New one-liners and proverbs

So often you read a catchy short sentence. Hey that's a good one, I'll keep it i
n mind you decide. But you'll forget, that's the way it is. Let's collect togeth
er. Please send me more of these:

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Giuliana Torelli
J.R.
Randi Wargo
Eielts M.
Michel de Ruijter
Michele
Bryan Papp
Abhinivesh D Bhatt
Peter Eschenburg
Berend Tent
Erika Britz
Griff
Stephen M Jones
Tim
Sarah R
Peej
Hundreds of beautiful Biblical posters

Don't let anybody walk trough your mind with dirty feet. (Gandhi)
Live your life from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will tou
ch and heal people's souls. (Melody Beattie)
An inch of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. (Chinese proverb)
If you love something, let it go...
If it comes back to you it's yours...
If it doesn't...
It never was!
We the willing, led by the unknowing are doing the impossible for the ungratef
ull.
We have done so much with so little for so long, we are now qualified to do anyt
hing with nothing.
Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear. (Christian Ne
stell Bovee)
Thoughts lead to acts.
Acts lead to habits.
Habits lead to character.
And our character will determine our eternal destiny.
Best friends don't ask you: "Is something wrong?"
Best friends ask you: "Whats wrong?"
Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. (Chinese proverb)
 If you follow in others footsteps you will never leave yours behind.
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together
is success. (Henri Ford)
A weird thing about humans is we work till we're sick to get a fortune, then p
ay a fortune to get well again.
There is no right way to do a wrong thing.
If you want something done, ask someone who is busy!
Did Adam ever say to Eve, "Watch it! There are plenty more ribs where you came
from!"
A fine is a tax for doing wrong.
A tax is a fine for doing well.
I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on a
ny topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parti
es. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me. (Dave Ba
rry)
A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.
Everyone hears what you say,
Friends listen to what you say,
Best friends listen to what you don't say.
Passing by the primate area one day, a zoo attendant happens to notice a chimp
anzee sitting on a rock with an open book in either hand, looking first at one a
nd then at the other. Upon closer examination, he identifies the books: the Bibl
e, and Darwin's "Origin of Species". Curious, he asks the chimp, "What's with th
e books?" The chimp replies, "I'm trying to decide whether I'm my brother's keep
er, or my keeper's brother."
Methods are many,
Principles are few.
Methods change often,
Principles never do.
Golden Rule: Those who have the gold rule.
Life is mostly froth and bubble;
Two things stand like stone:
Kindness in another's trouble,
Courage in our own.
When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand t
o have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at
how much he had learned in seven years. (Mark Twain)
There is truth in humor, but not humor in truth.
Statistics are like Mini skirts, it can only be suggestive, but cannot reveal
the whole thing.
Somewhere there's someone who dreams of your smile,
and finds it in your presence that life is worth while,
so when your lonely.... remember it's true,
somebody somewhere is thinking of you.
Precious is the parrot who is trained by a clean tongue.
You can test my patience, but don't insult my intelligence
If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to serve as a horrible w
arning.
My wife invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to our six-yea
r-old daughter and said, "Would you like to say the blessing?" I wouldn't know w
hat to say," she replied. "Just say what you hear Mommy say," my wife said. Our
daughter bowed her head and said: "Dear Lord, why on earth did I invite all thes
e people to dinner?"
The definition of a recession is when your neighbor loses his job.
A depression is when you loose yours. (US President Truman)
Under Capitalism man exploits man. Under socialism it's just the opposite. (An
on)
Because you are someone special
I send jou my love today
For you are verry wonderful
In each and every way
Eighty percent of life's satisfaction comes from meaningful relationships. (Br
ian Tracy)
Your children know you love them by your presence, not your presents.
He who blames others has a long way to go on his journey.
He who blames himself is halfway there. He who blames no one has arrived.
(Chinese proverb)
Heaven is where . . .
the police are British,
the mechanics German,
the cooks are French
the lovers Italian,
and all is organized by the Swiss.
Two men looked out of prison bars. One saw mud and the other saw stars.
The secret of happiness is to admire without desire.
Did you know that dolphins are so intelligent that within only a few weeks of
captivity, they can train Americans to stand at the very edge of the pool and th
row them fish.
I did my nurse's training at a hospital in Liverpool, England. My fellow stude
nts and I had little money for meals, so we ate the awful food provided at the h
ospital complex, and sometimes kindly visitors would give us some of the treats
they had brought for patients who had not wanted to eat them.
One night a woman brought a pie to the kitchen and said to me, "Would you eat th
is up, love?"
Another student and I devoured every delicious crumb!
Soon our benefactor returned, however, and asked, "Is me 'usband's pie 'ot yet,
dearie?"
A perfect guest is one who makes his host feel at home.
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the tru
th. (Benjamin Disraeli)
Always buy good shoes, and a good bed. Because if you aren't in one, you're in
the other.
There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path! (Morpheou
s)
The minute you start talking about what you are going to do if you lose, you h
ave lost. (George Schultz)
People with true character show it when nobody else is present.
True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.
Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have
chosen a suit by it. (Maurice Chevalier)
The best time to plant an oak tree is 20 years ago, the next best time is righ
t now!
A rookie cop was asked the following question on an examination: "How would yo
u go about dispersing a crowd?"
He answered: "Take up an offering. That does it every time."
I know you know what I think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what yo
u heard is not what I meant.
Time heals nothing, it merely re-arranges our memory. (Gary Numan)
People in power need the power of prayer.
There are only two ways to be contented: one is liking what you do, and the ot
her is doing what you like.
Blowing out the other fellows candle will not make yours shine any brighter.
Some people complain because the roses have thorns.
Others give thanks because the thorns have roses.
God had promised salvation to your repentance, but he has not promised tomorro
w to your procrastination.
God created woman from the side of man.
Not from his head to be above him,
nor from his feet to be trampled by him.
From his side to be equal to him,
from under his arm to be protected by him,
from near his heart to be loved by him.
Availability is better than ability for God.
Don't spend so much time earning your salt that you forget your sugar!
Love is like measles; much worse when it comes late in life.
Love: the crocodile in the river of desire. (Bhartrihari)
Love: the only game that two can play and both can win.
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish enough "Hello's" to get you through the final "Goodbye."
Sympathy sees and says, "I'm sorry."
Compassion sees and says, "I'll help."
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they
are who already possess it. (Francois de La Rochefoucauld)
An agnostic lay dying. He called his weeping child to his bedside and asked he
r to read to him the one text that hung on his wall. It contained a summary of h
is life's philosophy: GOD IS NOWHERE. The little girl began to read: "G-O-D: God
; I-S: is; N-O-W: now; H-E-R-E: here. God is now here," she repeated. The mistak
e of the child led to her father's conversion.
The Miss Universe pageant is fixed.
All the winners are from Earth.
Christians aren't perfect, they're just forgiven!
I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care t
han they plan their lives.
Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change. (Jim Rohn)
A young minister sitting down to dinner was about to say Grace when he opened
the casserole dish that his thrifty bride had prepared from countless refrigerat
or leftovers. "I don't know," he said dubiously. "It seems to me that we've bles
sed all this stuff before."
Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things, and I'll show you a man w
ho cannot be trusted to do big things. (Bill Cosby)
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
Love is not about who you live with...
It's about who you can't live without.
You laugh because I'm different, I laugh because your all the same.
Love is not finding a perfect person, it is seeing an imperfect person perfect
ly.
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals
. (Winston Churchill)
What boys say to girls.
Did it hurt? ("Did what hurt?") When you fell out of heaven.
Did you know they changed the alphabet? They put U and I together.
Can I borrow that quarter? Because my mom told me to call home when I fell in lo
ve.
What's wrong? You're looking a little sad and gloomy. What you need is some vita
min me.
Are your legs tired? Because you been running through my mind ALL day long.
Are you lost? Because it's so strange to see an angel so far from heaven.
What's that in your eye? Oh...it's a sparkle.
Can I see that label? I just wanted to know if you were made in heaven.
Could I get some directions? ("To where?") To your heart.
I wish I was one of your tears, so I could be born in your eye, run down your ch
eek, and die on your lips.
There are three sides to any story, my side, his side and the truth.
 It's not the hours you put in your work that counts, it's the work you put in
the hours.
If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more thought.
(Dennis Roch)
Duty over desire - may that inspire.
If danger's a step away, safety's step away.
Every day there's sad news and bad news, but each day itself is glad news.
Little differences - like a letter in a word -
make all the difference in the world.
Silence is golden, and example is the best teacher, so is a silent example a g
olden teacher,
..... or is a silent teacher a golden example?
Good taste is boundless, while bad taste knows no bounds.
It's not that I disagree with you, it's just that I'm not in full accord.
Knuckle down or buckle under.
Yes, but you have the benefit of ignorance, while I have the burden of knowled
ge.

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