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The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with watches you from the mirror every morning.

'Here's my strategy on the Cold War:
We win, they lose.'- Ronald Reagan
'The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'-Ronald Reagan

'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.' Ronald Reagan

'Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. Was too strong.'- Ronald Reagan

'I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.' - Ronald Reagan

'The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.' - Ronald Reagan

'Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.' - Ronald Reagan

'The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.' Ronald Reagan

'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.' - Ronald Reagan

'Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it' - Ronald Reagan

'Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.' - Ronald Reagan

'No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'- Ronald Reagan

'If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.'

Things you should know.....

God, who knows your load limit, will limit your load.

When it gets dark enough, most people will final see the light’

Success is more attitude than aptitude.

Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Examine a half-truth very carefully; you may have gotten the wrong half.

Knowing your strengths makes you confident; forgetting your weaknesses make you vulnerable.

A lot of good could be accomplished in this world if nobody cared who got the credit.

The world needs more warm hearts and fewer hot heads.

The easiest way to teach children the value of money is to borrow from them.

To handle yourself use your head… To handle others use your heart.

Life is just one long vacation for the ones who know the Lord.

The true test of bad manners is to put up with bad ones.

The only fellow whose troubles are all behind him, is a school bus driver.

A broken heart might be mended with a thread of kindness

The best preparation for tomorrow is the best use of today.

You can’t control the length of your life, but you can control its breadth and depth.

If it goes in one ear and out the mouth, it’s probably gossip.

Leave a good name behind in case you return.

Do not squander time, for that is the stuff of which life is made of.

Yesterday is but today’s memory and tomorrow is today’s dreams.

The courage to speak must be matched by the wisdom to listen.

Don’t strut your humility.

If you are to careful, you are sure to stumble over something.

The best exercise for your heart is in helping ours.

Nothing is wasted that makes a memory.

Anxiety empties today of its strength.

Those who sow courtesy reap friendship, and those who plant kindness gather love.

To stay youthful, stay useful.

A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation.

Tell no one when you are wronged; tell everyone when you are blessed………..

'Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.'

A sharp tongue can cut your own throat.

If you want your dreams to come true, you mustn't oversleep.
Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.
The best vitamin for making friends..... B1. (Be One)
The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
The heaviest thing you can carry is a grudge..

One thing you can give and20still keep...is your word.

You lie the loudest when you lie to yourself.

If you lack the courage to start, you have already finished.
One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.
Ideas won't work unless 'you' do.

Your mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open.
The 10 commandments are not a multiple choice.
The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime!
It is never too late to become what you might have been.
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Life is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right. Forget about the one's who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

Friends are like balloons; once you let them go, you might not get them back. Sometimes we get so busy with our own lives and problems that we may not even notice that we've let them fly away. Sometimes we are so caught up in who's right and who's wrong that we=2 0forget what's right and wrong. Sometimes we just don't realize what real friendship means until it is too late.