Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
#quotes #benjamin-franklin #motivation

Your birthday will always be remembered in a special way, because you have brought so much happiness into the lives of those who are close to you. Happy birthday to you!
#birthday #cute

A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
#quotes #jose-saramago #women

When we accept small wonders, we qualify ourselves to imagine great wonders. ~Tom Robbins
#quotes #tom-robbins #imagination #wonders

There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
#quotes #harriette-simpson-arnow

In Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world, we have 1,100 gangs and 120,000 gang members so it is a daunting, complex social dilemma. ~Greg Boyle
#quotes #greg-boyle #gang #los-angeles

I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
#quotes #abraham-maslow #mistakes

A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #friendship

In a game like football, where you have very little time to decide what you are going to do, you have to react almost instinctively, naturally. ~Vince Lombardi
#quotes #vince-lombardi #games #football #instincts

Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
#quotes #jose-bergamin #wisdom

A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #eating

Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do. ~Laurel Clark
#quotes #laurel-clark #parents #influence #thankfulness

I was feeling privileged and self-conscious about my life as a musician, which feels self-absorbed. I can't help it, I am a musician. This is what I do. ~Sufjan Stevens
#quotes #sufjan-stevens #music

Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
#quotes #samuel-p-huntington #united-states #black

Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. ~Emily Dickinson
#quotes #emily-dickinson #morning #romance

I love to work, so give me what you have got. I will play a tree, if you want me to. If you want fruit on it, then pay me more money. Otherwise, I just love to work. ~Danny Trejo
#quotes #danny-trejo #work

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #idleness

Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
#quotes #cleanthes #zeus #fate

I adore clothes, they're my weakest link! My mother was the same, and she taught me always to look polished. ~Anne Robinson
#quotes #anne-robinson #clothing #mother

In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
#quotes #david-knopfler #work #honesty

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
#quotes #thomas-fuller #god #wisdom #happiness

I don't have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I'm bullish about the Longhorns. ~Tom Hicks
#quotes #tom-hicks #sports

I do get a lot of mail. I get a lot of foreign mail because my mail gets mixed with Emilio Estevez. ~Erik Estrada
#quotes #erik-estrada #emilio-estevez #mail

It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves. ~John Bulwer
#quotes #john-bulwer #love

There have been a couple of jobs I have done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink. ~Clancy Brown
#quotes #clancy-brown #thinking #work