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Age is something that doesn’t matter, unless you are a cheese. – Billie Burke, 1885-1970, American Actress

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. – Socrates, 470-399 B.C., Greek Philosopher

Things may come to those who wait but only the things left by those who hustle. – Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble. – George Washington, 1732-1799, 1st President of the United States

Don’t simply retire from something; have something to retire to. – Harry Emerson Fosdick, 1878-1969, American Clergyman

A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday. – Erma Bombeck, 1927-1996, American Journalist/Author/Humorist

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. – Plato, 427-347 B.C., Greek Philosopher

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Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain. – Edward de Bono, Maltese-born Psychologist and Authority on Creative Thinking

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. – Thomas Paine, 1737-1809, English-born Pamphleteer (“Common Sense”) and Founding Father of the United States

If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred. – Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, American Poet

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner. – Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American Scientist/Publisher/Diplomat

How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees. – William Shakespeare (1546-1616)

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Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life. – Leo Buscaglia, 1924-1998, American Author and Expert on Love and Human Relationships
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. – William Penn, 1644-1718, British Religious Leader and Founder of Pennsylvania

Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I’m going to complete every pass. – Ron Jaworski, American Football Player

I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond. – Mae West, 1893-1980, American Actress and Playwright

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. – Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, English Politician/Author/Nobel Prize Winner

Humor is everywhere, in that there’s irony in just about anything a human does. – Bill Nye, American Scientist/Engineer/Television Host

To him in whom love dwells, the whole world is but one family. – Buddha, 563-483 B.C., Founder of Buddhism

Wish not so much to live long as to live well. – Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American Scientist/Publisher/Diplomat

People look at you and me to see what they are supposed to be. And, if we don’t disappoint them, maybe, just maybe, they won’t disappoint us. – Walt Disney, 1901-1966, American Film Producer

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To have a great idea, have a lot of them. – Thomas A. Edison

Missing someone gets easier every day because even though it’s one day further from the last time you saw each other, it’s one day closer to the next time you will. – Source Unknown

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain. – Charlie Chaplin, 1889-1977, English-born Comedic Actor and Director

Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either. – Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-born American Physicist

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. – Red Auerbach, 1917-2006, Hall of Fame American Basketball Coach

He enjoys true leisure who has time to improve his soul’s estate. – Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American Author/Critic/Naturalist

Polite conversation is rarely either. – Fran Lebowitz, American Writer and Humorist

You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you’ve got something to say. – F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940, American Author

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed. – Henry Ford, 1863-1947, American Industrialist and Founder of Ford Motor Company

A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on. – Carl Sandburg, 1878-1967, American Poet/Historian/Pulitzer Prïze Wïnner

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Perseverance is demonstrated by those who keep going when the going gets tough, who don’t give up even when others say, “It can’t be done.” – President James E. Faust, Second Counselor, First Presidency, The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints (and one of my cousins)

We don’t have to be perfect today. We don’t have to be better than someone else. All we have to do is to be the very best we can. – Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, Council Of The Twelve Apostles, The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints.

We are on the road that leads to immortality and eternal life and today is a part of it. Let us never forget it. – President Gordon B. Hinckley, The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints

“The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it” — Albert Einstein

Not the cry, but the flight of the wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow. – Chinese Proverb

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