Dave’s Daily Quotes

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~ African Proverb

Children often have imaginary playmates.  I suspect that half of them are really their guardian angels.  ~ Eileen Elias Freeman

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s nature perfectly–that is what each of us is here for. ~ Oscar Wilde

When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier. ~ Roy Disney

Whether it’s the best of times or the worst of times, it’s the only time you’ve got.

Scars are stories, history written on the body.

I’m as broke as the ten commandments.

When I am anxious it is because I am living in the future. When I am depressed it is because I am living in the past.  ~ Anonymous

Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it. ~ Albert Smith

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. ~ Harriet Braiker

When you aim for perfection, you discover it’s a moving target. ~ George Fisher

Try saying, ‘Whale Oil Beef Hooked’ without sounding like an Irish man swearing. ~ Jack Dee

Tim, the thin twin tinsmith. Old oily Ollie oils old oily autos. Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup. Sarah saw a shot-silk sash shop full of shot-silk sashes as the sunshine shone on the side of the shot-silk sash shop. A bloke’s back bike brake block broke.

There is nothing so annoying as to have two people talking when you’re busy interrupting. ~ Mark Twain

Today the greatest single source of wealth is between your ears. ~ Brian Tracy

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~ Spanish Proverb

A free lunch is only found in mousetraps. ~ John Capozzi

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body; the wishbone. ~ Robert Frost

A good conscience is a continual Christmas. ~ Benjamin Franklin

There are no strangers on Christmas Eve. ~ Adele Comandini and Edward Sutherland

Christmas, in its final essence, is for grown people who have forgotten what children know. Christmas is for whoever is old enough to have denied the unquenchable spirit of man. ~ Margaret Cousins

They err who thinks Santa Claus comes down through the chimney; he really enters through the heart. ~ Mrs. Paul M. Ell

A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. ~ Garrison Keillor

The perfect Christmas tree? All Christmas trees are perfect! ~ Charles N. Barnard