Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand. Saint Thomas Acquinas
A teacher affects eternity. Henry Adams
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. Joseph Addison
People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays, men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world. Louisa May Alcott
The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing. Marcus A. Antonius
God is not in need of anything, but all things are in need of him. Marcus Aristides
Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people. Richard Armour
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Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. James Barrie
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him. Robert Benchley
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. William Blake
God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Love come out of heaven unasked and unsought. Pearl S. Buck
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. Samuel Butler
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Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town. Truman Capote
One joy scatters a hundred griefs. Chinese Proverb
Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases. Jeremy Collier
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. C.C. Colton
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another. Marquis de Condorcet
Wheresoever you do, go with all your heart. Confucius
Age is a matter of feeling not of years. George W. Curtis
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The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children. Clarence Darrow
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die tomorrow. James Dean
Cheerfulness and content are great beautifiers and famous preservers of good looks. Charles Dickens
Passions elevate the soul to great things. Denis Diderot
If you can dream it, you can do it. Walt Disney
To love someone means to see him as God intended him. Feodor Dostoevsky
The times they are a-changing. Bob Dylan
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If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves. Thomas Edison
What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world. Albert Einstein
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mystery. Albert Einstein
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. Jim Elliot
Perservance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another! Walter Elliott
Hitch your wagon to a star. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Children all are foreigners. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every hero becomes a bore at last. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men are what their mothers made them. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only reward of virtue is virtue. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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No man is a failure who is enjoying life. William Feather
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of its filling a vacuum, it makes one. Ben Franklin
A poem begins with a lump in the throat. Robert Frost
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My life is my message. Ghandi
Happy is the man who know what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present,and what to plan for the future. A.Gibson
He is happiest who finds peace in his home. Goethe
We are shaped and fashioned by what we love. Goethe
Laughter is a noisy smile! Steven Goldberg
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Happiness is a direction, not a place. Syndey J. Harris
There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend. Katherine Butler Hathaway
Love is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity. Helen Hayes
All things are difficult before they are easy. Matthew Henry
When a friend asks, there is no tomorrow. George Herbert
Nothing endures but change. Heraclities
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. John Heywood
Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes. Thomas Wentworth Higginson
The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes. Kenneth Hildebrand
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Nonviolence is the supreme law of life. Indian Proverb
The time to be happy is now; the place to be happy is here. Robert G. Ingersoll
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Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. Franklin P.James
Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them. Lady Bird Johnson
The real measure of our wealth is how much we'd be worth if we lost all our money. J.H. Jowett
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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. Helen Keller
A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. J.F. Kennedy
Believe the best of everybody. Rudyard Kipling
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The living moment is everything. D.H. Lawrence
Joy is the serious business of heaven. C.S.Lewis
Whatever you are be a good one. Abraham Lincoln
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor. Vince Lombardi
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Family...the we of me. Carson McCullers
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. W. Somerset Maugham
Life is like a voyage that is homeward bound. Herman Melville
Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truth. Moliere
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People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up. Odgen Nash
When you look into the abyss,the abyss also looks into you. Friedrich Nietzche
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Nothing in poverty so ill is borne as it's exposing men to grinning scorn. John Oldham
As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost, and science can never regress. J. Robert Oppenheimer
Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountifield crop. Ovid
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Love is the greatest refreshment in life. Pablo Picasso
The world is a rose:smell it and pass it on to your friends. Persian Proverb
At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. Plato
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That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency. John Quinton
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I only believe what I read in the paper. Will Rogers
The Income Tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. Will Rogers
There is no income tax in Russia. But there is no income. Will Rogers
My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower. but they met 'em at the boat. Will Rogers
America is a land of opportunity and don't ever forget it. Will Rogers
Things in our country run in spite of our government. Not by aid of it. Will Rogers
Life is meant to be lived. Eleanor Roosevelt
You must do the thing you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. Eleanor Roosevelt
Believe you can and you're halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece. John Ruskin
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Everyone dies, but not everyone lives. A.Sachs
What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from". Marilyn vos Savant
The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies. Seneca
Peace is when time doesn't matter as it passes by. Maria Schell
Tough times never last, but tough people do! Robert Schuller
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw
To love and be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. Sydney Smith
A short saying often contains much wisdom. Sophocles
There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend. Socrates
Carve you name on hearts and not marble. Charles H. Spurgeon
Blessed are the homesick, for they shall journey home. Jung-Stilling
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Be kind, Remember everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. T.H.Thompson
If you can't convince them, confuse them. Harry S. Truman
As long as you're going to be thinking anyway, think big. Donald Trump
Sweet April showers do bring May flowers. Thomas Tusser
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. Mark Twain
Man is the only animal who blushes, or who needs to. Mark Twain
Children have but little charity for one another's defects. Mark Twain
To believe yourself to be brave is to be brave; it is the only essential thing. Mark Twain
The proverb says that Providence protects children and idiots. This is really true. I know because I have tested it. Mark Twain
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Let him sing to whom a song is given. Johann Ludwig Uhland
Each day comes just once in a lifetime. Unknown
A well-beaten path path may not be the right way. Unknown
Credit cards make buying easy and paying hard. Unknown
Set your goals high,but not out of sight. Unknown
Tomorrow belongs to those who fully use today. Unknown
Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. Unknown
It's a big thing to do a little thing well. Unknown
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Unknown
The best thing about the future is that it comes only a day at a time. Unknown
It is comparison that makes men miserable or happy. Unknown
A diamond is a piece of coal that finished what it started. Unknown
Life is like a mirror, we get the best results when we smile at it. Unknown
Never explain yourself yourself: Your friends don't need it and your enemies won't believe it. Unknown
Education is what you get from reading the fine print. Experience is what you get from not reading it. Unknown
Dreams come true, without that possibility, nature would not invite us to have them. John Updike
Time is nature's way of preventing everything from happening at once. Unknown
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The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. Paul Valery
It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't. Martin Van Buren
Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt. William Van Horne
It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail. Gore Vidal
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Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions,promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered. Daniel Webster
The past is but the beginning of a beginning and all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn. H.G. Wells
God is, and all is well. John Greenleaf Whittier
No man is rich enough to buy back his past. Oscar Wilde
A man cannot be too careful in his choice of enemies. Oscar Wilde
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Be great in little things. St. Francis Xavier
Give me the children until they are seven and anyone may have them afterwards. St. Francis Xavier
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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. William Butler Yeats
Tired nature's sweet restoration, balmy sleep! Edward Young
Procrastination is the thief of time. Edward Young
If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live. Lin Yutang
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There are too many people, and too few human beings. Robert Zand
It is a good rule to face difficulties at the time they arise and not allow them to increase unacknowledged. Edward W. Ziegler
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