quotes about older sisters

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. ~Judy Garland



Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore become necessary to gain attention by magnificence of promises and by eloquence sometimes sublime and sometimes pathetick. ~Samuel Johnson



No one remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself. ~Thomas Mann



From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity. ~Edvard Munch



There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important. ~Franklin P. Adams



Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking. ~Clifton Fadiman



The return makes one love the farewell. ~Alfred De Musset



Today, watching television often means fighting, violence and foul language - and that's just deciding who gets to hold the remote control. ~Donna Gephart



There is only one trait which is irreparable in a statesman: honesty! Honesty is negative and sterile; it is ignorant of the correct evaluation of appetite and ambition - the only powers through which you can found anything durable. ~"The Mission," Chapter 3



Real charity doesn't care if it's tax-deductible or not. ~Dan Bennett



If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today. ~E. Joseph Cossman



Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. ~John Quincy Adams



For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant! ~Edward Abbey



You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. ~Booker T. Washington



Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. ~Abraham Lincoln



War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today. ~John F. Kennedy



I have never had so many good ideas day after day as when I worked in the garden. ~John Erskine



Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. ~Ambrose Bierce



Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. ~Victor Hugo



Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present. ~Babatunde Olatunji Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present. ~Babatunde Olatunji