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Best Wishes And Toasts

5/13/2024

“Love many, trust a few, always paddle your own canoe!” -Author Unknown

“I see only blue skies and green lights for you.” -Author Unknown
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Lucky stars above you,
     Sunshine on your way,
May you have friends to love you,
     Joy in work and play.
-Author Unknown

“I wish for you a life of wealth, health, and happiness; a life in which you give to yourself the gift of patience, the virtue of reason, the value of knowledge, and the influence of faith in your own ability to dream about and achieve worthy rewards.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009)) at https://www.JimRohn.com

I will not wish thee riches,
nor the glow of greatness,
but that wherever thou go
some weary heart
shall gladden at thy smile,
or shadowed life
know sunshine for a while.
And so thy path shall be
a track of light,
like angels’ footsteps
passing through the night.
-Author Unknown: words inscribed on a church wall in Upwaltham, England
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“May every sunrise bring you hope, and may every sunset bring you peace.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

The Four H’s

Happy are we met,
Happy have we been,
Happy may we part, and
Happy meet again.

by Author Unknown: as quoted in Dorothea Ruggles-Brise, compiler: “The Goldfinch, Or New Modern Songster” (1782), ‘Toasts and Sentiments,’ page 291

“May your steed be as swift as the wind.” -Author Unknown
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An Irish Blessing

May the sun shine,
     All day long,
Everything go right,
     And nothing wrong.
May those you love
     Bring love back to you,
And may all the wishes
     You wish come true!

By Author Unknown

“May you have a long, fulfilling life.” -Author Unknown

A Toast to Us

A toast to us, my good round friends,
     To bless the things we eat;
For it has been full many a year
     Since we have seen our feet.
Yet who would lose a precious pound
     By trading sweets for sours?
It takes a mighty girth indeed
     To hold such hearts as ours!

By Wallace Irwin (1875 - 1959)

“May your life be as smooth as butter.” -Author Unknown

“I wish you all the best on your new and exciting adventure.” -Author Unknown
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I Wish Thee

I wish thee health,
     I wish thee wealth,
I wish thee gold in store,
     I wish thee Heaven upon Earth -
What could I wish thee more?
     May your troubles be little ones.

By Author Unknown
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“May your every day be your best day so far.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

Be well.
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“Live long and prosper.” -Spock (character portrayed by actor Leonard Nimoy (1931 - 2015)): “Star Trek,” season 2, episode 1: “Amok Time” (1968); based on “Star Trek” series created by Eugene Wesley ‘Gene’ Roddenberry (1921 - 1991)

Imagine you are sending a congratulatory email, posting a message on someone’s page on a social website, making a dinner party or wedding toast, creating a home-made greeting card, calling a relative or business associate, signing a school yearbook . . . what would you write or say? Examples can be found in this ‘Best Wishes and Toasts’ article on MFOL!
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“I wish you all very good lives.” -Plutarch (about C.E. 46 - about C.E. 120)

The Arithmetic of Life

May your life be like arithmetic:
Joys added,
Sorrows subtracted,
Friends multiplied,
Love un-divided,
Blessings to infinity.

By Author Unknown

“May your strengths be greater than your weaknesses.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“May you find a moment of joy in each day to come!” -Author Unknown
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You can customize the following best-wishes statement by placing your own words and phrases in the square brackets:
You have everything it takes to succeed - [know-how, know-who, a plan, and a winning personality] - best of luck to you!

A Thanksgiving Day Dinner Toast

Here’s to the day when first
     The Yankees acknowledged
Heaven’s good gifts
     With Thank’ees.

By Author Unknown
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“May your today be better than your yesterday, but not as good as your tomorrow.” -Author Unknown

“To your health!” [translation to English]
Sláinte! [original Irish Gaelic]
-Author Unknown

“May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you His favor and give you His peace.” -Author Unknown: “The Bible,” ‘Book of Numbers,’ chapter 6, verse 26

“May your life be so full of good people and good things that you never have to say goodbye to more than one of them at a time, so that no part of your life may ever be empty.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

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Overheard: May good things come your way!

Graduation

I do not know beneath what sky,
Nor on what seas shall be thy fate;
I only know it shall be high,
I only know it shall be great.

By Author Unknown

“May God’s love be with you.” -Author Unknown

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Get Well Soon!

I’m in a 10der mood 2day
     & feel poetic, 2;
4 fun I’ll just - off a line
     & send it off 2U.

I’m sorry you’ve been 6 o long;
     Don’t B disconsol8;
But bear your ills with 42de,
     & they won’t seem so gr8.

By Author Unknown

May you always love and be loved.
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“May you fear no outer darkness, and know no lack of inner light.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

Take care!

“Long life to you.” [translation to English]
“Fad saol agat.” [original Irish Gaelic]
-Author Unknown

Glenn: What is big and gray, and carries flowers to cheer you up when you do not feel well?
Forest: A Get-Well-Ephant!
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“Hail wedded love, mysterious law, true source of human happiness.” -John Milton (1608 - 1674)

“May you never have to eat your hat.” -Author Unknown
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An Irish Blessing

May flowers always line your path
     and sunshine light your day.
May songbirds serenade you
     every step along the way.
May a rainbow run beside you
     in a sky that’s always blue.
And may happiness fill your heart
     each day your whole life through.

By Author Unknown

“May the rest of your life be the best of your life!” -Author Unknown

A toast to . . . the chicken that crossed the road! May your roads ahead be filled with continued success and happiness.
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Blessed be.

“May the warmth of our affections survive the frosts of age.” -Author Unknown
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“May your days be many and may you succeed in life beyond your greatest expectations!” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“I wish you well in your endeavors.” -Author Unknown
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May Light always surround you;
Hope kindle and rebound you.
May your Hurts turn to Healing;
Your Heart embrace Feeling.
May Wounds become Wisdom;
Every Kindness a Prism.
May Laughter infect you;
Your Passion resurrect you.
May Goodness inspire
your Deepest Desires.
Through all that you Reach For,
May your arms Never Tire.
-D. Simone
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“May we be alive at this time next year!” [translation to English]
“Go mbeire muid beo ar an am seo aris!” [original Irish Gaelic]
-Author Unknown
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We wish all good things for you.

“May the most you wish for be the least you get!” -Jay O’Brian

Ships

There are strong ships
     And there are fast ships,
Among ships that sail the sea -
     But the best ships
Are friendships.
     So here’s to you,
And here’s to me,
     Good friends may we always be.

By Author Unknown
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“Mazal tov!” [original Hebrew]
“Good luck!” [literal translation to English used upon observing an event rather than extending a wish to another]
“Congratulations!” or “Good fortune!” [looser translation to English with a broader meaning]
-Author Unknown

“Here’s to the two great American birds! May you always have one on your table and the other in your pocket - the turkey and the eagle.” -Author Unknown
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Cards do not need to be expensive or elaborate, and a simple, ‘All The Best From All Of Us,’ with the signature of each person in a family, workplace, church, team, class, and so forth, might prove to be the very best in an offering of goodwill and friendship. Hand-made cards are often cherished more by recipients than commercially-made cards.

Have a beautiful life.
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“We never eat [to] anybody’s health, always drink [to] it. Why should we not stand up now and then and eat a tart to somebody’s success?” -Jerome K. Jerome (Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859 - 1927)): “The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow: A Book for an Idle Holiday” (1892)

May the blessings of each day
Be the blessings you need most.
-Author Unknown
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“May the hinges of friendship never rust, or the wings of love lose a feather.” -Edward Bannerman Ramsey (1793 - 1872): “Reminiscences of Scottish Life: A Toast”

I wish a wish for you -
It’s a wish I wish for few,
The wish I wish for you is that
All your wishes will come true;
So, my friend, keep on wishing,
All my best wishes are for you!
-Author Unknown
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In your life, may everything be good.

“I hope that whoever you are wherever you are and no matter how you are feeling you will always have something to smile about.” -Sanober Khan
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We are MFOL! . . . may we all keep thinking happy thoughts until the Universe becomes positively radiant with them . . . wow, just look at how sparkly it is!

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Wisdom And Advice

5/6/2024

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“Dream big, work hard, stay focused, and surround yourself with good people.” -Author Unknown
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“Be excellent to each other!” -Author Unknown: “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” (1989) movie

“Pursue worthy aims.” -Solon (about 630 B.C.E. - about 560 B.C.E.)

Be kind, but don’t let people abuse you.
Trust, but don’t be deceived.
Be content, but never stop improving yourself.
-Author Unknown
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If wisdom's ways you'd wisely seek,
Five things observe with care:
Of whom you speak, to whom you speak,
And how, and when, and where.
-Laura Ingalls Wilder (Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (1867 - 1957)): “Little Town on the Prairie” (1941), message from C. L. Ingalls to her daughter

“Don’t ever let anyone dull your sparkle.” -Author Unknown

“If you would know the road ahead, ask someone who has traveled it.” -Author Unknown

“Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.” -Ron Wild
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“Life is too important to be taken seriously.” -Author Unknown

“Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant. But the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.” -Author Unknown: Indian proverb

“Be good to yourself so that you can above all be good to others.” -Jessi Lane Adams (pseudonym of Terri Guillemets (born 1973))

“Wisdom: Common sense in an uncommon degree.” -Author Unknown
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“Whoever said sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.” -Author Unknown

“Keep trying. Stay humble. Trust your instincts. Most importantly, act. When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” -Yogi Berra (Lawrence Peter ‘Yogi’ Berra (1925 - 2015))

“Write a wise saying, and your name will live forever.” -Author Unknown

“Don’t eat anything you shouldn’t.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“I give myself, sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.” -Mary Wortley Montagu (1689 - 1762)

“Three things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks he is wise.” -Author Unknown: Welsh proverb

“What cannot be helped must be endured.” -Author Unknown: “Rob Roy” (7 April 1995) movie; words spoken by character Mary MacGregor

“Spend time with those you love, because one of these days you will say either, ‘I wish I had,’ or, ‘I’m glad I did.’” -Author Unknown
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“Whatever advice you give, be brief.” -Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.))

“You must get good at one of two things: planting in the Spring or begging in the Fall.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009))

“It is traditional on these occasions for me to give you a bit of advice, which you will equally traditionally ignore.” -Philip Mountbatten (also known as Prince Philip (born 1921))

“Don’t ever slam a door; you might want to go back.” -Author Unknown
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“He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.” -Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65))

“Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.” -Felix Frankfurter (1882 - 1965): Henslee v. Union Planters Bank, 335 U.S. 600 (1948) (dissenting)

“We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.” -Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910))

“Wise people carry their possessions within them.” -Author Unknown
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“Few persons have good enough sight to see their own faults.” -Author Unknown

“It’s possible to own too much. A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure.” -Lee Segall

“The words you speak today should be soft and tender . . . for tomorrow you may have to eat them.” -Author Unknown

Accept a proverb out of Wisdom’s schools -
“Barbers first learn to shave by shaving fools.”
-John Wolcot (1738 - 1819): “Works” (1792)
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“Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold - but so does a hard-boiled egg.” -Author Unknown

“A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring.” -Sholom Aleichem (pseudonym of Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich (1859 - 1916))

“No one is wise at all times.” [translation to English]
“Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit.” [original Latin]
-Gaius Plinius Secundus (also known as Pliny the Elder (C.E. 23 or C.E. 24 - C.E. 79)): “Historia Naturalis,” VII, 41, 2

“A mountain shames a molehill until both are humbled by the stars.” -Author Unknown: proverb
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“Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction.” -Author Unknown

“The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on; it is never of any use to oneself.” -Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854 - 1900))

“Wisdom isn’t the acquisition of knowledge. It’s knowing which knowledge is worth acquiring.” -Frank Tyger (1929 - 2011)

“One day you’ll just be a memory to some people. Do your best to be a good one.” -Author Unknown
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“Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.” -David Starr Jordan (1851 - 1931): “The Philosophy of Despair” (1902)

“Follow your honest convictions, and stay strong.” -William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863)

“Surround yourself with people smarter than you.” -Maggie Wilderotter

Wisdom Teaches

Wisdom teaches:
The fruits of silence;
The blessings of health;
The rewards of self-discipline;
The satisfaction of achievement;
The responsibility of power;
The beauty of nature;
The miracle of love;
The meaning of friendship;
The privilege of prayer;
The power of faith;
The joy of sharing;
The treasure of integrity.

by William A. Ward (William Arthur Ward (1921 - 1994))

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“Work hard, dress well, and be nice to people.” -Author Unknown

“Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dearly for it.” -Author Unknown
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“There are many who give advice, but few who offer guidance.” -Author Unknown

“If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, ‘Tell the truth.’ If I got three more words, I’d add, ‘All the time.’” -Randy Pausch (Randolph Frederick ‘Randy’ Pausch (1960 - 2008))

“The first step toward madness is to think oneself wise.” -Fernando de Rojas

“Remember, it’s not the fall that hurts you; it’s the stop at the end.” -Author Unknown
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“No man is wise enough by himself.” [translation to English]
“Nemo solus satis sapit.” [original Latin]
-Titus Maccius Plautus (also known simply as Plautus (254 B.C.E. - 184 B.C.E.)): “Miles Gloriosus,” III, 3, 12

“True wisdom consists not in seeing what is immediately before our eyes, but in foreseeing what is to come.” -Publius Terentius Afer (also known simply as Terence (185 B.C.E. - 159 B.C.E.)): “Adelphi,” III. 3. 32

Enjoy yourself,
It’s later than you think.
-Herb Magidson (1906 - 1986): “Enjoy Yourself” (1950) song lyrics

“Rise with the Sun and go to bed with the chickens.” -Author Unknown
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“Many receive advice; only the wise profit from it.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)

“It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.” -Aeschylus (525 B.C.E. - 456 B.C.E.)

“You will always find some Eskimos ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.” -Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (1909 - 1966): “Unkempt Thoughts” (1957)
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The road to wisdom?
     Well it’s plain and simple to express:
Err and err and err again
     but less and less and less.
-Piet Hein (1905 - 1996)

“Be wise to-day; ‘tis madness to defer.” -Edward Young (1683 - 1765): “Night Thoughts” (1742 - 1745), ‘Night 1, line 391
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“As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.” -Socrates (470 B.C.E. - 399 B.C.E.): as quoted in Plato: “Phaedrus,” Section CCXXXV

“Whoever is not too wise is wise.” [translation to English]
“Quisquis plus justo non sapit, ille sapit.” [original Latin]
-Marcus Valerius Martialis (also known simply as Martial (between C.E. 38 and C.E. 41 - between C.E. 102 and C.E. 104)): “Epigrammata,” XIV. 10. 2

“The surest sign of wisdom is constant cheerfulness.” -Michel de Montaigne (Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)): “Essays,” Book I, Chapter XXV
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“Never leave hold of what you’ve got until you’ve got hold of something else.” -Donald Herzberg
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“Don’t throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.” -Author Unknown: Swedish proverb

“Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.” -Edward Thorndike (Edward Lee Thorndike (1874 - 1949))
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“Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this Earth would be God’s Paradise.” -Phillips Brooks (1835 - 1893)

“If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, ‘I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.’” -Ann Landers (pseudonym of Esther Pauline ‘Eppie’ Lederer (1918 - 2002))

“Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all: This, too, shall pass.” -Ann Landers (pseudonym of Esther Pauline ‘Eppie’ Lederer (1918 - 2002))

Don’t cry over the past, it’s gone.
Don’t worry about the future, it hasn’t arrived.
Live in the present, and make it beautiful.
-Author Unknown
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“We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.” -Arthur Helps (1813 - 1875)

“Speak your mind but ride a fast horse.” -Author Unknown

“The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right. That has been my secret, and I have never had any quarrels.” -Hannah Whitall Smith (1832 - 1911): as quoted in Logan Pearsall Smith, editor: “Philadelphia Quaker: The Letters of Hannah Whitall Smith” (1950), page 146

“Charity gives itself rich; greed hoards itself poor.” -Author Unknown: German proverb
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“If a man loves to give advice, it is a sure sign that he himself wants it.” -George Savile (also known as Lord Halifax (1633 - 1695))

“No man was ever wise by chance.” [translation to English]
“Nulli sapere casu obtigit.” [original Latin]
-Lucius Annaeus Seneca (also known as Seneca the Younger (3 B.C.E. - C.E. 65)): Epistolæ Ad Lucilium, LXXVI

“Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you.” -Author Unknown

“If I wanted to become a tramp, I would seek information and advice from the most successful tramp I could find. If I wanted to become a failure, I would seek advice from men who have never succeeded. If I wanted to succeed in all things, I would look around me for those who are succeeding, and do as they have done.” -Joseph Marshall Wade (1832 - 1905)
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“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” -Robert Brault (born 1938)

“Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.” -Tobias Smollett (Tobias George Smollett (1721 - 1771))

“Wisdom is the sunlight of the soul.” -Author Unknown

“It’s a small world. So you gotta use your elbows a lot.” -Author Unknown
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“Wisdom is to live in the present, plan for the future, and profit from the past.” -Author Unknown

“Never take the advice of someone who has not had your kind of trouble.” -Sydney J. Harris (Sydney Justin Harris (1917 - 1986))

Good Advice

Don’t shirk
     Your work
For the sake
     Of a dream;
A fish
     In the dish
Is worth ten
     In the stream.

by Author Unknown
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“We are wiser than we know.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

“As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.” -Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919)

“The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is in love, laughter, and work.” -Elbert Hubbard (Elbert Green Hubbard (1856 - 1915))

Keep your eye on the ball.
Keep your shoulder to the wheel.
Keep your nose to the grindstone.
Now try to work in that position.
-Author Unknown
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“The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.” -Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636 - 1711)

“Dare to be wise.” [translation to English]
“Sapere aude.” [original Latin]
-Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.)): “Epistles,” I, 2, 40

“Seek advice but use your own common sense.” -Author Unknown: Yiddish proverb

“Enjoy yourself. These are the good old days you’re going to miss in the years ahead.” -Author Unknown
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Man thinks
Brutes* have no wisdom, since they know not his:
Can we divine their world?
-George Eliot (pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans, possibly also known as Marian Evans Cross (1819 - 1880)): “The Spanish Gypsy” (1868), Book II
*brutes: animals, beasts, or nonhuman creatures

“Be strong when you are weak, brave when you are scared, and humble when you are victorious.” -Michelle Moschetti
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“Whatever you are, try to be a good one.” -William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863): as quoted in Laurence Hutton’s memoir, ‘A Boy I Once Knew,’ serialized in “St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks” (March 1897), Volume 24, Number 5, page 413, column 2; also as quoted in Laurence Hutton: “A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs” (1898) autobiography

“Live, and be happy, and make others so.” -Mary Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797 - 1851)): “Frankenstein” (1818), Chapter 8; line spoken by character Justine Moritz

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Opportunities And Possibilities

4/29/2024

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Your golden opportunity awaits . . . right this way, please . . .

“Opportunity, sooner or later, comes to all who work and wish.” -Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley (1799 - 1869)
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“Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.” -Doris Lessing (Doris May Lessing (born Doris May Tayler (1919 - 2013)))

“If you miss an opportunity, that is not the end. Another one will come. Just prepare yourself as best you can so that you do not miss the next one.” -Author Unknown

“Far too many people have no idea of what they can do because all they have been told is what they can’t do. They don’t know what they want because they don’t know what’s available for them.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))

“No man can tell what the future may bring forth, and small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.” -Demosthenes (384 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.): “Ad Leptinem,” 162: as quoted in Thomas Benfield Harbottle: “Dictionary of Quotations (Classical)” (1897), page 511

“When opportunity knocks, don’t be the one to say, ‘Hey, can you get that?’” -Author Unknown

“Opportunity is often dressed up in work clothes.” -Croft M. Pentz (1931 - 2008)
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“The bigger the challenge, the greater the opportunity.” -Author Unknown

“Make Hay, while the Sun shines.” -Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs, Wise Sentences, and Witty Sayings” (1732), number 3314

“I’ve been lucky. Opportunities don’t often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.” -Audrey Hepburn (Audrey Kathleen Hepburn-Ruston (1929 - 1993))
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“Opportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn’t come before.” -Shelby Steele

“A wise man will make more opportunities, than he finds.” -Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626): “Essays” (1625), ‘Of Ceremonies and Respect’

“Be ready when opportunity comes . . . Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.” -Roy D. Chapin, Junior (Roy Dikeman Chapin, Junior (1915 - 2001))

“Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers.” -Author Unknown

“Opportunities comes from knocking on doors until they open.” -Author Unknown

“Be a can-do, will-try person. Focus on what you have and not what you don’t have, what you can do rather than what you cannot do.” -Marian Wright Edelman (born 1939)
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“Opportunity does not come and knock on our doors. We must ourselves go knocking on doors to find opportunity, persistently knocking until we have an answer, either yes or no, and then we go on to the next ten thousand doors, one at a time, without pausing between them, smiling as best we are able, and speaking our carefully prepared and memorized introductions in a polite conversational style.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“We must look for the opportunity in every difficulty instead of being paralyzed at the thought of the difficulty in every opportunity.” -Walter E. Cole, Junior (1926 - 2018)

“Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” -Sun-Tzu: “The Art of War” (3rd century B.C.E.)

“Your aspirations are your possibilities.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)

“You may miss all of the good opportunities if you are willing to try only what you are fairly certain you can succeed at. You have to try many things that might, or might not, work out.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“If you don’t hear opportunity knocking, find another door.” -Author Unknown

“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” -John J. Ingalls (John James Ingalls (1833 - 1900))
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“The opportunities of man are limited only by his imagination.” -Charles F. Kettering (Charles Franklin Kettering (1876 - 1958))

Knock, knock!
Who’s there?
Opportunity.
Opportunity, who?
Fooled you - opportunity only knocks once!
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“Some say opportunity knocks only once, that is not true. Opportunity knocks all the time, but you have to be ready for it.” -Louis L’Amour (born Louis Dearborn LaMoore (1908 - 1988))

“If you’re looking for a big opportunity, seek out a big problem.” -H. Jackson Brown, Junior (Harriett Jackson Brown, Junior (born 1940))
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“Opportunity is a parade. Even as one chance passes, the next is a fife and drum echoing in the distance.” -Robert Brault (born 1938) at https://RBrault.blogspot.com/

“It is often hard to distinguish between the hard knocks in life and those of opportunity.” -Frederick Phillips
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“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems.” -John W. Gardner (John William Gardner (1912 2002))

“Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” -Chris Grosser
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“Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald (Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940)): “Tales of the Jazz Age” (1922), ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’

“Opportunity is rare, and a wise man will never let it go by him.” -Bayard Taylor (1825 - 1878)
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“Thou hast only to follow the wall far enough and there will be a door in it.” -Marguerite de Angeli (1889 - 1987): “The Door in the Wall” (1949)

“Opportunity seems to have an uncanny habit of favoring those who have paid the price of years of preparation.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “Highways of Happiness” magazine

“The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is where you are.” -John Burroughs (1837 - 1921)

“Opportunity is sometimes hard to recognize if you’re only looking for a lucky break.” -Monta Crane (Monta Mildred (Henrichs) Crane (1911 - 2009))

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“Our thoughts and imagination are the only real limits to our possibilities.” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1848 - 1924))

“Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970))

“Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.” -Author Unknown

“A wise man doesn’t just wait for the right opportunity, he creates the right opportunity.” -Author Unknown
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“Let us seize, friends, our opportunity from the day as it passes.” -Quintus Horatius Flaccus (also known simply as Horace (65 B.C.E. - 8 B.C.E.))

“Opportunities are seldom labeled.” -John A. Shedd (John Augustus Shedd (1859 - 1928))

“Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness, and of their soul’s resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his little finger. Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.” -William James (1842 - 1910): as quoted in Henry James, editor: “The Letters of William James” (1920): letter to W. Lutoslawski (6 May 1906)

“You are confined only by the walls you build yourself.” -Author Unknown

“Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.” -Sue Ebaugh (Sue Atchley Ebaugh)

“Men who are resolved to find a way for themselves will always find opportunities enough; and if they do not find them, they will make them.” -Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904)

“It is one of life’s laws that as soon as one door closes another opens. But the tragedy is we look at the closed door and disregard the open one.” -André Gide (André Paul Guillaume Gide (1869 - 1951))

“Opportunity seekers do not sit at home waiting by the telephone or the computer, nor do they hang out in familiar haunts and with the same old crowd. Opportunity seekers go out and knock on unfamiliar doors and enter intimidating buildings and go up and down on elevators and stairs. They do a lot of walking, dressed and groomed as best they can, doing best what they can with what they have until they have more and know more. They meet people who are better than they are, who outclass them in every way, and they continue on.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them.” -Russell H. Conwell (Russell Herman Conwell (1843 - 1945)): “Acres of Diamonds” (1890)

“Opportunity . . . often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.” -Napoleon Hill (Oliver Napoleon ‘Napoleon’ Hill (1883 - 1970))

“Don’t wait for the right opportunity; create it.” -George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

“Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989)

“Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” -Ann Landers (pseudonym of Esther Pauline Friedman ‘Eppie’ Lederer (1918 - 2002))

“Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come; you have to get up and make them.” -Madam C. J. Walker (born Sarah Breedlove, taking the C. J. from Charles Joseph Walker (1867 - 1919)) at https://madamcjwalker.com/

“Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1848 - 1924))

“Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.” -Doug Larson (Douglas Lincoln ‘Doug’ Larson (1926 - 2017))

“Are you missing opportunities because you are too focused on obstacles?” -Jeffrey Gitomer (born 1946)

Awake! arise! the hour is late!
     Angels are knocking at thy door!
They are in haste and cannot wait,
     And once departed come no more.
Awake! arise! the athlete’s arm
     Loses its strength by too much rest;
The fallow land, the untilled farm
     Produces only weeds at best.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)

“It’s hard to hear when opportunity is knocking if you are too busy knocking the opportunity.” -Author Unknown

“What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking. None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny. You prepare yourself to recognize opportunity, to pursue and seize opportunity as you develop the strength of your personality, and build a self-image with which you are able to live - with your self-respect alive and growing.” -Maxwell Maltz (1899 - 1975)

“Opportunity knocks once at every man’s door and then keeps on knocking.” -George Ade (1866 - 1944)
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“Your only limitations are those you set up in your mind, or permit others to set up for you.” -Og Mandino (Augustine ‘Og’ Mandino II (1923 - 1996))

“Grasp your opportunities, no matter how poor your health; nothing is worse for your health than boredom.” -Mignon McLaughlin (1913 - 1983)

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” -Thomas A. Edison (Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931)): as quoted in John L. Mason: “An Enemy Called Average” (1990), page 55

“Determine your future now by taking hold of every opportunity.” -Debbye Turner (Debbye Turner Bell (born 1965))
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“Look for opportunity. You can’t wait for it to knock on the door . . . You might not be home.” -Jinger Heath (Jinger L. Heath (born 1952))

“Opportunity is more valuable than money.” -Grant Cardone (born 1958) at https://grantcardone.com/
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“Great minds must be ready not only to take the opportunities, but to make them.” -C. C. Colton (Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832))

“People wait for opportunity to come along . . . yet it is there every morning.” -Author Unknown: “Dennis the Menace”
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“Small opportunities are often the beginnings of great achievements.” -Calvin Coolidge (John Calvin Coolidge, Junior (1872 - 1933))

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” -Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

“Opportunity is always knocking. The problem is that most people have the self-doubt station in their head turned up way too loud to hear it.” -Brian Vaszily (Brian William Vaszily (born 1970))

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.” -Jesus of Nazareth: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘Book of Matthew,’ chapter 7, verses 7 and 8 (see also verses 9 through 12)

“The activity you’re most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity.” -Robin Sharma (born 1965)

“When opportunity knocks, you can’t say, ‘Come back later.’” -Leonard Turkel (1930 - 2011)

“Learn to ask for what you want . . . The worst people can do is not give you what you ask for - which is precisely where you were before you asked.” -Peter McWilliams (Peter Alexander McWilliams (1949 - 2000))

“Little opportunities should be improved.” -François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon (1651 - 1715)
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“We have the power within, but the secret of success is to employ our power and talents and be prepared for opportunity when it comes.” -Walter Matthews (1926 - 2012)

“That old saying about opportunity only knocking once is as archaic as the flat-Earth theory and as patently untrue. Opportunity knocks all the time - and it rings your doorbell, calls you up, and sends you e-mails.” -Victoria Moran (born 1950) at https://mainstreetvegan.net/

“The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment, it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1850 - 1924))

“Jumping at several small opportunities may get us there more quickly than waiting for one big one to come along.” -Hugh Allen (Hugh Percy Allen (1869 - 1946))

“Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They have developed the opportunity that was at hand.” -Bruce Barton (1886 - 1967)

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” -Milton Berle (born Mendel Berlinger (1908 - 2002))

“Opportunities are often things you haven’t noticed the first time around.” -Catherine Deneuve (pseudonym of Catherine Fabienne Dorléac (born 1943))
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“Arrange whatever pieces come your way.” -Virginia Woolf (Adeline Virginia ‘Virginia’ Woolf (born Adeline Virginia Stephen (1882 - 1941)))

“Every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity.” -Helen Schucman (Helen Cohn Schucman (born Helen Dora Cohn (1909 - 1981)))

“Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.” -H. Jackson Brown (Horace Jackson Brown, Junior (1940 - 2021))

“With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.” -Thomas Buxton (Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786 - 1845)): as quoted in Frank Leslie: “Sunday Magazine” (January - June 1886), Volume XIX, page 89

“When opportunity knocks, don’t question your ability based on your shortcomings. Know your strengths and start your journey!” -Author Unknown
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“Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.” -Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt (1858 - 1919))

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Meeting And Parting

4/22/2024

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Most things in life start with hello . . .
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“I figured out that I can greet people with ‘soup’ or ‘jello’ and people will hear the words as ‘what’s up’ or ‘hello.’” -Author Unknown

“Be the first to say hello to others. You will have a happier day.” -Author Unknown
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Howdy, howdy, howdy! My name is Howdy, and I’ve been around since at least 1632. I am a contraction of the phrase ‘how do you do.’ You may recognize me from such memorable lines as, ‘Howdy, partner!’ ‘Howdy, dude!’ ‘Howdy, miss!’ and ‘Howdy, mister!’ I also have a humble cousin named, ‘How do.’ Nice to meet you!

“A simple hello could lead to a million things.” -Author Unknown
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Merry May We Be

Merry may we meet,
     Merry may we be together,
Merry may we part.
     And merry meet again.

By Author Unknown
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‘Ciao’ (pronounced as ‘chow’) is an Italian expression that can be said to people both at meeting and at parting.

Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Howie.
Howie, who?
I’m fine. Howie you?
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‘Cheerio!’ is a British way of saying at once ‘goodbye’ and ‘be of good cheer.’

Meeting and Parting Without Physical Contact (and Spoken Words Optional)
- Bowing.
- Curtsying.
- Hand gesturing such as the Hippie ‘peace sign.’
- Hand waving.
- Hat tipping.
- Head nodding.
- Saluting.
Can you add to this list?

Lucy: So, how are you today?
Anne: Just ducky! Quack, quack!
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‘Welkom’ is a Dutch word meaning ‘welcome.’

‘Aloha’ (pronounced as ‘uh-loh-uh or ‘ah-loh-hah’) is Hawaiian for both ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye.’

Matthew: How are you?
Luke: Too blessed to be stressed!

“Why can’t we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn’t work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves. Then we would have to say good-bye. I hate good-byes. I know what I need. I need more hellos.” -Charles M. Schulz (Charles Monroe ‘Sparky’ Schulz (1922 - 2000))

Can a person say, “Seasons greetings!” in summertime?
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‘Bienvenidos’ is a Spanish word meaning ‘welcome.’

When asked how to make goodbyes less sad and scary, our first thought was, ice cream! But maybe better answers exist. Can you think of some?

“If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” -Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
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Cassidy: What did the buffalo say when his son went off to college?
Cassandra: “Bison!”

‘Salut’ is a French word used informally to mean ‘hello’ or ‘goodbye.’ ‘Bonjour’ is used formally during the daytime, with the meaning ‘good day,’ ‘good morning,’ or ‘hello.’ ‘Bonsoir’ means ‘good evening.’

Goodbyes

Goodbyes are not forever,
     Goodbyes are not the end -
They simply mean I’ll miss you,
     Until we meet again.

by Author Unknown
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The word ‘goodbye,’ also spelled good-bye, is a contraction of the Old English phrase, ‘God be by ye,’ which roughly translates to Modern English as, ‘May God be with you.’

Al: How are you, my friend?
Vin: I’m doing swimmingly!

“Don’t be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.” -Richard Bach (Richard David Bach (born 1936)): “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah” (1977), chapter 18

Elma: Hi, how are you?
Bert: Better and better!
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Picture of a donkey and a dog standing and facing each other in a grassy area under a shade tree and greeting each other with the Italian word Ciao!, the Polish word Witam!, the Swiss word Grüezi!, the Japanese word Kon’nichiwa!, the Swedish word Hallå!, the English word Hello!, the Danish word Hej!, the Dutch and German word Hallo!, the French word Holà!, the Swahili word Habari!, the Brazilian word Olá!, the Irish words Dia duit!, and the words, ‘Visit www.MakeFunOfLife.net.’

A ‘pip’ in British English is an expression imitative of any short, high-pitched sound, and ‘pip-pip’ is an imitation of the short double-blasts on the horn made by a rider of a bicycle or a driver of an automobile, adapted as a saying spoken when parting company. Perhaps placing humor into a moment of parting can help reduce the resulting feelings of glumness.

The proper response to the Irish greeting, “Top of the morning to you!” is “And the rest of the day to yourself!”
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An Irish Blessing

May the road rise up to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
And the rain fall soft upon your fields,
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.

by Author Unknown

Overheard: If you see me getting smaller, it means I’m leaving.

May we not be nervous at meetings,
Nor saddened at partings,
But think of the good that happens,
Between the hellos and the goodbyes.
-David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

How are you?
- About average.
- Couldn’t be better.
- Fair to partly cloudy.
- Fit as a fiddle.
- Good.
- Just peachy
- Marvelous.
- Not bad.
- Outstanding.
- Perfect.
- Pretty good.
- Spectacular.
- Super!
So, how are you today?

“I was walking in the park and this guy waved at me. Then he said, ‘I’m sorry, I thought you were someone else.’ I said, ‘I am.’” -Demetri Martin (Demetri Evan Martin (born 1973))

Carpenter Bob: How are things?
Tailor Jill: It’s just sew-sew!
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‘Namaste’ is a Hindi word meaning ‘farewell,’ used commonly in India.

“Happy trails to you, until we meet again.” -Dale Evans Rogers (pseudonym of Frances Octavia Smith (born Lucille Wood Smith (1912 - 2001))): “Happy Trails” song

“There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.” -Author Unknown
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“This is not goodbye, but hello to a forever fond memory, one with a smile attached to it.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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Animal Theme Meeting Lines
- How do you do, caribou?
- What’s the word, hummingbird?
Can you think of others?

Jody: What do wolves say when they are introduced?
Cody: “Howl do you do?”

The custom of shaking hands began in ancient times when strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed and had no ill intent.
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‘Hola’ is a Spanish word meaning ‘hello.’ ‘Que pasa’ is a casual or informal expression, though often not a preferred greeting because its literal meaning is ‘what happened’ or ‘what is happening.’

“The two hardest things to say in life are hello for the first time and goodbye for the last.” -Moira Rogers (pseudonym of writing team Bree Bridges and Donna Herren)
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“When I feel threatened, vulnerable, or insecure, whether it is from simply walking into a room of unknown people, meeting someone for the first time, an unexpected or expected confrontation, or doing something new, I affirm in my mind (over and over): There is no danger, there is no threat. From there, the discomfort lessens and I become open for discovery and adventure.” -Charles F. Glassman (born 1959): “Brain Drain: The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life” (2009)
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“Good-bye is always hello to something else.” -George Ella Lyon (born 1949): “Borrowed Children” (March 1988)

“Fare thee well.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Antony and Cleopatra” (1606 - 1607), Act 4, scene 4

Fare thee well! and if forever,
Still forever, fare thee well.
-Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron (1788 - 1824)): “Fare Thee Well” (1816), stanza 1

“Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you.” -Roy Rogers (pseudonym of Leonard Franklin ‘Len’ Slye (1911 - 1998))

It was the briefest of encounters, so I quickly said, “Hello - and goodbye!”

‘So-long’ is derived from the Arabic ‘salaam’ and the Hebrew ‘shalom,’ which roughly translate to English as, ‘peace unto you.’

“Goodbye is the hardest thing to say to someone who means the world to you, especially when goodbye isn’t what you want.” -Author Unknown

“You will always be my favorite hello and my hardest goodbye.” -Cecelia Ahern

“Sometimes goodbye is not the hardest thing to say . . . sometimes the hardest thing to say is hyperpolysyllabicsesquipedalianist or supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

Picture of five people’s hands, each holding up an inflatable pink letter-shaped balloons, spelling, ‘Hello,’ and the words, ‘Visit www.MakeFunOfLife.net.’

The word ‘hello’ was once commonly used as an expression at encountering something unexpected or to call another person’s attention to something. Thomas Edison (Thomas Alva Edison (1847 - 1931)) suggested that the word be used as a greeting when answering telephones.

“It is generally agreed that ‘Hello’ is an appropriate greeting because if you entered a room and said ‘Goodbye,’ it could confuse a lot of people.” -Dolph Sharp (born 1914)

“So long, and thanks for all the fish!” -Douglas Adams (Douglas Noel Adams (1952 - 2001))

Max: Morning glory.
Felix: Evening grace.

Good Bye

See you later alligator,
Bye-bye butterfly,
Give a hug ladybug,
Be sweet parakeet,
Blow a kiss goldfish,
See you soon racoon,
Take care polar bear,
Out the door dinosaur!

By Author Unknown
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“We only part to meet again.” -John Gay (1685 - 1732)

Animal Theme Parting Lines
- Adieu, cockatoo!
- Adios, hippos!
- After a while, crocodile!
- Be well, speedy snail!
- Better shake, rattlesnake!
- Bye-bye, butterfly!
- Can’t stay, blue jay.
- Don’t meander, salamander!
- Good wishes, jellyfishes!
- Goodbye, dragonfly!
- Goodbye, fruit fly!
- Gotta go, buffalo!
- Hasta mañana, iguana!
- Hit the road, hoppy toad!
- See you later, alligator!
- See you soon, hairy baboon!
- See you soon, raccoon!
- See you then, penguin!
- So long, King Kong!
- Stay well, gazelle!
- Take care, grizzly bear!
- Take care, polar bear!
- Ta-ta, chihuahua!
- Toodle-oo, kangaroo!
- Tout de suite, parakeet!
- Until then, little red hen!

Cool Cat: How are things?
Hot Dog: Dyn-o-mite, baby.

Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. This custom has become the modern military salute.

“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” -A. A. Milne (Alan Alexander Milne (1882 - 1956)): “Winnie the Pooh” (1926)

“All farewells should be sudden.” -Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron (1788 - 1824)): “Sardanapalus” (1821), act V

Velma: How are things in the fast-paced business world?
Wilma: I’m just about breakin’ even.

Good-night, good-night! parting is such sweet sorrow
That I shall say good-night till it be morrow.
-William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Romeo and Juliet” (1595), Act II, scene ii

‘CU L8R’ is an abbreviation for ‘See you later.’

Jean: How are you?
Gene: Everything is copacetic*!
*copacetic (koh-puh-SET-ik), adjective: satisfactory; fine.

“Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in life.” -Jean Paul Richter (pseudonym of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (1763 - 1825)): as quoted in “The Pulpit Treasury” (March 1884)

Anne: How are you getting along?
Gus: Fair to midlin’.

“If first we practice our hellos and goodbyes until we can do them passably well, then next we can put effort into excelling at what we say and do between the hellos and the goodbyes.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

We’ll meet again,
Don’t know where, don’t know when,
But I know we’ll meet again,
Some sunny day.
-Vera Lynn
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The informal American phrase ‘long time no see’ is believed to be a literal translation of a Native American or Chinese phrase as it is not grammatically correct.

Suzette: Y’all come back real soon now, ya hear?
Angus: You mean, like, right now?
Suzette: No, like, later!
Angus: Well, then . . . how about right now, is that later enough?

“‘It is never good dwelling on good-byes,’ she said. ‘It is not the being together that it prolongs, it is the parting.’” -Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy Bibesco (also known as Princess Bibesco, Elizabeth Asquith, and Elizabeth Bibesco; born Elizabeth Charlotte Lucy Asquith (1897 - 1945))

Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Willy.
Willy, who?
Willy good to see you today, my friend!

“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.” -Charles Dickens (Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 - 1870)): “Nicholas Nickleby” (1838 - 1839)

Smokey Bear: See ya later!
Woodsy Owl: Owl be seeing you!
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“We never entirely leave people and places. They become a part of us and we become a part of them.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

Is sticking out your tongue an acceptable way to greet people or to say goodbye to people?
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“Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again.” -William Shakespeare: “Romeo and Juliet” (1595 - 1596), Act 4, scene 3, line 14

Say hello to World Hello Day, observed on 21 November of each year.

“Sometimes you have to find the good in goodbye.” -Author Unknown
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What does it mean to ‘always leave on a high note’? It means to always leave people wanting more by saying uplifting or humorous words when you are on the way out.

“This is not goodbye, it’s just goodnight.” -Alan Freed (1922 - 1965): signature sign-off as a radio announcer

‘Håfa adai’ (pronounced approximately like ‘half a day’ but leaving out the ‘l’ sound in ‘half’) is an expression for ‘hello’ in the native Chamorro language of the island of Guam and the Northern Marianas, both of which are in the Mariana islands chain. The literal translation is ‘what friend’ and the expression is sometimes informally shortened to just ‘håfa.’

To all, to each, a fair good night,
And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
-Walter Scott (1771 - 1832)

Overheard: I like smiling and waving at random strangers from a distance, because then they will spend the rest of the day trying to figure out who the mysterious person was that waved at them.

May your hellos always outnumber your goodbyes as you continue on your journey . . . and may you never forget to ‘Make Fun Of Life!’ every day . . .

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Stars And Astronomy

4/15/2024

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Picture of a night sky filled with stars, and the words, ‘“Humor And Inspiration And Learning About Stars And Astronomy” Gathered By David Hugh Beaumont - Visit www.MakeFunOfLife.net.’

“We can’t all be stars, but we can all sparkle.” -Author Unknown

What are stars? Stars are massive spheres, or balls, of very hot burning gases, called plasma, held together by their own gravity. Most stars contain mostly hydrogen, with small amounts of helium. Some stars have tiny amounts of other elements as well.

“At night, an enormous blanket is placed over the Earth to keep it warm. The blanket is very old and worn out, and so it has many tiny holes in it. The holes where the Sun’s light comes through are called stars.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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Stars form in nebulas, which are large gaseous areas of space. As gravity attracts and condenses more and more gas into clusters, young stars called protostars start to form.

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
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Stars radiate energy created from nuclear fusion, which is a process that takes place in a star’s core and involves hydrogen fusing, or burning, to make helium. Once nuclear fusion has begun in the core, a star is sufficiently fueled to spend the majority of its life as a main sequence star, or twinkly thing, in its most stable form.

The Star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
     How I wonder what you are.
Giant thermonuclear reaction,
     Held by gravitational attraction.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
     You look small ’cause you’re so far.
As you burn through constant fusion,
     Your twinkle’s just an optical illusion
That happens when your light gets near,
     Distorted by our atmosphere.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
     Spreading light and heat so far.
As you use up fuel you’ll grow,
     And give off a scarlet glow.
Maybe you’ll go supernova
     Exploding elements all over.
Now I know just what you are,
     And I know I’m made of stars.

by Author Unknown: parody of “The Star” by Jane Taylor (1806) poem
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“Even a small star shines in the darkness.” -Author Unknown: Finnish proverb

A brown dwarf forms if a star does not become hot enough to reach nuclear fusion. While a brown dwarf has failed to become a proper star, it is not a planet because it does glow dimly.

“There are stars called white dwarfs and red giants . . . but, alas, no jelly donuts.” -Author Unknown
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The most common stars are red dwarfs. They are less than half the size and mass of our Sun, and burn their fuel very slowly. Red dwarfs last longer than any other type of star, at more than 100 billion years. They are cooler than most stars, and so shine less, eventually growing dimmer.

“We are made of stardust. Every atom of every element in your body except for hydrogen has been manufactured inside stars, scattered across the Universe in great stellar explosions, and recycled to become part of you.” -John Gribbin (John R. Gribbin (born 1946)): “Stardust” (10 September 2000)
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When smaller stars such as red dwarfs or red giants use up all of their fuel and nuclear fusion slows, they start to fade, and become small white dwarf stars, which emit white light until they finally darken into black dwarfs.

“All men have stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems . . . But all these stars are silent. You - you alone, will have stars as no one else has them . . .” -Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry (1900 - 1944))
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A dwarf star is so dense that it would take eight people to lift a teaspoonful of its matter. As yellow dwarf stars like our Sun start to run out of hydrogen fuel, the core shrinks, heats, and pushes out the rest of the star, turning it into a red giant.

Wish Upon a Star

Star light, star bright,
     The first star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
     Have this wish I wish tonight.

by Author Unknown
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Red supergiants, such as Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion, make our Sun look small, having 20 times its mass, and being 1,000 times bigger in size. Red hypergiants, such as the largest known star, VY Canis Majoris, are even bigger, at more than 1,800 times the size of our Sun.

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“It is often in the darkest skies that we see the brightest stars.” -Author Unknown
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Big stars like supergiants and hypergiants have shorter lives because they consume their fuel at a faster rate than smaller stars. As these massive stars fade, they explode into massive bright supernovas.

“Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he’ll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.” -Author Unknown
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Star matter blown apart in supernova explosions forms new stellar nebulas (or nebulae), and the process of making stars begins all over again.

“Supposing you only saw the stars once a year. Think what you would think. The wonder of it!” -Tasha Tudor (born Starling Burgess, possibly later known as Natasha Burgess (1915 - 2008)) at https://tashatudorandfamily.com/
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Very heavy stars that go supernova can actually turn into black holes, while other supernovas leave behind white neutron stars that are 20 to 40 kilometers (12.5 to 25 miles) in diameter and have dense cores made of neutrons.

Riddle: I shine high in the sky - what am I?
Solution: I am a star.
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As a star approaches the end of its existence, the helium in it begins to change into heavier chemical elements, such as carbon and oxygen, and the star will begin to change its color, density, mass, and size.
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“A high-school girl, seated next to a famous astronomer at a dinner party, struck up a conversation with him by asking: ‘What do you do for a living?’ ‘I study astronomy,’ he replied. ‘Really?’ said the teenager, wide-eyed. ‘I finished astronomy last year.’” -James Keller
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An ancient astronomer stayed up all night trying to figure out where the Sun had gone. In the morning, it finally dawned on him.

What do astronomers do during the daytime?
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Stars range in color depending on how hot they are. In order from lowest to highest temperature, they can be brown, red, orange, yellow, white, or blue in color.

“Stars have always helped me to get things into perspective . . . I tried to let the starlight heal something deep in me that hurt.” -Madeleine L’Engle (Madeleine L’Engle Camp (1918 - 2007))
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Stars are often between 1 and 10 billion years old. Some stars may even be close to the age of the observed Universe, at nearly 13.8 billion years old.

“A million stars in the sky . . . and they all sparkle. No matter how great the number of those you find yourself among, you can still stand out. You as an individual matter.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

There are more stars in the Universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches of the world. We know this because we have been traveling the world’s beaches with a pencil, a notebook, and a magnifying glass, counting all of the itsy-bitsy granules of sand . . . if you see us out there, be sure to say hello!
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Stars

The stars are tiny daisies high,
Opening and shutting in the sky.
The daisies are the stars below,
Twinkling and sparkling as they grow.

by Authors Unknown
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Each galaxy contains hundreds of billions of stars and there are estimated to be more than 100 billion galaxies in the Universe. The total number of stars in the Universe is mind boggling, estimated to be at least 70 sextillion and possibly as high as 300 sextillion, which is 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

“Put three grains of sand inside a vast cathedral, and the cathedral will be more closely packed with sand than space is with stars.” -James Jeans (James Hopwood Jeans (1877 - 1946)): as attributed in Laurence J. Peter’s “Peter’s Quotations: Ideas for Our Time” (1993)

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Our Milky Way Galaxy is an area in space crowded with lots of stars - so many that it resembles a road of spilled milk. That is how it got its name. There are estimated to be somewhere between 200 and 400 billion stars in the Milky Way.

Galaxies are speeding away from Earth at 90,000 miles per second. What do you suppose they know that we don’t?
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The light emitted by 200,000 galaxies makes our Universe a shade of beige. Scientists call this color ‘cosmic latte.’ Of course, if a scientist is up late at night looking at stars, it might be because that person is highly caffeinated.

“There they stand, the innumerable stars, shining in order like a living hymn, written in light.” -Nathaniel Parker Willis (1806 - 1867)

The light from stars takes millions of years to reach Earth, so when you look at the stars, you are literally looking back in time.

“The stars are not so strange as the mind that studies them, analyzes their light, and measures their distances.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878 - 1969): “On Being a Real Person” (1943)

“All finite things have their roots in the infinite, and if you wish to understand life at all, you cannot tear out its context. And that context, astounding even to bodily eyes, is the Heaven of stars and the incredible procession of the great galaxies.” -W. MacNeile Dixon (William MacNeile Dixon (1866 - 1946))

While a clear night sky may appear to be full of stars, there are really only about 2,000 to 3,000 stars visible to the unaided eye, meaning without the use of a telescope. These stars are all either close to the Earth or intensely luminous, meaning very bright, like yourself.

Visiting an observatory, the backwoods man watched the astronomer look through his telescope. Just then a star fell. “Wow-wee!” exclaimed the man. “You sure are a great shot!”

Stars only appear to twinkle because we see them through the Earth’s atmosphere. Stars shine in an unblinking steady state, but atmospheric disturbances called eddies, which we experience as slight breezes and winds, make stars look sparkly.

If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day. We know this because we spend a lot of time hanging out at the bottom of old wells and chimneys.

At an average distance of just 149,597,870 kilometers (92,955,807 miles), the nearest star to Earth is a yellow dwarf star called the Sun. The next nearest star to Earth is a red dwarf star called Proxima Centauri, also known as Alpha Centauri C. It was discovered in 1915 by Scottish astronomer Robert Innes while he was working at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is about 39.9 trillion kilometers (24.79 trillion miles) or 4.25 light years away. Light from this star reaches Earth in 4.25 years. A spacecraft using the newest, fastest propulsion systems would take about 75,000 years to get there.

Arnold: Did you know there’s a star called the Dog Star?
Owen: Are you Sirius?

Binary stars and multi-star systems are made up of two or more stars that are gravitationally linked, so that they orbit around each other.

“There wouldn’t be a sky full of stars if we were all meant to wish on the same one.” -Frances Clark (Frances Mary Clark (1860 - 1958))
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A comet is a relatively small solar system body that orbits the Sun. When close enough to the Sun, comets display a visible coma, which is a fuzzy outline or atmosphere due to solar radiation, and sometimes also a tail.

When asked about flying saucers, the astronomer replied, “No comet.”
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Asteroids are small solar system bodies that orbit the Sun. Made of rock and metal, they can also contain organic compounds. Asteroids are similar to comets but do not have a visible coma (fuzzy outline and tail) like comets do.

“Telescope: A device for bringing the sky closer.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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A meteoroid is a small rock or particle of debris in our solar system. They range in size from dust to about 10 meters in diameter. Larger objects are usually referred to as asteroids.

Star

Star light, star bright,
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
No - it’s just a satellite!

by Author Unknown

So-called ‘shooting stars’ and ‘falling stars’ are not actually stars, but are meteors. A meteoroid that burns up as it passes through the Earth’s atmosphere is known as a meteor. A meteoroid that survives falling through the Earth’s atmosphere and colliding with the Earth’s surface is known as a meteorite.

The odds of anyone being struck by a meteorite are said to be ‘astronomical.’

Stars have played important roles throughout human history. They feature in belief systems, have been grouped into constellations, are used in astrology, have helped in the designing of calendars, and were important navigational tools for early explorations across lands and seas.
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Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of Heaven,
Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882): “Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie” (1847), Part the First, III

If you would like to keep up-to-date on the goings on in a whole Universe of stars, visit www.StarDate.org.

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul.
Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.
-Pamela Vaull Starr (pseudonym of Violet Isabelle (Carter) Popp (1909 - 1993))
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At MFOL! we think stars are, like, so stellar . . . and far out, too . . . now go have fun with your life!

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Road Crossings

4/8/2024

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Jane: Why did the goose cross the road?
Jillian: Because the light was green.

Gladys: How do you avoid that rundown feeling?
Clementine: Always look both ways before crossing the road!
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Gregory: Why did the orange stop in the middle of the road?
Megan: Because it ran out of juice.

Stop, Look, and Listen

I stop, I look, I listen,
Before I cross the street.
     I use my eyes,
     I use my ears,
And then,
     I use my feet!

by Author Unknown
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Austin: How did the egg cross the road?
Ozzie: It scrambled across.

Octavius: Why did the frog hop across the road?
Augustus: To see what the chicken was doing!

Margaret: Why did the bad speller cross the road?
Margery: Too get two the other side.
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Ticket Against Jaywalking Chicken. Ridgecrest, California: A chicken that got a ticket for crossing the road has clawed his way out of it. The $54 (RM205.20) citation for impeding traffic was dismissed after Linc and Helena Moore’s attorney argued that the fowl was domesticated and could not be charged as livestock. State law restricts livestock on highways, but not domestic animals. The chicken was ticketed on 26 March for impeding traffic after it wandered onto a road in Johannesburg, a rural mining town southeast of Ridgecrest. -AP

Patrice: Why did it take so long for the elephant to cross the road?
Tricia: Because the chicken had trouble carrying him.
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Artemus: Why couldn’t the hyena cross the road?
Gordon: He was too busy laughing himself silly at that last joke.

Bobby: Why did the cat cross the road?
Darin: The chicken had to take a day off to rest after carrying the elephant across.
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Karl: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Ludwig Wittgenstein: The possibility of ‘crossing’ was encoded into the objects ‘chicken’ and ‘road,’ and circumstances came into being which caused the actualization of this potential occurrence.

Wilbur: Did you hear about the two kangaroos that crossed the road?
Orville: Yes, they jumped into each other’s pouches and were never seen again.

Timmy: Why did the raccoon cross the road?
Tammy: Because she was chasing the chicken.

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A chicken crossing the road is ‘poultry in motion.’ But why did the chicken cross the road? Well, it sort of happened this way . . .

Carla: Why did the rubber chicken cross the road?
Marlene: She wanted to stretch her legs.
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Barbara: Why did the chicken cross the amusement park?
Candace: To get to the other ride.

Earl: Why did the procrastinator cross the road?
Lee: Because it was supposed to have been done two months ago!
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Harpo Marx: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Groucho Marx: Chicken? What is all this talk about chicken? Why, I had an uncle who thought he was a chicken. My aunt almost left him, but we needed the eggs!

Boris: Why did the monster help the little old ghoul across the road?
Doris: Because that is what fiends are for.
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Justin: Why did the cell cross the microscope?
Dustin: To get to the other slide.

Millicent: Why did the polar bear cross the road?
Lucinda: To show the alligator that it could be done.
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Maryanne: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Gilligan: The traffic started getting rough, the chicken had to cross. If not for the plumage of its peerless tail, the chicken would be lost . . . The chicken would be lost!

Paul: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Saul: I don’t know
Paul: To get to your house!
. . . long awkward pause . . .
Paul: Knock, knock.
Saul: Who’s there?
Paul: It’s the chicken from the last joke!
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Minerva: What was the farmer doing on the other side of the road?
Minnie: Catching the chickens as they crossed the road.

Bernard: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Leonard: Just for the fun of it!
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First Lab Tech: Why did the function cross the road?
Second Lab Tech: Because it was defined on both sides and continuous.

Kimberly: Why did the rooster cross the road?
Kimmy: He wanted something to crow about.

Bernie: Why did the cows cross the road?
Bonnie: Because they are always on the moo-ve.
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Percival: Why did the snake slither across the road?
Perry: To get to the other sss-sss-sss-side!

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Adrienne: Why did the happy couple cross the road?
Addie: So they could get their picture on www.MakeFunOfLife.net!

Henry David Thoreau: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Ralph Waldo Emerson: The chicken did not merely cross the road - the chicken transcended it.

Artie: Why did the cookie cross the road?
Marty: To dunk itself in a glass of milk.
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Eudora: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Reuben: To get to the other side.

Curtis: Why did Captain Hook cross the road?
Howard: To get to the secondhand shop
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Agyrophobia, also called dromophobia, is a persistent fear of roads or of crossing roads. Even when no motor vehicles are present, some sufferers from this affliction still experience intense fear. Agyrophobia comes from the Greek words ‘gyrus’ meaning ‘turning’ or ‘whirling’ and ‘phobos’ meaning ‘fear,’ while dromophobia is derived from the Greek words ‘dromos’ meaning ‘running’ and ‘phobos’ meaning ‘fear.’ One of the things that could be said about the chicken that crossed the road is that he was not chicken to cross the road - and you should not be either.

Rhoda: Why did the penguin cross the road?
Ronda: Because the chicken owed it $5.

Tina: Why did the sheep cross the road?
Lena: To get to the baaa-baaa shop for a trim.
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Doctor Leonard Horatio McCoy: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Captain James Tiberius Kirk: To boldly go where no chicken has gone before!

Amy: Why did the dog cross the road twice?
Annie: She was trying to catch a boomerang.

Beatrice: Why did the pigs cross the road with their laundry?
Tricia: They wanted to do their hogwash.
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Tabitha: Why did the rabbit cross the road?
Christina: To get to the hopping mall.

Buzz Aldrin: Have you heard that a chicken has finally crossed the road?
Neil Armstrong: That is one small step for a chicken . . . one giant leap for all poultry-kind.

Jesse: Why did the duck cross the road?
Bessie: To visit the chicken of course!
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Jasper: Why did the chicken cross the internet?
Casper: To get to the Make Fun Of Life! Website at www.MakeFunOfLife.net.

Nick: Why did the seal cross the road?
Vick: To get to the otter side.

Marcella: Why did the chicken cross the Möbius strip?
Marc: To get to the same side.

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Decker: How did the chewing gum get across the road?
Archer: By sticking to the bottom of a shoe.

Marv: Why did the shoe cross the road?
Irv: Because it’s on your foot.
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George: Why did the comedian cross the road?
Jerry: To get to the punchline!

Siskel: I don’t know why the chickens crossed the road, but I loved it. Thumbs up!
Ebert: I disagree. The whole thing left the audience wondering; the chickens’ crossing the road was never clearly explained, and the chickens didn’t emote very well. Thumbs down.
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Julian: Why did the turkey cross the road?
Jillian: To go, “Gobble, gobble! Gobble, gobble!” on the other side.

Hugh: Why did the horse cross the road?
Bert: He wanted to visit his neigh-bors.
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Phillip: Why did the monkey cross the road?
Ophelia: To show he was not chicken.

In Quitman, Georgia, United States of America, chickens are actually prohibited by law from crossing the road.

Petula: Why did the chicken nearly stop crossing the road?
Clark: It got tired of everyone making so many jokes!

Sonny: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Grandpa: In my day, we did not ask why the chicken crossed the road. Someone told us that the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough for us. And that chicken would have had to walk barefoot five miles in the snow just to get to that road, too. They just do not make chickens like that anymore!

Luigi: Why did the tachyon cross the road?
Louellen: Because it was on the other side.

Can’t get enough of “Why did the chicken cross the road?” Here are a few more: Because . . . the pedestrian sign was flashing “WALK” and the road was clear of moving vehicles; Farmer Brown was across the road calling out, “Here, chick-chick-chick, here, chick-chick-chick,” while tossing corn around on the ground; go ask your mother; go ask your father; to catch the “L” train; to try the new hot ‘n’ spicy bacon double cheeseburger; to catch the show; she had a bee in her bonnet; to take a closer look at the cow; to feather her nest; to see what was on the other side; because at the time it seemed like a good idea; the sky was falling; to catch a falling star; to buy a copy of the new horror novel “Chicken Soup for the Human Soul”; to try to look important; to make a new friend; she was lost and headed in the wrong direction; to try something new; they told her there was a ham sandwich in it for her; to escape global warming; to escape the coming ice age; she was a good and faithful friend; I’m listening; oh, I love you so much; what was the question again?; it’s a little complicated; the other chickens said it couldn’t be done; we would have to look at it from the chicken’s perspective; what was the question again?; she’d already been around the block; to see what she could see; it’s a bit of a mystery, isn’t it?; she knew she’d give the farmer nightmares for years to come; another chicken gave her an odd look; I can’t comment on an ongoing investigation; why don’t we go find out; she was certainly a funny bird, that one; truth be told, nobody really knows . . .

Mitchell: Why did the turtle cross the road?
Shelia: To get to the shell station.

Arlene: What happened when the skunks argued while crossing the road?
Aileen: They raised a big stink.

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Shelby: Why did the snail cross the road?
Nellie: I don’t know, she hasn’t gotten there yet.
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Eunice: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Eustice: Because the other chickens egged her on.

Tips for Safely Crossing Roads
- Stop, look, and listen.
- Wait until the signal shows “WALK” or a human figure lights up.
- Hold hands and stay together.
- Always look both ways before crossing the road.
- Look left, then right, then left again.
- Stay in the crosswalk.
- Cross at intersections and do not cross at other places.
- Be aware that drivers sometimes drive when and where they should not because they are not good drivers.
- Can you think of other tips for safely crossing roads?

Silvia: Why did the dog cross the road?
Ingrid: To get to the barking lot.
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Larry: Why did the kiwi fruit run across the road?
Lawrence: Because it was being chased by a pineapple.

Charlotte: Why did the ambitious man cross the road?
Shelly: Because he was chasing his dreams.
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Road Crossings Quiz: Who Am I?
1. I waddle across the road.
2. I bounce or roll across the road.
3. I inch across the road.
4. I dribble across the road.
5. I flow across the road.

Lenny: Why did the scientist cross the road?
Squiggy: Centrifugal force.

Road Crossings Quiz Answers: Who Am I?
1. I am a duck and I waddle across the road.
2. I am a ball and I bounce or roll across the road.
3. I am an inchworm and I inch across the road.
4. I am a basketball player and I dribble a basketball across the road.
5. I am water and I flow across the road.

Chubby: Why did the fat man cross the road?
Tubby: To get some exercise.
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Carl: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Claire: Because the early bird catches the worm!

One of the things that can be said about the chicken that crossed the road is that it was not chicken to cross the road - and you should not be either. Be courageous, and have new adventures every day, just like that little feathery chicken!
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Emily: Why did the spider cross the road?
Amelia: To get to its other web site.

Mirabelle: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Mabelle: She was excited at the possibility of new adventures!
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Problems And Solutions

4/1/2024

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“I think the next best thing to solving a problem is finding some humor in it.” -Frank A. Clark (Frank Atherton Clark (1911 - 1991))

“Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.” -Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson (1928 - 2014))

“The best angle to approach a problem is from the try angle.” -Author Unknown
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“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.” -Duke Ellington (Edward Kennedy ‘Duke’ Ellington (1899 - 1974))

“The problems we face are human problems and therefore are capable of human solutions.” -Frederick Moore Vinson
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“A problem well stated is a problem half-solved.” -Charles F. Kettering (Charles Franklin Kettering (1876 - 1958))

“What a pity human beings can’t exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow’s.” -Olin Miller (1918 - 2002)

“People who believe a problem can be solved tend to get busy solving it.” -William Raspberry
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“Every big problem was at one time a wee little disturbance.” -Author Unknown

“The easiest way to solve a problem is to pick an easy one.” -Franklin P. Jones (Franklin Pierce Jones (1908 - 1980))

“The world’s biggest problems are the world’s biggest business opportunities.” -Peter Diamandis
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Overheard: Everything is figureoutable.

“When obstacles or difficulties arise, the positive thinker takes them as creative opportunities. He welcomes the challenge of a tough problem and looks for ways to turn it to advantage.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993): “Have a Great Day” (1986), page 2

“All life is problem solving.” -Karl Popper (Karl Raimund Popper (1902 - 1994))

“I’ve yet to see any problem, however complicated, which when you looked at it the right way didn’t become still more complicated.” -Poul Anderson (Poul William Anderson (1926 - 2001)): ‘Call Me Joe’ novelette published in “Astounding Science Fiction” (April 1957) magazine

“A feeling of confidence and personal power comes from facing challenges and overcoming them.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“. . . so it will be forever; that after every storm the Sun will smile, for every problem there is a solution, and that the soul’s indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer . . .” -William R. Alger (William Rounseville Alger (1822 - 1905)): “The School of Life” (1881), ‘Lesson of Faith,’ page 71

“Problems are the price of success.” -Branch Rickey (Wesley Branch ‘Branch’ Rickey (1881 - 1965))

“It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.” -John Steinbeck (John Ernst Steinbeck, Junior (1902 - 1968))

“No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.” -J. P. Morgan (John Pierpont ‘J. P.’ Morgan (1837 - 1913))

“There are as many solutions as there are human beings.” -George Tooker (George Clair Tooker, Junior (1920 - 2011))

“It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years.” -Stephen Hawking (Stephen William Hawking (1942 - 2018))

“Focus on remedies, not faults.” -Jack Nicklaus (Jack William Nicklaus (born 1940))
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“The one common challenge of all humanity is the challenge of problems.” -R. Buckminster Fuller (Richard Buckminster ‘Bucky’ Fuller (1895 - 1983))

“After every difficulty, ask yourself two questions: ‘What did I do right?’ and ‘What would I do differently?’” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

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Oysters have an elegant solution to a problem. When a grain of sand gets inside their shells, they respond by coating the irritant in a layer of the material that lines their shells, commonly referred to as ‘mother-of-pearl.’ After repeated coatings, the result is a shiny round object called a pearl. The problem is an irritant such as a grain of sand, and the solution is a pearl. Can oysters teach us how to solve problems?

“Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” -Joshua J. Marine
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“This problem, too, will look simple after it is solved.” -Charles F. Kettering (Charles Franklin Kettering (1876 - 1958))

“We will find the solution . . . together.” -Author Unknown

“All problems become smaller if you don’t dodge them, but confront them.” -William F. Halsey (William Frederick ‘Bull’ Halsey, Junior (1882 - 1959))

“You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution.” -Bob Proctor (Robert Corlett ‘Bob’ Proctor (1934 - 2022))

“Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.” -René Descartes (1596 - 1650): “Discours de la méthode” (English: “Discourse on Method”) (1637)

“The biggest problem in the world could have been solved when it was small.” -Witter Bynner (Harold ‘Witter’ Bynner (1881 - 1968))

“The best way to forget your own problems is to help someone else solve theirs.” -Author Unknown

“Nobody, as long as he moves among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.” -C. G. Jung (Carl Gustav Jung (1875 - 1961))

“Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom.” -Earl Shoaff (John Earl Shoaff (1916 - 1965))

“An expert problem solver must be endowed with two incompatible qualities - a restless imagination and a patient pertinacity.” -Howard W. Eves (Howard Whitley Eves (1911 - 2004))

“A small trouble is like a pebble. Hold it too close to your eye, and it puts everything out of focus. Hold it at proper viewing distance, and it can be examined and classified. Throw it at your feet, and it can be seen in its true setting, just one more tiny bump on the pathway to eternity.” -Celia Luce (Celia Larsen Luce (1914 - 2008))

“There are no problems, just challenges.” -Author Unknown
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“Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work, and get triumphantly through it.” -Ralph Marston (Ralph Seymour Marston, Junior (born 1955)) at https://GreatDay.com/

“I’ve never seen a problem that was solved by only complaining about it.” -Steve Keating (Stephen F. Keating (1918 - 2001))

“To solve a problem, walk around.” [translation to English]
“Solvitur ambulando.” [original Latin]
-Jerome (also known as Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus (about C.E. 347 - C.E. 420))
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“Avoid problems, and you’ll never be the one who overcame them.” -Richard Bach (Richard David Bach (born 1936))

“The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.” -Alan Saporta (Alan H. Saporta (born 1943))
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“When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.” -R. Buckminster Fuller (Richard Buckminster ‘Bucky’ Fuller, also known as R. Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983))

“Don’t tell me that this problem is difficult. If it wasn’t difficult, it wouldn’t be a problem.” [translation to English]
“Ne me dites pas que ce problème est difficile. S’il n’était pas difficile, ce ne serait pas un problème.” [original French]
-Ferdinand Foch (Ferdinand Jean Marie Foch (1851 - 1929))
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“It’s good to remember that the tea kettle, although up to its neck in hot water, continues to sing.” -Author Unknown

“The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.” -Theodore Rubin (Theodore Isaac Rubin (born 1923))
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“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as unsolvable problems.” -John W. Gardner (John William Gardner (1912 - 2002))

“Talking about our problems is our greatest addiction. Break the habit. Talk about your joys.” -Rita Schiano

“Your problems aren’t going to solve themselves, you know.” -Author Unknown

“‘We have a problem.’ ‘Congratulations.’ ‘But it’s a tough problem.’ ‘Then double congratulations.’” -W. Clement Stone (William Clement Stone (1902 - 2002))

Overheard: All of the easy problems have already been solved.
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“Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.” -Henry J. Kaiser (Henry John Kaiser (1882 - 1967))

“Discovery of a solution consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different.” -Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893 - 1986)
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“Focus on the solution, not the problem.” -Walter Anderson (born 1944)

“A lot of problems in the world would disappear if we talked to each other instead of about each other.” -Author Unknown
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“It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.” -G. K. Chesterton (Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936)): “The Scandal of Father Brown” (1935), ‘The Point of a Pin’

“No problem is so complicated that you cannot make it more complicated.” -Andy Grove (Andrew Stephen ‘Andy’ Grove (1936 - 2016))

“There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. We seek out problems because we need their gifts.” -Richard Bach (Richard David Bach (born 1936))

“Don’t dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.” -Denis Waitley (Denis Edwin Waitley, Senior (born 1933)) at https://deniswaitley.com/

“There is a remedy for everything, could men find it.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in George Herbert (1593 - 1633): “Jacula Prudentum; or Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, &c. Selected by Mr. George Herbert” (1651)

“Whenever we have really challenging problems in life, we can work through them the way math teachers help students solve math problems - step by step. This might even be the solution to the mystery of why algebra exists.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” -Robert H. Schuller (Robert Harold Schuller (1926 - 2015))

“The issue is not that our problems are too big but that our imaginations are too small.” -Marianne Williamson (born 1952)

“It often happens that I wake at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.” -Pope John XXIII (born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (1881 - 1963))

“Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
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“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.” -Alan Watts (Alan Wilson Watts (1915 - 1973))

“The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.” -Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903)
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“The ‘how’ thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile ‘ifs.’” -Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)

“I am so grateful for my troubles. As I reflect back on my life, I have come to realize that my greatest triumphs have been born of my greatest troubles.” -Steve Maraboli (born 1975) at https://stevemaraboli.net/: “Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience” (2013)

“Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.” -Theodore N. Vail (Theodore Newton Vail (1845 - 1920))

“No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.” -Voltaire (pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet (1694 - 1778))

“The first step towards the solution of any problem is optimism.” -John Baines
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“There is an awful lot that is wrong with the world, so we had better get started on fixing it right now if we are going to be finished before bedtime.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“Never make troubles of trifles.” -Author Unknown

“Trouble Is My Business.” -Raymond Chandler (1888 - 1959): title of article in “Dime Detective Magazine” (August 1939), and the credo of his fictional detective Philip Marlowe

“Creativity can solve almost any problem. The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything.” -George Lois
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“I am grateful for all my problems. As each of them was overcome I became stronger and more able to meet those yet to come. I grew on all my difficulties.” -J. C. Penney (James Cash ‘J. C.’ Penney, Junior (1875 - 1971))

“Do not be pushed by your problems; be led by your dreams.” -Author Unknown
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“For any problem, no matter how big or complex it may be, there is a solution.” -Earl Nightingale (1921 - 1989): “Business Life: 2 Amazing Ways to Solve Your Problems” (2015)

“The most important thing to do in solving a problem is to begin.” -Frank Tyger (1929 - 2011)

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Happiness

3/25/2024

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“There is always something to be happy about.” -Author Unknown

“When you seek happiness for others, you will find it for yourself.” -Lori Moreno
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Cheerfulness

I’m glad the sky is painted blue
And the Earth is painted green
And such a lot of nice fresh air
All sandwiched in between.

by Author Unknown
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“The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.” -William R. Inge (William Ralph Inge (1860 - 1954)): as quoted in “The Reader’s Digest” (1983), Volume 123, page 79

“A happy life is built up of little clumps of violets noticed along the roadside.” -Author Unknown

“You have it easily in your power to increase the total sum of this world’s happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime.” -Dale Carnegie (Dale Harbison Carnegie (born Dale Breckenridge Carnagey (1888 - 1955)))

“Happiness is a choice.” -Barry Neill Kaufman (born 1942) at http://www.barryneilkaufman.com/
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“Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.” -Aeschylus (about 525 B.C.E. - about 456 B.C.E.): “Agamemnon,” 928

“Happiness seems made to be shared.” [translation to English]
“Le bonheur semble fait pour être partagé.” [original French]
-Pierre Corneille (1606 - 1684): “Notes par Rochefoucauld”

“Being happy doesn’t mean everything’s perfect; it just means you’ve decided to see beyond the imperfections.” -Author Unknown

“Happiness walks on busy feet.” -Kitte Turmell
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“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” -Anne Frank (Annelies Marie ‘Anne’ Frank (1929 - 1945)): “The Diary of a Young Girl” (1952)

“It’s being so cheerful as keeps me going.” -Mona Lott’s catchphrase on “ITMA” (1939 - 1949), a BBC radio program; Mona Lott is a fictional character portrayed by Joan Harben (1909 - 1953)

“Happiness will bring you good luck.” -Author Unknown: fortune cookie saying
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“Happiness is not perfected until it is shared.” -Jane Porter (1776 - 1850): as quoted in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert: “Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers” (1895), page 298

“Not only is there a right to be happy, there is a duty to be happy. So much sadness exists in the world that we are all under obligation to contribute as much joy as lies within our powers.” -John Sutherland Bonnell (1893 - 1992)

“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” -Jim Rohn (Emanuel James ‘Jim’ Rohn (1930 - 2009))
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“A lot of happiness is overlooked because it doesn’t cost anything.” -Author Unknown

“There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.” -Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)

“Whoever said you can’t buy happiness forgot about puppies.” -Gene Hill (Gene Atkins Hill (1928 - 1997))
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“Happiness is to be found along the way, not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it is too late.” -Robert R. Updegraff (Robert Rawls Updegraff (1889 - 1977))

“Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.” -Eleanor Roosevelt (Anna Eleanor ‘Eleanor’ Roosevelt (1884 - 1962))

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“Happiness! Can any human being undertake to define it for another?” -Dinah Craik (Dinah Maria Craik (1826 - 1887)): “A Woman’s Thoughts about Women” (1858), Chapter 10
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“Happiness is in the heart, not in circumstances or in things.” -Author Unknown

“A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in the “Holy Bible,” (King James Version (1611)), ‘The Book of Proverbs,’ chapter 17, verse 22

“Happiness is a direction, not a destination.” -Author Unknown
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“I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.” -Martha Washington (1731 - 1802)

“To me there is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy, we sow enormous benefits upon the world.” -Robert Louis Stevenson (Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850 - 1894)): “Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers” (1881): ‘An Apology for Idlers’

“Happiness is a way-station between too little and too much.” -Channing Pollock (1880 - 1946)
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“How true it is that, if we are cheerful and contented, all nature smiles, the air seems more balmy, the sky clearer, the Earth has a brighter green . . . the flowers are more fragrant . . . and the Sun, Moon, and stars all appear more beautiful, and seem to rejoice with us.” -Orison S. Marden (Orison Swett Marden (1850 - 1924))

“Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.” -William Cowper (1731 - 1800): “Task,” book III, line 41

“True happiness consists in making others happy.” -Author Unknown
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“Cheerful people live longest here on earth, afterward in our hearts.” -Author Unknown

Happiness: hap-pi-ness, ha-pē-nǝs, noun: A mental state of well-being characterized by positive emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.
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“Happiness belongs to those who are sufficient unto themselves. For all external sources of happiness and pleasure, are by their very nature, highly uncertain, precarious, ephemeral, and subject to chance.” -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)

“Folks are generally as happy as they make up their minds to be.” -Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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“The great end of all human industry is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cultivated, laws ordained, and societies modelled, by the most profound wisdom of patriots and legislators. Even the lonely savage, who lies exposed to the inclemency of the elements and the fury of wild beasts, forgets not, for a moment, this grand object, of his being.” -David Hume (1711 - 1776): “The Stoic,” ‘Essays, Moral, Political and Literary,’ part 1, essay 16, as published in “The Philosophical Works of David Hume” (1826), volume 3, page 167

“Cheerful people, the doctors say, resist disease better than glum people. In other words, ‘The surly bird catches the germ.’” -Author Unknown
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“Spread happiness; a candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.” -Author Unknown

“We deem those happy who, from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills, without being overcome by them.” [translation to English]
“Ducimus autem hos quoque felices, qui ferre incommoda vitæ, nec jactare jugum vita didicere magistra.” [original Latin]
-Juvenal (Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (about C.E. 55 - C.E. 130)): “Satires,” XII, 20
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“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.” -Marcus Aurelius (also known as Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (C.E. 121 - C.E. 180))

“Your happiness is your gift to the world.” -Robert Holden

“Resolve to make at least one person happy every day, and then in ten years you may have made three thousand, six hundred and fifty persons happy, or brightened a small town by your contribution to the fund of general enjoyment.” -Sydney Smith (1771 - 1845)

“Jumping for joy is good exercise.” -Author Unknown
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“I do not know of any sure way of making others happy as being so oneself.” -Arthur Helps (1813 - 1875)

“The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little soon forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment, and the countless infinitesimals of pleasurable and genial feeling.” -Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834): “The Friend. The Improvisatore” (1828)

“Happiness doesn’t depend on what we have, but it does depend on how we feel toward what we have. We can be happy with little and miserable with much.” -William Dempster Hoard (1836 - 1918)
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“Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.” -Daphne du Maurier (1907 - 1989)

“The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime.” -Author Unknown

“Now and then, it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” -Guillaume Apollinaire (Wilhelm Apollinaris de Dostrowitsky (1880 - 1918))
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Do more of what makes you happy . . . like writing messages on foggy windows and on sandy beaches.
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“Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.” -Margaret Runbeck (Margaret Lee Runbeck (1900 - 1956)): “Time for Each Other” (1944)

“It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.” -Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 - 1902) (1861)

True happiness is to no spot confined.
If you preserve a firm and constant mind,
’Tis* here, ’tis everywhere.
-John Huddlestone Wynne (1743 - 1788): “A General History of Ireland” (1772)
*’tis: it is
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“A multitude of small delights constitutes happiness.” -Charles Baudelaire (Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821 - 1867))

“The greatest happiness is to be that which one is.” -Theodore Herzl (1860 - 1904)

“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.” -Hugh Downs (Hugh Malcolm Downs (born 1921)): as quoted in Roy B. Zuck: “The Speaker’s Quote Book: Over 4,500 Illustrations” (1997), page 185
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“The path to cheerfulness is to sit cheerfully and to act and speak as if cheerfulness were already there.” -William James (1842 - 1910)

“A light heart lives long.” -William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

“Happiness is not the absence of problems; it’s the ability to deal with them.” -Steve Maraboli (born 1975): “Life, the Truth, and Being Free” (2010), page 64 at https://stevemaraboli.net/

“The happiest people are the ones who make others happy.” -Author Unknown
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“The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others.” -William L. Phelps (William Lyon Phelps (1865 - 1943))

“What is happiness and unhappiness? It depends so little on the circumstances; it depends really only on what happens inside a person. I am grateful for every day . . . and that makes me happy.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 - 1945)
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“In whatever situation we are placed, our greater or less degree of happiness must be derived from ourselves. Happiness is in a great measure the result of our own dispositions and actions.” -Hannah Webster Foster (about 1758 - 1840)

“Be happy. It’s one way of being wise.” -Colette (Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette (1873 - 1954))
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“Happiness is not an ideal of reason but of imagination.” -Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804): “Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Ethics” (1785)

“Happiness is no laughing matter.” -Richard Whately (1787 - 1863): “Thoughts and Apophthegms from the Writings of Archbishop Richard Whately” (1856)
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“If you do not have the capacity for happiness with a little money, great wealth will not bring it to you.” -William Feather (William Arthur Feather (1889 - 1981)): “The Business of Life” (1949)

“You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness.” -Author Unknown
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“A single joy can scatter a hundred griefs.” -Author Unknown

“Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.” -Alice Meynell (1847 - 1922)
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“I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.” -Voltaire (pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet (1694 - 1788))

“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.” -William Morris (1834 - 1896)
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“He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise.” -Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)

“An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves.” -Lydia M. Child (Lydia Maria Child (born Lydia Maria Francis (1802 - 1880)))

“The joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you.” -John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 - 1892)

Affirmation: I choose happiness!
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“There are only two roads that lead to something like human happiness. They are marked by the words: love and achievement . . . In order to be happy oneself it is necessary to make at least one other person happy . . . The secret of human happiness is not in self-seeking but in self-forgetting.” -Theodor Reik (1888 - 1969)

“Happiness is surely the best teacher of good manners: only the unhappy are churlish in deportment.” -Christopher Morley (Christopher Darlington Morley (1890 - 1957)): “Where the Blue Begins” (1922)

“The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus to himself.” -Publilius Syrus (85 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.)

“Some pursue happiness, while others create it.” -Author Unknown
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“Happiness is the atmosphere in which all things grow.” -Author Unknown

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Loners And Singles

3/18/2024

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“We are a select group, without personal obligation, social encumbrance, or any socks that match.” -P. J. O’Rourke (Patrick Jake O’Rourke (born 1947)): “The Bachelor Home Companion” (1987)

“Maybe ‘loner’ is too strong a word, but I’ve always enjoyed being on my own.” -George Best (1946 - 2005)

Overheard: I am not single - I’m between relationships . . . I am not single - I am romantically challenged. There was a time when people called single men bachelors and single women spinsters or old maids. Nowadays, you may call an unmarried adult ‘unattached’ - but you may not call them ‘incomplete’ because apparently, they really do not appreciate that!

“Single: A partial-person.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

“The trouble with living alone is that it’s always your turn to do the dishes.” -Author Unknown
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“Singles are people who have convinced themselves that mono, black-and-white, 32-gigabytes is good enough for them, while married people live in high-fidelity stereo, full-color, 128-gigabytes.” -Author Unknown

“Hermits United. We meet up every ten years and swap stories about caves. It’s good fun . . . for a hermit.” -Author Unknown: “Doctor Who”

“People assume I’m a loner by choice. They think I’m antisocial, when the truth is I’m terrified of people because I’m kind and sensitive and people tend to walk all over me.” -Author Unknown
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Lone Dog

I’m a lean dog, a keen dog, a wild dog, and lone;
     I’m a rough dog, a tough dog, hunting on my own;
I’m a bad dog, a mad dog, teasing silly sheep;
     I love to sit and bay the Moon, to keep fat souls from sleep.

I’ll never be a lap dog, licking dirty feet,
     A sleek dog, a meek dog, cringing for my meat,
Not for me the fireside, the well-filled plate,
     But shut door, and sharp stone, and cuff and kick, and hate.

Not for me the other dogs, running by my side,
     Some have run a short while, but none of them would bide.
O mine is still the lone trail, the hard trail, the best,
     Wide wind, and wild stars, and hunger of the quest!

by Irene Rutherford McLeod (1891 - 1968)
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“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe unto him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.” -Author Unknown: “The Bible,” ‘Ecclesiastes,’ chapter 4, verses 9 - 10

An old guy who had spent his whole life as a recluse in the desert went to visit a friend. He had never seen a train in his life, but on his way, he happened upon a railroad track. Standing alongside the track, wondering what it was, he heard a loud whistle. Looking around, he saw a train bearing down on him like something out of the Apocalypse. The train just nudged him a glancing blow, but it still flipped him into a ravine, where his head smacked up against a rock and knocked him unconscious. A while later he got up, tenderly felt the bump on his head, shrugged off the dust, and then continued on to his friend’s house, the whole time wondering what that big thing was that had nearly killed him. His friend greeted him, put on a kettle for tea, and they started swapping old stories. A few minutes later, the teakettle started whistling like crazy on the stove and the hermit jumped up in a panic, grabbed a chair, and pounded the whistling teakettle flatter than a pancake. Amazed, his friend asked, “What in the world did you do that for?” The hermit said, “Those things are dangerous. You have to get rid them when they’re small!”
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A single guy went into a restaurant for a Christmas breakfast while visiting his home town for the holidays. After looking over the menu he said, “I’ll just have the Eggs Benedict.” His order came a while later and it was served on a big, shiny hubcap. He asked the waiter, “What’s with the hubcap?” The waiter sang out, “There’s no plate like chrome for the hollandaise!”

Far in a wild, unknown to public view,
     From youth to age a reverend hermit grew;
The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell,
     His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well,
Remote from man, with God he pass’d the days;
     Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
-Thomas Parnell (1679 - 1718): “The Hermit”
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If you are single and you have been wondering about married life, we have a page for you - simply click or tap on Marriage.

“A bachelor, in my opinion, is only half alive.” -Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (born Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart (1756 - 1791))

“Now for a little humor for people who are single this holiday season: ‘I don’t live alone . . . I live with my imagination . . . and we have a lot of fun together . . .’” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
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“Only solitary men know the full joys of friendship. Others have their family - but to a solitary and an exile, his friends are everything.” -Willa Sibert Cather (born Wilella Sibert Cather (1873 - 1947)): “Shadows on the Rock” (1931), Book III, Chapter 5

Bumper sticker: Honk If You’re Happily Single!
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Lone wolf: A wolf that is not in a pack of wolves. When hunting alone, a wolf will catch small animals such as mice, squirrels, hares, chipmunks, raccoons, or rabbits. However, a wolf pack, or a group of wolves, can hunt large animals including deer, moose, caribou, and yaks.

“The four food groups for singles are: fast, frozen, junk, and spoiled.” -Author Unknown

“Let me tell you this: If you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.” -Jodi Picoult (Jodi Lynn Picoult (born 1966)): “My Sister’s Keeper” (6 April 2004) novel

“The reason that a lot of men are bachelors is because they fail to embrace their opportunities.” -Author Unknown

“A hermit is a deserter from the army of humanity.” -Henry Southgate (1818 - 1888)
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Loner: A party of one; a person who knows what ‘alone in a crowd’ means.

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When people live alone, they more easily succumb to the temptation to just ‘let themselves go,’ meaning that they partially or entirely stop engaging in the grooming, dressing, housekeeping, and other habits associated with being someone who is living successfully in a society with other humans.

“Etiquette is all human social behavior. If you’re a hermit on a mountain, you don’t have to worry about etiquette; if somebody comes up the mountain, then you’ve got a problem. It matters because we want to live in reasonably harmonious communities.” -Miss Manners (pseudonym of Judith Martin (born 1938 as Judith Perlman))
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“Becoming a hermit is not difficult; however, once hermit status has been achieved, reversing the process and becoming a non-hermit is much more challenging.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

The Loner

He never hurried,
     Nor made a fuss.
Just bided his time,
     Would never rush.

He lived his life,
     So frugally.
Saved for rainy days,
     He’d never see.

There was no one,
     To share his life.
No children of his own,
     No love of a wife.

He had no friends,
     Neither enemies.
His self alone,
     Was his only company.

On his tombstone,
     When his life was spent,
Four simple words:
     He came and went.

by John Read (21 August 2012)

“Those who understand the true nature of humanity are always loners.” -Dean Cavanagh (born 1966)
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“A hermit is simply a person to whom civilization has failed to adjust itself.” -Will Cuppy (William Jacob ‘Will’ Cuppy (1884 - 1949))

“One often overlooked advantage to being single is that a person can eat as much onions and garlic as desired, every single day, without great concern.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)

Question: Why did the single person cross the road?
Answer: To get away from the married couple that was having an argument.
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Men’s Excuses for Staying Single:
- I do not have to explain why I’m wearing ‘that’ shirt with ‘those’ pants.
- I have saved $372,416.21 that would have been spent on groceries.
- I get to see what my paycheck looks like.
- I get to see what my credit cards look like.
- Bachelors do not have a mother-in-law.
- I do not have to watch sub-titled foreign films.
- I do not have a driving instructor grading me every time I go somewhere.

“It’s just like magic. When you live by yourself, all of your annoying habits are gone.” -Merrill Markoe (born 1948)
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“The man who lives by himself and for himself is apt to be corrupted by the company he keeps.” -Charles H. Parkhurst (Charles Henry Parkhurst (1842 - 1933))

“If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it.” -Jean Cocteau (1889 - 1963)
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“Alone, adjective: In bad company.” -Ambrose Bierce (Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842 - 1914))

“I’m a loner as a person, but then I always was, even as a child.” -Bill Bixby (Wilfred Bailey Everett ‘Bill’ Bixby III (1934 - 1993))
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“Please don’t make me sound like a crazy hermit, but I don’t like crowds or noise.” -Steve Burns (Steven Michael Burns (born 1973))

Overheard: 1 Universe, 8 planets, 192 countries, 180,497 islands, 85 seas, 7 billion people - and I am still single!
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“I was a loner and never hung out with anyone. I never had any friends.” -Richard Pryor (1940 - 2005)
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“Hermits have no peer pressure.” -Steven Wright (Steven Alexander Wright (born 1955))

“Sometimes it’s better to be alone because nobody can hurt you.” -Author Unknown
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The third week in September is National Singles Week in the United States of America.

Question: What holiday do single people celebrate every day?
Answer: Independence Day!

“The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.” -Pearl S. Buck (Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (1892 - 1973)): “To My Daughters, With Love” (1967), ‘To You on Your First Birthday’

Isn’t it interesting that we refer to some people as ‘singles,’ which is a plural noun? And how exactly is it that ‘loners’ also is a plural word?

“I was a loner in high school. I keep to myself, but I love life.” -Clea Duvall (Clea Helen D'Etienne DuVall (born 1977))

When people live alone, they tend to develop certain idiosyncrasies, as for example, adopting dozens of stray animals, or filling an entire room with a collection of empty cardboard boxes. Do not be dismayed, because these are instinctual behaviors, as you try to fill in the ‘gaps’ in your life, which other people typically fill with other people. However, you will need to examine your life if you begin holding parties with your stray animals at which you are the only human in attendance, or you go around the neighborhood at odd hours trying to find more empty cardboard boxes to complete your collection - these behaviors could be ‘cries for help.’ You might want to consider attending the weekly singles group meeting at a church or joining several clubs - just not the clubs where they dress up as vampires and some of the club members seriously believe that they are actual vampires (it should be noted that vampires are creations wholly of human imagination). We hope to see you at this week’s singles group meeting so that we can tell you all about our modest 30,488-piece pinecone collection.

“Deep in my heart I know I am a loner. I have tried to blend in with the world and be sociable, but the more people I meet the more disappointed I am, so I’ve learned to enjoy myself, my family, and a few good friends.” -Steven Aitchison (born 1968) at https://www.guidedmind.com/
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“The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.” -Alan Ashley (Alan Ashley-Pitt, pseudonym of Francis Phillip Wernig (born 1947)): as quoted in Eda LeShan: “The Wonderful Crisis of Middle Age” (1973), page 304

Signs That You May Be Single
- Back in high school you were voted, ‘Most likely to grow old alone, in a big-empty house.’
- Instead of ‘Occupant,’ your junk mail is addressed to ‘Loner.’
- No woman can ever seem to make you feel as alive as you felt at the ‘TrekMania 2014’ convention.
- None of your twenty-three cats ever likes your boyfriend.
- The makers of ‘Frozen Meals for One’ made you their ‘Customer of the Year’ for the seventh consecutive year.
- Who has time for dating when you are building a life-size King Kong out of Legos?
- You speak Klingon, which is unfortunately not a very romantic language.
- Online, you suggest the topic, ‘Top Signs You’re Going to Spend the Rest of Your Life Single,’ mistakenly thinking that your equally-hopeless fellow social media contributors might give you some clue as to what you’re doing wrong.
- You will master the art of meeting women as soon as they make a video game about it.
- You are already in line for the next ‘Star Wars’ movie release.

“I don’t hate people, I just feel better when they aren’t around.” -Charles Bukowski (1920 - 1994)

“The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.” -James Russell Lowell (1819 - 1891)

Hermit: A female hismit.
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“Something of the hermit’s temper is an essential element in many forms of excellence, since it enables men to resist the lure of popularity, to pursue important work in spite of general indifference or hostility, and arrive at opinions which are opposed to prevalent errors.” -Bertrand Russell (Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872 - 1970))

“But I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything.” -Alan Watts (Alan Wilson Watts (1915 - 1973))

What would you say to someone who says to you, “I don’t go out because I have no friends, and I have no friends because I don’t go out.”?

A Hermit Named Green

There once was a hermit named Green
Who grew so abnormally lean,
And flat, and compressed,
That his back touched his chest,
And sideways he couldn’t be seen.

by Author Unknown
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Trevor: If I tell a joke in the forest, but nobody laughs, was it a joke?
Ian: No, but it does make you a crazy forest hermit!

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Gratitude And Thankfulness

3/11/2024

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'“Humor and Inspiration and Learning about Gratitude and Thankfulness” gathered by David Hugh Beaumont - Visit www.MakeFunOfLife.net.’

“There is always something to be thankful for!” -Author Unknown

“Live in gratitude. When you are thankful for what you have, you are always rewarded with more.” -Author Unknown
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“Thank you, thank you very much!” -Elvis Presley (Elvis Aron Presley (1935 - 1977))

“An old gentleman got up once in a meeting and said he had lived nearly all his life on Grumble Street, but not long ago he had moved over on Thanksgiving Street.” -D. L. Moody (Dwight Lyman Moody (1837 - 1899)): “Power in Prayer” (23 and 24 July 1895) address delivered in the Northfield Auditorium

“The more you recognize and express gratitude for the things you have, the more things you will have to express gratitude for.” -Zig Ziglar (Hilary Hinton ‘Zig’ Ziglar (1926 - 2012))
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“No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.” -Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)

“It is a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.” -Roberto Benigni (Roberto Remigio Benigni (born 1952))
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“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.” -William Blake (1757 - 1827)

“Appreciation can make a day - even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.” -Margaret Cousins (Margaret Elizabeth Cousins (1878 - 1954))
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“You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.” -Sarah Ban Breathnach (born 1947): “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy” (1995) at http://www.sarahbanbreathnach.com/

Knock-knock.
Who’s there?
Hank.
Hank, who?
You’re welcome!
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“The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more you will have to be grateful for. The most poverty stricken of all are the ungrateful. Gratitude can transform common days into Thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” -William A. Ward (William Arthur Ward (1921 - 1994))

“How happy a person is depends upon the depth of his gratitude.” -John Miller (1923 - 1961): as quoted in Edythe Draper: “Draper’s Book of Quotations for the Christian World” (1992), Entry 5249

“People who live the most fulfilling lives are the ones who are always rejoicing at what they have.” -Richard Carlson (1961 - 2006)
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The Thank You Song

For soap and tissues
     And useful things
For jungle gyms
     And slides and swings
For music and stories
     And pictures gay
We sing our thank you song today
     For the blue of the sky
For the gold of the Sun
     For mothers and fathers
And friends and fun
     For bulbs in the soil
And fishes that play
     We sing our thank you song today.

by Author Unknown

“It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.” -Germany Kent
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“When we are grateful for the good we already have, we attract more good into our life. On the other hand, when we are ungrateful, we tend to shut ourselves off from the good we might otherwise experience.” -Margaret Stortz

“Gratitude makes everything turn into a gift.” -Author Unknown

“To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.” -Johannes A. Gaertner (Johannes Alexander Gaertner (1912 - 1996))
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“Say thank you to everyone you meet for everything they do for you.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944) at https://www.briantracy.com

“Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.” -Eileen Caddy (1917 - 2006)
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“Express gratitude generously and sincerely; receive gratitude humbly and graciously; expect gratitude rarely if ever.” -William A. Ward (William Arthur Ward (1921 - 1994))

“Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build up their philosophy of life.” -A. J. Cronin (Archibald Joseph Cronin (1896 - 1981))
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“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” -William A. Ward (William Arthur Ward (1921 - 1994))

“Take time today to appreciate someone who does something you take for granted.” -Author Unknown

Picture of a person, pencil in hand, about to write a message on a Thank You card located next to an envelope, and the words, ‘Visit www.MakeFunOfLife.net.’

“Outcomes rarely turn on grand gestures or the art of the deal, but on whether you’ve sent someone a thank-you note.” -Bernie Brillstein and David Rensin: “The Little Stuff Matters Most” (2004)

“Don’t forget to get yourself a ‘Thank Me’ card to give to yourself for all of the things you have done for yourself.” -Author Unknown

“Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.” -Christiane Northrup (born 1949)

“Gratitude is the memory of the heart.” -Jean-Baptiste Massieu (1772 - 1846)
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“Many people who order their lives rightly in all other ways, are kept in poverty by their lack of gratitude.” -Wallace D. Wattles (Wallace Delois Wattles (born Wallace Delois Walters (1860 - 1911)))

“Gratitude is a sign of maturity . . . Where there is appreciation, there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others.” -Gordon B. Hinckley (Gordon Bitner Hinckley (1910 - 2008))

“My life isn’t perfect but I am thankful for everything I have.” -Author Unknown
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“Learn to say thank you every time.” -Jill Griffin

“Gratitude is Heaven itself.” -William Blake (1757 - 1827): as quoted in Alexander Gilchrist: “Life of William Blake” (1863), ‘1803 - 1804,’ page 200

“Never forget those who helped you along the way.” -Author Unknown
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“Be thankful for the smallest blessing, and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest, and simple graces as special favors. If you remember the dignity of the Giver, no gift will seem small or mean, for nothing can be valueless that is given by the most high God.” -Thomas à Kempis (meaning Thomas of Kempen, born Thomas Hammerken (about 1379 - 1471))

“Gratitude in advance is the most powerful creative force in the Universe.” -Neale Donald Walsch (born 1943)
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“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” -William A. Ward (William Arthur Ward (1921 - 1994))

Anna: Thank you very much.
Elena: You’re welcome very much!

“A person who feels appreciated will always do more than is expected.” -Author Unknown
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“Persons thankful for little things are certain to be the ones with much to be thankful for.” -Frank A. Clark (Frank Atherton Clark (1911 - 1991))

“Be thankful for what you have. Your life, no matter how bad you think it is, is someone else’s fairytale.” -Wale Ayeni
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“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” -A.A. Milne (Alan Alexander Milne (1882 - 1956))

“Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.” -Brian Tracy (born 1944)

“Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude.” -Joseph Wood Krutch (1893 - 1970)
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“Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.” -Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784): as quoted in James Boswell: “The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.” (1785), ‘September 20, 1773’

“An ungrateful man is like a hog under a tree eating acorns, but never looking up to see where they come from.” -Timothy Dexter (1747 - 1806)

“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” -Melody Beattie (Melody Lynn Beattie (born 1948))
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“No matter how good or bad you think life is, wake up each day and be thankful for life. Someone somewhere else is fighting to survive.” -Author Unknown

“‘Merry’ is a word for Christmas . . . ‘happy’ is a word for New Year’s . . . ‘thanks’ is a word for all year long.” -Author Unknown

“One act of thanksgiving made when things go wrong is worth a thousand when things go well.” -Author Unknown
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“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” -William A. Ward (William Arthur Ward (1921 - 1994))

“Gratitude is like a magnet; the more grateful you are, the more you will receive to be grateful for.” -Iyanla Vanzant (born 1953 as Rhonda Eva Harris)

A grateful heart a garden is,
Where there is always room
For every lovely God-like grace,
To come to perfect bloom.
-Author Unknown: as quoted in “Christian Science Hymnal,” #3
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“A joyful and pleasant thing it is to be thankful.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “Book of Common Prayer” (1662), ‘Psalm 147,’ verse 16

“In everything give thanks.” -Author Unknown: as quoted in “The Bible,” ‘First Thessalonians,’ chapter 5, verse 18

Phrase, ‘Thank You,’ written in various languages, and the words, ‘Visit www.MakeFunOfLife.net.’

“What if you woke up today with only the things you thanked God for yesterday?” -Author Unknown
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Hans: What do we often return but never borrow?
Grace: Thanks.

“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” -John Milton (1608 - 1674)

“I woke up. I have clothes to wear. I have running water. I have food to eat. Life is good. I am thankful.” -Author Unknown
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“It is not happy people who are thankful, but thankful people who are happy.” -Author Unknown

“For whatever we have, be it little or much, we should be grateful.” -Author Unknown

“Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.” -Jacques Maritain (1882 - 1973)
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“Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.” -Author Unknown

In our daily lives, we must see
That it is not happiness that makes us grateful,
But the gratefulness that makes us happy.
-Albert Clarke

Not for the mighty world, O Lord, tonight,
Nations and kingdoms in their fearful might -
Let me be glad the kettle gently sings,
Let me be grateful for little things.
-Edna Jaques (Edna Parliament Jaques (1891 - 1978))
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“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” -Marcus Tullius Cicero (also known as Tully or simply Cicero (106 B.C.E. - 43 B.C.E.))

“The more you thank life, the more life gives you to be thankful for.” -Author Unknown

“Upon waking, let your first thought be, ‘Thank you.’” -Author Unknown
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“Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty.” -Author Unknown

“Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you’ll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you’ll find that you have more of it.” -Ralph Marston (Ralph Seymour Marston, Junior (born 1955)) at https://GreatDay.com/

“Someone else is praying for the things you take for granted. Be thankful.” -Author Unknown
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“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

“The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live. He has penetrated the whole mystery of life: Giving thanks for everything.” -Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)

“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more in life there will be to praise and celebrate.” -Author Unknown
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“Thankfulness may consist merely of words. Gratitude is shown in acts.” -Henri-Frédéric Amiel (also known simply as Henri Amiel (1821 - 1881))

“Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.” -Author Unknown

“If we appreciate what we have, it becomes more; if we belittle what we have, it becomes less.” -Author Unknown

“In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906 - 1945)
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“How do you say, ‘thank you,’ for sunshine or health . . . for clear days or gentle rains . . . for happiness, joy, or love? You say it by sharing what you have. You say it by making the world a better place in which to live.” -Thomas D. Willhite (1940 - 1983)

“Praise the bridge that carried you over.” -George Colman (also known as George Colman the Younger (1762 - 1836)): “Heir-at-Law,” Act I, scene 1

“Jesus, please teach me to appreciate what I have before time forces me to appreciate what I had.” -Susan L. Lenzkes

“Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect.” -Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778)
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“Gratitude takes three forms; a feeling in the heart, an expression in words, and giving in return.” -Author Unknown

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” -G. K. Chesterton (Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 - 1936))

“He who can give thanks for little will always find he has enough.” -Author Unknown

“Gratitude. It’s finding the blessings in each day.” -Karen Morrissey
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“An attitude of gratitude creates blessings.” -John Templeton (Sir)

“The enlightened give thanks for what most people take for granted . . . As you begin to be grateful for what most people take for granted, the vibration of gratitude makes you more receptive to good in your life.” -Michael Bernard Beckwith

O Lord, that lends me life,
Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!
-William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616): “Henry VI” (about 1590 - 1591), Part II, Act I, scene 1

“If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.” -Gerald Good
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“Ingratitude is one of our great sins.” -Ezra Taft Benson (1899 - 1994): as quoted in “Ensign” (May 1977), page 33

“Gratitude also opens your eyes to the limitless potential of the universe, while dissatisfaction closes your eyes to it.” -Stephen Richards

“No better words than ‘thank you’ have yet been discovered to express the sincere gratitude of one’s heart; when the two words are sincerely spoken.” -Alfred A. Montapert (Alfred Armand Montapert (1906 - 1997))

Overheard: Always say, “Thank you.”
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“I wish that people would take the time to show people that they are important in their lives either at work or at home. Too many times people take others for granted and I think that needs to change. People are so much nicer and willing to help you if you use those two little words that mean so much . . . Thank You!” -Gina Gillespie

“Gratitude is the best attitude.” -Author Unknown

“A grateful heart is a magnet for miracles.” -Author Unknown

“Tell everybody I said, ‘Thanks.’” -Dick Roe

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