redneptune’s most recent Quotables

In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.

To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, through a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; To know one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

The grass is greener where you water it.

If not you, who? If not now, when?

If the whole world put their problems in a pile, you'd be so happy to take yours back.

You live with what you tolerate.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

The two greatest characters in the 19th century are Napoleon and Helen Keller. Napoleon tried to conquer the world by physical force and failed. Helen tried to conquer the world by power of mind — and succeeded!

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you are not going to stay where you are.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before beginning to improve the world.