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I love reading quotes and so, I share my little collection of them with you. Each of them has some significance in my life. Some are serious, while others are humourous. All of them are didactic. So, sit down and browse through some. It's good food for thought. More quotes will be added as I find the time. - Mary Shaw -

NEWLY ADDED QUOTES:

" To belittle is to be little." - Anonymous

" There's a sucker born every minute in Canada, every second in the United States, and every nanosecond on eBay." - Mary Shaw

OLDER QUOTES:

" If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. " - J.K. Rowling (in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

" It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be." - J.K. Rowling (in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

" We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided." - J.K. Rowling (in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

" Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great. " - Bussy Rabutin

" An archaeologist is the best husband any woman can have; the older she gets, the more interested he is in her." - Agatha Christie

" We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones. " - Duc de la Rochefoucauld

" When a woman behaves like a man, why doesn't she behave like a nice man?" - Edith Evans

" It is amazing how nice people are to you when they know you are going away. " - Michael Arlen

" The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

" Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it." - Tom Lehrer

" To the world, you may just be somebody...but to somebody, you may be the world. " - Author unknown

" Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world." - George Bernard Shaw

" Let each day be your masterpiece. " - Author unknown

" Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again. " - Henry Ford

" Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. " - Confucious

" The world is full of beauty when your heart is filled with love. " - Author unknown

" Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling. " - Margaret Lee Runbeck

" To measure the man, measure his heart. " - Malcolm S. Forbes

" Love is everything. It is the key to life, and its influences are those that move the world. " - Ralph Waldo Trine

" Good, better, best; never let it rest till your good is better and your better is best. " - Author unknown

" Make the mistakes of yesterday your lessons for today. " - Author unknown

" I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it, I see everything else." - C.S. Lewis

" Think about it. A smile is a curve that can set a lot of things straight. " - Author unknown

" Don't let life's hardships get you down. God has a plan for us all. " - Kaleena

" Guys don't like girls who act fake...besides, they have enough flakes in their cereal. " - author unknown

" Spread the sunshine !!! " - Mary Shaw

" It's so easy that it's hard. " - Frank Bar (my Grade 12 math teacher)

" Nothing lasts forever, except in our memories. " - author unknown

" Love has the potential to hurt us. Even though we realize this risk, we continue to plunge into it for a good reason." - Mary Shaw

" A mother holds her children's hands for a while...their hearts...forever. " - Author unknown

" Most people don't plan to fail; they fail to plan." - John L.

" The things which are impossible with men are possible with God." - Luke 18:27

" Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." - Matthew 6:21

" A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step." - Lao-tzu

" To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage." - W. Clement Stone

" Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. " - Song of Solomon 8:7

" Work as if you were to live 100 years; pray as if you were to die tomorrow." - Benjamin Franklin

" Prayer, like radium, is a luminous and self-generating form of energy." - Alexis Carrel

" I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." - Arthur Rubinstein

" To get the body in tone, get the mind in tune." - Zachary T. Bercovitz, M.D.

" Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Thomas A. Edison

" The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it." - William James

" We are what we believe we are. " - Benjamin N. Cardozo

" We secure our friendships not by accepting favours but by doing them." - Thucydides

" Our life is what our thoughts make of it." - Marcus Aurelius

" A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds." - Anonymous

" Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle." - James Russell Lowell

" We're all born under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon." - Konrad Adenauer

" I am somebody. I am me. I like being me. And I need nobody to make me somebody." - Louis L'amour

" Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. " - Malcolm S. Forbes

" Every problem contains the seeds of its own solution." - Stanley Arnold

" Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. " - Laertius Diogenes

" Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle." - Michelangelo

" God loves to help him who strives to help himself. " - Aeschylus

" Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes." - Kenneth Hildbrand

" Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience." - Benjamin Franklin

" Nothing can bring you peace but yourself." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

" You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough." - William Blake

" The greatest man is he who does not lose his child's heart." - Mencius

" When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them." - Confucius

" Feelings are chemicals that can kill or cure." - Bernie S. Siegel

" The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. " - Luke 18 : 27

" Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved." - William Jennings Bryan

" God will help you if you try, and you can if you think you can." - Anna Delaney Peale

" Love may make the world go round, but it's laughter that stops us from getting dizzy." - author unknown

" Prayer begins where human capacity ends." - Marian Anderson

" The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell or a hell of heaven." - John Milton

" Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. No one was there." - Old saying

" One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar." - Helen Keller

" The soul can split the sky in two, and let the face of God shine through. " - Edna St. Vincent Millay

" He who labours diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labour." - Menander

" The life given us by nature is short, but the memory of a well-spend life is eternal." - Marcus Tullius Cicero

" It is a tough road that leads to the heights of greatness." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

" You can only be young once, but you can be immature forever." - Daniel Johns (lead singer of Silverchair)

" Don't wait for your ship to come; swim out to it." - Anonymous

" I found Rome a city of bricks, and left it a city of marble." - Augustus Caesar.

" He prayeth best, who loveth best all things both great and small; for the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all. " - Samuel Taylor Coleridge (An excerpt from my favourite poetic piece, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", Lines 614 - 617)

" The ability to reach new heights no matter how majestic, is determined by the belief you have in yourself!" - author unknown

" In the journey of life, what may appear to be the end is actually a new beginning." - author unknown

" For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways." - Psalm 91:11

" The greatest source of power comes from within." - author unknown

" Be an oasis, not a mirage." - Dave.Weinbaum

" One thing you can't recycle is wasted time." - author unknown

" Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself." - Chinese Proverb

" Minds are like parachutes; they work best when open." - Lord Thomas Dewar

" If you love God and love yourself, your life will have more meaning." - Mary Shaw

" Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. " - Les Brown

" What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - William Marrow

" Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many; not upon your past misfortunes of which all have some." - Charles Dickens

" There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved; it is God's finger on man's shoulder." - Charles Morgan

" Real joy comes not from ease of riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile." - W.T. Grenfell

" As long as one can admire and love, then one is young forever." - Pablo Casals

" The only way you can live forever is to love somebody - then you really leave a gift behind." - Bernie Siegel, M.D.

" There are two ways to live your life: One way is if nothing is a miracle, the other is if everything is." - Albert Einstein

" The secret to succeeding is inner strength. That's what brought me this far, and that's what will carry me." - Shaquille O'Neal

" Whenever I feel lost or I need to get my focus back I remind myself of the three Ds - determination, dedication and dynamics - they always get me back on track." - Dominique Dawes

" One thing I can say is I'm not intimidated. That's something my folks instilled in me. I try to live by the belief that you should always be yourself and do the things that are right for you. That means being realistic about your goals." - Tiger Woods

" Self-esteem comes from within. It also comes from being in love with life. I think when you're feeling bad you should just be kind to someone else. You should also try to be unjudgmental." - Drew Barrymore

" When you reach for the stars, you have to look up." - Dave Weinbaum

" If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort." - Dave Weinbaum

" I wanted to be a psychic, but there was no future in it." - Dave Weinbaum

" Don't forget to pack your courage for your journey to greatness." - Dave Weinbaum

" Smile more often! Give someone a hug! Praise someone for doing a job well done! These are the little things that can make a big difference in a person's life. Do you notice that they are all free? They are free to give and free to receive. This just gives you another reason to smile, hug and praise more! (Smile) " - Mary Shaw

" God's in His Heaven and all's right with the world." - Anne Shirley

" Even if your friends desert you, your parents abandon you and a loved one despises you, God shall NEVER leave you. He listens to your innermost desires. He hears your cries and pleas. Trust in him, for his love is truly unconditional." - Mary Shaw

" I write the kind of books I write because I want to help kids to understand that nobody gets to pick what life dishes out to them. What you do get to choose is how you respond to what life gives you. No matter what happens, life is a gift and always worth living." - author, Lurlene McDaniel

" You've got to live every moment as though it was your last." - singer, Jaci Velasquez

" It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness." - author unknown

" Be nice to people on your way up because you will see them on your way down." - author unknown

"Sometimes when you go through that little awkward stage where you're kinda growing and changing and questioning a lot of things, sometimes you get a little more withdrawn and you kind of... keep to yourself. I think that's when you do a lot of soul-searching." - Jason Behr ( Max Evans on "Roswell" )

" Ambition without knowledge is like a boat on dry land." - Mr. Miogi

" When you are at your lowest and in need, only then will you find out who your 'real' friends are. " - Mary Shaw

" Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. " - author unknown

" To handle yourself, use your head. To handle others, use your heart. " - author unknown

" Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. " - author unknown

" He who loses money loses much. He who loses a friend loses much more. He who loses faith loses all. " - author unknown

" Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. " - author unknown

" I don't dream it. I live it. " - Mary Shaw

" Character is what you are when no one but God is watching. " - author unknown

" You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself. " - Sam Levenson

" What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity. " - Lee Buscaglia

" There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved; it is God's finger on man's shoulder. " - Charles Morgan

" One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is 'love'. " - Sophocles

" Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. " - George Eliot

" Sometimes you only begin to appreciate something once you have lost it. Learn to appreciate what you have right now. Do not take anything for granted, no matter how simple or insignificant it may seem at the time." - Mary Shaw

" You run like a girl. You hit like a girl. You throw like a girl. You serve a volleyball at 60 miles per hour in their face like a girl." - author unknown

" We make a living by what we get; We make a life by what we give." - author unknown

" Two rows diverged in a wood and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost

" Coming together is a beginning...Keeping together is progress...Working together is success." - author unknown

" You always miss 100% of the shots you don't take." - author unknown

" Keep your face towards the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows." - author unknown

" Success is a journey, not a destination." - author unknown

" The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you." - B.B. King

"Every exit is an entry somewhere else." Tom Stoppard

" Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old, wanting to get back to." - John Pearce

" A mother holds her child's hand for a while -- their hearts, forever!" - author unknown

" Communication is the secret to success...pass it on." - author unknown

" Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do." - Benjamin Spock, MD.

" No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt

" What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity." - Joseph Addison

" Effective management always means asking the right question." - Robert Heller

" Character is what you know you are not what others think you are." - Marva Collins and Civia Tamarkin

" Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement." - Barry LePatner

" Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first, the lesson afterwards." - author unknown

" When you're at your lowest, you should be at your strongest." - Peter Shaw

" The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

" It's not what the world holds for you. It's what you bring to it." - Anne Shirley

" If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play." - John Cleese

" The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings." -Dave Weinbaum

" When I was born, I was so surprised, I couldn't talk for a year and a half." - Gracie Allen

" A window of opportunity won't open itself." -Dave Weinbaum

" Be a fountain, not a drain." Rex Hudler

" After the verb 'to love', 'to help' is the most beautiful verb in the world." - Bertha Von Suttner

" You only live once, but if you work it right, once is enough." - Joe E. Lewis

" We worry what a child will be tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today." -Stacia Tauscher

" You don't get harmony when everybody sings in the same note." -Doug Floyd

" I never feel age...if you have creative work, you don't have age or time." Louise Nevelson

" If you don't risk anything, you risk even more." -Eric Jong

" You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try." Beverly Sills

" The most pathetic person is one with sight, but no vision." -Helen Keller

" Never fear shadows. They just mean there is a light shining somewhere nearby." - author unknown