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[susan]

okay..i figured this forum needed a little life..it's been started in other forums and is always a big crowd pleaser

called quote of the day...anyone can post if they have a great quote to share..i usually do the cryptoquotes in newsday all the time and if i like a certain one i'll post it...well, i've got one and nowhere to post so here it is:

Hope is like peace.  It is not a gift from God.  It is a gift only we can give one another.

Elie Wiesel

[susan]

here's another goodie:

When anger rises, think of the consequences.
Confucious

[susan]

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

Albert Schweitzer

It is important that you recognize your progress and take pride in your accomplishments. Share your achievements with others. Brag a little. The recognition and support of those around you is nurturing.

 Rosemarie Rossetti

Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal. A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
Ayn Rand

and for memorial day

Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt. -Bergen Evans

When we say "War is over if you want it," we mean that if everyone demanded peace instead of another TV set, we'd have peace. -John Lennon

[seatrax]

............"we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." JFK

[seatrax]

      “Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.” James Dean

[susan]

for June

Roses are red,
Violets are blue;
But they don't get around
Like the dandelions do.
-  Slim Acres 

"Then followed that beautiful season... Summer.... Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood."
-  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Spring being a tough act to follow,
God created June."
-  Al Bernstein 

[RobFriedman]

ok  for fun

"ya hoida me?"
         -Yogurt (from SpaceBalls)

[seatrax]

        
A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.
 ~Ansel Adams

[BZZZZ]

     
A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.
 ~Ansel Adams

I love and admire his work! The best in world.
~Paul K.

We must become the change we wish to see in the world.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

[seatrax]

If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want.  ~Oscar Wilde

[mini_z]

A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished.

Zsa Zsa Gabor

[susan]

"One good reason to only maintain a small circle of friends is that three out of four murders are committed by people who know the victim." - George Carlin

"A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway." - Fr. Jerome Cummings


"Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces." - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

[susan]

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. - Francis Maitland Balfour

A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug. - Patricia Neal

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief. - Gerry Spence

[tsteinmetz53]

tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are

[seatrax]

I'd prefer to have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.
  ~Frank Nicholson, attributed