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Some of my favorite quotes - made either by friends, or sent to me by friends, or others I have found - some funny, some serious, but all have struck a chord in me somewhere.

My very favorite quote these days:
Attitude Is EVERYTHING!!
-- I don't know who said it but I am trying to make it my motto to live and love by

Some other favorites:
"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
-- Louisa May Alcott

A child is like an axe; even if it hurts you, you still carry it on your shoulder.
-- African (Bemba) Proverb

How can there be so much difference between a day off and an off day?
-- Larson

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
-- Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle

A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
-- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time.
-- Charles Schultz

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.
-- Kahlil Gibran

The president has kept all of the promises he intended to keep.
-- Clinton aide George Stephanopolous speaking on Larry King Live

A waist is a terrible thing to mind.
-- Tom Wilson

On Thanksgiving Day all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment--halftime.
-- Anonymous

All serious daring starts from within.
-- Eudora Welty

The internet is a great way to get on the net.
-- Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole

Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.
-- Lisa Alther

My mother was an authority on pigsties. "This is the worst-looking pigsty I have ever seen in my life and I want it cleaned up right now."
-- Bill Cosby

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
-- Helen Keller

One is not born a woman, one becomes one.
-- Simone de Beauvoir

Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.
-- Martin Mull

Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.
-- Oscar Wilde

If you want a job done fast, give it to a busy person.
-- Anonymous

It's important to know the rules of dieting:
1. There aren't any calories in food on someone else's plate.
2. You don't gain weight if you eat standing up.
3. Touching a skinny person gives them all the calories.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and discover they were the big things.
-- Anonymous

I cannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure - which is: Try to please everybody.
-- Herbert Bayard Swope

From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.
-- Dr. Seuss

Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
--Kahlil Gibran

You must give some time to your fellow men. Even if it's a little thing, do something for others--something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.
-- Albert Schweitzer

My goal today is to get one TASK done.....
.......My task today is to set one GOAL!

Good advice is one of those insults that ought to be forgiven.
-- Anonymous

The difference between good and great is just a little extra effort.
-- Duffy Daugherty

When the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, it may be that they take better care of it there.
-- Cecil Selig

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
-- Mark Twain

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
-- Anthony Powell

You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.
-- P. O'Brien

The careful application of terror is also a form of communication.

Happiness is merely the remission of pain

The trouble with life is, you're halfway through it before you realize it's a 'do it yourself' thing
-- Claudia Heyman