Thought for the day or Something to think about.

[SmokeyBob]

"Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.”

~ Dale Carnegie

"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."

~ Winston Churchill

"In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher." ~ Dalai Lama

[SmokeyBob]

"Sometimes in life it is most wise to behave like a bridge: Don’t judge the person who comes to you; let him come and pass! Behave like a bridge!”

~ Mehmet Murat ildan


"Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one." ~ Mark Twain


"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors" ~ Plato

[SmokeyBob]

“There must be more to life than having everything.” ~ Maurice Sendak

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future. Concentrate the mind on the present moment.” ~ Buddah

“If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that the thing is to be remembered.” ~ Edgar Allan Poe.

[SmokeyBob]

“Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.” ~ Harvey Fierstein.

“I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.” ~ George Burns

“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me’. ~ Erma Bombeck

[SmokeyBob]

“Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.”

~Ted Williams

"One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few."

~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.” ~ Mother Teresa

[SmokeyBob]

“Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand sill and look stupid.” ~ Hedy Lamarr

“A woman’s mind is cleaner than a man’s. She changes it more often.” ~ Oliver Herford.

“Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.” ~ Garrison Keillor.

[SmokeyBob]

"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops." ~ Cary Grant.

"The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work." ~ Robert Frost

"In victory you deserve champagne. In defeat, you need it." ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

[SmokeyBob]

"America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy." ~ John Updike


"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between." ~ Oscar Wilde


"Building a better you is the first step to building a better America." ~ Zig Ziglar

[SmokeyBob]

A smile is happiness you'll find right under your nose.~ Tom Wilson

[SmokeyBob]

“Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.” ~ Lily Tomlin

“I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.”

~ Abraham Lincoln

“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” ~ Elmer Davis

[alaska teardrop]

Every time Congress makes a joke, it's a law

and every time they make a law, it's a joke,

but that don't stop 'em from makin' lots and lots of laws.

Will Rogers

[SmokeyBob]

"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do." ~ Benjamin Franklin

"Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have." ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty." ~ John F. Kennedy

[SmokeyBob]

"It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either." ~ Mark Twain

"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts." ~ Abraham Lincoln

"It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it."

~ George Washington

[SmokeyBob]

"Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game."

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown." ~ Ross Perot

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." ~ Michael Jordan

[SmokeyBob]

"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them ? every day begin the task anew." ~ Saint Francis de Sales


"There's nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever." ~ Alfred Hitchcock

"Ever notice that people never say "It's only a game" when they're winning?" ~ Ivern Ball