One of the things I learned the hard way…

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Lucille Ball

One of the surest evidences of friendshi…

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton

One of the self-authenticating truths wh…

One of the self-authenticating truths which we come at last to acknowledge is this strange fact that we know that for the evil in our lives we ourselves are responsible, but for the good God alone deserves the praise.

Quote, saying and phrase by: John L. Casteel

One ought, every day at least, to hear a…

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One of these days in your travels, a guy…

One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to come up to you and show you a nice brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken, and this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the Jack of Spades jump out of the deck and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not bet this man, for as sure as you are standing there, you are going to end up with an earful of cider.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Damon Runyon