INDIVIDUALIST A man who lives in the city and commutes to the suburbs. Michael Meaney
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HAPPINESS I didn't know what happiness was until I got married-but then it was too late. Michael Meaney
EVER notice? that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty? (Earl Wilson) Or, did you ever notice . . . that when you run into a man with…
CANDOR Dentist is overheard speaking to his patient as he bends over him with a hypodermic needle in hand: "You might feel a little sting. On the other hand, it might feel as though you've…
ON SERMONIZING Public speaking is like a vacation. It helps to know where to stop.
KNOWING OUR LIMITS Everyone is like a thumb tack. We can only go as far as our heads will let us. Richard Moore, Grace Pres. Church, Vista CA
SUCCESS/FAILURE Success breeds a thousand parents, failure is an orphan. Movie producer Stephen Spielberg, creator of Star Wars
ACTION A cartoon greeting card showed a picture of five frogs sitting on a log and there was a caption which asked, "If there were five frogs on a log and one decided to jump,…
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING HINT Wisest choice for the man who has everything -- a burglar alarm.
SHADES OF WITTENBURG My friend Ronnie Patton tells me they've enrolled their preschooler in a Lutheran school. It appears it is quite traditional with Lutheranism. It seems that when it's report card time they distribute…
MATURITY To exist is to change; to change is to mature; to mature is to create oneself endlessly. Henri Bergson
LIFE Life is what happens to you while you're busy planning more important things.
HOW'S THAT AGAIN? Psychologist James Dobson reports seeing a sign on a convent in Southern California reading: "Absolutely No Trespassing -- Violators Will Be Prosecuted to the Full Extent of the Law." Signed, "The Sisters…
TIMING The time for action is past. Now is the time for senseless bickering.
HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE EXPERT Surgeon to patient: "I had to remove one of your livers, but you'll be up and around in no time, or I don't know my medicine." Hoest, King Features
DO SOMETHING Do something -- be a leader, or be a follower -- at least get out of the way.
OUR VARIED ROLES We are all manufacturers in a way -- making good, making trouble or making excuses. H. V. Adolt, Forbes
OVERCOMING It is the wounded oyster that mends its shell with pearl. Ralph Waldo Emerson
ENTHUSIASM To give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Samuel Ullman
SUCCESS OF THE RUTHLESS We went to see the musical "Annie" in San Francisco today. I liked the lines of Daddy Warbucks when he recounted the ruthless way he climbed the ladder of success out…
