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A person’s reputation is a mixture of what his friends,

enemies, and relatives say behind his back

Anonymous

The man whose conscience never troubles him must have it pretty

well trained.Unknown

Character is not made in a crisis; it is only exhibited.

Unknown

In another city.

George Burns

Happiness is having large, loving, caring family…

When a person strikes in anger, he usually misses the mark.

Unknown

Too often when conscience tries to speak, the line seems busy.

Unknown

Adults are just children that earn money.

Kenneth Branagh

It takes about five years for a walnut tree to produce nuts, but that’s not true of the family tree.

Unknown

I think a dysfunctional family is a family with more than one person

in it.Mary Karr

Nothing is more dangerous than a big idea in a small mind.

Unknown

Never brag about your ancestors coming over on the Mayflower; the immigration laws weren’t as

strict in those days.

Lew Lehr

Silence is the best and surest way to hide ignorance.

Unknown

Never raise your hand to your children, it leaves the groin

unprotected.Red Buttons

Never argue with a doctor, he has inside information.

Unknown

One out of four people is mentally unbalances in this

country. Think of your three closest friends – and if they seem

OK, then you’re the one.

Ann Landers

You never know how many friends you have until you rent a

cottage at the beach.

Kraig Kristofferson

Friends are folks who excuse you when you make a fool of

yourself.Unknown

A word of advice…don’t give it.

A. J. Volicos

Learn self control before attempting to control others.

Unknown

My friend thought he was not going to make it. Then he started

thinking positive. Now, he’s positive he’s not going to make it.

Brother Sammy Shore

A good leader not only knows where they are going, but they can persuade others to go along

with them.Unknown

There ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with

them.Mark Twain

There must be something to acupuncture – after all, you never

see any sick porcupines.

Bob Goddard

Ships are safest in the harbor, but that’s not what ships were made

for.Unknown

Condoms aren’t completely safe. A friend of mine was wearing

one…and got hit by a bus.

Bob Rubin

An angry man is seldom reasonable. A reasonable man is

seldom angry.Unknown

Leadership depends on the ability to make people want to follow

voluntarily.Unknown

Good is the enemy of great.

Unknown

I wanted to marry her when I saw the moonlight shinning off of her

father’s shotgun.

Eddie Albert

Every moment you are angry you loose a moment of happiness.

Unknown

Concentrating on one thing at a time is still the best way to get

things done.Unknown

I was the best man at the wedding. So why was she

marrying him?Jerry Seinfield

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

Unknown

I don’t like being the best man at the wedding because there is no

way to prove it.Unknown

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he is buying.

Fran Lebowitz

My son has taken up meditation – at least it’s better than sitting

doing nothing.

Max Kaufman

Authority does not make you a leader; it gives you the opportunity to be one.

Unknown

Anger is only one letter from danger.

Unknown

The eagle that chases two rabbits catches neither.

Native American Proverb

Every person should take some time daily to look at the road of

his ambitions.Unknown

The father of success is work – the mother is ambition.

Unknown

The ambition of many dieters is to be weighed and found

wanting.Unknown

I will not permit any man to narrow or degrade my soul by

making me hate him.Unknown

Don’t be angry with the people who are smarter than you – it

isn’t their fault.Unknown

A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.

Unknown

A man is never in worst company than when he flies into a rage and

is besides himself.Unknown

Never argue with a fool – people might not notice the difference.

Unknown

Anger is the wind that blows out the light of reason.

Unknown

Hating people is like burning down the house to kill the rats.

Unknown

One load that is too heavy for anyone to carry – a grudge.

Unknown

Rudeness is a weak mans imitation of strength.

Unknown

A steering committee is four people trying to park a car.

Unknown

My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn’t pay the

bill, he gave me six months more. Walter Mathau

Anger manages everything badly.

Unknown

Don’t be a cloud just because you can’t be a star.

Unknown

The best way to be somebody is to be yourself.

Unknown

A good man, like a bouncing ballsprings ever upward from a fall.

Unknown

How a man plays the game shows something of his

character. How he looses the game shows it all.

Unknown

You are only poor when you want more than you have.

Unknown

Reputation is for a time, character is for eternity.

Unknown

When I married Mr. Right, I didn’t know his first name was

Always.Anne Gilchrist

Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.

Unknown

Anyone who sleeps like a baby….

Unknown

doesn’t have one.

Insanity is Hereditary, you get it from your children.

Sam Levenson

A great deal of what we see depends on what we are looking

for. Unknown

So live that when people speak evil of you, no-one believes

them.Unknown

A man’s character is like a fence; it cannot be strengthened by

whitewash.Unknown

He likes to like people, therefore people like him.

Mark Twain

It is better to be short of cash than short of character.

Unknown

Compromise is always costly – and sometimes fatal.

Unknown

A quiet conscience sleeps during thunder and lightning.

Unknown

Conscience is a treacherous thing, and mine behaves badly

whenever there is a serious danger of being found out.

Margaret Lane

A broken character doesn’t easily knit.

Unknown

A clear conscience can only be destroyed by its owner.

Unknown

Compromise is always wrong when it means sacrificing

principles. Unknown

He’s an honest man – you could shoot craps with him over the

phone.

Earl Wilson

When we die, we leave behind us all we have and take with us all

we are. Unknown

A gash in the conscience may disfigure the soul forever.

Unknown

May you never complain without a cause and may you never have

a cause to complain.Unknown

Always do the right thing. This will gratify some people, and

astonish the rest.

Mark Twain

By the time the average teenager is able to work, he won’t.

Unknown

If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?

Lily Tomlin

Don’t complain about growing old – some have not had this

privilege.Unknown

Children are often spoiled because no-one will spank

grandma.Unknown

Some people are like buttons, they pop off at the wrong time.

Unknown

I’m not the heroic type, really. I was beaten up by Quakers

Woody Allen

The character of our children tomorrow depends on what they

learn from us today.Unknown

The squeaky wheel doesn’t always get the grease, sometimes

it gets replaced.Unknown

People make enemies by complaining too much to their

friends. Unknown

I hate camera’s, they are so much more sure than I am about

everything.John Steinbeck