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My Favorite Quotes

(Various Sources)

Accomplishments  The reward of a task well done is to be called to a bigger task.
Aging  I can live with my arthritis.  My Dentures fit me fine.
I've adjusted to bifocals.  But I sure do miss my mind. 
Alcohol  The trouble with whiskey is that it makes a new man out of you and then the new man has to have a drink.
Anger  Angry people are hurt people.
Bald  The Lord is great, the Lord is fair.  He gave some men brains and some men hair.
Beauty  A thing of beauty is a thing forever.  - Elaine
Behavior  A lady is a person who makes is easy for a man to be a gentleman.
Birth control  Do not drink and park.  Accidents cause people.
Boundaries  Never tear down a fence until you know why it was placed there.
Charm  A charming conversationalist is one who reminds others of things to say and then listens while they say them.
Charm  Charm is the ability to make the other person think that both of you are quite wonderful.
Childhood  It is never too late to have a happy childhood.
Class  I have lots of class:  it just ain't upper class.  - Elaine Welch
Courage  Courage is not the absence of fear:  It is the mastery of it.
Different  I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
Determination  Behind every successful woman is a man
who tried to stop her. - Kathy Wilson.
Faith  It takes faith to keep on keeping on
Gambling  Lottery:  A tax on people who are bad at math.
Gardening  You can't worry and garden at the same time.
Goals  The higher we climb, the harder it is to hold on. - Merle Haggart
Government
Spending
 A billion here, a billion there;  pretty soon you're talking real money.  - Everett Dirkson.
Grumpy  Sometimes I wake up grumpy; other times I let him/her sleep.
Health  I'm in mighty fine shape for the shape I'm in. - Ronald "Al" Allen.
HMO  My HMO is more disabled than I am.  - Elaine Welch
HMO  They are like the Keystone Cops in slow motion.  - Elaine Welch
Hot flashes  Real women don't have hot flashes, they have power surges.
Laughter  Laughter is inner massage.
Learning  God desires that we learn and continue to learn, but this involves some unlearning.   - Marion G. Romney
Life  Life is breathtaking, and giving.
Logic  One person's logic is another persons humor.
Marriage  A good marriage takes time.  A bad marriage takes more time.
Murphy's  If there's a 50-50 chance that something will go wrong, 9 times out of 10 it will.
Parenting  A good mother is not one you can lean on, a good mother makes leaning unnecessary.
Parenting  Be nice to your kids.  They'll choose your nursing home.
Parenting   Every family is a home-school family because the home is where children learn the values they will carry with them the rest of their lives.  -  Jim Jacob
Problems  Those who believe a problem can be solved tend to get busy solving it.  -  William Raspberry
Quality  Pearls do not dissolve in mire.
Rules No roller skates on the stairs.   ~Elaine Welch
Rules No yelling aloud.  ~Elaine Welch
Self  Do not participate in your own degradation.
Teaching  Teach by The Spirit.
Time  What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well half an hour?  - Emerson
Time  Warning:  Dates in Calendar are closer than they appear.
Truth  The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.  - said to be a Chinese Proverb
Words  An oral contract isn't worth the paper it is written on.  ~Dewey, Cheetem and Howe
Words  When all is said and done, usually more is said than done.

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4/17/00