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 BURENWhile forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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Kids grow up awfully fast these days,”she said. “You should try to have a good relationship with your kids, no matter what they do.
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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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Psychotherapy, unlike castor oil, which will work no matter how you get it down, is useless when forced on an uncooperative patient.
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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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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more.
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The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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How should they answer?
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The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back.
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If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
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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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The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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