"If we will not be governed by God, we must be governed by tyrants." -William Penn

"Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the greatness and genius of America. America is good. And if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." -Alexis de Tocqueville

"Some people complain that roses have thorns; others rejoice that thorns have roses."

"Remember, All products are compatible at the acronym level" --Mgmt Training Manual

Nothing is as stressful as trying to be a different person from whom you are.

When you stop spending time with real friends, you lose your balance.

Amazingly, people think the things that happen to them happen only to them.

The lies we tell ourselves are more pernicious than the lies we tell others: "I'm nothing like my mother"... "I'm too busy to exercise" ... "I don't need therapy" ... "I don't want to get married."

Those who are tentative about making plans are often unsure of their ability to show up.

If you don't personally get to know people from other racial, religious or cultural groups, it's very easy to believe ugly things about them and make them frightening in your mind.

The majority of overweight people I know skip breakfast, and the majority of thin people don't.

Some men spend more time maintaining their lawns than they do their relationships.

The most absolute dictator's power is not as great as a typical parent's power over a child.

I still place emphasis on appearance, even though I've run across a few well-dressed idiots.

When you make a mistake, write down what you've learned before a week passes. The process of writing it and reading it can help you avoid repeating it.

Three things that all children (And We are all Children) must know: who's the boss, what the rules are, and who is going to enforce them.

Some days for no perceptible reason I feel scared, lonely and hopeless. After a good night's sleep or a talk with someone who holds my hand and tells me to keep going, I'm usually just fine.

I believe that people who work 12 hours a day should go home with bigger loaves of bread than people who work eight.

Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals could believe them.

Decide early in any situation exactly what your bottom line is, then stick to it.

Far more often than than poverty breeds crime, crime breeds poverty.

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759

It's better to be 0-for-20 than 0-for-0.

The older I get, the more heartfelt my prayers become.

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