“The young know the rules, the old know the exceptions.” — Confucius
“Encouragement is oxygen for the soul. It takes very little effort to give it, but the return in others is huge.” — John C. Maxwell
“Maturation is when you realize how many things don’t require your comment.” — Rachel Wolchin
“To be an ideal guest, stay at home.” — Edgar Watson Howe
“Success is never so interesting as struggle.” — Willa Cather
“Whether women are better than men I cannot say, but I can say they are certainly no worse.” — Golda Meir
“To believe that you must hide all the parts of you that are broken, out of fear that someone else is incapable of loving what is less than perfect, is to believe that sunlight is incapable of entering a broken window and illuminating a dark room.” — Marc Hack
“Sometimes the grass is greener on the other side because it is fake.” — Unknown
“The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail.” — Rabindranath Tagore
“When you find people who not only tolerate your quirks, but celebrate them with glad cries of ‘Me Too!’, be sure to cherish them because those weirdos are your tribe.” — Unknown
“I’m like old wine. They don’t bring me out very often, but I’m well preserved.” — Rose Kennedy
“Alimony: Bounty after the mutiny.” — Max Kaufman
“In the pursuit of happiness, the difficulty lies in knowing when you have caught up.” — R. H. Grenville
“God save me from my friends. I can protect myself from my enemies.” — Marshal de Villars
“Driving the train doesn’t set its course. The real job is laying the track.” — Ed Catmull
“Things aren’t right. If a burglar breaks into your home and you shoot him, he can sue you. For what, restraint of trade?” — Bill Maher
“The sane appear as strange to the mad as the mad to the sane.” — Joe Orton
“Having a place to go – is a home. Having someone to love – is a family. Having both – is a blessing.” — Donna Hedges
“Seek the truth or hide your head in the sand. Both require digging.” — Andrew Nolan
“Lawyers are always asking me if I will cut some slack for their clients. My standard answer is: ‘This is not Let’s Make A Deal.” — Judith Sheindlin (Judge Judy)
“Diversity is being invited to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance.” — Martha Hiefield
“Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time.” — Margaret Bonnano
“There is no monument dedicated to the memory of a committee.” — Lester J. Pourciau
“There’s only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I’ll get married again.” — Clint Eastwood
“All we are not stares back at what we are.” — W.H. Auden
“Anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given.” — Deepak Chopra
“Emotions are temporary states of mind. Don’t let them permanently destroy you.” — Unknown
“What was the best thing before sliced bread?” — George Carlin
“The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.” — Jawaharlal Nehru
“When perfection is driving, shame is riding shotgun and fear is the backseat driver.” — Brené Brown
“Ill habits gather unseen degrees, as brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.” — John Dryden
“A doctor can bury his mistakes, but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.” — Frank Lloyd Wright
“Success comes in cans; failure in can’ts. — Unknown
“Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage — it can be delightful.” — George Bernard Shaw
“It is the function of creative people to perceive relations between thoughts, or things, or forms of expressions that seem utterly different, and to be able to connect the seemingly unconnected.” — William Plomer
“What annoyances are more painful than those of which we cannot complain?” — Marquis De Custine
“Expectations are resentments under construction.” — Anne Lamott
“Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak — and speak in such a way that people will remember it.” — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.” — Mother Teresa
“There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.” — Josh Billings