Thought for the day or Something to think about.

[SmokeyBob]

"Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas." ~ Johnny Carson

"A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.” ~ Garrison Keillor

"The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live." ~ George Carlin

[SmokeyBob]

"How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!” ~ Benjamin Franklin

"Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store." ~ Dr. Seuss

"Christmas is a mirror in which we see reflected the very best life can be. Where we see ourselves moved by generosity, inspired by hope, and uplifted by love, not only for ourselves but for the whole evolving universe." ~ Bruce Sanguin

[SmokeyBob]

"Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall." ~ Larry Wilde

"He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree." ~ Roy L. Smith

"Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas." ~ Dale Evans Rogers

[SmokeyBob]

"One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books." ~ J.K. Rowling

"No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That's the only way to keep the roads clear.” ~ Greg Kincaid

“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” ~ Hamilton Wright Mabie

[SmokeyBob]

In all affairs, it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the thing we have long taken for granted." - Bertrand Russell

[SmokeyBob]

"I love sleep. My life has a tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?" ~ Ernest Hemingway

"The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep." ~ E. Joseph Cossman

"All men whilst they are awake are in one common world; but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own." ~ Plutarch

[SmokeyBob]

"An intellectual solves a problem. A genius avoids it." ~ Albert Einstein

"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak." ~ Steven Wright

"From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put." ~ Winston Churchill

[SmokeyBob]

"Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man." ~ Benjamin Franklin

"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves." ~Bill Vaughan


“Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.” ~ Brad Paisley

[SmokeyBob]

"New Year's Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time." ~ James Agate


"Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering 'it will be happier'...”
~ Alfred Tennyson

"Every time you tear a leaf off a calendar, you present a new place for new ideas and progress." ~ Charles Kettering

[SmokeyBob]

"Any new beginning is forged from the shards of the past, not from the abandonment of the past.” ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

"No one's ever achieved financial fitness with a January resolution that's abandoned by February." ~ Suze Orman

"Approach the New Year with resolve to find the opportunities hidden in each new day." ~ Michael Josephson

[SmokeyBob]

“Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” ~ Thomas Jefferson

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." ~ Confucius

“It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.” ~ Lou Holtz

[SmokeyBob]

“When someone tells me "no," it doesn't mean I can't do it, it simply means I can't do it with them.” ~ Karen E. Quinones Miller

"The longer you stay in one place, the greater your chance of disillusionment." ~ Art Spander

"Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." ~ Sam Levenson

[SmokeyBob]

"Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines." ~ Robert H. Schuller


“The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.” ~ Tricia Cunningham

"He who cannot forgive others destroys a bridge over which he himself must pass." ~ George Herbert

[SmokeyBob]

"It is never too late to be what you might have been." ~ George Eliot

"The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you." ~ John E. Southard

"Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decrease in bitterness" ~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

[SmokeyBob]

“And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed!” ~ Dr. Seuss

"Expect problems and eat them for breakfast." ~ Alfred A. Montapert

"Falling down is how we grow. Staying down is how we die." ~ Brian Vaszily