Some ‘Thoughts’ to think about!

From various sources

It is better to know some of the questions, than all of the answers.


It is not the size of the dog in the fight that is important, but the size of the fight that is in the dog.


Bravery is being the only one who knows that you’re afraid.


Confidence comes not from always being right, but from not fearing to be wrong.


It isn’t what they call you that is important, it’s what you answer to.


If experience is so important, we would never have had anyone on the moon.


Dream as if you will live forever, live as if you will die today.


The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.


You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.


Success comes in cans, not in can’ts.


You can’t turn back the clock, but you can wind it up again.


Never assume that the obvious is true.


Don’t think that you are on the right road just because it is a well beaten track.


The trick is growing up without growing old.


It is not the mountain that we conquer, but ourselves.


Live every day as though it is your last - someday you will be right.


Hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even though you wish they were.


Only dead fish swim with the stream.


Children need love, especially when they least deserve it.


Every day may not be good, but there is good in every day.


Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.


Do not regret growing old, it is a privilege denied to many.


He who angers you, conquers you.


All marriages are happy. It is the living together afterwards that causes all the problems.


There are people who have money, and there are people who are rich.


Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.


A cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.


There is no saint without a past, and no sinner without a future.


Faith is taking the first step, even when you don’t see the full staircase.


Men are not against you, they are merely for themselves.


The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.


Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors.


We find comfort amongst those that agree with us, and growth among those who don’t.


Always and never are two words you should always remember to never use.


If fifty million people say a foolish thing- it is still a foolish thing.


If you wake up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance.


Too many people miss the silver lining because they are expecting gold.


Man stands for long time with mouth open before duck flies in.


Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway.


Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know.


As you grow older, you’ll find the only things you regret are the things you didn’t do.


Everyone wants to live long, but no one wants to be old.


I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something.


If you are going through hell, keep going.


Instead of counting you days, make your days count.


Never ruin an apology with an excuse.


The time to relax is the time when you do not have time for it.


Everything you can imagine is real.


It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.


One who walks in another’s tracks leaves no footprints.


The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.


The darkest hour has only sixty minutes.


I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.


Time is what prevents everything happening at once.


You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.


If only closed minds came with closed mouths.


He who buys what he does not need, steals from himself.


The most damaging phrase in the language is ’Its always been done that way’.


The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.


We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.


The best helping hand that you will ever receive is the one at the end of your own arm.


How can something bother you if you don’t let it?


Take life in you own hands, and what happens?  A terrible thing - no one to blame.


Pick battles big enough to matter and small enough to win.


Friends are like, melons, to find a good  one you must try a hundred.


Don’t wait for people to be friendly, show them how.


We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.


The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.


It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you are not.


Put you future in good hands - your own.


Remember, no matter where you go, there you are.


If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would astound ourselves.


The person who is waiting for something to turn up might start with their shirt sleeves.


Try again, fail again. Fail better.


The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.


Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.


You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have for instance.


Men do not quit playing because they grow old, they grow old because they quit playing.


When you are in a hole, stop digging.


Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative.


The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen.


Perhaps it is only coincidence, but mans best friend can’t talk.


Don’t wait for your ship to come in - swim out to it.


A stumbling block is a stepping stone that you tripped over.


If you are not poor enough to take charity, then you are rich enough to give it.


A committee keeps minutes and wastes hours.


Never light a fire that you can not put out.


If we can dream, we can do it.


Fear defeats more men than any other one thing in the world.


The way you give your gift matters more than what you give.


What matters in life is not what you are, but what you do.


Admitting that you are wrong is a modest way of showing that you are wiser.


The mind grows rich from what it receives, the heart from what it gives.


The greatest mistake a man cam make is to be afraid to make one.