Thought for the day or Something to think about.

[SmokeyBob]

"He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty." ~ Lao Tzu


"Never give in...never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convicitons of honor and good sense." ~ Winston Churchill


"Only the gentle are ever really stong." ~ James Dean

[SmokeyBob]

“Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.” ~ Tom Robbins


"The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it." ~ J.m. Barrie


"Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen." ~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

[SmokeyBob]

"Happiness is a warm puppy." ~ Charles M. Schulz


"If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man." ~ Mark Twain


"If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience."

~ Woodrow Wilson

[SmokeyBob]

"He that can have patience can have what he will." ~ Benjamin Franklin


"Waiting and hoping is a hard thing to do when you've already been waiing and hoping for almost as long as you can bear it."

~ Jenny Nimmo


"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end." ~ Margaret Thatcher

[davidniebeling]

"Everything will be O.K. in the end...so if everything's not O.K., it's just not the end!" My Dad

[davidniebeling]

"Ladies and Gentelmen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice!" psychologist on M*A*S*H*

[SmokeyBob]

"Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order." ~ John Quincy Adams


"It matters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether *I* win or lose." ~ Darrin Weinberg


"Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor." ~ Helen Rowland

[SmokeyBob]

"Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies." ~ Thomas Jefferson


"Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools." ~ Gene Brown


"An open ear is the only believable sign of an open heart." ~ David Augsburger

[SmokeyBob]

"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves and it is not possible to find it elsewhere." ~ Agnes Repplier


“It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like." ~Jackie Mason


"My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places." ~ A. A. Milne

[SmokeyBob]

"Be nice to people on your way up. You might need them on the way down." ~ Jimmy Durante


"I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity." ~ Tom Stoppard


"When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half." ~ Gracie Allen

[SmokeyBob]

"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." ~ Dolly Parton


"The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain." ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


"Save a boyfriend for a rainy day- and another, in case it doesn't rain." ~ Mae West

[SmokeyBob]

“It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. It took one afternoon on the golf course.” ~ Hank Aaron


“Never allow the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game!” ~ Babe Ruth


“Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona.” ~ George F. Will

[SmokeyBob]

If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane." ~ Robert Frost


"I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh." ~ Maya Angelou


"There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt." ~ Erma Bombeck

[SmokeyBob]

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." ~ Dr. Seuss


"It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not." ~ Andre Gide


"Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you never can tell." ~ Joan Crawford

[SmokeyBob]

“There is a saying in Tibetan, 'Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.' No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.”
~ Dalai Lama XIV


“Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte


“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” ~ Marcus Auerlius