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19. You know what they say about beer . . . you don't buy
it, you rent it.

Taken from an article from The Onion - Kevin R. Fisher

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18. Power comes from owning what owns me ~~~ Lori Antoniou Sherrill

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17. "Average people only talk about other people.....Above average people talk mostly about events and only sometimes about other people.

Superior people talk mostly about ideas, sometimes about events and only occasionally about other people."  fsm/khk

From Blake "MVP" Toll

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16. " Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. "

Plato.  Neil  Cantor

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1) "I can scarcely wait for tomorrow as a new life begins for me, as it does each. As it does each day CFTOKEN from Donna Dickinson
2)...Not only is patience a virtue, it also allows us mere mortals the opportunity to truly ;live If we choose to put our lives on hold waiting to enjoy as soon as this and that is done, we really are missing out.  For being patient will allow us to better enjoy even the simpler things like listening to the birds sing on a beautiful spring day,  even if just for a moment.  In other words "stop and smell the roses," you'll be glad you did. " Susan Einhorn from Susan Einhorn
3)"love is only accepted when shared" Hope Barnett
4"The cemeteries are filled with people that tried to save money!!!" Robert Clay Quoting Neil Cantor
5)A goal unwritten is merely a wish; This works for me If I write it down, it gets done. JoAnne Siegel Coley
6. "my thought for today is that i am thankful every day for all of the wonderful people in my life and the lifestyle that I have created. I am also thankful for my health and well-being. All of this has occurred as a result ofpositive thinking, plan of action and thinking outside the box." Richard Gorbaty
7. "ISAIAH:  They Shall Run and Not Be Weary They shall mount up with wings as eagles, They shall run and not be weary, And they shall walk and not tire." Psalms (11:24): "There is one who givesfreely, yet amasses more; and one who withholds charity, yet suffers loss." Allan Lewis
8. "Glad to be alive.  Wish more felt the same." Bonnie Gorbaty
9. "I'd rather be a has been than a never was.............." Peg Sall
10. "If anything wrong can happen it will "...Harvey Kuperman
11. Our lives begin to end the day we become Silent about things that matter Martin Luther King, Jr. - Karen
12"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing Helen Keller Kenneth H. Kaufman-
13. Many small successes each year will amount to a big one throughout ones life. Luisa
14. "Don't sweat the small stuff." Andrew Mahr-
15. I really can't think of a specific quote that I favor more than others. Different quotes suit different situations. Rachael Mahr

Curious, what is your thought for today
It will be interesting to see how many responses come back from those on the distribution list. I will share whatever does

"The bigger the obstacles, the stronger the hero that overcomes them"
Arnold Schwarzenegger

"It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all."
Alfred Tennyson (1809-92

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body
Joseph Addison
Note: In this age of computers, videos, easy access to movies, computer games, it is all to easy to lose sight of the importance and benefit of reading. Those that chose however to continue to read, whatever it may be, will realize benefits far and above those that follow the easier course. They will show in many ways throughout ones life

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the
shoreline of wonder.<
Ralph W. Sockman
Note: Brought to my attention by Ken Kaufman who shared a paraphrased version introduced to him by Jim Kurzdorfer

IF YOU CAN NAME IT, YOU CAN DEFINE IT
IF YOU CAN DEFINE IT, YOU CAN THINK WITH IT
IF YOU CAN THINK WITH IT, YOU CAN USE IT
IF YOU CAN USE IT, YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR UNIVERSE
Note: Authored by Kenneth H. Kaufman

"We are not born all at once, but by bits."
Mary Antin
Note: Sent by NJC

"That which makes you angry today, should give you hope for tomorrow
By JOHN ROMANO, Times Sports Columnist

"The difficulty of the task is no excuse for avoiding it."
George W. Bush

"The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams."
Og Mandino [The Greatest Salesman in the World

"I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all"
Joni Mitchell

"Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom."
Theodore Isaac Rubin,

"It's not where you're from; it's where you're It's not what you drive; it's what It's not what's on you; it's what's in you. It's not what you think; it's what you know." Gatorade commercial

"There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and & Laziness
Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)

"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent; it is the one that is most adaptable to change."

'Force and mind are opposites; morality ends where the fun begins."
Ayn Rand Note: This was sent by Rachael Sarah Mahr

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."Lou Holtz(American football coach, b.1937)

"Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made; Our times are in his hand who saith, "A whole I planned, Youth shows but half; trust God: See all, nor be afraid!"-- Robert Browning (1812-89),

"Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind. -- Leonardo da Vinci, Notebooks

"Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development." - Sextus Julius Frontinus (c.35-103 A.D.), engineer and water commissioner of Rome
Note: Self imposed limitations we place on ourselves. Paradigms

"Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. "
Note: Rachael & Andrew, in my experience this applies 99% of the time even when someone assures you they won't. They generally always confide in someone else and then ask them to please not tell anyone. Therefor it is best to hold your own counsel, with few exceptions on matters you don't want anyone else to know.

"If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we would find in each man's life a sorrow and a suffering enough to disarm all hostility" Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

"I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another. In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult.... I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking."
-- Og Mandino, [The Greatest Salesman in the World]

"Innocence-life experience-reality -- acceptance -wisdom[-no one listens because you are too old in our society}--death- of mind, body— luck if the end happens quickly and at once. The soul is up for grabs-"

Hope Cohen Barnett