Thursday, September 30, 2010

Some Favorite Quotes of Mine

I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined, not by our circumstances, but by our disposition. --Martha Washington

You are the same today that you will be in five years except for two things: The people your meet and the books you read. --Mac McMillan

A good listener is not only popular everywhere he goes, but after awhile he gets to know something.--Wilson Mizner.

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you. --Elbert Hubbard

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. --Oscar Wilde

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one. —-C.S. Lewis

Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. --Eleanor Roosevelt

People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.

If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.

For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.
--Mother Teresa