"And the small ripple spilt upon the beach Scarcely o'erpass'd the cream of your champagne, When o'er the brim the sparkling bumpers reach, That spring-dew of the spirit! the heart's rain! Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please,â€”the more because they preach in vain,â€” Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after."

-- Lord Byron

#Beach Quotes #Laughter Quotes #Spring Quotes

“Parental love is not contingent on the talents and attributes the child happens to have. We choose our friends and spouses at least partly on the basis of qualities we find attractive. But we do not choose our children. Their qualities are unpredictable, and even the most conscientious parents cannot be held wholly responsible for the kind of child they have. That is why parenthood, more than other human relationships, teaches what the theologian William F. May calls an â€œopenness to the unbidden.”
“I'm not sure that love and like aren't like cats and dogs: One can't grow up to be the other, but they can be taught to live under the same roof.”

Source : E.L. Konigsburg (2011). “Silent to the Bone”, p.53, Simon and Schuster
“War takes people's lives and destroys property, but it does not resolve the world's problems. If anything is achieved through war, it is to plant the seeds for the next violent conflict as the vanquished and their children will usually not accept the outcome.”
“Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known.”
“One of the things I've always tried to do is to inject myself as much as possible into the movie, so I feel like it's mine.”
“My mission was that I wanted to see people on the street that I don't know wearing my clothes. That excites me,”
“Each day, focus your attention on what you want. Each day, take one step that will bring you closer to it. ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE! The key is to identify it, claim it for yourself, and believe that you are worthy to have it.”

Source : FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Mar 17, 2017
“If printing money helped the economy, then counterfeiting should be legal”

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