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post #841 of 1795
Better slow going somewhere than fast going nowhere.
post #842 of 1795
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The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

Niccolo Machiavelli
post #843 of 1795
Id rather be a loser than a quiter.
post #844 of 1795
"I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk." H. L. Mencken
post #845 of 1795
"The best time to make friends is before you need them."
-Ethel Barrymore
post #846 of 1795
Into each life, a little rain must fall.
post #847 of 1795
"The point of your life is to point to Him." - Francis Chan
post #848 of 1795
"A friend can tell you things you don't want to tell yourself."
-Frances Ward Weller
post #849 of 1795
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A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

Mahatma Gandhi
post #850 of 1795
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
post #851 of 1795
"Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what sting is justice." H. L. Mencken
post #852 of 1795
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength."
-Eric Hoffer
post #853 of 1795
Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

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If you argue with an idiot, after a while it is hard to tell who the real idiot is.
post #854 of 1795
"Treat people as you would like to be treated. Karma's only a bitch if you are."
-Author Unknown
post #855 of 1795
"War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands." H. L. Mencken
post #856 of 1795
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People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
post #857 of 1795
Knock and the door shall be opened unto you.
post #858 of 1795
"A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour."
-Author Unknown
post #859 of 1795
A tiny leak can sink a great ship.
post #860 of 1795
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Originally Posted by del View Post

"A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour."
-Author Unknown

Now I like that one
post #861 of 1795
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A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

Oscar Wilde
post #862 of 1795
"Adultery is the application of democracy to love." H. L. Mencken
post #863 of 1795
Nothing improves creativity like a lack of supervision.
post #864 of 1795
"The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment."
-Doug Larson
post #865 of 1795
Those who fail to prepare, are preparing to fail.
post #866 of 1795
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Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.

Oscar Wilde
post #867 of 1795
"Don't overestimate the decency of the human race." H. L. Mencken
post #868 of 1795
"If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?"
-Sydney J. Harris
post #869 of 1795
The mob has many heads but no brains.
post #870 of 1795
"Silence is the true friend that never betrays."
-Confucius
post #871 of 1795
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Heaven has a road, but no one travels it; Hell has no gate but men will dig to get there.
post #872 of 1795
LEARN from yesterday, LIVE for today, and HOPE for tomorrow.
post #873 of 1795
"Man weeps to think that he will die so soon; woman, that she was born so long ago." H. L. Mencken
post #874 of 1795
Expect a miracle everyday.
post #875 of 1795
"Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise."
-Author Unknown
post #876 of 1795
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Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.

Mahatma Gandhi
post #877 of 1795
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
post #878 of 1795
"You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."
-Plato
post #879 of 1795
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
post #880 of 1795
it's not what you do that matters, but who you do it with.
post #881 of 1795
"How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."
-Abraham Lincoln
post #882 of 1795
I'd rather be fishing and thinking about GOD... Than sitting in church thinking about fishing!!!
Gary
post #883 of 1795
When in doubt... GIT
post #884 of 1795
"To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, but to imagine your facts is another."
-John Burroughs
post #885 of 1795
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We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Anaïs Nin
post #886 of 1795
No matter how good you are to people, you will always have others criticizing you.
post #887 of 1795
"Great minds have purposes, others have wishes."
-Washington Irving
post #888 of 1795
Faint heart never won fair maiden.
post #889 of 1795
"When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind."
-Seneca
post #890 of 1795
If you want to leave a footprint, Dont drag your feet.
post #891 of 1795
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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
post #892 of 1795
Its a sad situation when a person has more dollars than he/she has sense.
post #893 of 1795
It isn’t the quarry that makes the hunt, nor is the goal the game.
post #894 of 1795
"I never think of the future - it comes soon enough."
-Albert Einstein
post #895 of 1795
He who fears will suffer, he already suffers from his fear.”
post #896 of 1795
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
post #897 of 1795
"Being in a good frame of mind helps keep one in the picture of health."
-Author Unknown
post #898 of 1795
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Study the past if you would define the future.

Confucius
post #899 of 1795
Love the life you live-live the life you love.
post #900 of 1795
If you don't have a dark secret, now is the time to make one. Dois Equis.
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