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Fools laugh at others. Wisdom laughs at itself.

Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable.

Fools live in fear, a wise man lives in strength.

Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.

For all of the most important things, the timing always sucks. Waiting for a good time to quit your job? The stars will never align and the traffic lights of life will never all be green at the same time. The universe doesn't conspire against you, but it doesn't go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect. "Someday" is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. Pro and con lists are just as bad. If it's important to you and you want to do it "eventually," just do it and correct course along the way.

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.

For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother

For a human being, nothing comes naturally,' said Grumman. 'We have to learn everything we do.

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin -- real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.

For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.

For an individual as well as a society, there is a gulf between merely living and living worthily. To fight in a battle and live in glory is one mode. To beat a retreat, to surrender and to live the life of a captive is also a mode of survival.

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.

For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread. The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.... Shall we think of the day as a chance to come nearer to our Host, and to find out something of Him who has fed us so long?

For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike.

For an animal person, an animal-less home is no home at all.

For Attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others.

For a warrior, to be inaccessible means that he touches the world around him sparingly. And above all, he deliberately avoids exhausting himselfand others. He doesn't use and squeeze people until they have shriveled to nothing, especially the people he loves.

For bel.i.eve me, the more one is, the richer is all one experiences. And whoever wants to have deep love in his life must collect and save for it and gather honey.

For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent. Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards... If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life, you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of life that's far below what you deserve... Whatever happens, take responsibility... The only thing that's keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself.

For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends... Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

For centuries you have been taught that love-sponsored action arises out of the choice to be, do, and have whatever produces the highest good for another. Yet I tell you this: the highest choice is that which produces the highest good for you.

Force without reason falls of its own weight.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

For Fang, getting out of bed in the morning is a career move.

For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

For fast-acting relief try slowing down.

For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.

For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.

Forever is longer than you know. Eternal is longer than Forever. God is more than you imagine. God is the energy you call imagination. God is creation. God is first thought. And God is last experience. And God is everything in between.

Forget aging. If you're six feet above ground, it's a good day.

For a true artist, difficulties become opportunities and clouds become solid present.

Forget mistakes. Forget failure. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it. Today is your lucky day

Forget what life used to be, you are what you choose to be. It's whatever it is you see that life will become.

Forgiveness is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion

Forget the resolutions. Forget control and discipline... too much work. Instead try experimenting. Go in search of something to fall in love with... something about yourself, your career, your spouse

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering--remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you dont want to repeat what happened.

Forgiveness is the act of admitting we are like other people.

Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free and realising you were the prisoner!

Forget about good. Good is a known quantity. Good is what we all agree on. As long as you stick to good, you'll never have real growth.

Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.

Forget the pain. Learn to endure. Focus your attention elsewhere.

Forget the past and live the present hour.

Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one that inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.

Forgiveness is the most powerful thing you can do for yourself. If you can't learn to forgive, you can forget about achieving true success in your life.

Forgiveness means that problems of the past no longer dictate our destinies, and we can focus on the future with God's love in our hearts.

For God's sake give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself!

For imagination sets the goal picture which our automatic mechanism works on. We act, or fail to act, not because of will, as is so commonly believed, but because of imagination.