life and happiness quotes

Opportunities are never lost; someone will take the one you miss. ~Author Unknown



A scout troop consists of twelve little kids dressed like schmucks following a big schmuck dressed like a kid. ~Jack Benny



People who do not understand themselves have a craving for understanding. ~Wilhelm Stekel



The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters. ~Jean-Paul Kauffmann



Hug someone your appreciation. ~Violet Gartenlicht



Skiing is the only sport where you spend an arm and a leg to break an arm and a leg. ~Author Unknown



Today, watching television often means fighting, violence and foul language - and that's just deciding who gets to hold the remote control. ~Donna Gephart



We used to fly past shoppers in the town centre and especially in the winter, wrapped up in our duffle coats, woolen hats and scarves we used to get so warm that there would soon be coats unbuttoned, scarves trailing behind and rosy cheeks by the time we got to school. ~Karen Elkins, as posted on iskip.com



Psychology has a long past, but only a short history. ~Hermann Ebbinghaus



The young do not need God, and the old cannot find Him. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles? ~John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson, 20 June 1815



I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am. ~Sylvia Plath



Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. ~Carl Sandburg



Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. ~Kahlil Gibran



I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tunafish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock. ~Barbara Grizzuti Harrison



If you think education is expensive, try ignorance! ~Andy McIntyre



I think it is a pity to lose the romantic side of flying and simply to accept it as a common means of transport.... ~Amy Johnson



You can tell how long a couple has been married by whether they are on their first, second or third bottle of Tobasco. ~Bruce Bye



Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. ~Proverbs 27:6



Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. ~Matthew 23:27