1-"The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world." ~T. Edison
2-“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits" ~T. Edison
3-“Opportunity is missed by a lot of people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." ~T. Edison
4-“If there’s a better way to do it, find it."~T. Edison
5-Bob Hope: On never winning an Oscar: "Welcome to the Academy Awards or, as it's called at my home, 'Passover.'"
6-Bob Hope: On being asked how he remains so successful...”I have performed for 12 presidents and entertained only six.”
7-Bob Hope: On receiving the Congressional Gold Medal..."I feel very humble, but I think I have the strength of character to fight it."
8-Bob Hope:On going to heaven: "I've done benefits for ALL religions. I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality."
9-It's not the house you live in, but how you live in the house - Mark Twain
10-"If money is the root of all evil, I'd like to be bad once in awhile" - Charles Dickens
11-"The happiest of people are not those who have everything, but who make the most of everything they have."-Billy Graham
12-"Perseverance is failing 9 times and succeeding the 10th."-Julie Andrews
13-"Live in such a way that if anyone speaks badly of you, no one would believe it."-Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
14-"If you bungle raising your children, nothing else you do matters." - Rose Kennedy
15-"The highest appreciation we can show to people is not to utter words, but to live by them."-J. F. Kennedy
16-Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction."-J. F. Kennedy
17-"What we need to do is to love without getting tired."-Mother Teresa
18-"I seldom pray for success; I always pray for faithfulness."-Mother Teresa
19- "Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other."-Erma Bombeck
20-"Before you try to keep up with the Joneses, be sure they're not trying to keep up with you."-Erma Bombeck
21-"God created man, but with a little bit more effort, he could've done better." - Erma Bombeck
22-"Numerous blueprints will not build a house. At some point, you're going to have to pick up a hammer."-Joel Osteen
23-"You were born an original. Don't die a copy."- Oliver W. Holmes
24-"Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over." -F.Scott Fitzgerald
25-"Stop boarding the train of would'ves, could'ves and should'ves. The train never leaves the station."-Joel Osteen
26-"If you think you can't, you won't." -Thomas Jefferson
27-"He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander."-Aristotle
28-"People achieve because they think they can." - Vergil
29- "What you cannot enforce, do not command." -Sophocles
30-"Let him who is moved to convince others first convince himself." Thomas Carlyle
31-Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your parents and friends will. Stay in touch.
32-"Don't live your life in a world of should'ves, would'ves and could'ves." - Joyce Meyers-Evangelist
33-"Make peace with the past so it won't mess up the present." -Joel Osteen-Evnagelist
34-"Don't compare your values to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about" -Robert Schuller-Evangelist
35-When it comes to fulfilling your dream, don't take No for an answer.
36-No one is in charge of your happiness but you. Take charge.
37-What other people think of you is none of your business.
38-However good or bad a situation is, it will change. Get ready.
39-Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
40-Be good to your kids. They'll choose your nursing home.
41-"A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain." -- Mark Twain
42-Women and cats will do as they please; men and dogs should get used to the idea.
43-"Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, 'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin.'"-Lillian Carter
44-"I had a rose named after me, and I was very flattered -- except for the description in the catalog: "Not good in a bed, but fine against a wall." -Eleanor Roosevelt
45-"The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending -- and to have the two as close together as possible." -- George Burns
46-"I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury." -Groucho Marx
47-"My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe." - Jimmy Durante
48-"My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying." - Rodney Dangerfield
49-"We could certainly slow the agin process down if it had to go through Congress." -Will Rogers
50-"Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you." -Winston Churchill
