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“You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets."~Nora Ephron... read more..

“You may not like Mondays, but they are one-seventh of your life.”... read more..

“Your child is growing up when he stops asking where he came from and starts refusing to tell where he's been.”... read more..

“Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace and your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of it.”... read more..

"There's something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties & doubts"~Jonathan Edwards (Princeton Prez, 1758) read more..

Great minds discuss ideas;Average minds discuss events;Small minds discuss people.... read more..

If raising children was going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor!... read more..

If you can't tie good knots, tie plenty of them.~Yachtsman's Credo... read more..

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.But, in practice, there is.... read more..

My sources are unreliable, but their information is fascinating.~ Ashleigh Brilliant... read more..

Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa explains the history of white settlement of his country like this: When the white man came, we had the land and he had the Bible. He sa... read more..

Sometimes we don't have to change friends, if we understand that friends change.... read more..

Teaching junior high school English, Mr. Speller emphasized the importance of nice clean margins on student papers.One seventh-grade boy said in his essay that he was sorry to write in the margarine.W... read more..

There is a guaranteed way to get what you want.Want less.... read more..

To truly BELIEVE in God, one must first want to LEAVE his selfish desires behind and want to BE the person God wants to mold him into. Then God can mold him to BE that person who can LEAVE the past be... read more..

What will today's younger generation tell their children they had to do "without"?... read more..

When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, "Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't be... read more..

When the subject of heaven and hell was broached in conversation one day, Ernest Hemingway politely declined to offer any opinion. "Excuse me for not answering," he said. "I have friends in both place... read more..

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.... read more..

Woman 1: Did you get a new haircut?Woman 2: Yes, I did. Thanks for noticing.W1: Oh! That's so cute!W2: Do you think so? I wasn't sure after my hairdresser gave me the mirror. I mean, you don't think i... read more..

While waiting in line to check out at a Christian bookstore, a man in front of me asked the clerk about a display of hats with the letters WWJD on them. The clerk explained that WWJD stands for "What ... read more..

When the wealthy businessman choked on a fish bone at a restaurant, he was fortunate that a doctor was seated at a nearby table.Springing up, the doctor skillfully removed the bone and saved the man's... read more..

When Sam returned to the house one evening, his wife Sarah announced that the new cleaning woman they had hired had stolen two towels."Yeah," said Sam very disinterested, and reclining on the sofa, "t... read more..

When I was much younger my mother would offer us kids money if we would be good. My brother was good for a dollar, my sister was good for 50 cents. Me? I was good for nothing!... read more..

Two young boys were spending the night at their grandparents.At bedtime, the two boys knelt beside their beds to say their prayers when the youngest one began praying at the top of his lungs, "I PRAY ... read more..

Two women were being shown through the zoo, and their guide halted before the ostriches to explain, "Now this, ladies, is a very unusual bird. It can see very little and can digest practically anythi... read more..

Today, upon a bus,I saw a girl with golden hair. I envied her, she seemed so gay,And I wished I was as fair. When suddenly she rose to leave,I saw her hobble down the aisle. She had one leg and used a... read more..

To err is human; to forgive devine. To err is human; to purr, feline. To err is human; two curs, canine. To err is human; to do nothing, benign. To err is human; to quit, resign. To err is h... read more..

Three violin manufactures have all done business for years on the same block in the small town of Cremona, Italy. After years of a peaceful co-existence, the Amati shop decided to put a sign in the wi... read more..

Thought I'd let my doctor check me,'Cause I didn't feel quite right. . .All those aches and pains annoyed meAnd I couldn't sleep at night.He could find no real disorderBut he wouldn't let it rest.What... read more..