Love is sharing your lunch with someone who embarrassed you earlier in the day.

Nothing is so heavy to carry as a grudge.*

You never look good when you make someone else look bad.*

You can go a long way on a lie, but you can never go back.*

Accepting others for who they are is the best gift you can give them.*

A winner is one who helps others win.

When you have your priorities straight, everything else falls into place.*

Your attitude is the first thing everyone notices.*

A warm chocolate chip cookie can put a whole new perspective on life.*

It is easier to listen to your heart than your head, but it may be more painful.*

Riches that are in the heart can't be stolen.*

Hugs are priceless, yet everyone can afford them.*

If you call it gardening, you can play in the dirt all you want.*

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. Proverbs 17:17

He who restrains his lips is wise. Proverbs 10:19

He who walks in integrity walks securely. Proverbs 10:9

In all labor there is profit, but more talk leads only to poverty. Proverbs 14:23

He who neglects discipline despises himself. Proverbs 15:32

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise. Proverbs 17:28

Favor is better than silver and gold. Proverbs 22:1

The prudent sees the evil and hides himself. Proverbs 22:3

If you can't sleep, count your blessings instead of sheep.*

Life is like tennis; you can't win unless you serve.*

The quality of your friends is a lot more important than the quantity.*

Maturity is knowing when it's time to act like a kid and when it's time to act like an adult.*

My father gets wiser as I get older.*

Reading is a great way to take a cheap vacation.*

Letting a fool kiss you is stupid, but letting a kiss fool you is worse.*

I can't go looking for happiness. I have to pack it in my suitcase with my other stuff and take it with me.*

Never trust a politician or bureaucrat who wants to make life easier for you.

A good education is one of the few things that lasts a lifetime.*

A good reputation lasts longer than a lifetime.

A good reputation is the best treasure you can possess.

Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright.***

Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy.***

Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.***

Employ thy time well if thou meanest to gain leisure.***

If you would be wealthy think of saving as well as getting.***

A small leak will sink a great ship.***

They that will not be counseled cannot be helped.***

A father casts a long shadow.

The only person I can truly change is me.*

Most of the mistakes I made when I was younger could have been avoided if I had listened to my parents.*

No one is ever too old to own a teddy bear.*

Silent company is sometimes more healing than words of advice.*

You never know where you are going to meet your new best friend.*

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.*

Sympathy is never wasted unless it is given to yourself.*

Truly happy and successful people have learned the three Rs of life: respect for self, respect for others, and responsibility for one's own actions.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. Gen. Geo. Patton/Readr's Digest 4/95

These are the good old days.

You cannot influence those whom you offend.

A rising tide lifts all ships.

What "could have been" and never was, was never meant to be.#

Life without challenges is boring.

Every challenge is an opportunity.

If it is worth doing, it is worth doing your very best.

There are no roses without thorns.

You are free the moment you do not look outside yourself for someone to solve your problems.**

Failure is success if we learn from it. Malcomb S. Forbes

Success comes before work only in the dictionary.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Norman MacEwan

The biggest mistake you can make is to believe you work for someone else.

Since you can't change the direction of the wind, you may need to adjust your sails.** (modified from the original)

Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers

You never get a second chance to make a good first impression.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Mark Twain

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Thomas Jefferson

Do what you can do, and do it well.

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out. Frank A. Clark

Who you really are is the person you are when no one is watching you.

All that mankind has ever learned is nothing more than a single grain of sand on a beach that reaches to infinity.**

If your looking for a big opportunity, seek out a big problem.**

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein

You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. Henry Drummond

Don't wait for your ship to come in, row out and meet it.**

Always be a little kinder than necessary. James M. Barrie

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson

When you tell the truth you never have to worry about your lousy memory.**

Dishonesty is like a boomerang; about the time you think all is well, it hits you in the back of the head.**

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln

To have friends, be friendly.

Being useful is more important than being noticed. Gail MacDonald

You won't die of embarrassment, it just feels like it. Garry Marshall

Little choices sometimes have big results.

It is never a mistake to be courteous.

If you don't have time to do it right the first time, when will you have time to do it over?

If you fail at something today, it doesn't mean you won't succeed tomorrow.

Today is always here. Tomorrow, never. Toni Morrison, Reader's Digest 8/98

**From A Father's Book of Wisdom by H. Jackson Brown

***Published in writings of Benjamin Franklin who may have been quoting someone else.

#From the song "What Could Have Been" written by Beth Nielsen Chapman.

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