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Quotes by Anonymous

A word to the wise is infuriating.

The cleverest woman finds a need for foolish admirers.

When Eleanor Roosevelt was asked if she had any regrets about her life she replied Just one. I wish I had been prettier.

Oh the shrewdness of their shrewdness when theyre shrewd. And the rudeness of their rudeness when theyre rude But the shrewdness of their shrewdness and the rudeness of their rudeness Are nothing to their goodness when theyre good.

One machine can do the work of 50 ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.

A hobby is hard work you wouldnt do for a living.

Work! Thank God for the swing of it for the clamoring hammering ring of it.

A mans work is from sun to sun but a mothers work is never done.

This is the best world that we live in To lend and to spend and to give in: But to borrow or beg or to get a mans own It is the worst world that ever was known.

If you worry about what might be and wonder what might have been you will ignore what is.

Worry is a futile thing its somewhat like a rocking chair Although is keeps you occupied it doesnt get you anywhere.

Worry never climbed a hill worry never paid a bill Worry never dried a tear worry never calmed a fear Worry never darned a heel worry never cooked a meal It never led a horse to water nor ever did a thing it oughter.

Worry doesnt help tomorrows troubles but it does ruin todays happiness.

Worry is a complete cycle of inefficient thought revolving about a pivotal fear.

A problem not worth praying about is not worth worrying about.

Worry is the sin were not afraid to commit.

No man better knows what good is than he who has endured evil.

Other Definitions of Adversity Adversity is the touchstone of virtue.

In Ireland a writer is looked upon as a failed conversationalist.

The beginning is easy what happens next is much harder.