Quotes that mean a lot to me, or just lighten up my day:

My mantra:
“Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. ”

“Stolen” from my friend Dwaine, who claims to have stolen it from someone else:
“Two wrongs don’t make a right, but three rights make a left.”

From actual trial transcripts:
Defendant in propria persona (chose to represent himself instead of through an attorney): Did you get a good look at me when I allegedly stole your purse?
Witness/victim: Yes, I saw you clearly. You are the one who stole my purse.
Defendant: I should’ve shot you while I had the chance.
* ~ * ~ *
Defendant: Judge, I want you to appoint me another lawyer.
Judge: And why is that?
Defendant: Because the Public Defender isn’t interested in my case.
Judge (to Public Defender): Do you have a comment on the defendant’s motion?
Public Defender: I’m sorry, Your Honor? I wasn’t listening.

From my HS German teacher (Finn Englyng):
“The best birth control only costs a penny. You put a penny between your knees, and you keep it there.”
“You guys are all out there searching for Mr. or Ms. Right. There IS no Mr. or Ms. Right. You just find a person who’s got most of what you’re looking for with a few things that you can live with, and you two work together to BECOME each other’s Mr. and Ms. Right.”
In response to our questions of “How long does the essay have to be?”: “A good essay should be like a lady’s skirt - long enough to cover the essentials, and short enough to be interesting.”
“Go to the wedding. Because you have to go to the funeral, you should go to the wedding.”
“The problem with golf is that the balls are too damn small, and the holes are too damn far apart.”

“Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life;
Not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.
Circumstances and situations do color life, but you choose what the color will be.”
~ John Homer Miller

“As we’ve said again and again and again . . . trust is built, through tests and proving that a person is trustworthy. To trust your husband completely will take time. Fantasy would have us believe that “complete” trust happens just because we fall in love. That is nonsense. Falling in love gives us the basis to go forward and build a deep and enduring trust.”
~ Judith Sherven, Ph.D. and James Sniechowski, Ph.D.
From The New Intimacy Newsletter

“Your pride makes a lonely companion when you’re no longer with the one you love.”
~ my friend Adam Phipps

“You don’t miss him; you’re just BORED.”
~ my friend Sandy, who was so right (in rebutting my claim that I miss someone I shouldn’t be missing), and the realization that I was just bored made me feel so much better

“I have not yet BEGUN to procrastinate!”
~ decorative aluminum sign for sale at Splitpea Anderson’s gift shop (on the way to NorCal)