Thought for the day or Something to think about.

[SmokeyBob]

"It ain't braggin' if you can back it up." ~ Dizzy Dean

"The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway." ~ Henry Boye

"Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts." ~ Edward R. Murrow

[SmokeyBob]

"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars or sailed to an unchartered land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit."
~ Helen Keller

"When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion." ~ Ethiopian proverb

"Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems." ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

[SmokeyBob]

"Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?" ~ James Barrie

Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice." ~ John McCain

"It is not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game ever starts." ~ Addison Walker

[SmokeyBob]

"Oh, to be in England now that April's there." ~ Robert Browning


"April is the cruelest month. ~ T. S. Eliot

"April is a promise that May is bound to keep." ~ Hal Borland

[SmokeyBob]

"The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year." ~ Mark Twain

"Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever." ~ Charles Lamb

"Sweet April showers do spring May flowers." ~ Thomas Tusser

[SmokeyBob]

“April hath put a spirit of youth in everything." ~ William Shakespeare

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” ~ George Orwell

“Faith is why I'm here today and faith is why I made it through.” ~ Jonathan Anthony Burkett

[SmokeyBob]

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
~ Maya Angelou

A brave man acknowledges the strength of others.” ~ Veronica Roth

“Better to be strong than pretty and useless.” ~ Lilith Saintcrow

[SmokeyBob]

“If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never hate him/her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart." ~ C. JoyBell

"Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.”
~ Judith Viorst

"Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time." ~ Steven Wright

[SmokeyBob]

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. ~ Winston Churchill

[SmokeyBob]

"Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society." ~ William Makepeace Thackeray

"Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed." ~ Irene Peter

"Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." ~ James Thurber

[SmokeyBob]

"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds." ~ Edward Abbey


"When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail." ~ Abraham Maslow

"Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." `~ Albert Camus

[SmokeyBob]

"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." ~ Jules de Gaultier

"The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." ~ Albert Einstein.

"My husband said he needed more space. So I locked him outside." ~ Roseanne Barr

[SmokeyBob]

"Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity." Chuck Jones

Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats."
~Howard Aiken


"The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it." ~ C. P. Snow

[SmokeyBob]

"True friends stab you in the front." ~ Oscar Wilde

"If you want anything done well, do it yourself. This is why most people laugh at their own jokes."
~Bob Edwards

"The degree of one's emotion varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts—the less you know the hotter you get."
~Bertrand Russell

[SmokeyBob]

"The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it." ~ Epicurus

If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances." ~ Julia Sorel

"The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook." ~ William James