“Better an ‘oops’ than a ‘what if.'” — Beau Taplin
“You’ll have a lot more respect for a bird after you try making a nest.” — Cynthia Copeland Lewis
“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.” — Maya Angelou
“You’ve got to remember that common sense is not factored into the intelligence quotient.” — Greg Gabriel
“How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then to rest afterward.” — Spanish proverb
“Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.” — Nelson DeMille
“Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.” — C.S. Lewis
“Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of a middle name is so he can tell when he’s in trouble.” — Dennis Fakes
“Very few of us are what we seem.” — Agatha Christie
“The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.” — Alexander Pope
“Find someone you can dream with. It can turn a wish into an adventure.” — Unknown
“Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.” — Bill Watterson
“An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance.” — David Lee Roth (various attributions)
“The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it.” — Jacques Yves Cousteau
“Don’t let your struggle become your identity.” — Ralston Bowles
“When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less.” — Richard Armour
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“The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.” — Richard Bach
“The role of the writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.” — Anais Nin
“Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull it out and strike it, merely to show that you have one.” — Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
“I live in my own little world, but it’s ok, they know me there. ” — Unknown
“Failure is a bruise…not a tattoo.” — Jon Sinclair
“When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.” — Ronald Reagan
“Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk.” — Doug Larson
“I don’t recognize you – I’ve changed a lot.” — Oscar Wilde
“An apology is a good way to have the last word.” — Unknown
“Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.” — Frank Lloyd Wright
“The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.” — Mignon McLaughlin
“The past, the present and the future walked into a bar. It was tense.” — Lex Martin, Dearest Clementine
“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.” — Hal Borland
“Remember how far you’ve come, not just how far you have to go. You are not where you want to be, but neither are you where you used to be.” — Rick Warren
“When I tell any truth it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those who do.” — William Blake
“You can’t be a rascal for 40 years and then cop a plea the last minute. God keeps better books than that.” — Wilson Mizner
Dear Friends and Readers of JBRish.com:
We are taking a short break from posting so we can enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends. More STATUS QUOtes and other stories will resume on Monday, November 30th.
Until then, we hope you are having a peaceful and reflective holiday weekend as well!
Warm Regards,
JBRish Staff
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow. ~ Melody Beattie
