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Authors Favorite Quotes Be content with your lot. One cannot be first in everything. Complaining never solved any problem. The Low Bid (Short version) There is nothing in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and he who considers price only is that man's lawful prey. John Ruskin The Low Bid (Long version) It is unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the things it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot... it cannot be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder it is well to add something for the risk you run; and if you do that you will have enough to pay for the something better. There is hardly anything in the world that some men cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only, are this man's lawful prey. By John Ruskin (1819-1900) Learn from other peoples mistakes you will never live long enough to make them all yourself. The best way to get rid of an enemy is to take him as a friend If the only way I could be with you is in my dreams then I will sleep forever! I am only one, but I AM ONE. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. What I can do, I should do and with the help of God, I will do. Everett Hale A child is like an empty bucket. As a parent, you want to make sure you fill that bucket up as much as you can. The more time you spend with kids, the more you fill those buckets. Arnold Schwarzenegger Do the right thing, don't just do things right. Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers This is not the end. It is even not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. Winston Churchill (after one of the first significant British victories of WWII) Those who judge don't matter and those who matter don't judge. Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we might as well dance. Cowboy Wisdom Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. Life ain't about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce. Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance. Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor. Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled. Meanness don't jest happen overnight. Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads. Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you. It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge. You cannot unsay a cruel word. Every path has a few puddles. When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty. The best sermons are lived, not preached. Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway. Don't judge folks by their relatives. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time. Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none. Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance. The easiest way to eat crow is while it's still warm, 'cause the colder it gets, the harder it is to swaller. If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'. It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep. Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got. The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with watches you shave his face in the mirror every mornin'. Always drink upstream from the herd. Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment. Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in. If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to the Creator. Communications is like motor oil to an engine. We can’t run the engine of productivity without the lubricant of communications. If it's New it's probably not true. If it's True it's probably not new. Refering to Bibical history. Profanity is the product of an unsophisticated mind. You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Abraham Lincoln I try to wake up and figure out what I can do every day to make this a better place. Learn from wisdom or Learn from consequences. What it takes to win is simple, but it isn't easy. No Regrets Begin each day as if it were on purpose. A fine is a tax for doing something wrong. Quick decisions, long term consequences. Happy Anniversary Each year we start another trip Once more around the sun And if we make it all the way To our years we add a one. We start it on our birthday And celebrate at year's end, And if we marry along the way, We start all over again. When we start off as a couple, We start to count anew, For our years become more special When the trips are made by two. So as we celebrate today Another year of fun Remember we made it together, Once more around the sun Copyright 1993, C. Keith Haugen A poem writen for his wife Carmen 
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