Quotes

Every now and again someone gets a flash of inspiration and captures an insight that, typically, is expressed in not very many words yet speaks volumes. There are many famous quotes; some valuable, some not worthy of their notoriety. Following are some quotes that have recently been sent to me. See how many you find which you would consider putting in the valuable category.


Never give up what you want most, for what you want at the moment. --Anonymous

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine. --Anonymous

A life with love will have some thorns but a life without love will have no roses. --Anonymous

This is the true test of love: to respect and serve those who can be of no use to us at all. --Anonymous

We cannot make others do the right things. We can only show them by our example what doing the right things looks like. --Anonymous

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. --Anonymous

One person working with you is worth a dozen working for you. --Anonymous

When you judge others you do not define them, you define yourself. --Anonymous

A marriage may be made in heaven but the maintenance must be done on earth. --Anonymous

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you. --Anonymous

We do not suddenly become what we do not participate in becoming. --Anonymous

When we're through changing, we're through. --Bruce Barton

Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time. --John Ray

Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them. --Anonymous

Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% what we decide to do about it. --Thomas Edison

It isn't enough to put your best foot forward, you have to follow through with your other foot too. --Anonymous

It is only those who do not know how to work that do not love it. To those who do, it is better than play. --Anonymous

The highest possible reward of any mans toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it. --John Ruskin

Expectations are premeditated resentments. --Anonymous

The grass may look greener on the other side but it still has to be mowed. --Anonymous

Just because we have taken one step down a wrong road is no reason why we have to take two. --Anonymous

The mighty oak was once a little nut that stood its ground. --Anonymous

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. --Anonymous


One last note: Too often quotes are attributed to the wrong person or not attributed when they should be. My apologies if there are any of those above.