quotable quotes.......


The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.
~Ann Landers

A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.
~Cullen Hightower

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
~ Adlai Stevenson

You don't look back along time but down through it, like water. Sometimes this comes to the surface; sometimes that; sometimes nothing.
~Margaret Atwood

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting in above-average effort.
~Colin Powell

Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
~Barbara Johnson

We learn only when it is too late that the marvel is the passing moment.
~Francois Mitterand

There is no power on earth that can neutrilize the influence of a high, simple and useful life.
~Booker T. Washington

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of.
~Ellen Goodman