Feb. 19, 2000

"A good way to judge people is by observing how they treat those who can do them absolutely no good."
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"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
John Wooden
Former college basketball coach
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Dec. 20, 1999

"Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say."

"We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere." - Tim McGraw

Dec. 11, 1999

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Nov. 27, 1999

A House is Built of Sticks
by Victor Hugo
A house is built of sticks and stones
and tiles and posts and piers,
But a home is built of loving deeds
that stand a thousand years.

Nov. 20, 1999

There is a choice you have to make,
In everything you do.
And you must always keep in mind,
The choice you make, makes you.

Author Unknown

October 28, 1999

"To keep a fire burning brightly, there's one easy rule: Keep the logs together, near enough to keep warm and far enough apart for breathing room. Good fire, good marriage, same rule." ~ Marnie Reed Crowel

October 20, 1999

"Love delights in giving attention rather than attracting it. Love finds the element of good and builds on it. Love does not magnify defects. Love is a flame that warms but never burns. Love knows how to disagree without becoming disagreeable. Love rejoices at the success of others instead of being envious." ~ Father James Keller ~ The Christophers Cited in More of...The Best of BITS & PIECES

October 13, 1999

"To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education." ~~ John Ruskin

"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom" ~~ Greek Proverb