"Life is a series of dogs, of wagging tails, puppy breath, old age, death, heart ache and then once again, joy. A house without a pet isn't a home."

Beautifully written by our dear Alty.

Gee bushg, I'm honored and touched, actually brought tears to my eyes. I'm glad you liked it enough to post it here. :)

"Some people take a lifetime to make an impact on someone, and some people are so special, they glow, and only need a moment to impact you for the rest of your life. You my dear glow."

Alty I promise you I am not stalking you, but you did it again with these beautiful insightful words to Chery.

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M, had to spread the rep. Here's your greenie. :D

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Woo Hoo... thanks alty :p

You're welcome M. :)

Bushg, I'm honored and flattered. I'm so glad you like what I've written. Funny, when I actually sit down to write, a book, or a story, what have you, the words don't usually flow that well. But, when I'm talking to all of you they just come pouring out (yes M, I know, pouring and pouring and pouring out ;)).

Thanks for posting my words Bushg. :)

I was an English major. I even wrote a book (any publishers out there?) but I have had the same, simple favorites for years.

My favorite - and I have loved this since I was a child, I turned and said these words to my husband on our wedding day and I said them at his graveside - "Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die—there will I be buried. May the Lord do thus and so to me, and more as well, if even death parts me from you!"

It's Ruth 1:16-17.

"Where you die, I will die" is inscribed on our tombstone.

And the runner up would be: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" [Edmund Burke]

Here's a couple more I've been saving:

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." Winston Churchill

"There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self." Aldous Huxley

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." Aesop

Awesome, Cap'n! :)

Love the Aesop quote - had to give more reps before I gave you another greenie ;)

Ike didn't hit... darn... couldn't evac to "prettier," more interesting sides of the state...

"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own."

Disraeli

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

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"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own."

Disraeli

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... teach a man to fish...

I like that one.

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. ~Ben Williams

Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really. ~Agnes Sligh Turnbull

One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you're feeling blue is that he doesn't try to find out why. ~Author Unknown

I talk to him when I'm lonesome like; and I'm sure he understands. When he looks at me so attentively, and gently licks my hands; then he rubs his nose on my tailored clothes, but I never say naught thereat. For the good Lord knows I can buy more clothes, but never a friend like that. ~W. Dayton Wedgefarth

Did you ever notice when you blow in a dog's face he gets mad at you? But when you take him in a car he sticks his head out the window. ~Steve Bluestone

I'm in a dog mood. :)

Had to spread the Rep Alty but I love those Dog quotes...

Here's another!

"A dog is not "almost human," and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such."

"Consider the postage stamp. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing till it gets there."

I get mail; therefore I am.
Scott Adams

Captain, thought you'd like this one. :)
Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.

and because it's me. ;)

Practice safe lunch: Use a condiment.

Lawyers have feelings too (allegedly)

To err is human, to blame it on somebody else shows management potential.

Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off now.

I R S: We've got what it takes to take what you've got.

All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy.

Time lost is never found again.

--ben franklin

"Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

"To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail."-Michael Jordan

He Who Hesitates Is Not Only Lost, But Miles From The Next Exit.

Learn from the mistakes of others, because you can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

My mom used to always say "You may not know the reason for another person's rude behavior, whether it is caused by a pinched toe or a pinched life, but you can know this: You will never lead by example as long as your behavior mimics theirs".

"This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good.What you do today is important because you are exchanging a dayof your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be goneforever; in its place is something that you have left behind...let it be something good."

"You can't eat the fruit the same day you plant the tree."

(in other words... if you want to reap the rewards or a certain outcome, you must plant the seeds for such an outcome far in advance and prepare to wait for a while. Don't expect to start one day and have what you want the next)

"The love you withhold is the pain you carry."

"Don't give up what you ultimately want for what you want right now."

Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. ~Gloria Naylor

There's something like a line of gold thread running through a man's words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself. ~John Gregory Brown, Decorations in a Ruined Cemetery, 1994

"Go out looking for one thing , and that's all you'll ever find"

Robert Flaherty

"I like long walks , especially when the are taken by people who annoy me"

Oscar Wilde

Okay, I'm in a mood, care to guess which one?

"I'm a terrible lover. I've actually given a woman an anti-climax." (Scott Roeben)

"I love sex. It's free and doesn't require special shoes." (Anonymous)

"For me, love is very deep, but sex only has to go a few inches." (Stacy Nelkin)

"There's nothing inherently dirty about sex, but if you try real hard and use your imagination you can overcome that." (Lewis Grizzard)

"Nothing makes you forget about love like sex." (Staci Beasley)

"I have no luck with women. I once went on a date and asked the woman if she'd brought any protection. She pulled a switchblade on me." (Scott Roeben)

"If sex doesn't scare the cat, you're not doing it right." (Anonymous)

Yup, guess my mood. :)

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"I can't afford to doubt myself. It's too expensive."
--Sneezers

Aw, poor Sneezy. Sneezy, if it makes you feel any better, Wiggy spent $18,000 dollars today and we have nothing to show for it. :(

"Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections."

According to WikiAnswers, the human head weighs 12 pounds. Today, mine feels like 57.

:)

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."
- Anais Nin

"A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth more."
by Jasmine Fitzwilliam

"Everyone is a friend, until they prove otherwise."
- sent by Steve

"Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you."
- Elbert Hubard

"A Friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you anyway!!!"

To My friends on AMHD, you are my friends although we've never met, you accept me for who I am, I know it's sometimes a challenge. I love you guys, don't know what I'd do without you now that I have you. :)

Alty.

When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something's suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful. ~Barbara Bloom

"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

Psalm 116:7

Return, O my soul, to your
Tranquility, for the Lord
Has been good to you.

My mother used to say, "If you do that again I will kill you."

Does that count? It influenced my life greatly and I can (occasionally) still hear her voice saying it.

Here's a quote from a man whose sayings have helped me to
See certain situations in a better perspective in the past:

When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always.

Mahatma Gandhi

"Have a happy heart Start"
My husbands grandma is failing... I can hardly think of her without tears. We are all so close, she is 91 almost 92. She is the MOST beautiful woman I have ever had in my life.
I don't even want to imagine my life or my kids life without the constant positivity she shows us all. I have to come to terms... and like she always tells me to "Have a happy heart."
If ever I would want to be like someone, it would be her...

I found this quote inside of a Hershey's bar wrapper and it changed my whole outlook of what being beautiful means:

"The best cosmetic for beauty is happiness."

It makes so much sense; when you see someone smiling you don't tend to rate their physical appearance... anyone smiling and happy is beautiful!

Carl Sandburg-
'Nothing happens unless first we dream.'

For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Amy Tan (on love)
'I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.'

If you do not raise your eyes you will think that you are the highest point. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships. ~Charles Simic

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. ~Henry Miller

It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb


To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
~William Blake, "Auguries of Innocence," 1810

"Love doesn't make the world go around.

Love is what makes the ride worthwhile."

~Franklin P Jones


"The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back."

~Abigail Van Buren

Thanks guys. Those were a few of my favorite.