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We didn't lose the game. We just ran out of time. - Vince Lombardi

Me too.

Disapointment

While a relationship with a principled human being can certainly surpass the relationship with a pet, the fact that so many humans disappoint gives pets a potential edge they wouldn't otherwise have. - Michael Hurd

. Relationships with pets alone are not fulfilling.

Optimistic Hope

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. - Vaclav Havel

I hope he is right.

Obsessive?

Is OCD a virtue, vice, strength or weakness? - Lyle

Unlisted

Keeping house ain't on my bucket list. - Lyle

Lift Anchor

A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are built for. - John A. Shedd

The outcome of your journey depends on the one at the helm.

When You're Gone

The only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you leave behind. - John Alston

And he's not talking about leaving behind a worn-out couch.

Smooth Heart

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age. - Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Keep your heart polished.

Actions Mean Something

Happiness is not a reward — it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment — it is a result. - Robert Green Ingersoll


Perhaps humanity's Third Law: For every action there is an outcome.

Your Epitaph

Consider your epitaph, not your resume. - Jessica Hagy


You can't change your record but you can change your future.

Above The Dirt

I'm going to keep doing what I love as long as I can see above the dirt. - Anon


May you stay above the dirt.

Honored Values

If we keep treating our most important values as meaningless relics, that's exactly what they'll become. - Michael Josephson


Such as Life, Liberty and Property.

Playing Your Hand

Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you is determinism; the way you play it is free will. - Jawaharial Nehru


Thinking is how you play your hand well.

Life's Wounds

How poor are they who have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees. - William Shakespeare


Patience doesn't mean inaction.

Good Morning

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start going 'Good morning' at total strangers. - Maya Angelou

..... Get real and stay that way; if you aren't, it shows and it ain't pretty.

Keep On

There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving. - Phylicia Rashad

..... You're smart enough to make your own judgments.

The Game of Kings

Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box. - Italian Proverb

..... At at least the king didn't get knocked out of the game on the first move.

Avoid Guilt

Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do. - Voltaire

..... There's a lot to do.

The Arts

The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children. - Elain Heffner

..... The art of living is to teach the art of living to children.

Your Trails

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

..... If it's an uphill climb, the views only get better.