Miscellaneous

May 5th, 2008
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. 
~ Albert Einstein

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former. 
~ Albert Einstein

A word is dead when it is said, some say; I say it just begins to live that day. 
~ Emily Dickinson
If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.
~ Bruce Lee
Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.
~ Ogden Nash
It is in solitude that the works of the hand, heart, and mind are always conceived, and in solitude that individuality must be affirmed.
~ Robert Lindner
We don’t see things as they are,
we see them as we are.
~ Anais Nin

The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the full light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny…it is the light that guides your way.
~  Heraclitus, Greek Poet, Philosopher

Not knowing what the dawn may bring, I open every door.
~ Emily Dickinson

I Didn’t Go to Church Today 
by Ogden Nash I didn’t go to church today,
I trust the Lord to understand.
The surf was swirling blue and white,
The children swirling on the sand.
He knows, He knows how brief my stay,
How brief this spell of summer weather,
He knows when I am said and done
We’ll have plenty of time together.

Success
by Ralph Waldo Emerson

To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, 
to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better,
whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived;
This is to have succeeded.

To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.
~ William Blake

The supreme paradox of all thought is the attempt to discover something that thought cannot think.
~ Søren Kierkegaard
Frozen Dream
by Shel Silverstein
I’ll take the dream I had last night
And put it in the freezer,
So someday long and far away
When I’m an old grey geezer,
I’ll take it out and thaw it out,
This lovely dream I’ve frozen,
And boil it up and sit me down
And dip my old cold toes in.

How To Stay Young
by George Carlin

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her. 
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. 
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. ” An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.” And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s. 
4. Enjoy the simple things. 
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. 
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive. 
7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it’s family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge. 
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don’t take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, to the next county, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is. 
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. 
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Stop a moment and look around you.
~ Thomas Carlyle

There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven.
A time to be born and a time to die
A time to plant and a time to uproot
A time to kill and a time to heal
A time to tear down and a time to build
A time to weep and a time to laugh
A time to mourn and a time to dance
A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them
A time to embrace and a time to refrain
A time to search and a time to give up
A time to keep and a time to throw away
A time to tear and a time to mend
A time to be silent and a time to speak
A time to love and a time to hate
A time for war and a time for peace.
~ Ecclesiastes 2:25

The good die young - because they see it’s no use living if you’ve got to be good. 
~ John Barrymore

Those who cast the votes decide nothing; those who count the votes decide everything.
~ Joseph Stalin

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well-preserved piece, but to skid across the finish line broadside, engine frozen up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting GERONIMO! ~ Anonymous

 

This compilation has been collected for the intention of offering inspiration and embellishment for the personal scrapbooks, journals and cards of crafters.  If you intend to create works for sale, please seek the permission of the author or copyright holder.

Ogden Nash poems Copyright © by Linell Nash Smith and Isabel Nash Eberstadt

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