Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Christmas Quotes



Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves. -Eric Sevareid

He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. -Roy L. Smith

Christmas – that magic blanket that wraps itself about us, that something so intangible that it is like a fragrance. It may weave a spell of nostalgia. Christmas may be a day of feasting, or of prayer, but always it will be a day of remembrance – a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved. -Augusta E. Rundel

Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect. -Oren Arnold

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. -Burton Hillis

Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most. -Ruth Carter Stapleton

Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts. No matter how we may dread the rush, the long Christmas lists for gifts and cards to be bought and given, when Christmas Day comes there is still the same warm feeling we had as children, the same warmth that enfolds our hearts and our homes. -Joan Winmill Brown

I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month. -Harlan Miller

Wish u all a very Happy Christmas.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Apology Quotes

More people need to learn that it’s not weakness to apologize.  The stronger person always apologizes.  Hopefully these apology quotes can help you in some way:

An apology is a good way to have the last word. -Unknown

A stiff apology is a second insult…. The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt. -G.K. Chesterton

An apology is the superglue of life.  It can repair just about anything. -Lynn Johnston

There’s one sad truth in life I’ve found, While journeying east and west -
The only folks we really wound, Are those we love the best.
We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow, To those who love us best.
                                                                  -Ella Wheeler Wilcox

It is a good rule in life never to apologize.  The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them. -P.G. Wodehouse 

Never ruin an apology with an excuse. -Kimberly Johnson

Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused. -King Charles I

The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology. -Red Auerbach

The only good thing about punctuality is that is usually gets you an apology. -Unknown

Apology is a lovely perfume; it can transform the clumsiest moment into a gracious gift. -Margaret Lee Runbeck

Keep your words soft and tender because tomorrow you may have to eat them. -Unknown

Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge. -Isaac Friedmann

Remember, we all stumble, every one of us.  That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand. -Emily Kimbrough

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so you apologize for truth. -Benjamin Disraeli

Apologies only account for that which they do not alter. -Benjamin Disraeli

An apology might help, but you can change your life without one. -Robin Quivers

I don’t ask for an apology because it’s only tomorrow’s fish-and-chip paper. -Tracey Emin

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well. -Jim Rohn

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. -Paul Boese

When you realize you’ve made a mistake, make amends immediately. It’s easier to eat crow while it’s still warm. -Dan Heist

Monday, December 13, 2010

Innocent kids thoughts....



A first grade teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. Their insight may surprise you.

Better to be safe than...punch a 5th grader.

Never underestimate the power of...termites.

You can lead a horse to water but...how?

Don't bite the hand that...looks dirty.

No news is... impossible.

A miss is as good as a... Mr.

You can't teach an old dog new... math.

If you lie down with dogs, you'll... stink in the morning.

Love all, trust... me.

The pen is mightier than the... pigs.

An idle mind is... the best way to relax.

Where there's smoke there's... pollution.

A penny saved is... not much.