"26 Wise Thoughts About Life "
"Be FREE, Be BOLD and LIVE OUT LOUD!"
--- Russell Tanoue --- Submitted by M. Quirimit
Be free in opening your heart, be bold in all your actions, and live out loud with no restrictions on life.
"A good marriage requires the determination to be married for good."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Donna Chensky --- Texas
"Always assume 'CNN' will call you. If you don't want everyone to know what you are about to do, then don't do it."
--- B. Eric Rhodes --- Submitted by M.Z. --- New York
Editor of Radio Inc. Magazine; I saw him at a college radio fair, he is a brilliant and thought provoking gentleman.
"Courage and the power to fight for what you believe in are the keys to victory, for these things are what mold the future, both in a political sense, and for the good of the nation."
--- Written in 2003 by Brendan C., Age 13 --- Texas
I wrote this for homework in regards to Henry Clay and his personality.
"To oblige persons often costs little and helps much."
--- Baltasar Gracian
"Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present."
--- Albert Camus
"In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest."
--- Henry Miller
"For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move."
--- Robert Louis Stevenson
"The true voice of reason does not yell or scream, but flows to us as by a gentle stream."
--- Copyright © 2003 Steve Henthorn
"No amount of human mentality is strong enough to judge men of character."
--- Copyright © 2003 Jaskaran Singh
"The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant."
--- Salvador Dali --- Submitted by Ryan C. --- Wisconsin
"In hindsight, any man can appear more knowledgeable than his predecessor."
--- Copyright © 2001 Nick Haines
"Always take time to smell the roses. If there aren't any roses, grow your own."
--- Written by P.B. --- North Carolina
"It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at the bottom. Each, in its utmost development, supposes a high degree of intimacy and heart-knowledge; each renders one individual dependent for the food of his affections and spiritual life upon another; each leaves the passionate lover, or the no less passionate hater, forlorn and desolate by the withdrawal of his object."
--- Nathaniel Hawthorne --- Submitted by Alicia V., Age 16 --- Georgia
"Don't give up Mr./Miss; you'll be surprised what life has in store for the stubborn."
--- Copyright © 2003 Fred Akama
"'i' is the smallest letter in the alphabet. Don't make it the biggest word in your vocabulary."
--- Anonymous --- Sent in by David Gussin --- New York
"It's amazing how much words can mean, when they are only tiny groups of letters."
--- Copyright © 2003 Heather Padisak
I said this to myself when I was trying to tell my husband how much I loved him with all my heart, and just couldn't find words strong enough to express it.
"The grass isn't always greener on the other side of the fence, it's just a different kind of grass ---- and it all has to be mowed."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Dan Henrich --- South Carolina
"Where will you be when you get where you are going?"
--- Tim Hammond --- Submitted by Russ Eaton --- Georgia
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"Pride is something colorless, tasteless, and sizeless; yet, it is the hardest thing to swallow."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sean R., Age 16 --- New York
"If you don't do anything wrong, how do you know how to do things right?"
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Sabi Ahluwalia --- Ontario, Canada
"You make the most defining mistakes when you fail to realize that not only have you been blind to your own faults, but that you alone are the key to your own salvation."
--- Copyright © 2003 Tristan E. Clarke
"The sky is not the limit...you are."
--- Author Unknown --- Submitted by Carolyn Eastman --- Georgia
A Spoken Word
A spoken word may be "small" like acorn
If sown on fertile ground it a sapling turn
With constant encouraging words the ground to fertilize
Soon a strong shady tree from the ground will arise
A harsh word carelessly spoken today
May just sow the seed of dismay
From this criticism-hardened ground soon manifest
A thorny, prickly plant that offers no rest
Choose your words with thoughtfulness and care
Lest they destroy a spirit or bring despair
Speak words of hope and cheer and uplift a soul
May our words heal and bless; may that be our constant goal
--- Copyright © 2003 Josephine S. G. Lee
This poem is inspired by the words of Mr. Gary Lee of Maryland, published in your website on December 1, 1997.
"People who are cowards hide behind lies. People who have courage speak the truth, even when it is unpopular."
--- Written in 2003 by Jenni B. --- Washington
"Art is the closest way that man tries to imitate God's wonders."
--- Copyright © 2003 Byron Franco