Archives - January 2013

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. It makes it feel needed.

If nature had intended our skeletons to be visible it would have put them on the outside of our bodies.

If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more thought.

How is it that one match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box of matches to start a campfire?

I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.

Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos.

Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.

There are two types of people in this world, good and bad.  The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.

The real source of almost all our crimes, if the trouble is taken to trace them to a common origin, will be found to be in idleness.

To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered.

If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.

Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which will never happen.

Waiting is one of life's hardships.

There's no such thing as fun for the whole family.

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

What do you call a cyclist who doesn't wear a helmet? An organ donor.

I never did very well in math --- I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.

Beautiful and graceful, varied and enchanting, small but approachable, butterflies lead you to the sunny side of life. And everyone deserves a little sunshine.

I have no ambition in this world but one, and that is to be a fireman. The position may, in the eyes of some, appear to be a lowly one; but we who know the work which the fireman has to do believe that his is a noble calling. Our proudest moment is to save lives. 

Never ruin an apology with an excuse. 

The time your game is most vulnerable is when you're ahead; never let up.

Geocaching augments reality in a different way. It adds a layer of the magical to the mundane.

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole books --- what other men do not say in whole books.

Nerves and butterflies are fine --- they're a physical sign that you're mentally ready and eager. You have to get the butterflies to fly in formation, that's the trick.

The real problem of leisure time is how to keep others from using yours.