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I hope you'll have the kind of life where what you stand for is so important that it makes some people outright hostile. You won't know how strong your beliefs really are until you have to defend them.
We've got so much in this life that all we know how to do is want more. So we concentrate on the wrong things-things we can see-as being the measure of a person. We think if we win something big or buy something snazzy it'll make us more than we are. Our hearts know that's not true, but the eyes are powerful.
If you worry about every little thing you're going to have one thoroughly miserable life.
It takes a great cook to pull life truth from poultry.
If you can't find an answer at the mall or the library, what does that say about the world?
Sometimes the best thing that can happen to a person is to have a puppy lick your face.
"You could lie to me. You could tell me to be encouraged, that good will triumph over evil. ""Good will triumph over evil," said Richard. "Liar. "
It was probably easier in the old days when the bad guys rode into town wearing black capes or whatever bad guys wore and the milk cows were ownded by honest people. Right off the bat, you'd know who you were dealing with. Now everybody dresses alike.
You don't understand how much light you have until the lights go out.
Mountains draw you to a deeper place in yourself
You know where we got stuck? We were looking for faithfull, loving and perfect relationships-males who were always glad to see us. " "So?" "We already have that!" "What do you mean?" "We've got dogs!
When you can carry five full dinner platters on your left arm, you should be able to vote, even if you're not eighteen.
It seemed to me that the people who made the rules of the road had figured out everything that would help a person drive safely right down to having a sign that tells you you're passing through a place where deer cross. Somebody should stick up some signs on the highway of life. CAUTION: JERKS CROSSING. Blinking yellow lights when you're about to to something stupid. Stop signs in front of people who could hurt you. Green lights shining when you're doing the right thing. It would make the whole experience easier.
If she's really psychic," Zack said when he saw Tanisha's photo at school, "why does she need a doorbell?
My father always told me that in this world we are going to make a truckload of mistakes, but the best mistake we can ever make is to err on the side of mercy
Sometimes just getting up in the morning and standing at the gate can bring the gate down.
And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You just have to try to be a true person. We learned that helping other people brings out the good in everybody.
. . . motherhood should be like driving a car -- you should have to pass a test before you can do it legally.
When we don't have the words chocolate can speak volumes.
. . . It isn't the problems along the way that make us or break us. It's how we learn to stand and face them that makes the difference.