The lack of faith is not doubt. It is certainty.
ABIGAIL VAN BURENThe purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.
More Abigail Van Buren Quotes
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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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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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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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So the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, “Loneliness is the ultimate poverty”
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Some People are more turned on by money than they are by love. In one respect they’re alike. They’re both wonderful as long as they last.
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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we’d all be millionaires.
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A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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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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Never give a golfer an ultimatum unless you’re prepared to lose.
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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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Women who miscalculate are called mothers.
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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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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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Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to “prove their love” like a moose needs a hat rack.
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Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.
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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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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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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores – it’s called partnership.
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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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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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You could move.’ —“Dear Abby” responds to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood.
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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it’s an undo-it-yourself project.
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