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"The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them." - Robert Frost read more..

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." - Abraham Lincoln read more..

"If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven." - Will Rogers read more..

"A friend is a person who can step on your toes without messing up your shine." read more..

"He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree." - Roy L. Smith read more..

"The best cure for shaking knees is to kneel on them." read more..

"Mankind will never see an end of trouble until... lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power... become lovers of wisdom." - Plato, The Republic read more..

"Freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns the press." read more..

"A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation." - James Freeman Clarke, Sermon read more..

"I like the smell of a dunged field, and the tumult of a popular election." - Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827 read more..

"Resurrection life is certainly not a grave situation. Try it sometime." read more..

"The happiest part of a man's life is the time he passes lying awake in bed in the morning." - Samuel Johnson read more..

"The hand that rocks the cradle usually is attached to someone who isn't getting enough sleep." read more..

"The only difference between a yard sale and a trash pickup is how close to the road the stuff is placed." read more..

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost." - Charles Caleb Colton read more..

"Scissors are overpowered. Rock is fine." - Paper read more..

“Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace and your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of it.”... read more..

“Worry is interest paid in advance for a debt you may never owe.”... read more..

"An apology is a good way to have the last word." read more..

"Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger." read more..

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

"There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4 AM. It could be a right number." read more..

"Always be yourself because the people that matter don't mind, and the ones who mind, don't matter." read more..

"The universe is made of stories, not of atoms." - Muriel Rukeyser" read more..

"When's the best time to plant a tree? 15 years ago. When's the second-best time? Today." read more..

"And it came to pass that in the hands of the ignorant, the words of the Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords." - Alan Wilson Watts" read more..

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved." - Helen Keller read more..

"The reason a dog makes so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue." read more..

"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you; that is the principal difference between a dog and a man." read more..

"Worry is interest paid on trouble before it is due." read more..