quotes for a girl

A man's as miserable as he thinks he is. ~Seneca



Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb



No man is free who is not a master of himself. ~Epictetus



No amount of energy will take the place of thought. A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity. ~Henry Van Dyke



The most persistent sound which reverberates through men's history is the beating of war drums. ~Arthur Koestler, Janus: A Summing Up



When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained. ~Mark Twain



According to Madam Pomfrey, thoughts could leave deeper scarring than almost anything else... ~J.K. Rowling, "The Second War Begins," Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2003



Problems are messages. ~Shakti Gawain



We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kavanagh, 1849



There are three things in my life which I really love: God, my family, and baseball. The only problem - once baseball season starts, I change the order around a bit. ~Al Gallagher, 1971



It has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain when awake. ~Mark Twain



Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight? ~Al Boliska



I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow. He put his net on a bench where a boy sat reading a book. It's a misfortune that it is usually the other way round. ~Karl Kraus



The best contraceptive is a glass of cold water: not before or after, but instead. ~Author Unknown



There's nothing like a mama-hug. ~Terri Guillemets



Unable are the loved to die. For love is immortality. ~Emily Dickinson



I am not an Athenian or a Greek, I am a citizen of the world. ~Socrates



The plans that I made when horizontal are working out now that I'm vertical. ~Betsy Canas Garmon, www.wildthymecreative.com



Homecoming means coming home to what is in your heart. ~Author Unknown



The mists remain of the false glory that erupts from history. ~Miguel de Unamuno, En Gredos

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