Thought for the day...

“The boneless tongue, so small and weak,
can crush and kill,” declares the Greek
“The tongue destroys a greater horde,”
the Turk asserts, “than does the sword,”

The Persian proverb wisely saith,
“A lengthy tongue, an early death.”
Or sometimes takes this form instead:
“Don’t let your tongue cut off your head.”

“The tongue can speak a word whose speed,”
say the Chinese, “outstrips the steed.”
While Arab sages this impart:
“The tongue’s great storehouse is the heart.”

From Hebrew wit the maxim sprung,
“Though feet should slip, ne’er let the tongue.”
The sacred writer crowns the whole:
“Who keeps his tongue doth keep his soul.”

 

A man about to speak the truth should keep one foot in the stirrup. Old Mongolian saying

If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live. Martin L. King Jr.

True silence is the rest of the mind. It is to the spirit what sleep is to the body—nourishment and refreshment. Wm Penn

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together. Woodrow Wilson

Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one’s horse as it is leaping. James Hare

The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for that future. Gifford Pinchot

We have all come in different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.

 

It’s always the rug you’ve been sweeping things under that gets pulled out from under you.

They can because they think they can. Virgil
(I don’t think so, therefore I’m probably not.)

To be persuasive, we must be believable. To be believable, we must be credible. To be credible, we must be truthful. Edward R. Murrow

I am at two with nature. Woody Allen

Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.

Too bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running taxi cabs or cutting hair.
George Burns

 

Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.

Tact is the ability to tell a man he’s open-mined when he has a hole in his head.

Diamonds are only chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.

Why must the phrase, “It’s none of my business…” always be followed by the word, “but?”

There are spots even on the sun. Proverb

Few explanations ever explained the necessity of making one. Elbert Hubbard

If you haven’t any charity in your heart, then you have the worst kind of heart trouble. Bob Hope

 

Truth is completely spontaneous. Lies have to be taught.

A woman was reporting her car as stolen, and mentioned that there was a car phone in it. The policeman taking the report, called the phone, and told the guy that answered that he had read the ad in the newspaper and wanted to buy the car. They arranged to meet, and the thief was arrested.


Only in America:

1. ......can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
2. ......are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink.
3.......do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
4.......do people order double cheese burgers, large fries, and a diet Coke.
5.......do banks leave both doors to the vault open and then chain the pens to the counters.
6.......do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
7.......do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.
8.......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.
9.......do we use the word "politics" to describe the process so well: "poli" in Latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "bloodsucking creatures."
10. .....do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.

 

"Remember: There are two theories about understanding women and.... they're both wrong.”

Never confuse ignorance with stupidity. Never confuse knowledge with intelligence.


The only graceful way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can’t ignore it, top it; if you can’t top it, laugh at it; if you can’t laugh at it, it’s probably deserved. Russell Lyons

In thinking about a problem, you must learn to get out of the well-worn grooves (think out of the box is what they usually say now). Think or observe from every possible angle. For example: Here is the Roman numeral IX. Now for a little problem—or riddle, if you will. Can you add just one mark or symbol to this Roman numeral and change it into the number 6? It can be done.

You will never be so close to anyone as when you are doing something for them with no other motive than their happiness or welfare.

If you dislike people, you make yourself dislikeable.

 

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Emerson

A good listener is not only popular, but after a while he knows something.

Common experience teaches that, when great demands are made upon us, if only we fearlessly accept the challenge and confidently expend our strength, every danger or difficulty brings its own strength. J. A. Hatfield

Most people are confident they could move mountains, if only others would move the hills out of the way.

Thinking clearly and effectively is one of the greatest assets of any person.

To reap an act, sow a thought.