Wisdom To Start The Day,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Chris Ryser]

"Prudence and compromise are necessary means, ..................................









but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise."

Charles Horton Cooley, Life and the Student






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[Chris Ryser]

"The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes until you are dependent and helpless...........................................






When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both."
James Dale Davidson

[Chris Ryser]

"Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot,..................................







others transform a yellow spot into the sun."

Pablo Picasso





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[35oldguy]

Before putting your foot in your mouth-drop back and punt!! Think about it overnight!

[Chris Ryser]

When young we are faithful to individuals,....................................









when older we grow loyal to situations and to types.

Cyril Connolly





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[Chris Ryser]

"You must never feel badly about making mistakes," explained Reason quietly, "as long as you take the trouble to learn from them. ......................................





For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons."


Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth




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[Chris Ryser]

Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, ..............................








with sniffles predominating

O. Henry, Gift of the Magi






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[Chris Ryser]

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 ........................................





has wasted 30 years of his life.

Muhammad Ali




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[Chris Ryser]

"Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion.............................




Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets."


-Anthony Burgess, You've Had Your Time, 1990

[Chris Ryser]

"Success will not lower its standard to us. ........................................






We must raise our standard to success."

Rev. Randall R. McBride, Jr.

[Chris Ryser]

"Fear less, hope more;
Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more;
Hate less, love more;
And all good things are yours."

Swedish Proverb





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[Chris Ryser]

"Happiness is a choice ..................................







that requires effort at times."

Anon.





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[Chris Ryser]

"A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant ..............................







may see farther than a giant himself."

Robert Burton




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[Chris Ryser]

"Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts........................












inevitably bring about right results."

James Allen





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[Chris Ryser]

"Slump, and the world slumps with you. ....................................








Push, and you push alone."

Laurence J. Peter






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[Chris Ryser]

There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. ...................................







I think this is sometimes a good rule to follow in human relationships

Joyce Brothers, In "Pearls of Wisdom," ed. J. Agel and W. Glanze,




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[Chris Ryser]

"There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, ..................................







intelligence and energy of her citizens cannot cure."

Dwight D Eisenhower, no source found






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[Chris Ryser]

"You can complain because roses have thorns, .......................................








or you can rejoice because thorns have roses."
Ziggy






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[Chris Ryser]

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap ....................................







but by the seeds that you plant."

Robert Louis Stephenson





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[Chris Ryser]

"Internet is so big, so powerful and pointless ..................................








that for some people it is a complete substitute for life."

Andrew Brown






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[Chris Ryser]

Forgiveness is love in its most noble form.

Anon.








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[Chris Ryser]

"Assumptions allow the best in life to pass you by."

John Sales




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[Chris Ryser]

"Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. .............................









Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust."
Karl Kraus





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[Chris Ryser]

"Public and private food in America has become eatable, here and there extremely good. ...............................................







Only the fried potatoes go unchanged, as deadly as before."

Luigi Barzini, O America, 1977





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[Chris Ryser]

I don't know the key to success,..........................................








but the key to failure is to try to please everyone."

Bill Cosby






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