good quotes for life

After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference. ~Charlotte Gray



My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. ~Psalms 119:109



We use our brains too little, and when we do, it is only to make excuses for our reflexes and our instincts. ~Martin H. Fischer



Be sincere; be brief; be seated. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt, on speechmaking



Today we know with certainty that segregation is dead. The only question remaining is how costly will be the funeral. ~Martin Luther King, Jr.



For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. ~Job 11:15-17



But this had been a sin of passion, not of principle, nor even purpose. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter



Some people talk about finding God - as if He could get lost. ~Author Unknown



Don't tell your friends about your indigestions: "How are you!" is a greeting, not a question. ~Arthur Guiterman, A Poet's Proverbs



Cats only pretend to be domesticated if they think there's a bowl of milk in it for them. ~Robin Williams



That son of a bitch was able to hole a putt over 60 feet of peanut brittle. ~Lloyd Mangrum, about Bobby Locke



It's important to have a twinkle in your wrinkle. ~Author Unknown



Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is not mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself. ~Havelock Ellis



Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored. ~Alice Walker



Feed your faith and your fears will starve to death. ~Author Unknown



Sex on television can't hurt you unless you fall off. ~Author Unknown



Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right. ~Laurens van der Post



I have my own little world, but it's okay - they know me here. ~Author Unknown



A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours. ~Milton Berle



There are natures that go to the streams of life in great cities as the hart goes to the water brooks. ~Philip G. Hamerton