The Wish I
Said That items below are used with the permission of the author Ralph Milton.
WISH I SAID THAT… 11
Life is sometimes like a walk through a
cow-pasture. One has to watch their step. But every spring, those pretty
purple posies pop up in the midst of all the cow pies, providing a real lift to
the spirit. I guess my thought is simply this. Focus on the crocus!
Trev Quinn
The future is not something you predict and wait for. It is something you
invent daily through your actions.
Rebecca Solnit via Dave Edwards
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
Yogi Berra via Connie Rose
WISH I SAID THAT… 12
Camel: A horse put together by a committee.
source unknown via Margaret Wood
Real religion is not talk. It is life. It is faith in action. It is love
clothing itself with life.
Alistair MacLean,
Love means actions that serve, help, build up, and promote justice, as opposed
to actions that exploit, harm, tear down and spread
injustice.
Tom Ehrich via Mary in the
WISH I SAID THAT… 13
Life is what happens when you're busy making other
plans.
unknown via Ted Spencer
The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674
Coffee leads men
to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a
little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water.
` via
Carolyn Bishop & Jim Taylor
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right
time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
WISH I SAID THAT… 14
Make it so the poor are no longer despised
and thrown away. Look at them standing about - like wildflowers, which have
nowhere else to grow.
a
German poet via Phil Yancey and Jim Beinke
The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body
and your fat are really good friends.
Source unknown
The easiest way to find something lost around the
house is to buy a replacement.
Source unknown
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Anthony Andreassi via Martin Marty
and Jim Taylor
* The one who hesitates is probably right.
* Outside of a dog, books are man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark
to read.
Groucho Marx