You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
The ends must justify the means.
Matthew Prior
Hope is the denial of reality. It is the carrot dangled before the draft horse to keep him plodding along in a vain attempt to reach it.
Margaret Weis, Dragons of Winter
Friends are treasures.
Horace Bruns
If you love somebody, let them go. If they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were.
Anon.
Whether a glass is half full or half empty depends on the attitude of the person looking at it.
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The most vital thing in a man's life is his mental attitude.
Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a teakettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose.
One man gets nothing but discord out of a piano; another gets harmony. No one claims the piano is at fault. Life is about the same. The discord is there, and the harmony is there. Study to play it correctly, and it will give forth the beauty; play it falsely, and it will give forth the ugliness. Life is not at fault.
Nothing else is needed to make you depressed, than to fancy you are so.
Irritation in the heart of a believer is always an invitation to the devil to stand by.
If you look for the positive things in life; you will find them.
Your attitude determines your altitude.
Growl all day and you'll feel dog tired all night.
If your batting average is high enough, the Big League will find you.
Remember: the average is as close to the bottom as it is to the top.
When you're average, you're just as close to the bottom as you are the top.
A baby sitter is someone who watches your TV set While your kids cry themselves to sleep.
A baseball fan is a spectator sitting 500 feet from home plate, who can see better than an umpire standing five feet away.
In the great department store of life, baseball is the toy department.
A recent survey was said to prove that the people we Americans most admire are our politicians and doctors. I don't believe it. They are simply the people we are most afraid of. And with the most reason.
Any man with a fine shock of hair, a good set of teeth, and a bewitching smile can park his brains, if he has any, and run for public office.
Nothing can be said about our politics that has not already been said about hemorrhoids.
Politicians should never put themselves first: governments should put people first and all of us should put our country first.
The most difficult choice a politician must ever make is whether to be a hypocrite or a liar.
Until you've been in politics you've never really been alive; it's rough and sometimes it's dirty and it's always hard work and tedious details. But, it's the only sport for grown-ups all other games are for kids.
I've given parties that have made Indian rajahs green with envy. I've had prima donnas break $10, 000 engagements to come to my smallest dinners. When you were still playing button back in Ohio, I entertained on a cruising trip that was so much fun that I had to sink my yacht to make my guests go home.
Lay up your treasures in heaven where there is no depreciation.
It is wise to keep in mind that no success or failure is necessarily final.
Two people can do anything as long as one of them is the Lord.
If you only look at what is, you might never attain what could be.
You never know what you can do until you try.
Start viewing the possible as probable. You'll be surprised at what you can accomplish.
An old colored brother is said to have finished his prayer with words like these: and now good Lord; I know that you ain't going to let nothing come to me that me and you together can't handle.
Some people who think that everything is a nail, are down on themselves because they are not a hammer. They tend to deprecate their own unique talents and capacities to use a chisel or a pair of pliers.
Reach up as far as you can, and God will reach down all the way.
The Lord doesn't always choose men for what they are, but for what they can become.
He who ashamed of his poverty would be equally proud of his wealth.
The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.
If you must strike a man from behind, slap hi on the back.
When life seems just a dreary grind; and things seem fated to annoy; say something nice to someone else and watch the world light up with joy.
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