My Favorite Quotes

Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. - Helen Keller -

No matter how flat you cook a pancake, there's still two sides.  Dr. Phil-ism

A long life may not be good enough ~ but a good life is long enough. ~ BJ Sams ~

You wouldn't worry so much about what other people think of you, if you realized how seldom they do. Dr. Phil's Dad

I'm not about to give up, let up, or shut up ... in something I believe in. A Cindy "Lu" original.......

There's a ripple effect in all that we do - what you do touches me, what I do touches you.

Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.
 - Maya Angelou -

I don't mind 'dumb blonde' jokes. I know I'm not dumb. I also know I'm not blonde! - Dolly Parton -

When you KNOW better - you DO better. - Maya Angelou -

I would rather have 30 minutes of something wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special. Shelby (Julia Roberts) from Steel Magnolias

God walks with us. He scoops us up in his arms or simply sits with us in silent strength until we cannot avoid the awesome realization that YES, even now, HE is there.
~ Gloria Gaither ~

We are, all of us, stars and we all deserve to twinkle.
~ Marilyn Monroe ~

Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's TRUE strength...

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. ~ Lena Horne ~

"Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use." -Dr. Wendell Johnson-

A good boss (manager, leader, supervisor) knows when to make reasonable exceptions to general rules.

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.-Robert Byrne-

Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life - as by the obstacles which he has overcome. - Booker T. Washington -

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.
- Sydney J. Harris

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
- Leonardo da Vinci

We do not lose heart, even though we grow weary on the outside, on the inside we are made new, day by day. - 2 Corinthians 4:16

Time spent amongst trees is never wasted. - Katrina Mayer

I feel the more I know God, that He would sooner we did wrong in loving than never love for fear we should do wrong. - Father Andrew

If you can be content right now, then you'll always be content, because it's always right now.
- Willie Nelson

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero

Let us never negotiate out of fear.  But let us never fear to negotiate. –JFK-