Wonderful , funny and wise quotes
 

So many of you on the board have wonderful, funny and wise quotes listed on your page. Can you please list them so I can read them all at once.
I'll start.


May the colors of your life be bright and the threads in your life very strong.

Never regret growing older, its a privilege denied to many.

Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

Two of my favorites:

Quilting is my passion. Chocolate is a close second.

And one of my all time favorites that has helped me through many a tough situation. . .

Courage is being scared to death, and saddling up anyway. ~John Wayne

It is better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you are a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt!!!(reportedly by Mark Twan)It was the first thing to com:oe to my mind

Those are all great, thanks for taking the time to post them.

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you've forgotten the words.

Live Simply Speak Kindly Care Deeply Love Generously

This too shall pass.

A friend is someone who knows your faults and loves you anyway.

No act of Kindness is ever wasted.

Here you go!

Life is too short....eat dessert first.

The Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose. - A.S. Eddington

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.- Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Whatever you are -- Be a good one!
A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.
Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail.
If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies
I was laughing so hard I had tears running down my legs
The heart ages last
I have gone to find myself. If I am not back before I return, keep me here.
Taste every moment and live it out loud.
Don't cry because it is over - Smile because it happened
No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is won't make you cry.
The babbling brook would lose its song if you removed the rocks.
Everything is ok in the end! If not, then it's not the end
It's the silence between the notes that makes the music.
When you were born you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a manner that when you die the world cries and you rejoice.
I believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
The bluebird carries the sky on its back.
I've learned that the Lord didn't do it in one day - what makes me think I can?
When it is the darkest, you can see the stars
If your only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

I collect sayings!!!!! Edie

loved reading all these thank you

Home is where your heart is.
Life is what happens when you are making other plans
Home is where you story begins
Handle every situation like a dog...if you can't eat it or chew on it...pee on it and walk away.
Sometimes you are the bug..sometimes you are the windshield
We're old, we're tired; but ...we ain't ugly
A plump wife, and a big barn...never did any man harm
All love that has not friendship for it's base, is like a mansion built upon sand. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Sooner or later we all quote our mothers.
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

When a door closes, we look at it longingly, not knowing that there are other doors opening for us. (Mark Twain and Helen Keller)

laugh a little, cry a little, love a lot

Here's some quotes from our family archives:
A blind man on a galloping horse will never see it! (you all know what this refers to!)
Eat for the hunger that comes. (We are not a thin family!!)
No souls were saved after 10 minutes. (My grandfather was not a patient church- goer)

one of my favorites: Live simply that others may simply live.

Blessed be the children of the piece makers for they shall inheret the quilts.
This hangs on my wall for all to see.

A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied.

“Use what talents you possess, the woods will be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” -Henry van Dyke

Always forgive, never forget.
A loving heart is always a blessing.

I was sad because I had no shoes, til I saw a man who had no feet.

Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day - teach him how to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime.

Give me you convictions if you have them, but keep your doubts to yourself - for I have enough of my own.

"Make sure when you're arguing with a fool that they're not doing the same."

Obstacles are those frightening things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.

Procrastination is the thief of time
It is what it is

Exercise daily-- walk with the Lord

Happiness is a decision

Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings to us but by the attitude we bring to life.

It takes a wonderful man to be better than no man at all.

Constant use will not wear ragged the fabric of friendship.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Huh?
 

Dogs think they're human. Cats think they're Gods!
2 more that I like: If a woman's work is never done, why start?!
9 Lives? I can barely handle 1!
Oh! One more! House Rules:
1. Mom is always right.
2. If Mom is wrong, see #1.

old hippies never die, they just go to pot.

When my kids were small my neighbor would say, this about the terrible two's. This too shall pass, right into the terrible three's. She was a wise person and I use that quote often.

This quote has been on my sewing room wall for at least twenty years: Lack of planning on your part does not necessarily mean AN EMERGENCY ON MY PART".

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away (Hilary Cooper)

If you think you've done your share, do some more.