The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENBelieving that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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If you are looking for a kindly, well-to-do older gentleman who is no longer interested in sex, take out an ad in The Wall Street Journal.
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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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Cruel words erode the self-esteem like the ocean eats away the shore.
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Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don’t live up to the expectations we have of them.
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If you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
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How should they answer?
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While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
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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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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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It’s true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you’ve got to help pay for the piping. And the piper.
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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Kissing power is stronger than will power.
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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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Fighting fire with fire only gets you ashes!
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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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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
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It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from ‘Dear Abby’ instead of going to Mom and Dad.
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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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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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So the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, “Loneliness is the ultimate poverty”
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Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
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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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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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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.
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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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