ove poems for valentines
Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed - else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower
If you have formed the habit of checking on every new diet that comes along, you will find that, mercifully, they all blur together, leaving you with only one definite piece of information: french-fried potatoes are out. ~Jean Kerr
Do not hold everything as gold which shines like gold. (Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum.) ~Alanus de Insulis, Parabolae, c.1280, later used by Shakespeare and others as "All that glisters is not gold." (see notes at bartleby.com), now commonly misphrased as "glitters"
There is always some specific moment when we realize our youth is gone; but years after, we know it was much later. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. ~Martin Farquhar Tupper, "Of Discretion," Proverbial Philosophy
Television's perfect. You turn a few knobs, a few of those mechanical adjustments at which the higher apes are so proficient, and lean back and drain your mind of all thought. And there you are watching the bubbles in the primeval ooze. You don't have to concentrate. You don't have to react. You don't have to remember. You don't miss your brain because you don't need it. Your heart and liver and lungs continue to function normally. Apart from that, all is peace and quiet. You are in the man's nirvana. And if some poor nasty minded person comes along and say you look like a fly on a can of garbage, pay him no mind. He probably hasn't got the price of a television set. ~Raymond Chandler
A theologian is a person who uses the word 'God' to hide his ignorance. ~Lemuel K. Washburn, Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays
Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer. ~Geoffrey B. Charlesworth
The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land. ~Joseph Conrad
It is possible at any age to discover a lifelong desire you never knew you had. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
A hug is a handshake from the heart. ~Author Unknown
Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight. ~Josh Billings
Those who believe that they believe in God, but without passion in their hearts, without anguish in mind, without uncertainty, without doubt, without an element of despair even in their consolation, believe in the God idea, not God himself. ~Miguel de Unamuno
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on the human face - forever. ~George Orwell
Grandma quilts have love in every stitch. ~Author Unknown
The difference between light and hard is that you can sleep with a light on. ~Author Unknown
When one bases his life on principle, 99 percent of his decisions are already made. ~Author Unknown
Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself. ~George Bernard Shaw
Draft beer, not people. ~Author Unknown
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. ~Ecclesiastes 2:24
I moved to New York City for my health. I'm paranoid and New York was the only place where my fears were justified. ~Anita Weiss
The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light. ~Matthew 6:22
No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched. ~George Jean Nathan
Joy is a flower that blooms when you do. ~Author Unknown
