Ideas won’t keep…

“…wonderous days, surprising days” #1

No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today.
-Brendan Francis

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“…wondrous days, surprising days” #33

Be nice, feel guilty, and play safe. If there was ever a prescription for producing a dismal future, that has to be it.
-Walter B. Wriston

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“Ideas won’t keep…” #21

When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him or her by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
-E. W. Howe

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“Ideas won’t keep…” #69

I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. All these things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering are outside my door. I am in the house and I have the key.
-Charles Fletcher Lummis

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“How do you make a life?…” #9

I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It’s amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub the floor.
-D. H. Lawrence
An hour’s industry will do more to produce cheerfulness… than a month’s moaning. 
-Benjamin Franklin

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“Ideas won’t keep…” #13

In real life, it only takes one to make a quarrel.
-Ogden Nash

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“Ideas won’t keep…” #6

I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.
-Bill Cosby

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“…wonderous days, surprising days” #11

Body image is linked to self-esteem: when we dislike our bodies, it’s difficult to like ourselves.
-Gloria Steinem

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“Ideas won’t keep…” #16

Schools should be the happiest place in society. And I’ll bet many are.
-Richard J. Cattani

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Trusting in Time #6

Schools and prisons are the only places where time is more important than the job to be done.
-John Bradshaw
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