Archives - March 2014

Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences.

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacation-less class.

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.

Happiness has many roots, but none more important than security.

I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.

I eat like a vulture. Unfortunately the resemblance doesn't end there.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.

Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

Make no judgments where you have no compassion.

Integrity is not a 90 percent thing, not a 95 percent thing; either you have it or you don't.

Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

When Irish eyes are smiling, sure 'tis like a morn in spring.
In the lilt of Irish laughter you can hear the angels sing,
When Irish hearts are happy all the world seems bright and gay,
And when Irish eyes are smiling, sure, they steal your heart away.

Some people make headlines while others make history.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas --- that's what my grandma taught me.

The front door to springtime is a photographer's best friend.

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

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.

Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling.

You were born an original. Don't die a copy.

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.

No one ever really dies as long as they took the time to leave us with fond memories.

You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.

A bad grade is only one letter in the Essay of life.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen.

The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.