Thought for the day

[Bob]

“If you tell the truth,
you don’t have to remember anything.”
~ Author Unknown

[growler2058]

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

[NP99]

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

They are unique just like everyone else :)

[Bob]

“The past cannot be changed.
The future is yet in your power.”
~ Mary Pickford

[MEGOMONSTER]

I always intended to pay for my sins,
But I could never afford it.

[growler2058]

HARLAND WILLIAMS

Take it from me, wrinkle cream doesn't work. I've been using it for two years, and my balls still look like raisins.

[MEGOMONSTER]

The ideal man doesn't smoke,
doesn't drink,
doesn't do drugs,
doesn't swear,
doesn't get angry,
doesn't exist.

[Bob]

“If you want to test your memory,
try to recall what you were worrying about
one year ago today.”
~ E. Joseph Cossman

[growler2058]

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A sense of contentment is crucial to being happy. Physical health, material wealth and friends contribute to this, but contentment governs our relations with them all.

[growler2058]

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON

The essence of leadership is being able to see the iceberg before it hits the Titanic.

[MEGOMONSTER]

The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think.

[Bob]

“The only real prison is fear,
and the only real freedom
is freedom from fear”
~ Aung San Suu Kyi

[growler2058]

EMILY P. BISSELL

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

[Bob]

“Isn’t it funny how day by day
nothing changes,
but when you look back
everything is different?”
~ C.S. Lewis

[Bob]

“My wish isn’t to mean
everything to everyone
but something to someone.”
~ Oscar Wilde

[Bob]

“Generosity is giving more than you can,
and pride is taking less than you need.”

~ Khalil Gibran
(1883-1931)

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[Bob]

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One of the greater US Presidents

[Gecko17]

Next to creating life, the finest thing to do is save one.

Abraham Lincoln


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[growler2058]

Always have a book at hand, in the parlor, on the table, for the family;
a book of condensed thought and striking anecdote, of sound maxims and truthful apothegms.
It will impress on your own mind a thousand valuable suggestions,
and teach your children a thousand lessons of truth and duty.
Such a book is a casket of jewels for your household.

~Tryon Edwards

[Bob]

“Before you quit, try.
Before you talk, listen.
Before you react, think.
Before you criticize, wait.
Before you move on, forgive.”
~ Author Unknown

[Bob]

“You wouldn’t worry so much
about what others think of you
if you realized how seldom they do.”

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

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From my point of view all things originate with the mind. The quality of our actions depends on our motivation. A real appreciation of humanity, compassion, and love are crucial to this. Whether we work in science, agriculture, or politics, if we’re good hearted about it, our contribution will be positive.

[MEGOMONSTER]

Just think about this next time you whinge about petty things.

Most of the world's people must walk at least 3 hours just to fetch water!

And we complain that there's no cups left at the water bubbler.

[growler2058]

Gunna be 37deg in Adelaide today

~Me

[MEGOMONSTER]

Gunna be 37deg in Adelaide today ~Me

And............

[growler2058]

And............

That's my thought for the day

[Bob]

“The greatest deception men suffer
is from their own opinions.”

~ Leonardo da Vinci

[MEGOMONSTER]

That's my thought for the day

You mean gloat of the day. Lol
We had 4.4 degrees this morning.

[growler2058]

BALTASAR GRACIAN

Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.

[MEGOMONSTER]

That's my thought for the day

I look at the moon and it looks really beautiful!.. Then I look at you... and.. I think I'll look at the moon again?

[Bob]

“Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse.”

~ Groucho Marx

[growler2058]

GOLDA MEIR

Don't be humble . . . you're not that great.

[MEGOMONSTER]

50670

Some days, you're the pigeon, some days you're the statue, just live with it.

[Bob]

“Always do right.
This will gratify some people
and astonish the rest.”

~ Mark Twain
(1835-1910)

I have over 880 Posts in this thread and I am finding myself to be repeating some quotes that I have posted in the Past.
For that reason I am going to have a bit of a Holiday from Posting and enjoy your Posts.

[MEGOMONSTER]

Some people walk into our lives and leave footprints on our hearts.
Others walk into our lives and we want to leave footprints on their face.

[MEGOMONSTER]

How many roads must a man drive down before he admits he's lost?

[93patrol]

We aren't lost Mego. Just going the long way for the scenery

[BigRAWesty]

We aren't lost Mego. Just going the long way for the scenery


Bloody oath. We took the scenic route last week to halls gap. Found heaps of 4x4 tracks...

[growler2058]

BARBRA STREISAND

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?

[Punderhead]

Don't try to understand women. Women understand women and they hate each other

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Without freedom, creativity cannot flourish. The right to freedom is crucial to progress in any society; and the context is having a sense of global responsibility

[growler2058]

TEMPLE GRANDIN

Who do you think made the first stone spears? The Asperger guy. If you were to get rid of all the autism genetics, there would be no more Silicon Valley.

[growler2058]

VOLTAIRE

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.

[Bob]

“F-E-A-R has two meanings:
‘Forget Everything And Run’
or
‘Face Everything And Rise.’
The choice is yours.”
~ Zig Ziglar

[katwoman]

Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.
~Sicilian Proverb

[NissanGQ4.2]

If I wasn't awake I'd be asleep

~Toddie

[MEGOMONSTER]

If I wasn't asleep, I'd be fishing.

- Big Mick.

[katwoman]

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood .....

~ Oscar Wilde

[katwoman]

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other.
Perhaps they should live next door and just visit every now and then.
~ Katherine Hepburn

[growler2058]

DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD

You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal, play with falsehood without forfeiting your right to truth, play with cruelty without losing your sensitivity of mind. He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds.

[Bob]

“Nowhere in the world have I encountered a festival of people that has such a magnificent appeal to the whole nation.
The Cup astonishes me.”

Mark Twain on attending the 1895 running of the Melbourne Cup

[growler2058]

Laughter is like a windshield wiper, it doesn't stop the rain but allows us to keep going.

[growler2058]

HENNY YOUNGMAN

Jury: A group of twelve people selected to decide who has the better lawyer.

[growler2058]

WOODY GUTHRIE

As through this world I rambled
I've seen lots of funny men.
Some will rob you with a six-gun
And some with a fountain pen.

[Bob]

“Some people develop a wishbone
where their back bone should be.”

~ Author Unknown

[growler2058]

If you want your wife to listen to you, then talk to another woman; she will be all ears.

[2TROLLFAM]

If you want your wife to listen to you, then talk to another woman; she will be all ears.

Hmmmmmmm

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[growler2058]

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

[growler2058]

ALAIN DE BOTTON

When you look at the Moon, you think, "I'm really small. What are my problems?" It sets things into perspective. We should all look at the Moon a bit more often.

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[Bob]

“Riches do not consist
in the possession of treasures,
but in the use made of them.”

~ Napoleon Bonaparte

[Bob]

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[growler2058]

BUDDHA

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

[Bob]

“Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.”
― Mark Twain

[growler2058]

RITA MAE BROWN

If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.

[growler2058]

OMAR IBN AL-HALIF

Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past, the neglected opportunity.

[mudski]

"If you always put a limit on everything you do. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. They are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them" -Bruce Lee.

[growler2058]

ARAB PROVERB
An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.

[TPC]

OMAR IBN AL-HALIF

Four things come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past, the neglected opportunity.
That is not all true. my past has often come back to haunt me.

[Bob]

“They say
a person needs just three things
to be truly happy in this world:
someone to love,
something to do,
and something to hope for.”
~ Tom Bodett

[MEGOMONSTER]

As I have a funeral today, I thought this was appropriate.

Perhaps they are not stars we see,
but rather openings in heaven,
Where the love of our lost ones shine down on us to let us know they are happy.

- Eskimo legend

[Gecko17]

For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.

Leonardo da Vinci

[Bob]

“A society is defined
not only by what it creates,
but by what it refuses to destroy.”
~ John Sawhill

[93patrol]

This reminds me of the series Cosmos from when I was a kid

[growler2058]

JOHN MILTON
He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

[Bob]

“Beware of the man who does not talk,
and the dog that does not bark.”

~ Native American Proverb
Cheyenne

[growler2058]

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[growler2058]

ROBERT FROST
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

[93patrol]

I already work 12 hours a day does that mean when I get a promotion I get to work 16 hrs per day

[Bob]

“There are far too many of us
who place far too much stock
in being alive
and far too little
in living.”
~ Author Unknown

[katwoman]

Men can be short and dumpy and getting bald
but if he has fire,
women will like him
~Mae West

[growler2058]

MAHATMA GANDHI
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won.
There have been tyrants and murderers,
and for a time, they can seem invincible,
but in the end, they always fall.
Think of it--always.

[growler2058]

MATT CUTTS
The next 30 days are going to pass whether you like it or not, so why not think about something you have always wanted to try and give it a shot for the next 30 days?

[katwoman]

If it cant be fixed with duct tape or WD 40,
it's a female problem..
~ Jason Love

[katwoman]

Weekends dont count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless
~ Bill Watterson

[growler2058]

DAVID RUSSELL
The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

[Bob]

“Slow down and
everything you are chasing
will come around
and catch you.”
~ John De Paola

[katwoman]

Thankfully dreams can change.
If we'd all stuck with our first dream,
the world would be overrun with cowboys and princesses
~ Stephen Colbert

[MEGOMONSTER]

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

Aristotle

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[Gecko17]

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

Jimmy Dean

[katwoman]

All men are created equal,
then a few become firemen
~ Anon

[growler2058]

MUHAMMAD ALI
Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down.
It's staying down that's wrong.

[Bob]

“Whatever the past has been,
you have a spotless future.”
~ Author Unknown

[Gecko17]

Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn't much. But the things that I'm really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I'm not successful, what do I have?

Eminem

[katwoman]

As long as we know in our hearts what christmas ought to be
christmas is
~Eric Sevareid

[Gecko17]

(A personal favourite from an incredibly inspirational person.)

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

Helen Keller

[growler2058]

SALVADOR DALÍ
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

[katwoman]

There is nothing sadder in this world to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
~Emma bombeck.

[Bob]

“One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day.
Don't clean it up too quickly."
~ (1919-), American writer, producer, humorist. ”
― Andy Rooney

[Gecko17]

As you think, so shall you become.

Bruce Lee

[Gecko17]

"Those that don't believe in Magic will never find it."

Roald Dahl

[MEGOMONSTER]

Everything in life is somewhere else,
and you get there in a Patrol.

[growler2058]

ALISTAIR COOKE
A professional is a man who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it.

[Gecko17]

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

Confucius

[cyrilraymond]

One of the nice things about problems
is that a good many of them do not exist except in our imaginations.

~Steve Allen





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[Gecko17]

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

Philip Sidney

[katwoman]

Christmas is a time when you get homesick,
even when you're home
~Carol Nelson

[growler2058]

NEIL GAIMAN
Fairy tales are more than true-not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten.

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Whatever good work you do, you’re bound to face problems and obstacles. Therefore, it’s important to check your motivation. It helps to be truthful and honest. If what you do is good for others, it’ll be good for you too. Once you know your goal can be reached, you should try to follow it through to the end. Then, even if you don’t achieve it, at least you’ll have no cause for regret.

[BigRAWesty]

Why is the sea salty??

After years and years of river inflow and evaporation, the*saltcontent of the lake water built up to the present levels. The same process made the*seas salty. Rivers carry dissolved salts to the ocean. Water evaporates from the oceans to fall again as rain and to feed the rivers, but the salts remain in the ocean.

How salty is the ocean????

If the salt in the sea could be removed and spread evenly over the Earth's land surface it would form a layer more than 500 feet thick, about the height of a 40-story office building.*

So this got me thinking. (and yes it's hurting)....
If salt can't evaporate but it's still being added from the rivers, will the ocean eventually be to salty to sustain life??

[growler2058]

So this got me thinking. (and yes it's hurting)....
If salt can't evaporate but it's still being added from the rivers, will the ocean eventually be to salty to sustain life??

Sea Monkeys

[taslucas]

Why is the sea salty??

After years and years of river inflow and evaporation, the*saltcontent of the lake water built up to the present levels. The same process made the*seas salty. Rivers carry dissolved salts to the ocean. Water evaporates from the oceans to fall again as rain and to feed the rivers, but the salts remain in the ocean.

How salty is the ocean????

If the salt in the sea could be removed and spread evenly over the Earth's land surface it would form a layer more than 500 feet thick, about the height of a 40-story office building.*

So this got me thinking. (and yes it's hurting)....
If salt can't evaporate but it's still being added from the rivers, will the ocean eventually be to salty to sustain life??

The earth is ever changing. There are no constants. There was once no water at all.
Some life evolves fast enough, some can't keep up and becomes extinct.

[Gecko17]

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.

Bradley Whitford

[Bush Ranger]

Life ends when you stop dreaming.

[growler2058]

SPIKE MILLIGAN
Money can't buy you happiness, but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

[Gecko17]

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

Isaac Asimov

[growler2058]

DAVID LETTERMAN
The worst-tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong.

[Bob]

“Oh, for the good old days
when people would stop Christmas shopping
when they ran out of money.”

~ Author Unknown

[Gecko17]

Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way.

Eileen Caddy

[Gecko17]

In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.

Albert Camus

[growler2058]

Funeral today for
Jorge Castillo-Riffo RIP mate

[Bush Ranger]

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. What does the weak do?

[Gecko17]

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. What does the weak do?

They hop in their Toyotas and get the hell outa Dodge...

[Gecko17]

It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.

Muhammad Ali

[growler2058]

Whatever is material shape, past, future, present, subjective or objective, gross or subtle, mean or excellent, whether it is far or near-all material shape should be seen by prefect intuitive wisdom as it really is: 'This is not mine, this am I not, this is not my self.' -BUDDHA

[Bob]

“Sweat is the cologne of accomplishment.”
~ Heywood Hale Broun

[katwoman]

Zen Christmas,
The gift of nothingness

[growler2058]

My thoughts today are for the innocent people killed during the siege in Sydney

[katwoman]

Let's be naughty,
and save Santa the trip.
~ Gary Allen

[BigRAWesty]

The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.

-George Carlin

[AB]

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[katwoman]

In the old days, it was not called the 'holiday season'
The christians called it christmas,and went to church
the jews called it Hanukka, and went to synagogue
the Atheists went to parties and drank,
People passing each other in the street would say "Merry christmas" or "happy hanukka" or " watch out for that wall"
~ Dave Barry

[Gecko17]

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.

Roy L. Smith

[Clunk]

..............
52856

[TPC]

..............
52856

How true it is.

[BigRAWesty]

Yep. To true

[katwoman]

It's the holiday season
let the overeating begin.............
~ Melanie White

[Bob]

“I think that somehow,
we learn who we really are
and then live with that decision.”

~ Eleanor Roosevelt

[Clunk]

"I'm not fat, I'm festively plump"

~Eric Cartman ~

[Gecko17]

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[MEGOMONSTER]

"I'm not fat, I'm festively plump" ~Clunk~

No, you just fat. PML

[katwoman]

The one thing women dont want to find in their stockings on christmas morning
is their husbands.

~ Joan Rivers

[growler2058]

Aren't we forgetting the true meaning of this day - the birth of Santa?
- Bart Simpson (Matt Groening)

[katwoman]

When you stop believing in Santa,
you get underwear.

[growler2058]

Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.
- Victor Borge

[Bob]

“Of all the paths you take in life,
make sure a few of them are dirt.”
~ John Muir

[katwoman]

My thoughts today go out to those who suffer in silence,
and for what ever reason will be having a crappy christmas.

[growler2058]

Christmas never would have caught on if it had been called Celebrate a Little Jew's Birthday.
- Andy Borowitz

[growler2058]

The office Christmas party is a great opportunity to catch up with people you haven't seen for twenty minutes.
- Julius Sharpe ?@juliussharpe


This'll be me today :)

[Gecko17]

The office Christmas party is a great opportunity to catch up with people you haven't seen for twenty minutes.
- Julius Sharpe ?@juliussharpe


This'll be me today :)

Sooo looking forward to your Thought for the Day, post office Xmas party Growler! :D

[Gecko17]

It’s the holiday season. Let the overeating begin!
- Melanie White

[Bob]

“I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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[Gecko17]

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
Henry A. Kissinger

[MEGOMONSTER]

A safe and merry Xmas to all.
I'm giving my Xmas wish to BA for a successful changeover.

[growler2058]

On the 12th Day of Christmas my Facebook gave to me,
12 dudes I'm blocking,
11 friends just watching,
10 corny topics,
9 busted barbies,
8 friends complaining,
7 stalkers stalking,
6 party invites,
Fiiiiiiiiiiiiive Drama Queeeensssss,
4 game requests,
3 photo tags,
2 friends-a-pokin
& a creep who won't stop inboxing meeee!

[growler2058]

There are three stages of man: he believes in Santa Claus; he does not believe in Santa Claus; he is Santa Claus.
- Bob Phillips

[growler2058]

A Politically Correct Christmas Poem

Twas the night before Christmas and Santa's a wreck...
How to live in a world that's politically correct?
His workers no longer would answer to "Elves",
"Vertically Challenged" they were calling themselves.
And labor conditions at the North Pole,
were alleged by the union, to stifle the soul.

Four reindeer had vanished without much propriety,
released to the wilds, by the Humane Society.
And equal employment had made it quite clear,
that Santa had better not use just reindeer.
So Dancer and Donner, Comet and Cupid,
were replaced with 4 pigs, and you know that looked stupid!

The runners had been removed from his beautiful sleigh,
because the ruts were deemed dangerous by the EPA,
And millions of people were calling the Cops,
when they heard sled noises upon their roof tops.
Second-hand smoke from his pipe, had his workers quite frightened,
and his fur trimmed red suit was called "unenlightened".

To show you the strangeness of today's ebbs and flows,
Rudolf was suing over unauthorized use of his nose.
He went to Geraldo, in front of the Nation,
demanding millions in over-due workers compensation.

So...half of the reindeer were gone, and his wife
who suddenly said she'd had enough of this life,
joined a self help group, packed and left in a whiz,
demanding from now on that her title was Ms.

And as for gifts...why, he'd never had the notion
that making a choice could cause such commotion.
Nothing of leather, nothing of fur...
Which meant nothing for him or nothing for her.
Nothing to aim, Nothing to shoot,
Nothing that clamored or made lots of noise.
Nothing for just girls and nothing for just boys.
Nothing that claimed to be gender specific,
Nothing that's warlike or non-pacifistic.

No candy or sweets...they were bad for the tooth.
Nothing that seemed to embellish upon the truth.
And fairy tales...while not yet forbidden,
were like Ken and Barbie, better off hidden,
for they raised the hackles of those psychological,
who claimed the only good gift was one ecological.

No baseball, no football...someone might get hurt,
besides - playing sports exposed kids to dirt.
Dolls were said to be sexist and should be passe.
and Nintendo would rot your entire brain away.

So Santa just stood there, disheveled and perplexed,
he just couldn't figure out what to do next?
He tried to be merry he tried to be gay,
but you must have to be careful with that word today
His sack was quite empty, it was flat on the ground,
nothing fully acceptable was anywhere to be found.

Something special was needed, a gift that he might,
give to us all, without angering the left or the right.
A gift that would satisfy - with no indecision,
each group of people in every religion.
Every race, every hue,
everyone, everywhere...even you!
So here is that gift, it's price beyond worth...


"MAY YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES, ENJOY PEACE ON EARTH"

[growler2058]

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[93patrol]

Carl Sagan tells the truth

[Bob]

“Success is never final
and failure never fatal.
It is courage that counts.”
~ Author Unknown

[Bob]

“Never look down on anybody
unless you’re helping him up.”
~ Jesse Jackson

[growler2058]

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[Darkpond]

My mother in law says, ' Men are perfect except for everything they say and do' I think she's putting s..t on me!

[Gecko17]

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[Bob]

“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”
~ Thomas Edison

[Gecko17]

Next to a circus there ain't nothing that packs up and tears out faster than the Christmas spirit.

Kin Hubbard

[Gecko17]

Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle.

Robert Anthony

[MEGOMONSTER]

Occasionally ask, "What is the connection between what I want most in life and anything I plan to do today?"

~Robert Brault

[Gecko17]

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Bob]

“Don’t speak unless you can
improve on the silence.”

~ Spanish Proverb

[growler2058]

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[growler2058]

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[growler2058]

Oh yeah know all about it

[Gecko17]

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

George Eliot

[growler2058]

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[MEGOMONSTER]

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.

~Russel Baker

[Bob]

“There are in nature
neither rewards nor punishments,
there are consequences.”

~ Robert G. Ingersoll

[Gecko17]

We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.

Eleanor Roosevelt

[growler2058]

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[Lexx]

"Evil prevails where good men do nothing"

[Gecko17]

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.

Winston Churchill

[growler2058]

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[Bob]

“Pretty much all the honest truth-telling
there is in the world
is done by children.”

~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
(1809-1894)

[Gecko17]

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

Theodore Roosevelt

[growler2058]

A sympathetic Scot summed it all up very neatly in the remark, "You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing."
Sir Arnold Bax, Farewell my Youth (1943)
British composer (1883 - 1953)

[Gecko17]

As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.

Calvin Trillin

[Gecko17]

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

Bill Cosby

[Bush Ranger]

There are two things that smell like fish and fish is one of them.

[katwoman]

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability
~ Sam Keen

[Bob]

“Unless you’re ashamed of yourself now and then,
you’re not honest.”

~ William Faulkner

[Gecko17]

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

George Orwell

[katwoman]

Ah, summer
what power you have to make us suffer, and like it
~Russell Baker

[growler2058]

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[Gecko17]

"To play a wrong note is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable."

Ludwig Van Beethoven

[katwoman]

I am summer, come to lure you away from your computer
come dance on my fresh grass, dig your toes into my beaches
~ Oriana Green

[growler2058]

"A journey is a person in itself;
no two are alike.
And all plans, safeguards, policing,
and coercion are fruitless.
We find that after years of struggle
that we do not take a trip;
a trip takes us."
~ John Steinbeck

[growler2058]

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[katwoman]

We're all going on a ..................summer holiday
No more working for a week or twoooooooooooooooooooooo
Fun and laiughter on our summer holiday
No more worries for me and you U u
for a week or two
~ Cliff Richard

[growler2058]

"Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dreams. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream."
Lao Tzu ---

[Bob]

“In all things it is better
to hope than to despair.”

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(1749-1832)

[Gecko17]

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Francis of Assisi

[MEGOMONSTER]

"If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present."
Written in 2014 by Abhishek Shukla --- India

[Bob]

“I’m a genius
but nobody knows it but me.”
~ Charles Bukowski

[Gecko17]

No matter how big and bad you are, when a two-year-old hands you a toy phone, you answer it!

[MEGOMONSTER]

No matter how big and bad you are, when a two-year-old hands you a toy phone, you answer it!

That's so cute and so true.

[MEGOMONSTER]

"Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get."

~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

[Bob]

“More gold has been mined
from the thoughts of men
than has been taken from the earth.”

~ Napoleon Hill

[Gecko17]

I know this has been here before but I love it.....



Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes.

Jim Carrey

[Gecko17]

I thought this appropriate for this forum....



Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Bob]

“Your life is the fruit of your own doing.
You have no one to blame but yourself.”

~ Joseph Campbell

[Bob]

“Progress is impossible without change,
and those who cannot change their minds
cannot change anything.”
~ George Bernard Shaw

[Gecko17]

I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

[BigRAWesty]

This is ow so true

54515

[Bob]

If you can't stand behind our troops,
feel free to stand in front of them!

Courtesy of member "Hardyards"

[BigRAWesty]

It must suck owning an 80 series petrol.......

My brother has bought a 60l fuel bladder. Lol

[Bush Ranger]

Is he gladder to have a 60 litre bladder?

[growler2058]

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[Bob]

“No diet will remove all the fat from your body
because the brain is entirely fat.
Without a brain, you might look good,
but all you could do is run for public office.”

~ George Bernard Shaw
(1856-1950)

[growler2058]

"May your life be like toilet paper... long and useful."

[Bob]

“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain,
but all the happiness and growth
occurs while you’re climbing it.”
~ Andy Rooney
(1919-2011)

[growler2058]

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[growler2058]

"My favourite saying: A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort!"

Riebe, Wolfgang.

[growler2058]

"I've learned that it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular. So start enjoying those little things in life - it does make a difference."

[Bob]

“People who say it cannot be done
should not interrupt those who are doing it.”

~ George Bernard Shaw

[Gecko17]

“Out of all the things I have lost, I miss my mind the most.”

― Mark Twain

[Bush Ranger]

I like taking shit from people, one day I may need to use it.

[growler2058]

"There are only two things to worry about, either you are healthy or you are sick. If you are healthy, then there is nothing to worry about. But if you are sick there are only two things to worry about, either you will get well or you will die. If you get well, then there is nothing to worry about. But if you die there are only two things to worry about, either you will go to heaven or to hell. If you go to heaven, then there is nothing to worry about. And if you to go hell, you'll be so darn busy shaking hands with your friends you won't have time to worry."

[Bob]

“Be who you are and say what you feel,
because those who mind don’t matter,
and those who matter don’t mind.”

~ Dr. Seuss

[growler2058]

"Forgiveness is all about me giving up my right to hurt you for hurting me."

[growler2058]

"If you cannot help worrying, remember that worrying cannot help you either. Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. If you worry you die, if you don't worry you die, so why worry?"

[AB]

"If you cannot help worrying, remember that worrying cannot help you either. Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. If you worry you die, if you don't worry you die, so why worry?"

Good advice, I'm currently getting slammed with a major problem at work and this actually relieved my stress...lol

[growler2058]

Good advice, I'm currently getting slammed with a major problem at work and this actually relieved my stress...lol

Good!!.....

[growler2058]

"It will do no good to argue if you're in the wrong. If you're right, you don't need to."

[growler2058]

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[Bob]

“It’s not whether you get knocked down,
it’s whether you get up.”
~ Vince Lombardi

[growler2058]

"Any man who knows all the answers most likely misunderstood the questions."

[Bob]

“I am beginning to learn that
it is the sweet, simple things of life
which are the real ones after all.”
~ Laura Ingalls Wilder

[growler2058]

"When your dreams turn to dust, vacuum."

[growler2058]

"Life's problems wouldn't be called "hurdles" if there weren't a way to get over them."

[growler2058]

"It's important to focus on one thing at a time. Even in the Roman times they understood this with their Proverb; "The man who chases two rabbits catches none."

[growler2058]

"It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others."

[Bob]

“What to do with a mistake:
recognize it,
admit it,
learn from it,
forget it.”
~ Dean Smith

[katwoman]

Forgive, not because they deserve forgiveness,
but because you deserve peace
( play nice, you lot)

[growler2058]

"Wake up and stop falling prey to the conditioning of the media and society around you. It's only those people who are awake that live in a state of constant amazement."

[Bob]

“Negative people need drama like oxygen.
Stay positive,
it’ll take their breath away.”
~ Tony Gaskins

[Gecko17]

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

Miles Kington