- only fake flowers are flawless
- you can’t fill someone’s cup if yours is empty
- don’t set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm
- a ringing phone is an invitation, not a command
- you cannot reason someone out of a belief they didn’t reason themselves into
- it’s easier to fool someone, than to convince them they’ve been fooled (Mark Twain)
- a society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit
- a good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for most things
- comparison is the thief of joy
- holding a grudge is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die
- sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind; the race is long, and in the end, is only with yourself
- I can show you the path, but I cannot walk it for you
- never look at your neighbor’s plate, unless it is to ensure they have enough
- and I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’ (Vonnegut)
- friends come and go, but enemies accumulate
- does it really matter?
- a knight in shining armor has never had his metal tested
- broken crayons still colour
- whatever you aren’t building up is decaying
- You’ll never see a u-haul behind a hearse (Denzel Washington)
