I am a quotes junkie

Monday, July 5, 2010

Happiness is like jam: it is hard to spread even a little without getting some on yourself.

~~~ Author unknown

Faith means believing in advance what will only make sense in retrospect.

~~~ P Yancey

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

~~~ Abe Lincoln

Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.

~~~ C. Morley

Eagles may soar in the clouds, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines.

~~~Attributed to both Jason Hutchison and John Benfield

He who has heart has hope, and he who has hope has everything.

~~~ Middle Eastern Proverb

Keep ascending the mountain of cheerfulness by daily scattering seeds of kindness along the way.

~~~ Author unknown

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.

~~~ M. Washington

If instead of a gem or even a flower, we could cast the gift of a lovely thought in the heart of a friend, that would be giving as angels give.

~~~ MacDonald

I am convinced that life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.

~~~ C. Swindoll

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

~~~ B. Graham

Smiling benefits the face and makes better wrinkles.

~~~ M Whiting

REAL joy comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be useful.

~~~ S. Jameson

God intends no man to live in this world without working; but it seems to me no less evident that He intends every man to be happy in his work.

~~~ J Ruskin

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.

~~Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

To the world, you are just one more rescue person. To a rescued dog, you ARE the world!