Favorite Quotes

[Guest]

A Bureaucrat is the most despicable of men, though he is needed as vultures are needed, but one hardly admires vultures whom Bureaucrats so strangely resemble. I have yet to meet a Bureaucrat who was not petty, dull, almost witless, crafty or stupid, an oppressor or a thief, a holder of little authority in which he delights, as a boy delights in possessing a vicious dog. Who can trust such creatures? -- Cicero

[GreatLakesGramma]

In the long run, the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. - Daniel L. Reardon

[GreatLakesGramma]

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. - Jessamyn West

[GreatLakesGramma]

The simple realization that there are other points of view is the beginning of wisdom. Understanding what they are is a great step. The final test is understanding why they are held. - Charles M. Camp

[GreatLakesGramma]

Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy. - Edgar Bergen

[GreatLakesGramma]

It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret. - Jackie Joyner-Kersee

[Overaged]

"Life is a garden - so dig it!"

- my Grandmother, who is now awaiting the resurrection

[Overaged]

July 7th

Let every man take heed how he buildeth. 1 Cor. 3:10.

"Our business is not to build quickly, but to build upon a right foundation, and in a right spirit. Life is more than a mere competition as between man and man; it is not who can be done first, but who can work best; it is not who can rise highest in the shortest time, but who is working most patiently and lovingly in accordance with the designs of God."

—Joseph Parker, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour

[GreatLakesGramma]

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. - Thomas Jefferson

[GreatLakesGramma]

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

[GreatLakesGramma]

When a man is wrong and won’t admit it, he always gets angry. - Haliburton

[phkrause]

When a man is wrong and won’t admit it, he always gets angry. - Haliburton

Is that VP Dick Chaney's "Haliburton"?

[GreatLakesGramma]

I don't know. That's all the ID it had where I found it.

[ghdfans2010]

Haha! I agree.THAT was a good quote

[GreatLakesGramma]

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[phkrause]

I don't know. That's all the ID it had where I found it.

It probably doesn't, I was just kidding. I should've put a smile or winking icon. :)

[Neil D]

Originally Posted By: GreatLakesGramma

I don't know. That's all the ID it had where I found it.

It probably doesn't, I was just kidding. I should've put a smile or winking icon.

I'm glad you ask, PK...I was wondering the same thing.....

....Oh well, it continues to remain unresolved....[sigh] Another one of life's little mysteries....

[GreatLakesGramma]

I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. - Maya Angelou

[james423]

"An excuse is the skin of a reason stuffed with a lie." Pastor Lester Coon

[Taylor]

"An excuse is the skin of a reason stuffed with a lie." Pastor Lester Coon

Now that is too good!!

[GreatLakesGramma]

An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Winston Churchill

[ghdfans2010]

I have a few...I also will give you one at a time

[GreatLakesGramma]

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - Mark Twain

[GreatLakesGramma]

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all its pupils. - Louis Hector Berlioz

[GreatLakesGramma]

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream another dream. – C.S. Lewis