An elderly Cherokee Native American was teaching his grandchildren about life…

He said to them, “A fight is going on inside me, it is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One wolf is evil—he is fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, competition, superiority, and ego.

The other is good—he is joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith. This same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person, too.” They thought about it for a minute, and then one child asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win, Grandfather?”

The Elder simply replied, “The one you feed.”

(I plan to have this played at my funeral.)

"It is not bigotry to be certain we are right;

but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how

we might possibly have gone wrong."
- G. K. Chesterton

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Cocaine is God's way of saying

“You're making too much money.”

-- Robin Williams

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To me, this says... be brave, own up to your mistakes, take responsibility for your actions, walk in with your head held high and deal with the consequences. <3

OK, so this is technically not a quote, and I know not everyone loves the Cheezeburger kitties, but I find this hilarious! = )

I don't want to

be interesting.

I want to be good.

-Ludwig Mies van der Rohe-

(20^th Century American architect)

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There are people whom one loves immediately and forever. Even to know they are alive in the world with one is quite enough.

-Nancy Spain

-P.J. O'Rourke

“I am haunted by the demon of error - error in determining guilt and error in determining who among the guilty deserves to die."
-George Ryan, former Illinois Governor

(In support of Illinois abolishing the death penalty this week.)

“May you always walk in sunshine.
May you never want for more.
May Irish angels rest their wings right beside your door....”

-Irish Blessing

“Success isn't permanent, and failure isn't fatal.”

-Mike Ditka

“Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.”

-Mae West

Nerd?

We prefer the term

Intellectual Badass!

-unknown

"Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once."

-Evan Esar

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."

-Oscar Wilde

“The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.”

-Ayn Rand

“Our bodies communicate to us clearly and specifically, if we are willing to listen to them.”

-Shakti Gawain

“The truth is more important than the facts.”

-Frank Lloyd Wright

“The cure for boredom is curiosity.

There is no cure for curiosity.“

- - Dorothy Parker

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself."

-Robert Frost

“I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later.” - Mitch Hedberg

"The problem with close minded people is that they usually have their mouths open." -me

"I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage."- Charles de Secondat

"A good relationship is like fireworks: loud, explosive, and liable to maim you if you hold on too long."

-Jeph Jacques

"If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with." Dorothy Gail in "The Wizard of Oz"

"Anything is good if it's made of chocolate."

Jo Brand

"Love that is not madness is not love."
Pedro Calderon de la Barca

"Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts." - Henry Rollins

"A really great talent finds its happiness in execution." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

HA! So much for "a quote for every day in 2011." I'll get back on track soon.

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."

-Ernest Hemingway

"Remember that happiness is a way of travel - not a destination."

- Roy Goodman

"When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice."

-Otto Von Bismark

"Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame."

-Erica Jong

"Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them."

-Richard L. Evans

"When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty."

~Norm Crosby

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Martin Luther King, Jr

“Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if.."; And then do it."
-Duane Michals

“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”

- Buddha

"Nature is cruel, that does not mean we have to be"
-Temple Grandin

"Our daughter was born on a tragic day and taken out on a tragic day"

John Green - father of Tucson shooting victim, Christina Green, Sept 11, 2001 - January 8, 2011

**Let us all hold this family in our thoughts today as they lay their little girl to rest.**

"The love of democracy is that of equality."

Charles de Montesquieu

"The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority."

Ralph W. Sockman

"You will never change your life until you change something you do daily."

-Mike Murdock

We need anything politically important rationed out like Pez: small, sweet, and coming out of a funny, plastic head.
- Dennis Miller

"I'm not just trying to be a good game manager - I'm trying to be great."

- Drew Brees

"There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous their cause."

- P. J. O'Rourke

"There are two ways to pass a hurdle: leaping over or plowing through... There needs to be a monster truck option."

- Jeph Jacques

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
— Marilyn Monroe

"There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted."
— Oscar Wilde

The tooth fairy teaches children that they can sell body parts for money.
- David Richerby

"That's the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!" -Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbes fame)