A penny saved is a penny earned.
- Benjamin Franklin [attributed]
The jealous are troublesome to others,
but a torment to themselves.
- William Penn
Choose a friend as thou dost a wife,
till death separate you.
- William Penn
I expect to pass through this world but once.
Any good therefore that I can do,
or any kindness that I can show to my fellow-creature,
let me do it now.
Let me not defer or neglect it,
for I shall not pass this way again.
- William Penn
For all sad words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are these, "It might have been.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
Some'll rob you with a six gun,
Some with a fountain pen.
- Woody Guthrie
Do you have a plan for your life?
If not, allocate some time today to sit quietly
with pen and paper to begin writing your life plan -
what you want to accomplish with your life,
and what projects will support your goals.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life ... full of loneliness, and misery,
and suffering, and unhappiness,
and it's all over much too quickly.
- the Woody Allen movie Annie Hall
A relationship, I think, is like a shark.
You know? It has to constantly move forward or it dies.
And I think what we got on our hands is a dead shark.
- the Woody Allen movie Annie Hall (1977)
It is sad but unfortunately true that
man learns nothing from history.
- Carl Jung
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
- Brigitte Bardot
I'm awash in self-contempt!
- the Woody Allen movie Celebrity
Human salvation lies in the hands
of the creatively maladjusted.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
A big part of letting go is recognizing
when it is time to stay in a situation
and when it is time to move on.
- Darren L. Johnson
Some things will never seem adequate
no matter how hard we try.
- from the movie White Man's Burden
Speak when you are angry -
and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
- Laurence J. Peter
I am a self-centered spoiled-rotten brat,
Thank you for nurturing me.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I never considered a difference of opinion
in politics, in religion, in philosophy,
as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
- Thomas Jefferson
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation
and go to the grave with the song still in them.
- Henry David Thoreau
It is far better to be alone,
than to be in bad company.
- George Washington
Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth
until the hour of separation.
- Khalil Gibran
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition,
is not only a waste of energy
but the worst habit you could possibly have.
- Dale Carnegie
Write your Sad times in Sand,
Write your Good times in Stone.
- George Bernard Shaw
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
- Albert Einstein
Morality is the theory that every human act
must be either right or wrong,
and that 99 % of them are wrong.
- H. L. Mencken
All discarded lovers should be given a second chance,
but with somebody else.
- Mae West
A moment without joy is an eternity of sadness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
- Alexander Pope
A true friend is one who
overlooks your failures
and tolerates your success.
- Doug Larson
One's first love is always perfect
until one meets one's second love.
- Elizabeth Aston
Regrets are the tears of good deeds left undone
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Do you feel stuck?
Whether in a project, a job, a relationship,
or some other situation,
there is a time for perseverance,
and a time for letting go and moving on.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Mind Chatter...
"I'm too fat; I'm too thin; and my hair is a fright;
And I'm never enough; and my world is not right;
I'm not smart; I'm not cute; I'm not strong; I'm a bust
I earn scorn; I earn hate; I'm no good; I disgust."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent
about things that matter.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow,
you gotta put up with the rain.
- Dolly Parton
I believe that everything happens for a reason.
People change so that you can learn to let go,
things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right,
you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself,
and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
- Marilyn Monroe
When It's Darkest, Men See the Stars.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is nothing more depressing,
than having everything,
and still feeling sad.
- Janet Jackson
Farewell My Friend
It was beautiful as long as it lasted
The journey of my life.
I have no regrets whatsoever
save the pain I'll leave behind.
Those dear hearts who love and care...
And the strings pulling at the heart and soul...
The strong arms that held me up
When my own strength let me down.
At every turning of my life
I came across good friends,
Friends who stood by me,
Even when the time raced me by.
Farewell, farewell my friends
I smile and bid you goodbye.
No, shed no tears for I need them not
All I need is your smile.
If you feel sad do think of me
for that's what I'll like
when you live in the hearts
of those you love, remember then
you never die.
- Gitanjali Ghei
I seldom think about my limitations,
and they never make me sad.
Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times;
but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.
- Helen Keller
"Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
What's done is done.
- William Shakespeare
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
I leave no trace of wings in the air,
but I am glad I have had my flight.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Distance cannot matter - ours is a friendship of the heart.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
True love is a process of co-creation
in which neither feels ownership or superiority.
Jealousy is a highly destructive force
for love and relationships.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates.
You never know what you're gonna get.
- the movie Forrest Gump
Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Love means not ever having to say you're sorry.
- Erich Segal
Those who own much have much to fear.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Success is failure recycled.
Life is death reborn.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You're only here for a short visit.
Don't hurry. Don't worry.
And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
- Walter Hagen
True Love burns the brightest,
But the brightest flames leave the deepest scars.
- Anonymous
No regrets.
- Anonymous
In human intercourse the tragedy begins,
not when there is misunderstanding about words,
but when silence is not understood.
- Henry David Thoreau
The person who you're with most in life is yourself
and if you don't like yourself,
you're always with somebody you don't like.
- Marc S. Lewis
Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart,
don't know how to laugh either
- Golda Meir
In time we hate that which we often fear.
- William Shakespeare
The course of true love never did run smooth.
- William Shakespeare
When you break up, your whole identity is
shattered. It's like death.
- Dennis Quaid
Those you trust the most can steal the most.
- Lawrence Lief
Maybe I could have loved you better.
Maybe you should have loved me more.
Maybe our hearts were just next in line.
Maybe everything breaks sometime.
- Jewel
It hurts to love someone
and not be loved in return,
but what is more painful is to love
someone and never find the courage
to let that person know how you feel.
- Anonymous
Falling out of love is very enlightening.
For a short while you see the world with new eyes.
- Iris Murdoch
Stupid is as stupid does.
- the movie Forrest Gump (1994)
Most of us spend our lives as if
we have another one in the bank.
- Ben Irwin
We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty.
- Winston Churchill
And you would accept the seasons of your heart
just as you have always accepted
that seasons pass over your fields
and you would watch with serenity
through the winters of your grief.
- Khalil Gibran
The Principal Causes of Our Suffering
are Our Expectations and Our Assumptions.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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