A friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be somewhere else.
Only your real friends tell you when your face is dirty.
The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.
Friends are God’s way of taking care of us.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay [...]
The future ain’t what it used to be.
When all else is lost, the future still remains.
When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened.
The course of life is unpredictable… no one can write his autobiography in [...]
Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing from something.
The gambling known as business looks with severe disfavor on the business known as gambling.
Never tell me the odds.
To be a successful gambler you have to have a complete disregard for money.
Never perform card tricks for the people you play poker with.
Don’t gamble the rent money or [...]
There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity.
Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection [...]
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
A hug is a great gift - one size fits all, and it’s easy to exchange.
Nothing’s as mean as giving a little child something useful for Christmas.
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.
I consider [...]
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
What you get by achieving your goal is not as important as what you become by achieving your goal.
Go as far as you can see, and when you get there you will see farther.
An archer [...]
As the poet said, “Only God can make a tree” - probably because it’s so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
It is easy to understand God as long as you [...]
The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money.
I’ve failed over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
I can accept failure, but I can’t accept not trying.
Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.
Radio has no future.
A generous heart is good for the right sort of people.
If you [...]
There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.
Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
Grief makes one hour ten.
The only cure for grief is action.
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy must have somebody to divide it [...]
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.
Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.
So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health.
To wish [...]
No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.
When in doubt, tell the truth.
An honest man is respected by all parties.
When something that honest is said it usually needs a few minutes of silence to dissipate.
An honest answer is the sign of true friendship.
Do not do what you would undo if caught.
If [...]
A lovely horse is always an experience….. It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words.
To me, horses and freedom are synonymous .
To ride or not to ride? What a stupid question!
No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.
Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
There’s [...]
Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.
Everyday is a gift, thats why they call it the present.
Inspiration and genius–one and the same.
The future depends on what we do [...]
An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.
When you invite people to think, you are inviting revolution.
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse.
The past is never there when you try to go back. [...]
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
The person who knows how……. will always have a job, but the person who knows why….. will be the boss.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only [...]
Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.
I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
Now and then it is good to pause in our pursuit of Joy and just be Joyful.
I am glad I did it, partly because [...]
If you haven’t any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.
If you were arrested for kindness, would there be enough evidence to convict you.
Great persons are able to do great kindnesses.
When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.
Kind words do [...]
Nobody ever died of laughter.
Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.
Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.
Men will let you abuse them if only you will make [...]
The good lawyer is the great salesman.
He is not a lawyer who can’t take two sides.
A lawyer is a learned gentleman who rescues your estate from your enemies and keeps it himself.
Good lawyer is a bad neighbor.
A lawyer without books is like a workman without tools.
Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.
If there were no bad [...]
Life isn’t worth living unless you’re willing to take some big chances and go for broke.
The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.
Life is like a hot bath. It feels good while you’re in it, but the longer you stay in, the more wrinkled you [...]
If you love somebody, set them free. If they return, they were always yours. If they don’t, they never were.
Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never.
You don’t love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her.
Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting [...]
Math is like love : a simple idea but it can get complicated.
The essence of math is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.
Math is the science which uses easy words for hard ideas.
Round numbers are always false.
For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge [...]
Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
Memory can glean, but can never renew. It brings us joys faint as is the perfume of the flowers, faded and dried, of the summer that is gone.
Lord keep my memory green.
Memories were a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day.
Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.
So [...]
Time goes by a lot slower when you miss the one you love.
I did three things today; miss you, miss you, and miss you.
Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated.
Each time I miss you, a star falls down from the sky. So, if you looked up at the sky and found [...]
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
Every great [...]
The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.
After a visit to the beach, it’s hard to believe that we live in a material world.
There’s no money in poetry, but then there’s no poetry in money, either.
There are people who have money and people who are [...]
Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.
Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.
Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.
Of what I call God, and fools call nature.
Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some [...]
One reason God created time was so that there would be a place to bury the failures of the past.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future.
The distinction between past, present, and future [...]
Perfection is the child of time.
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.
Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they [...]
Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates. - Life on the Mississippi
The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate.
Heathens don’t amount to [...]