Maturity is the ability to do a job whether you’re supervised or not; finish a job once it’s started; carry money without spending it; and the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENReligion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you’ve got to help pay for the piping. And the piper.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to “prove their love” like a moose needs a hat rack.
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So yesterday you fell off the wagon? Or maybe you blew your diet? Or lost your temper and shot off your mouth? Well, that was yesterday. Today is a brand-new day with a clean slate, so forget yesterday!
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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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Accept every blind date you can get, even with a girl who wears jeans. Maybe you can talk her out of them.
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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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I can’t think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can’t speak for my twin sister.
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If you don’t value what you have, you’re sure to lose it.
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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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It is totally unconscionable to subject defenseless animals to mutilation and death, just so a company can be the first to market a new shade of nail polish or a new, improved laundry detergent. It’s cruel, it’s brutal, it’s inhumane, and most people don’t want it.
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Wisdom doesn’t automatically come with old age. Nothing does – except wrinkles. It’s true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today.
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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
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