WyzWmn's Words to the Wise

A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down. – Robert Benchley

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger. – Franklin P. Jones

The average, healthy, well-adjusted adult gets up at seven-thirty in the morning feeling just plain terrible. – Jean Kerr

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. – Barack Obama

Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything. – Herb Caen

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, “Where have I gone wrong?”
Then a voice says to me, “This is going to take more than one night.” – Charles M. Schulz

The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. – Arthur C. Clarke

Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man. – Bertrand Russell

If you can find something everyone agrees on, it’s wrong. – Mo Udall

Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening. – Barbara Tober