--Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
--Robert Bolton
--Thomas Moore
All my life I've wanted to be someone; I guess I should have
been more specific.
Jane Wagner/Lily Tomlin
Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things you didn't do
than by the ones you did. So throw off
the bowlines, Sail away from the safe
harbor. Catch the trade winds in your
sails. Explore. Dream.
--Mark Twain [Samuel Langhornne Clemens]
No man or woman who tries to pursue an
ideal in his or her own way is without
enemies.
--Daisy Bates (1863-1951)
Whenever you find you are on the side of
the majority, it is time to pause and
reflect.
--Mark Twain [Samuel Langhornne Clemens]
Going to church does not make you a Christian
anymore than going to the garage makes you a car.
--Laurence J. Peter
Life is a grindstone...whether it polishes you up or grinds you
down depends on what you are made of.
--Anonymous
What's in a name? A rose by any other name would still
smell as sweet.
--William Shakespeare
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed
door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
--Helen Keller
The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his
attitude of mind.
--William James
"What makes equality such a difficult business is that we only want it with
our superiors."
--Henry Becque
"But who can count the beatings of the lonely heart?"
--Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
"There are some who speak one moment before they think."
--Jean de La Bruyère
"Don't speak unless you can improve upon the silence."
--Spanish Proverb
Credit is given where credit is due.
"Were the holiest heart upon earth enlarged to the vast comprehension of this
great world's wideness; nay, made capable of all the glorious and magnificent
hallelujahs and hearty praises offered to Jehovah, both by all the militant and
triumphant church, yet would it come infinitely short of sufficiently magnifying,
admiring, and adoring the inexplicable mystery and bottomless depth of this
free, independent mercy, and love to God, the Fountain and First Mover of
all our good."
Nothing is lost on him who sees
With an eye that feeling gave;
For him there's a story in every breeze,
And a picture in every wave.
The quotes presented herein do not necessarily conform with the views and thoughs
of myself, Grasshoppa. Although if they, for the most part, did not conform
with my vies, I would not have put them up in the 1st place. So they do, for the most
part, ok all of them do conform to my views.
I would like to especially thank Anonymous for his numerous quotes, not only
on this page, but everywhere. He is wise and insightful. Thank you, Anonymous.
