The oaks and the pines, and their brethren of the wood, have seen so many suns rise and set, so many seasons come and go, and so many generations pass into silence, that we may well wonder what "the story of the trees" would be to us if they had tongues to tell it, or we ears fine enough to understand. ~Author Unknown, quoted in Quotations for Special Occasions by Maud van Buren, 1938
Map out your future, but do it in pencil. ~Jon Bon Jovi, quoted in Reader's Digest, "Quotable Quotes," September 2002
No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut. ~Channing Pollock
God sells us all things at the price of labor. ~Leonardo da Vinci
Some minds seem almost to create themselves, springing up under every disadvantage and working their solitary but irresistible way through a thousand obstacles. ~Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, 1820
Racial superiority is a mere pigment of the imagination. ~Author Unknown
The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. ~Alfred Hitchcock
A wise man never loses anything if he have himself. ~Michel de Montaigne, translated
The pedigree of honey does not concern the bee, a clover, anytime, to him, is aristocracy. ~Emily Dickinson
People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile. ~Lee Mildon
Quilters never grow old, they just go to pieces. ~Author Unknown
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny. ~Carl Schurz, address, Faneuil Hall, Boston, 1859
Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots. ~Frank A. Clark
You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. ~Author Unknown
Football players, like prostitutes, are in the business of ruining their bodies for the pleasure of strangers. ~Merle Kessler
Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked. ~Ovid
Crocus. ~Lilja Rogers
That arc of light, born of the shower and colored by the sun, which spans the heavens! ~Jean Charles Prince (rainbow)
There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way. ~Christopher Morley
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday. ~A.A. Milne
A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you, too. ~Anton Chekhov, Ivanov
There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. ~Luke 12:19