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"You can be handsome in appearance by operation but you can`t be
handsome in mind except by decision."
-IMDB.com poster ahlawyia at the Robert Redford message board. Quote taken from
the topic thread "he is more handsome in mind."
"Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying."
- Judge Harry T. Stone (Harry Anderson), 'The Night Off' episode of "Night Court" (1984-1992)
"So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own.
Today's trouble is enough for today."
-The Gospel of Matthew, chapter 6, verse 34
"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable."
-Christopher Reeve (1952-2004)
"Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person's life.
For better or for worse."
-Unknown
“There are some people who never ponder the heavens or even their own mind, who wish simply to go out and tear
down someone else's beliefs for fun. It is annoying, but it is sadly their way of life. And because of that, they
have already received their reward for their action in full . . . a second of a laugh. Meanwhile, what you know and
your individuality will reward you for a lifetime.”
– Jake Davis
“Wherever you go, there will always be antagonists. Better to eventually confront the antagonism than to
run away from your problems forever, though.”
– Jake Davis
“Well, in the end we're the smarter ones for having gone through these trials and learned from them. What have the
jerks that made fun of us learned?” - Sarah R. Marino
“The only thing those jerks who made fun of us have learned is absolutely nothing from what they've done.
They'll find out for themselves when they are made fun at. Then that's when it will hit them in the face.” - Claire
”Well, once they are out of school they realize that their clicks and their conforming to others ideas will get
them nowhere but with the rest of the plain white sheep. Meanwhile, the unique, rare black sheep gets noticed in the
end for its remarkability.” – Jake Davis
"It was one of those days where you just think life is perfect. I remember riding along on my bike feeling at peace with the world. I was thinking, 'I'm one hell of a lucky chap. I have this lovely wife and kids, a great home, and here I am coasting along on my motorbike. It is perfect'. Then ... bang ... you realise how fragile that happiness really is."
-Liam Neeson on his near-fatal motorbike accident in July 2000, “The day I nearly died - Liam Neeson on the accident that nearly killed him”, The Irish Mirror, Nov. 15, 2000
"To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it."
- Benjamin Franklin
“I always knew I wanted to be somebody. I should have been more specific about who.”
- Lily Tomlin
“Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.”
- Unknown
"I don't know what I would've done if I hadn't come and found you here".
- Hawkeye to B.J., the last episode of "M*A*S*H"
“Everywhere I go I'm asked if the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.
There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.”
- Flannery O'Connor
"If you can't say something nice, don't say it all."
– Unknown
"Always have the highest of hopes and lowest of expectations. That way you'll never be disappointed."
– Unknown
"Never frown because you never know when someone could be falling in love with your smile."
-Unknown
"Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
– Unknown
“I cannot change the things that have happened. They have been part of my life. I cannot let them limit
me; only God Himself can do that. What I can do is not let these experiences limit me but to let God use my
experiences to help me help others. The pain may never go away completely but it can be channeled into a powerful
force against its Evil originator.”
– Jake Davis
“What has happened cannot be changed but the future options do not have to be set by the past.”
– Jake Davis
"The only disability in life is a bad attitude."
- Scott Hamilton
“Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.”
- Unknown
"You ask why? I ask why not."
– Unknown
"You ask prove it? Others ask prove it can't."
– Unknown
“Just because someone refuses to see the elephant standing in front of them that doesn't mean we shouldn't tell
them to it's still there.”
– Melinda Thackery
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
–Unknown
"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference."
– Elie Wiesel
“The past is History, Tomorrow A mystery, But today is gift...that is why it is called ‘the present.’”
– Unknown
"Good friends sometimes come few and far between . . . when you find them, you have
to give them all the love and respect they give you, and if they are good friends,
it is a pleasure to do for them. Simply spreading God's 'love your neighbor'."
- Jake Davis
"The next time you make a chance discovery, just think that what
seems superficial at first may just be
a turning point in your life disguised!"
-Jake Davis