AMC's Life: February 2011

PHILOMATH which means a lover of learning; a scholar.

Sentence: My children are philomaths.

Quotes....

God gives us people to love and things to use not people to use and things to love.

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." Oliver Wendell Holmes

"There are five things you cannot recover in life....
1. The Stone ... after it's thrown
2. The Word ... after it's said
3. The Occasion ... after it's missed
4. The Time ... after it's gone
5. A Person ... after they die"

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S. Elliot

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."

"You cannot satisfy hunger by drawing a cake." Chinese Proverb (from the book "Chinese Proverbs" collected by Ruthanne Lum McCunn)

"In quietness you find wisdom, in wisdom you find truth, in truth you find trust, in trust you find love, in love you find happiness, in happiness you find you."

"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."

"A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking." Fortune

"Do or do not...there is no try." ~Yoda

Philosophy is common sense with big words." James Madison

"If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning!" (author unknown)

"If you tell the truth you don't have anything to remember." (author unknown)

"Normal is what you think everyone else is; until you get to know them." (author unknown)

"You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself." - Ethel Barrymore, 1879 - 1959

"Everybody in the world knows something you dont." (author unknown)

"Life is too short to fold underwear." (Guy Charnesky)

"If life suddenly turns into a downpour, don't forget to jump in the puddles!" (author unknown)

"The only thing worse than not being able to see --Is being able to see and having no visions." (author unknown)

"Life is too short to eat yucky food." Cindi (upon tasting a protein bar at Costco)

"Not everything that counts can be counted..." (Albert Einstein)

"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." (from a movie I watched briefly.. don't know which one)

"Begin each day as if it were on purpose" (author unknown)

"The secret to having it all is believing you already do" (author unknown)

"The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now." (The Purpose Driven Life)

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