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“Firelight will not let you read fine stories but it’s warm and you won’t see the dust on the floor.” — Irish Proverb
“Bottom is bottom, even if it is turned upside down.” — Stanislaw Lec
“We are constantly being surprised that people did things well before we were born.” — Robert Benchley
“A fanatic is one who sticks to his guns whether they’re loaded or not.” — Franklin Jones
“Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them.” — John Shirley
“When you feel irresistible, you’re hard to resist.” — John Updike
“There are years that ask questions, and years that answer.” — Zora Neale Hurston
“As far as I’m concerned, ‘whom’ is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.” — Calvin Trillin
“We lie best when we lie to ourselves.” — Stephen King
“We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.” — Neal A. Maxwell
“Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.” — Rachel Zoe
“The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.” — Alfred Adler
“Potential has a shelf life.” — Margaret Atwood
“There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.” — Booker T. Washington
“Anything that’s truly real can stand up to scrutiny.” — Carl Sagan
“Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.” — Lawrence Durrell
“Contentment is the wealth of nature.” — Socrates
“Some things in life cannot be fixed. They can only be carried.” — Megan Devine
“Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do so you will be certain to find something that you have never seen before. ” — Alexander Graham Bell
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” — Albert Einstein
“Doubt grows with knowledge.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“People want to know how much you care before they care how much you know.” — Daniel Coleman
“An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.” — Pliny the Younger
“I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.” — Cary Grant
“My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.” — Ovid
“I stand behind you because I trust you to lead the way. I lead the way because I know you will always have my back.” — Kim Harris
“Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!” — Maya Angelou
“Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.” — Frank Tyger
“When you are a great observer, everything is your teacher.” — Unknown
“If you want to see the truth, you have to be brave enough to look.” — Rune Lazuli
“Action speaks louder than words but not as often.” — Mark Twain
“Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.” — Stendhal
“The world is changed by your example, not your opinion.” — Paulo Coelho
“The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.” — Mahatma Gandhi
“…everyone here is seeking that magic bullet. Wants it. Desires that something ‘more’. But do they know what it is? How will they know when they’ve found it? And what will they do once they have it?” — Karen Hutton
“If the left side of your brain controls the right side of your body and the right side controls the left half, then isn’t it also true that left-handers are the only people in their right minds?” — Bill Lee (adapted)
“Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they’re yours.’” — Richard Bach
“Make your peace with the fact that saying ‘no’ often requires trading popularity for respect.” — Greg McKeown
“And suddenly all the love songs were about you.” — Unknown
Golf: “Hitting the ball is the fun part of it, but the fewer times you hit the ball the more fun you have.” — Lou Graham