I Added some new quotes on April 30, 2002 at the top!
I have been collecting quotes over the years. I find them all over the place. I have included a few of my very own. I often find it interesting how people see things. You never know from where you might find inspiration or a smile! Some of them are simple and others run deeper and evoke more thought! I apologize for not having the source of most of these quotes. I know I have it written somewhere, but I write so much in so many places. If you know any of them, I will gladly give credit where credit is due!

I love all of these, but I have written some of my favorites in aqua!
-The work will wait while you show the child the rainbow but the rainbow won't wait while you do the work.
-If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. -Mother Theresa
-I believe in God and I believe in the sun. Not because I can see them, but because by them I can see everything else. -C. S. Lewis
-Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate but powerful beyond belief. -Mandela submitted by: Nick McNutt
-Dreams that do come true can be as unsettling as those that don't. -Brett Butler "Knee Deep in Paradise"
-People who drink to drown their sorrows should be told that sorrow knows how to swim. -Ann Landers
-One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds. -Mahatma Gandhi
-I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.
-Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
-A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
-The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
-Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.
-Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.
-Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.
-Love is when you don't want to fall asleep because reality is better than a dream. -submitted by: Jill Rigsby
-No guy is worth your tears and when you find one who is, he will never make you cry. -Submitted by: Jill Rigsby
-No man is a failure who is enjoying life. -William Feather
-If you look for the bad in mankind, you will surely find it. -Pollyanna
-Make yourself necessary to someone. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
-Love doesn't make the world go round, it makes the ride worthwhile. -F.P. Jones
-It takes a whole life to learn how to live.
-There are no short cuts to anyplace worth going.
-Love is everything you never knew you always wanted.
-The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
-Love- the irresistable desire to be irresistably desired. -Mark Twain
- Pain and suffering is inevitable, being miserable is optional.
-Love has reasons that reason knows not. -St. Augustine
-There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it will be a butterfly.
-Open your arms to change, but do not let go of your values.
-The things that count most in life are usually the things that can't be counted.
-The smallest deed is far greater than the grandest intention.
-The key to immortality is to first live a life worth remembering.
-Without the rocks, the stream would lose its song.
-Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer, but wish we didn't.
-Don't cry because it is over, SMILE that it has happened.
-Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. -H.L. Menckan
-Tomorrow's dreams are built on today's sacrifices.
-Short term pain equals long term gain.
-It's not the light at the end of the tunnel, it is how you get through the tunnel that matters.
-We don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.
-You can do something in an instant that will cause you heartache for life.
-Sometimes the people you expect to kick you while you are down will be the ones to help you get back up.
-The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.
-The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.
-Dreams make life worth the fight.
-The manner in which it is given is worth more than the gift.
-A tender smile can warm a cold heart.
-The first duty of love is to listen.
-Love is the key to all happiness. -submitted by: Samuel Carattini
-Never rock the boat unless you are wearing a life jacket.
-Never frown, you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
-Confidence comes not from always being right, but from not fearing to be wrong.
-A person's worth is not determined by achievements, but by their ability to give hope to others.
-The only dreams impossible to reach are the ones you never pursue.
-Do not follow a set path. Trek through the uncharted and leave one for others.
-Integrity is doing the right thing, even if no one is looking.
-It is truly easier to say no than to live with the consequence of saying yes.
-Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
-Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
-Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
-The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.
-You can't build a reputation on what you were going to do.
-The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.
-If you haven't all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you wouldn't want.
-Don't get so caught up looking for the pot of gold that you miss the rainbow.
-Genius without education is like gold in the mine.
-Great love and great achievements involve great risk.
-Don't get so caught up in life that you can't see the wall.
-Wholeness comes from living life consciously by day and exploring your inner life or unconscious by night.
-The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
-The control center of your life is your attitude.
-Only love lets us see normal things in an extraordinary way.
-If at first you do not succeed, you are normal.
You fear what you do not understand.
-First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak it.
-Try not to be a person of success, but rather a person of value.
-A minute's success pays the failure of years.
-Sometimes a man has to give up what is dearest to him to find peace.
-It is during our darkest moments we must focus to see the light.
-Success is a state of mind.
-Think like a person of action, act like a person of thought.
-Nothing is ever truly yours until you give it away.
-Embrace life today and be thankful for what you have right now in this very moment. You never know when your time will come.
-Sometimes you have to leave your home to find your home.
-A truly happy person is one that can enjoy the scenary on a detour.
-Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you left open.
-Be not the first by whom the new are tried, nor the last to lay the old aside.
-Before we set our hearts too much upon something, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it.
-When I can no longer see the beauty in the sunset, I know I have lost the fight.
-Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.
-Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please.
-To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing!
-Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
-Self respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.
-While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
-Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
-If you cannot lift the load off anothers back, do not walk away, try to lighten it.
-There is only one success- to be able to spend your life in your own way.
-Some mistakes are too fun to make only once.
-Never pretend to love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
-Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in life.
-Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
-If your smile comes from your heart then you have found the key. submitted by: Samuel Carattini
-Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
-Do not speak of your happiness to someone less fortunate than yourself.
-Be a good listener, your ears will never get you in trouble.
-If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect. -Ben Franklin
-When a sunset no longer captivates my mind and soul, I have lost track of what life really is.
-Achievement comes when you decide to live your possibilities.
-Life is a series of moving seasons...moving stages...moving dreams... we must move with it.
-Expect nothing, hope for everything.
-When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never control.
-The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.
-Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
-If you fall on your face from time to time, don't worry, you are still moving forward.
-What you have done with your life so far isn't as important to me as what you are going to do with the rest of it.
-Stop thinking of reasons to fail... And think of reasons to succeed.
-Take time to enjoy the beauties of nature.
-Do not hold on to your yesterdays, for the tomorrows that you are searching for will never come.
-Losing is more important than gaining, for without losing, you cannot truly appreciate what is gained.
-Love knows not even its own depth until the hour of seperation.
-If you depend on others to make you happy, you will be endlessly disappointed.
-To grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
-No man should ever be worthy of your tears. And, the only one that is, will never give you reason to cry.
-It is far better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all.
-What we see depends mainly on that which we are looking.
-Don't find a fault, find a remedy. -Henry Ford
-You have to accept that somedays you are the pigeon and somedays you are the statue. -Roger Anderson
-The manner in which it is given is worth more than the gift. -Pierre Corneille
-If you want love, show love.
-A real friend is someone who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
-A friend is someone who can hear your heart speak before you ever say a word.
-Who, being loved, is poor? -Oscar Wilde
-If you can't find something good to say about someone, you aren't trying hard enough.
-Failure? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary set backs. -Dottie Walters
-Your friend is someone who know all about you, and still likes you. -Elbert Hubbard
-Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
-Love is not blind, it sees more and not less, but because it sees more it is willing to see less. -Will Moss
-Worry doesn't prevent disaster, it prevents joy.
-Anywhere is walking distance if you make the time.
-Always do sober what you said you would do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut! -Ernest Hemingway
-The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.
-Sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.
-Inside every older person is a younger person-wondering what the hell happened. -Cora Harvey Armstrong
-What you do is of little significance. But it is very important that you do it. -Mahatma Gandhi submitted by: Brent Smith
-I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers. -Mahatma Gandhi submitted by: Brent Smith
-If life gives you a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it!
-Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect; it means you have decided to look beyond life's imperfections.
-Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself- and thus make yourself indispensible. -Andre Gide
-Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.

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