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Ueland, Brenda
It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next.
The United Church Observer
Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: you find the present tense and the past perfect.
Unknown
90% of the work will take 90% of the time. The last 10% of the work will take the other 90% of the time.
Unknown
A dream and a No. 2 pencil can take you anywhere.
Unknown
A long-standing feud between two famous wits, Clare Boothe Luce and Dorothy Parker, was illustrated one evening when both met at the door of a nightclub. Luce motioned Parker through with: "Age before beauty." Parker retorted: "And pearls before swine."
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A man needs a mistress, just to break the monogamy.
Unknown
A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae from a kick in the pants, but it's miles ahead in results.
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A stitch in time would have confused Einstein.
Unknown
After all is said and done, a lot more will be said than done.
Unknown
All glory comes from daring to begin.
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Aim at nothing and you'll succeed.
Unknown
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.
Unknown
An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie, for an excuse is a lie guarded.
Unknown
Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for.
Unknown
Being human is a privilege. Not an excuse.
Unknown
Do it trembling if you must, but do it!
Unknown
Don't ask what the world needs. Rather ask what makes you come alive. Then go ahead and do that. For what the world needs is people who are alive.
Unknown
Don't be afraid to speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.
Unknown
Don't count each day. Make each day count.
Unknown
Don't go where the path leads. Rather go where there is no path and leave a trail.
Unknown
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
Unknown
Expect nothing. Blame nobody. Do something.
Unknown
Every day is a chance to breathe.
Unknown
Everyone is in awe of the lion tamer in a cage with half a dozen lions&emdash;everyone but a school bus driver.
Unknown
First we want. Then we get. Then we wonder why we wanted it. Then we get it again.
Unknown
From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
Unknown
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.
Unknown
Good enough is never good enough. In fact, perfect isn't good enough unless it's your best.
Unknown
Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness it's poison.
Unknown
He who laughs last thinks slowest.
Unknown
He who laughs last wanted to tell the same joke.
Unknown
I can keep a secret, but those I tell it to never can.
Unknown
I can let things happen the way they like . . . or I can make them happen the way I like.
Unknown
I sought my soul,/ But my soul I could not see./ I sought my God,/ But my God eluded me./ I sought my brother/ And I found all three.
Unknown
If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
Unknown
If I thought that a word of mine, perhaps unkind and untrue,/ Would leave its trace on a loved one's face I'd never speak it&emdash;Would you? /If I thought that a smile of mine might linger the whole day through /And lightened some heart with a heavier part, I'd not withhold it&emdash;Would you?
Unknown
If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales?
Unknown
If you don't have the best of everything, make the best of everything that you have.
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If you spend your whole life searching for the truth, you will either at one point become insane, or end up a liar yourself.
Unknown
If you're feeling low, don't despair. Remember, the sun has a sinking spell every night, but it comes back up every morning.
Unknown
It doesn't make any difference whether you name your cat or not. He never comes when called anyway.
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It's easy to identify people who can't count to ten. They're in front of you in the supermarket express lane.
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I've had one child. My husband wants to have another. I'd like to watch HIM have another.
Unknown
It is strange how an earthquake 4,000 miles away seems less of a catastrophe than the first scratch on our new car.
Unknown
Kindness is the ability to love someone more than they deserve.
Unknown
Life is a struggle for those who want more than life itself.
Unknown
Literature is the grindstone, to sharpen the coulters, and to whet their natural faculties . . . .
Unknown
Loaning money to friends causes them to get amnesia.
Unknown
Man, know thyself! All wisdom centers there.
Unknown
Many people have dreams. Many people want success. But only those who follow their dreams will ever be truly successful in the end.
Unknown
Money can't buy everything . . . but then again neither can no money.
Unknown
Money can't buy happiness, but it allows you to suffer in comfort.
Unknown
My life has a superb cast, but I can't figure out the plot.
Unknown
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Unknown
Never be intimidated when you deal with men. Curse, don't cry.
Unknown
Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
Unknown
Oliver Wendell Holmes once attended a meeting in which he was the shortest man present. "Dr. Holmes," quipped a friend, "I should think you'd feel rather small among us big fellows." "I do," retorted Holmes. "I feel like a dime among a lot of pennies."
Unknown
Out of the strain of Doing, into the peace of Done.
Unknown
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
Unknown
Pro is to con as progress is to Congress.
Unknown
Remember, pillage BEFORE you burn.
Unknown
Some come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same.
Unknown
Sometimes it takes the worst to bring out the best in you.
Unknown
Sweat is nature's way of showing you your muscles are crying.
Unknown
The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings and not his cash.
Unknown
The difference between the ordinary and the extraordinary is that little extra.
Unknown
The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Unknown
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
Unknown
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
Unknown
The most utterly lost of all days, is that in which you have not once laughed.
Unknown
The only reason the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence is because there is more manure over there.
Unknown
The only way to learn anything is to start at the bottom&emdash;unless you're learning to swim.
Unknown
The optimist says the glass is half full. The pessimist says the glass is half empty. The pragmatist, being thirsty, drinks the water.
Unknown
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Unknown
The severity of the itch is proportional to the reach.
Unknown
The things that come to those who wait may be the things left by those that got there first.
Unknown
The torture of a bad conscience is the hell of the living soul.
Unknown
The trouble with jogging is, by the time you realize you're not in shape for it, it's too far to walk back.
Unknown
There are no shortcuts to life's greatest achievements.
Unknown
There are two paths. One is easy and its only reward is that it's easy.
Unknown
There is not always 'tomorrow'.
Unknown
Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published everyday, like those of a baseball player.
Unknown
Time is the chrysalis of eternity.
Unknown
To achieve great things, we must live as though we were never going to die.
Unknown
To do carefully and constantly and kindly many little things is not a little thing.
Unknown
Sometimes the only sense you can make of life is a sense of humor.
Unknown
Sometimes the majority just means that all the fools are on the same side.
Unknown
Vital papers will demonstrate their vitality by spontaneously moving from the place you left them to where you can't find them.
Unknown
War makes no sense. Winning does not outweigh the incredible losses.
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We cannot direct the wind . . . but we can adjust our sails.
Unknown
We must act in spite of fear . . . not because of it.
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What I admire in Columbus is not his having discovered a world but his having gone to search for it on the faith of an opinion.
Unknown
What is becoming is honest, and whatever is honest must be becoming.
Unknown
When the cat's away, there are fewer hairs on the armchair.
Unknown
When the world is falling apart around you, drink tea.
Unknown
When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.
Unknown
Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.
Unknown
Without my sense of humor, I doubt I'd have much sense at all.
Unknown
Women who seek to be equal to men lack ambition.
Unknown
You can lead a horse to water, but if you can get him to float on his back, then you've got something.
Unknown
You can't judge a book by its cover. But you can tell a lot by the first page.
Ustinov, Peter
If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done.
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