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Abigail Van Buren Inspirational Quotes (49)

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I can't think of a more potent combination than God and a good lawyer.
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O, heavenly Father: we thank thee for food and remember the hungry. We thank thee for health and remember the sick. We thank thee for friends and remember the friendless. We thank thee for freedom and remember the enslaved. May these remembrances stir us to service, That thy gifts to us may be used for others. Amen.
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Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
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There is no end to the undeserved misery and mischief it could create.
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Maturity is the ability to do a job whether you're supervised or not finish a job once it's started carry money without spending it and the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.
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You are what you are when nobody is looking.
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It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself
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Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don't live up to the expectations we have of them.
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Accept every blind date you can get, even with a girl who wears jeans. Maybe you can talk her out of them.
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A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it's an undo-it-yourself project.
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SO the richest are often the poorest as this saying goes, Loneliness is the ultimate poverty
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Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
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The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.
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It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.
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People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
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If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.
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Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores - it's called partnership.
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How should they answer?
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So yesterday you fell off the wagon? Or maybe you blew your diet? Or lost your temper and shot off your mouth? Well, that was yesterday. Today is a brand-new day with a clean slate, so forget yesterday!
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Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to prove their love like a moose needs a hat rack.
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It is totally unconscionable to subject defenseless animals to mutilation and death, just so a company can be the first to market a new shade of nail polish or a new, improved laundry detergent. It's cruel, it's brutal, it's inhumane, and most people don't want it.
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If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money.
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It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.
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If you are looking for a kindly, well-to-do older gentleman who is no longer interested in sex, take out an ad in The Wall Street Journal.
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