"That
man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest." --
Henry David Thoreau
"I
am a big believer in the 'mirror test.' All that
matters is if you can look in the mirror and honestly
tell the person you see there, that you've done your best."
-- John McKay
"When
we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace."
-- J. Lubbock
"I
am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things
of life which are the real ones after all." -- Laura
Ingalls Wilder
"Never
argue with the inevitable." -–
Patricia Fripp
"For
peace of mind, we need to resign as general manager of
the universe." -- Larry
Eisenberg
"Grow
old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last
of life, for which the first was made; our times are in
his hand who saith, 'A whole I planned, youth shows but
half; trust God: See all, nor be afraid!'" --
Robert Browning
"Rest
is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on
a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching
the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of
time." -- Sir John
Lubbock
"You
can't have everything...where would you put it?" --
Stephen Wright
"If
I die tonight in my sleep:
Let
me have hugged and told my children that I love them,
Let
me have told my mother how much she is loved and appreciated,
Let
me have helped a friend or better, a stranger,
Let
me have worked very hard these past hours in the name
of my personal progress, and,
Let
me have gone to sleep with the knowledge that I did the
very best I could do today." -– Rick
Beneteau
"I
endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when
I cannot be glad, content when I cannot be mended and
patient when there be no redress." —-
Elizabeth Montagu
"Blessed
are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape."
-- Dr. Michael McGriffy
"Nature
tops the list of potent tranquilizers and stress reducers.
The mere sound of moving water has been shown to lower
blood pressure." -- Patch
Adams
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