IF I ONLY WOULD HAVE KNOWN THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
If you think you're too small to have an impact - try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.
Stupid is forever, ignorance can be fixed.
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.
In this world, most people march to the beat of the most popular drummer. Some people march to the beat of a different drummer. In mu life, I will play the drums.
Success is not forever and failure is never final.
In life only two things are guaranteed, a beginning and an end. In between, lifes all possibilities.
A set-back is a set up for a come-back.
Not all closed doors are locked.
Things can only be so good, and so bad, for so long.
The pessimist complains about the sun, the optimist gets a tan, the futurist makes electricity.
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else - you are the one who gets burned.
If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the up button.
Yesterday is a cancelled check - tomorrow is a promissory note - today is the only cash you have, so spend it wisely.
It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the grain of sand in your shoe.
Pace yourself - an elephant can be swallowed, one bite at a time.
Lost - yesterday - somewhere between sunrise and sunset - two golden hours - each set with sixty diamonds minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever.
Behold the turtle, he only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.
Nothing is over until you decide it is.
Mistakes often lead to discoveries.
Things may happen for a reason, but sometimes things happen to give you a reason.
Impossible itself says "I'm Possible".
Don't get discouraged - It is usually the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.
My goal in life is to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am.
You can make things happen, or you can make excuses - but you cannot do both at the same time.
Whenever you're feeling down, remember even Babe Ruth struck out 1,383 times.
A wise man learns something new everyday - the fool knows it all already.
Your life is made up of years that mean nothing - moments that mean all.
Experience is what you get when you get what you don't want.
Every boxer gets knocked down - The champions get back up and fight another round.
Every person you meet knows something you don't - learn from them.
Believing in yourself is an endless destination. Believing you have failed is the end of your journey.
If you are going in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns.
Don't try to get even - get ahead !
Running like a chicken with your head cut off ? Just consider the chickens options vs. your own.
When life is kicking others in the teeth, become a dentist.
A mosquito doesn't even get a pat on the back until it starts working.
Mistakes make masters.
Tell self-pity to call back tomorrow - self-confidence stopped by earlier and I cannot accomodate both.
When I wake up in the morning, I have to decide to either be an example or an excuse.
The best time to plant a seed and grow a tree was 20 years ago - the second best time is now.
A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.
Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. You only need to find one good reason why it will.
What a caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls it a butterfly.
Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
Holding resentment is like eating poison and waiting for the other person to keel over.
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
Do or do not. There is no "try".
A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.
The road to success is always under construction.
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over ?
He who builds according to every man's advice will have a crroked house.
An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.
No one is wise enough to advise himself.
The anvil lasts longer than the hammer.
The arrow that has left the bow never returns.
The more arguments you win, the less friends you will have.
After the ship has sunk, everyone knows how she might have been saved.
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard there is nothing you can do.
When you throw dirt you lose ground.
He who resists change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.
A pint of example is worth a gallon of advice.
All things are difficult before they are easy.
The door to opportunity is always labeled "push"
He who dies with the most toysis, nonetheless, still dead.
Growing old is nothing more than mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere.
If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.
If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
When two dogs fight over a bone, a third one carries it away.
Experience is a comb which nature gives us when we are bald.
Wishes won't wash dishes.
Control your own destiny or someone else will.
Anger is one letter short of danger.
If you don't think every day is a great day try going without one.
Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were big things.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.
The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.
Yes and no are very powerful words. Mean them when you say them. Respect them when you hear them.
The difference between involvement and commitment is like an egg and ham breakfast. The chicken was "involved" - the pig was "committed".
A bad workman blames his tools.
A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.
Dig the well before you are thirsty.
If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it.
Like weather, one's fortune may change by the evening.
What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others.
The difference between school and life ? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life you are given a test that teaches you a lesson.
Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
The fragrence always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
Do not mistake consequence for fate.
A critic is a man who knows the way, but can't drive the car.
If we don't discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us.
Paying alimony is like feeding hay to a dead horse.
A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure.
Every plant knows this: it's only when you get crap thrown on you that you really start to grow.
The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude.
Be careful of your thoughts, they may become words at any moment.
For every minute you are angry at someone, you loose 60 seconds of happiness that you can never get back.
Rember that not getting what you want is sometimes a blessing.
We are all something, but none of us are everything.
Sorrow looks back, worry looks around and faith looks up.
To forgive is to set the prisoner free and then discover the prisoner was you.
The only real disability in life is a bad attitude.
Nothing endures but change.
Making bad mistakes today will create skeletons in your closet tomorrow.
He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.
One lie ruins a thousand truths.
Some make it happen, some watch it happen and some say "whay happened ?".
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.
The person that loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.
Forbidden fruits create many jams.
Worry is the darkroom in which negatives are developed.
There is always free cheese in mouse traps, but the mice there aren't happy.
Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.
One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.
When you feel "dog tired" all night, it may be because you growled all day.
Anger is a bad adviser.
Some minds are like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set.
The only job where you start at the top is digging a hole.
Do or do not. There is no try.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life - it goes on.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road, unless - you fail to make the turn.
Remember this: when you are through changing - you are through.
When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.
Failure is not a single event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
On one is perfect, that is why they have earsers.
Everybody is gifted - it's just that some people never open the package.
Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter ?".
However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
