quotes for picnik

A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb



As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of exalted characters. ~Edward Gibbon



Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. ~Confucius



There are days when any electrical appliance in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, seems to offer more entertainment possibilities than the TV set. ~Harriet van Horne



When I was born the doctor took one look at my face, turned me over and said, "Look, twins!" ~Rodney Dangerfield



A pedestal is as much a prison as any small space. ~Gloria Steinem A pedestrian is someone who thought there were a couple of gallons left in the tank. ~Author Unknown



When you are called to a sick man, be sure you know what the matter is - if you do not know, nature can do a great deal better than you can guess. ~Nicholas de Belleville



He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland



Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes along. ~Samuel Butler, "Speech at the Somerville Club," 27 February 1895



Find a man with both feet firmly on the ground and you've found a man about to make a difficult putt. ~Fletcher Knebel



Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon. ~Dag Hammarskjold



People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them. ~George Bernard Shaw, "Family Affection," Parents and Children, 1914



Success, recognition, and conformity are the bywords of the modern world where everyone seems to crave the anesthetizing security of being identified with the majority. ~Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength to Love, 1963



I see rejection in my skin, worry in my cancers, bitterness and hate in my aching joints. I failed to take care of my mind, and so my body now goes to hospital. ~Astrid Alauda



Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself. ~Thomas J. Watson



A woman's hopes are woven of sunbeams; a shadow annihilates them. ~George Eliot



It is easier to commit murder than to justify it. ~Aemilius Papinianus



Reality check: you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. You will still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids, and the same life. Losing weight is not a cure for life. ~Phillip C. McGraw, The Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom, 2003



Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower



Jealousy is an awkward homage which inferiority renders to merit. ~Mme. de Puixieux