There used to be a little lady that sat in my head and kept everything in order.
I think she must have quit, because my thoughts look a lot more like this now:
But I digress...
Sometimes when life gets you down, it’s important to try to find some focus. One way to do so is by absorbing the wisdom of others. It doesn’t necessarily make the situation better, but it has the possibilities of adding a little clarity…
… or at least entertainment.
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
— Albert Einstein
“As you climb the ladder of success, be sure it's leaning against the right building.”
— Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“Good-looking girls break hearts, and goodhearted girls mend them.”
— Mignon McLaughlin
"You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present."
— Jan Glidewell
“Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.”
— Joe Paterno
“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”
— Alexander Graham Bell
“You’re not as innovative as you think you are if you have the latest and greatest toys, but you keep going back to the same badly written programs in a relationship”
— Unknown
“The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them.”
— Robert Graves
“You speak about people as if they are objects put here just to meet each other's needs. That's the problem to begin with, why must ALL our NEEDS be met? How selfish! If you love someone you love all the things about them, you don't say I love them but they aren't funny enough, so I'm gonna have an affair with a comedian so MY humor needs are met.”
— Unknown
“People who think that each chapter of life begins with the same old story, have never had any good stories to tell”
— Anonymous
“A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.”
— Arnold Haultain
“Success: To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”
— Albert Einstein
“Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.”
— H. L. Mencken
“A woman's hopes are woven of sunbeams; a shadow annihilates them.”
— George Eliot
“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us.”
— Joseph Campbell
“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”
— George Smith Patton
“Men who don't like girls with brains don't like girls.”
— Mignon McLaughlin
“A woman should soften but not weaken a man.”
— Sigmund Freud
“One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.”
— Michael Cibenko
"Love grows where trust is laid, and love dies where trust is betrayed."
— Tigress Luv
I think she must have quit, because my thoughts look a lot more like this now:
But I digress...
Sometimes when life gets you down, it’s important to try to find some focus. One way to do so is by absorbing the wisdom of others. It doesn’t necessarily make the situation better, but it has the possibilities of adding a little clarity…
… or at least entertainment.
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
— Albert Einstein
“As you climb the ladder of success, be sure it's leaning against the right building.”
— Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“Good-looking girls break hearts, and goodhearted girls mend them.”
— Mignon McLaughlin
"You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present."
— Jan Glidewell
“Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.”
— Joe Paterno
“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”
— Alexander Graham Bell
“You’re not as innovative as you think you are if you have the latest and greatest toys, but you keep going back to the same badly written programs in a relationship”
— Unknown
“The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them.”
— Robert Graves
“You speak about people as if they are objects put here just to meet each other's needs. That's the problem to begin with, why must ALL our NEEDS be met? How selfish! If you love someone you love all the things about them, you don't say I love them but they aren't funny enough, so I'm gonna have an affair with a comedian so MY humor needs are met.”
— Unknown
“People who think that each chapter of life begins with the same old story, have never had any good stories to tell”
— Anonymous
“A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.”
— Arnold Haultain
“Success: To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”
— Albert Einstein
“Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.”
— H. L. Mencken
“A woman's hopes are woven of sunbeams; a shadow annihilates them.”
— George Eliot
“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us.”
— Joseph Campbell
“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”
— George Smith Patton
“Men who don't like girls with brains don't like girls.”
— Mignon McLaughlin
“A woman should soften but not weaken a man.”
— Sigmund Freud
“One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us.”
— Michael Cibenko
"Love grows where trust is laid, and love dies where trust is betrayed."
— Tigress Luv