Quotations and sayings:
During the long winter nights and cold days when ice fishing and hunting are maybe the only visible forms of activity in the cold but beautiful land north of 56th parallel, many sayings and quotations are formed and spoken After a while they become part of the folklore of the area.....or not! We're beginning to gather some of these sayings for you to read and possibly enjoy.....
The credit for these sayings and quotations cannot always be ascertained, so please accept our thanks – whoever you are........
All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
Buddha (563BCE – 483BCE)
Imagination is everything. It is the preview to life’s coming attractions
Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955)
Whether you think you can or think you can’t, either way you are
right
Henry Ford (1863 – 1947)
Every thought of yours is a real thing – a force
Prentice Mulford (1834 – 1891)
Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase.
Just take the first step
Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968)
Money isn’t everything, but it rates right up there with oxygen!
Zig Ziglar
“View a negative experience in your life
like you’d look at a photo negative. A single negative can
create an unlimited number of positive prints.”
Gerhard Gschwandtner
“Have patience with all things but first with yourself. Never confuse your mistakes with your value as a human being. You’re a perfectly valuable, creative, worthwhile person simply because you exist. And no amount of triumphs or tribulations can ever change that. Unconditional self acceptance is the core of a peaceful mind.” St. Francis de Sales – 1567–1622, Patron Saint of Journalists
If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done?
“As you grow older, you’ll find the only things you regret are the things you didn't do.” Zachary Scott – 1914–1965, Actor from Kerry Santo
"I have not lost my mind it is backed up on a disk somewhere”
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention
of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather
to skid in sideways, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and
loudly proclaiming “Wow – what a Ride!”
Peter Sage – Entrepreneur and Speaker from Kerry Santo
“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.” Louisa May Alcott – 1832–1888, Author
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Opportunities look bigger going than coming!
If at first you do not succeed, skydiving is probably not for you!
Camcorders are a wonderful invention and have reduced the number of UFO sightings!
Bills travel in the mail three times the speed of cheques!
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow? Only to become troubled and insecure?
Isn’t it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice"?
Why isn’t there mouse–flavoured cat food?
What do you do when you see an endangered animal that is eating an endangered plant?
Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
Why do they lock petrol station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?
Why do people who know the least know it the loudest?
You don’t stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing
"We should Enjoy here while we’re here ‘cause there’s no here, there!" – Cartoon Character ZIGGY Sent in by Mr Paul Therrien
Out of the mouths of Babes... [ Paula Chandler ]
If life kicks you in the butt, turn around and kick it back.
Ruffy H., Age 15 – British Colombia, Canada
Before healing others... heal yourself.
Written in 2004 by Oussama H., Age 15 – Quebec, Canada
When mistakes are made, you can’t depend on the CTRL+Z keys.
This is life.
Written in 2004 by Michelle B., Age 14 – California
When things go wrong, don’t go with them.
Author Unknown – Submitted by Holly Z., Age 16 – Ohio
Life sucks sometimes... but it can be sucked away at any time...
so suck it up this time.
Written in 2004 by Kelly H., Age 15 – Texas
For you it maybe nothing, but just saying ‘Hi’ can
make someone’s day!
Written in 2004 by A.T., Age 15 – Victoria, Australia
