Wise New SayingAuthor
A cheat believes that everyone cheats. – VP Pappy (thanks to T. Murphy)
A dog will not tell you he has fleas but you can tell by the way he scratches. Graham Willets (Thanks to Treharris Mid Glamorgan)
A dream is reality which has yet to materialize. – Dave McDaniel
A foolish man perceives meekness as weakness – Terry Miller (on
underestimating your fellow man
A jug of water is a disguise ocean. – jean noil
A man who conquers himself is much more superior than a man who conquers many thousands of men in battle. – Jedisaga
A smile is a light in the window of your face to show your heart is at home. unknown
A smile is your personal welcome mat. – unknown
A teacher’s job is to take a room full of live wires and make sure they are well grounded. unknown
A wistful waste makes a woeful want. – Virgil B. Lawrence
Accept the world the way it is and allow yourself to be the way you are. – Jack Canfield
A friend tells you what you want to hear, but a best friend tells you the truth. – Krissy
A true friend will remember you for the good and bad times and love you for both. – Krissy
Action is the antedote to despair. – Joan Baez
All friends have faults; forgive a little or have none. – Monty Overson
Always aim for the moon; even if you miss… you’ll still be among the stars. – unknown, thanks to Sara Saathoff
An unaware person lives in the past, mentally experiencing all the things that might have happened, but didn’t. – Zoe Calder, Writer
Any day above ground is a good day. – Robert Gerus
Anything worth doing takes a risk…go out on that limb, that’s where the fruit is. – Cynthia Brian
Arrogance is the full sister of ignorance. – Ruben Zuniga
As we work for the boss, the boss works for us. – Monty Overson
Be gentle with the earth. – Dalai Lama
Be glad you are unknown, for when you are known, you will wish you weren’t. – Stephen Anderson
Be humble while being good and your work will speak for itself. – Monty Overson
Believe that most people are doing the best they can. – unknown
“Believing is not seeing” – unknown Thanks to John M
Brains are like mouths; when empty they blather, when full they digest. – Pete Harrison
Character is what you do when no one else is looking. – Dr. Laura
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. – unknown (Thanks to IceScythe7)
Confidence cannot be imitated; confidence can only come from a belief in one’s self or others. – Harry Lindsay
Courtesy is free. – unknown but similar to B. Franklin’s “Be not stingy in what costs nothing as courtesy, counsel and countenance.”
Cushion it (criticism) with compliments. – Anonymous
Dare to be different. – unknown
Demolish the dam of judgement and watch the nurturing waters of truth flood in. – Zoe Calder, writer
Dive in and learn as you go. – unknown
Don’t be superstitious, for it is unlucky to be superstitious. – John Baxter
Don’t bet the cow if you need the milk. – VP Pappy (Thanks to tismurph
Don’t complain about farmers with your mouth full. – unknown
Don’t dissect a rainbow. – Denise LaFrance, Painter (1964-present) on not destroying a beautiful phenomenon by over analyzing it.
Don’t explain. Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe it. – Jen Tishere
Don’t lead a blind man down the wrong road. – Matt Atkinson
Don’t mess with Einstein. – Monty Overson
Don’t step over dollars to save pennies. – Parts Department No. Shore Toyota
Don’t take life too seriously. – unknown
Don’t worry about tomorrow until it’s today. – Kyle Kirkland
Each passing minute is one less chance to change. – Greg Platz
Education is just a process by which a person begins to learn how to learn. – Jay Huff
Enjoy the process. – unknown
Even Babe Ruth struck out sometimes. – unknown
Every child that is born is proof that God has not given up on human beings. – Unknown Indian poet, thanks to S.M. Chandraskhar, India
Every end has a new beginning. – Carissa Ciciarelli
Everybody deserves to be loved. – unknown
Everyone has a message for us. – unknown
Everyone has a story; some people just have a better way of telling it. – Deb Kell()
Everything happens for the best. – unknown
Everything looks different from another point of view. – Gabriel Vasquez
Fall seven times, get up eight. – unknown
Fear makes strangers of people who could be friends. – Shirley Maclaine
Feel the fear and do it anyway. – Susan Jeffers
Find and fix the problem and mere symptoms will be revealed. – Monty Overson
Five brothers are like a bundle of twigs. Together they are harder to break, but separated they are easily snapped. – Zeshan Ahmed
Flexible people don’t get bent out of shape. – unknown
For every bow there is an arrow. A similar saying goes: When the student is ready, the teacher will come. – Author’s name unavailable
For you to do what you need to do, you first must come to terms with the fact that you need to do what you need to do. – Chrisbel N Dafeamekpor
Friendship is the foundation on which true love is built. – Victoria (Tori) Thompson
Garbage in, garbage out. – unknown (c.1964)
Get the monkey off your back. – unknown
Gifts are reflections of how others perceive you. – Gregory Rich
Give a smile and you bring the world new hope. – G.B. Addo
Give somebody an inch and they will think they’re a ruler. – jbmagic
Go where life takes you. – unknown
Go with the flow. – unknown
Good direction makes students or staff good. – Monty Overson
Good judgement comes from experience and experience, well, that comes from bad judgement. unknown
Guilt is the gift that keeps on giving. – unknown
Happiness is an inside job. – unknown
Happiness is not a product of our surroundings, it’s something we must make inside ourselves. – Corrie Ten Boom
Have tolerance for repeated errors in children. – unknown
Heartache is but a visitor, it won’t stay long. – Jim Garnett
I can’t see betting on a horserace; there’s just too many damn horses. VP Pappy (Thanks to T. Murphy)
I can’t stop growing old but I don’t have to get old. – Patrick A. Hirth
I never regret my failures, only the things i failed to attempt. – A. Foard
Identifying a race, identifies a racist; there is only one race, “The human race”! – Serge Crespy, Collingwood Ontario, 1942-
If good were within, good would come out. – unknown
If it isn’t in writing, it doesn’t exist. – Phil Ryder
If you can laugh at it, you can live with it. – Erma Bombeck
If you can’t beat them, join them. – unknown
If you can’t dream then you can’t rest. – Will
If you can’t make a decision, then you don’t have enough information yet. – unknown
If you cut too many corners, you’ll be going in circles. – Todd Reaker()
If you don’t look after the little things in life, they will look after you. – Brian Fierling
If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you, but if you really make them think, they’ll hate you. – Jay Huff
In the end only kindness matters. – Jim Garnett
In the presence of trouble, some people grow wings and others buy crutches. – Harold W. Ruoff
In time all are tempted, all tried, all tested and in adversity all come to self knowledge. – Jim Garnett
It can take a moment to make a decision that can take a lifetime to deal with the consequences. – T. Steckley
It is a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn’t want to hear. – Dick Cavett
It is better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. – John Costello
It is incredible how much intelligence is used to prove nonsense. – Jay Huff
It is our duty to teach others how to treat us. – Monty Overson
It’s easier to make friends than it is to make enemies; you have to work to make enemies. – George L. Kloss
It’s easy to destroy – It takes effort to create. – M. Slater
It’s hard to fight an enemy which has outposts in your head. – Sally Kempton
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