The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.

 

Sensible Quotes

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.

Abraham Lincoln

 

You may delay, but time will not.

Benjamin Franklin

 

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

Baltasar Gracian

 

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Seneca

 

Go confident in the direction of your dreams.  Live the life you have imagined.

Henry David Thoreau

 

Sensible Quotes

 

The past is history.  Make the present good, and the past will take care of itself.

Knute Rockne

 

The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.

Abraham Lincoln

 

Life is not meant to be endured, but enjoyed.

Hubert H Humphrey

 

Do not take life too seriously.  You will never get out of it alive.

Elbert Hubbard

 

You can’t have a better tomorrow if you are always thinking about yesterday.

Charles F Kettering

 

Perfection is impossible.  But striving for it is what counts.

Dan Gable

 

The best way to cheer yourself up is to cheer up somebody else. 

Mark Twain

 

Thinking is one thing they have never been able to tax. 

Charles F Kettering

 

Sensible Quotes     

 

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.

Bill Cosby

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. If we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

Josh Billings                                            

 

Sensible Quotes

 

Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right?

Robert Orben

 

There is very little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference.  The little difference is attitude.

W. Clement Stone

 

The impersonal hand of government can never  replace the helping hand of a neighbor.

Hubert H. Humphrey

 

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Abraham Lincoln

 

This is the penalty of democracy—that we are bound to move forward or retrograde together.

Jane Addams

 

About the only thing on a farm that has an easy time is the dog.

Edgar Watson Howe

 

God gave man the ability to forget, which is one of the greatest attributes.  People who go around “keeping score” are miserable people.

Hubert H. Humphrey

 

People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.
Adam Osborne

 

To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so.

Robert Orben

 

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius

 

 

Sensible Quotes

Birthdays are good for you: the more you have, the longer you live.

 

Happiness comes through doors you didn’t even know you left open.

 

Ever notice that the people who are late are often much jollier than the people who have to wait for them?

 

Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once. 

 

A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

 

If Wal-Mart is lowering prices every day, how come nothing is free yet?

 

Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun every year.

 

 

There is no better time than right now to be happy.

Happiness is a journey, not a destination.

So work like you don’t need money,

Love like you’ve never been hurt,

And dance like no one’s watching……………

Author Unknown

 

And a little Cowboy Humor…

A West Texas cowboy was herding his cows in a remote  pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him.

 

The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leans out the window and asks the cowboy, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?"  The cowboy looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, Why not?"


The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his Cingular RAZR V3 cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite navigation system to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo.  The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photo shop and Exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany.  Within minutes, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses an MS- SQL database through an ODBC connected Excel Spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response.  Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi- tech, Miniaturized HP Laser Jet printer and finally turns to the cowboy and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves."


"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says the Cowboy. He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on amused as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.  Then the cowboy says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?"

 

The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"  The cowboy says, "You're a Congressman for the U.S. Government."  "Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"


"No guessing required." answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You tried to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about cows.... Now give me back my dog."

 

Sensible Quotes

Self government won’t work without self-discipline.

Paul Harvey

 

The right to work is the most precious liberty  men possess.

William O Douglas

 

The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor

Hubert H Humphrey

 

If you solve the problem,  there is no crisis.

Martin Kerns

 

It’s not what they take away from you that counts.  Its what you do with what you have left.

Hubert H Humphrey

 

Patriotism is easy to understand in America.  It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.                         

Calvin Coolidge

 

 Every man’s got to figure to get beat sometimes.                                                                

Joe Louis

 

Sensible Quotes

 

 

God is busy with all of us.

Ben Hecht

 

A baby is God’s opinion that the world should go on.

Carl Sandburg

 

It takes life to love life.

Edgar Lee Masters

 

The game is meant to be fun.

Jack Nicklaus

 

Life is not meant to be endured, but enjoyed.

Hubert H Humphrey

 

All I can say about life: is enjoy it.

Bob Newhart

 

Do not take life too seriously.  You will never get out of it alive.

Elbert Hubbard

 

Luck is a dividend of sweat.  The more you sweat, the luckier you  get.

Ray Kroc

 

Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the cornfield.                                                                  

Dwight D Eisenhower

 

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. 

Josh Billings

 

At times like these it helps to recall there have always been times like these.

Paul Harvey

 

Did you ever notice when you’re driving that everyone going slower than you is an idiot and everyone driving faster than you is a maniac?

Lee Pergman

                            

 

Sensible Quotes

 

Learn by doing.

John Dewey

 

It’s easier to stay out than it is to get out.

Mark Twain

 

Stick to what you know.

Warren Buffett

 

If you have nothing to say, say nothing.

Mark Twain

 

The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.

Frank Lloyd Wright

 

It’s difficult to excel at something you don’t truly enjoy.

Jack Nicklaus

 

A bore is a person who talks when you want him to listen.

Ambrose Bierce

 

No problem is so big or so complicated that it can’t be run away from.

Charles Schultz

 

Sensible Quotes

 

Ever notice that common sense isn’t common anymore.

 

I smile because I am your friend! I laugh because there is nothing you can do about it.

 

A day without sunshine is like night…...

 

Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.

 

Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels good.

 

Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever.

 

Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

 

An optimist thinks this is the best possible world.  A pessimist fears this is true.

 

There will always be death and taxes; however, death doesn't get worse every year.

 

I plan on living forever. So far, so good.

 

It's frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.

 

Age doesn't always bring wisdom. Sometimes it comes alone.

 

Life not only begins at forty, it also begins to show.

 

THE VIRTUES OF AGRICULTURE

“Agriculture...is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals and happiness.”

 - Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 1897

 

Sensible Quotes     

 

Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose.

 

In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.

 

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results

 

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

 

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right  sometimes.

Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those others that have been tried.

This report, by Its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.    

(all the above have been attributed to Winston Churchill)

Never borrow from the future. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn't happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice.

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