SAYINGS FOR EVERYDAY LIVING

We are not put on this earth to see through one another,
but to see one another through

To the world you might be one person,
but to one person you just might be the world

Vacant lots and vacant minds attract the most rubbish

One plus God is a majority

A good leader takes a little more than his share of blame,
a little less than his share of credit

It is far more impressive when others discover
your good qualities without your help

Love looks through a telescope,

Envy through a microscope

Doing what’s right today means no regrets tomorrow

God gave us our faces, but we must provide the expression

Don’t let life discourage you: everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

The best excuse for strengthening the heart
is reaching out and lifting people up

When you think you have humility, you’ve lost it

If we nurture bitterness, it will destroy love;
if we nurture love; it will destroy bitterness

Sow courtesy
and reap
friendship;
plant kindness and gather love.

Guard well thy thoughts, for they are heard in heaven

Contentment makes poor men rich - discontentment makes rich men poor

Kindness is the oil that takes the friction out of life.

A leader is anyone who has two characteristics:
first, he is going someplace;
second, he is able to persuade other people to go with him

The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none

Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own

These are the good old days the next generation
will hear so much about

Instead of praying for less trouble, we should pray for more strength

Old folks now more about being young than young folks know about being old

Only one life, ‘twill soon be past
Only what’s done for Christ will last

Sympathy is never wasted unless you spend it on yourself

Love gives itself; it is not bought

Things workout best for those who make the best of the way things work out

Each day comes bearing its gifts,
so untie the ribbons

The extra mile is never crowded

All happy families resemble one another;
every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way

A smile is a curve that sets a lot of things straight

Marriages are not made in heaven.
They come in His and Hers kits, and have to be put together

Companions take up our part when others tear us apart

Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.
Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day

authors of sayings  unknown