Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction. (Ambrose Gwinett Bierce)
I used to always think that I'd look back on us crying and laugh, but, I never thought I'd look back on us laughing and cry. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. (J. D. Salinger)
He that is of a merry heart hasth a continual feast. (Biblical Proverb)
To take the measure of oneself by reference to one's colleagues leads to envy or complacency rather than constructive self-examination. (Benno C. Schmidt, Jr.)
He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign. (Victor Hugo)
Whatever our creed, we feel that no good deed can by any possibility go unrewarded, no evil deed unpunished. (Orison Swett Marden)
I must say the biggest lesson you can learn in life, or teach your children, is that life is not castles in the skies, happily ever after. The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth. (Goldie Hawn)
The greatest penalty of evildoing - namely, to grow into the likeness of bad men. (Plato)
If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things. (Norman Douglas)
I never feel age...If you have creative work, you don't have age or time. (Louise Nevelson)
He is rich who owes nothing. (French Proverb)
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired. (Titus Maccius Plautus)
I can't criticize what I don't understand. If you want to call this art, you've got the benefit of all my doubts. (Charles Rosin)
Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he is, in effect, paying attention to the views of the people. Any other interpretation is nonsense. (George Gallup)
Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs. (Lily Tomlin)
I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it. (Rita Mae Brown)
Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes. (Napoleon I)
Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another. (Homer)
The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle. (G. C. Lichtenberg)