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favorite quotes

I find quotes inspiring and thought provoking so I have always recorded some in my appointment book where I have a “notes” section and can refer to them at will.

Perhaps a task for each of us would be to consider coming up with our own life quote to be passed on when we are gone for which we can be remembered in a positive or humorous way.

Of late my husband and I have enjoyed the medicine of laughter reading quotes by Mark Twain. His wisdom is sharp and his wit hilarious!

And who doesn’t benefit from a good laugh to counter the state of the world around us where it’s easier to focus on the concerns of society than finding something positive and funny as a balance?

Here are some of my favorite quotes:

“Self-control is a moral muscle which exercise strengthens.”

-Edith K. Roosevelt

“A lie can run around the world before the truth can get its pants on!”

-Mark Twain

“The school of Hard Knocks is a good way to learn but it’s hard to get into.”

-Robert Leshe

“A man may fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.”

-John Burroughs

“Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.”

-Pres. Ronald Reagan

“Live for God with no reserves, no retreat, no regrets.”

-William Borden, 1912

“The chief danger that confronts the coming generation (our time) will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, heaven without hell.”

-William Booth, late 1800’s

“Only as high as you reach can you grow, only as far as you seek can you go, only as deep as you look can you see, and only as far as you dream can you be.”

-Karen Ravn

+ For fun, take the first letter of your given name and list the things that embody your personal life credo. For me, Fritzi, it is:

Faith, Family, Friends, Flora, Fauna, and Food.

"I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in."

-George Washington Carver

"Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses."

-George Washington Carver

"Success is determined not by whether or not you face obstacles, but by your reaction to them. And if you look at these obstacles as a containing fence, they become your excuse for failure. If you look at them as a hurdle, each one strengthens you for the next."

-Ben Carson

"Everyone in the world is worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity."

-Ben Carson