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JUST A THOUGHT

If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember it is also true of trouble.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of it for anyone else.

Some have the answer to everything and the solution to nothing.

Do good and fear nobody.  Do ill and fear everyone.

If God had a refrigerator, would your picture be on it?

Digging wells is the only business where you can begin at the top

Wisdom is the difference between pulling your weight and throwing it around.

While we used to count our blessings, we have now grown so indolent that we hope the machine will tabulate them for us.

The opinion of the majority is not the final proof of what is right.

Squeaky wheels may get more oil, but they are also the first to be replaced and thrown on the scrapheap.

The way of this world is to praise dead saints and persecute living ones.

There's one thing worse than being alone: wishing you were.

The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.

Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone to do it.

Progress is obtained by preserving a receptive mind and by co-operation with the other fellow.

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

Do not choose to be wrong for the sake of being different.

There are two kinds of men who never amount to much.  Those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do nothing else.

The best way to get rid of your duties is to discharge them.

Not failure, but low aim is crime.

A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

A friend is one who knows all about you but likes you just the same.

Take time for friendship, it is a source of happiness.

A budget is a system in which you worry before you spend it instead of afterwards.

Don't go around with a chip on your shoulder.  People might think it came off your head.

Life is too short and friends are too few!

One of the greatest sources of energy is pride in what you are doing.

Much does he gain who learns when he loses.

There is not much point in spinning a yarn if the audience loses the thread.

There is no duty we so much under-rate as the duty of being happy.

An egotist has one point in his favour - he doesn't go around talking about other people.

Ulcers do not come from what you eat; they come from what's eating you.

By ever taking out and never putting in one soon reaches the bottom.

Even if you are on the right track you'll get run over if you sit there.

Every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity an obligation; every possession a duty.

Cheerfulness is the principal ingredient in the composition of health.

What I am speaks more convincingly than what I say.

You have freedom of choice but not freedom from choice.

Kindness is never wasted.  If it has no effect on the recipient at least it benefits the bestower.

The man pulling the oar has neither time nor inclination to rock the boat.

Making the most of today is the best preparation for tomorrow.

People usually get at odds with one another whenever they try to get even.

Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it.

It is better to sleep on what you intend doing than to stay awake over what you have done.

The water outside the ship will never sink it.  It's the water in the ship that sinks it.

Prejudice is a great time saver.  You can form opinions without having to get facts.

Plan ahead - it wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

Don't resent growing old.  Some people never have the opportunity.

We're not primarily put on this earth to see through one another but to see one another through.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

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

You are not beaten until you give up.

The happiest people are those who don't want things they can't get.

As a man grows older and wiser, he talks less and does more.

The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously.  The latter depends on what is being said.

Hard things are put in our way not to stop us but to call out courage and strength.

If you have a few minutes to spare don't spend it with those who haven't.

The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.

Middle age is when your age starts to show around the middle.

The amount of sleep required by the average person is just five minutes more.

The secret of success in conversation is to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.

We can only pay our debt to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.