“Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
19th century poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was “the brightest son of the New England morning and the largest in his golden sweetness.”
“If God would only give me one solid clue, like depositing $50,000 in my bank account.” – Woody Allen
“Ants are like humans. They farm, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies, use chemical sprays, capture slaves, use child labor, exchange information. They do everything except watch television and may be doing that.”
“If you care about the people in your life who have cared about you, that’s a successful life.” – Ben Stein
“Retirement is a second life. Now – what do you want to be when you grow up?”
“Amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic.”
“If literature isn’t personal, go find something else that is.”
“In the old days, cowboys lived on coffee and had no fresh dairy products.”
Ode to Carnation milk
“Carnation milk, the best in the land.
“Comes to you in a little red can.
“No teats to pull; no hay to pitch;
“Just poke a hole in the son-of-a-bitch.”
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.” – Mark Twain
“Dogs can’t play soccer.” – Snoopy
“Don’t be better than your contemporaries. Be better than yourself.” – Faulkner
“Think positive. Birthdays add years to your life.”
“Keep well thy tongue and keep thy friends.” – Chaucer (1400 A.D.)
“That I am here is a wonderful mystery to which I will respond with joy.”
“Life is just preparation meeting with opportunity,” – Winfrey
Japanese proverb: “The reverse side also has a reverse side.”
“The difference between a bad haircut and a good one is two weeks.”
“Always be an angel-on-call for a friend.”
“You are bringing up the parents of your grandchildren.”
“Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places and talents in unexpected people. And give me oh Lord, the grace to tell them so.”
“Friendship is a sheltering tree.” – Coleridge
“America – where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars.”
“This is the day that the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” – Psalms
“Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.” – Pythagoras (550 BC)
“We are such stuff as dreams are made of, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.” – Shakespeare (1600 AD)
“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” – George Burns
“You know you’re getting older when the happy hour is a nap.”
Charlie Brown: “We are here on earth to help other people.”
Lucy: “What are the other people here for?”
“Make one person happy each day, and in 40 years you will have 14,600 human beings happy for a little time at least.” – Hershel
“I woke, threw open the windows and heard the birds coughing in the trees.”
“Roosters may crow but the hens deliver the goods.”
“God must love calories. He made so many of them.”
Emerson on fine writing: “Make every word spritely and every sentence a surprise.”
“Police don’t protect neighborhoods; neighbors protect neighborhoods.”
“Do all the good you can/ At all the times you can/ To all the people you can/ As long as ever you can.” – John Wesley
Ode to spring: “Spring has came/ Winter has went/It was not did by accident/The snow has left as you have saw/This all was did by nature’s law.”
“The country needs dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.”
“Not getting what you want is sometimes a great streak of luck.”
“Joy – the serious business of heaven.” C.S. Lewis
“A penny saved isn’t very much.”
Theme song of small businessman: “Get me to the bank on time.”
“Save your drama for your mama.”
“You don’t know who’s swimming naked – til the tide goes out.”
“Talent is what you possess. Genius is what possesses you.”
“Make the decision that I’m not going to let an old person occupy my body.”
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” – Keats
Attorney Austin Cunningham has been the president of five business companies and in 1988 was named Outstanding Elder Citizen of the Year for South Carolina.