When compiling his great dictionary, the young Noah Webster travels to the Himalayas, where he climbs to the cave of the world's wises man. 'O, great sage,' he says, 'tell me the meaning of life.' The sage sits Noah at his feet and, with great solemnity, commences to unfold the meaning of life. When finished, he places a hand on the young man's shoulder and says, 'Do you have any other questions, my son?' Noah flips a page in his notebook and says, 'You wouldn't know the meaning of lift, would you?'
As any artist can tell you, it is easier to reach perfection than to stop there.
Eventually, time takes care of everything. The trouble with procrastination is that people give up on it too soon.
What if man were required to educate his children without the help of talking animals.
There is a strong chance that siblings who turn out well were hassled by the same parents.
Sometimes in tragedy we find our life's purpose - the eye sheds a tear to find its focus.
At some point you must decide if you want to succeed or just be someone who was never to blame for anything going wrong.
I am told to just be myself, but as much as I have practiced the impression, I am still no good at it.
What you must accept as a parent is that you cannot always be there for your child without sometimes ruining everything.
Few are humble, for it takes a self-esteem few possess.
When I am gone, my love, do not look for me in the places we used to go to together. Look for me in the places we always planned to go to together.
The easiest way to meet people is to just look like someone who is willing to listen.
There is always a perfectly good excuse, always a reason not to. The hardest freedom to win is the freedom from one's excuses.
A relationship becomes easier when you realize that you don't have to be the one at fault to be the one who's sorry.
It is the first purpose of hope to make hopelessness bearable.
I tell my child, if I seem obsessed to always know where you've been, it is because my DNA will be found at the scene.
Everything happens for the purpose of what you decide to do about it.
A good speech has a beginning, a middle and an end, the best example being, 'I love you.'
Sometimes in life you have an appointment with destiny, and sometimes you just have to get destiny to squeeze you in.
Optimist: someone who isn't sure whether life is a tragedy or a comedy but is tickled silly just to be in the play.
I have never met anyone who wanted to save the world without my financial support.
You can accept a falling out that changes your plans, but it's hard to accept a betrayal that changes your memories.
The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.
You can as easily love without trusting as you can hug without embracing.
The hardest thing about reality is returning to it after an hour inside your child's mind.
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