination and positive action.
You don't decide what your purpose is in life you discover it. Your purpose is your reason for living.
The person who has a highly evolved will they think, they build an image and they focus on that image.
What do you really want? Sit down and write it out on a piece of paper. Write it in the present tense.
The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
Behold, he who has repented of his sins, the same is forgiven, and I, the Lord, remember them no more.
The choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil.
Well being, serenity and service to others are the ultimate measures of true wealth, success and power
The truth is, rarely can a response make something better - what makes something better is connection.
Ads sell a great deal more than products. They sell values, images, and concepts of success and worth.