"QUOTES & HUMOUR FOR WOMEN"
"Good prose is the selection of the best words; poetry is the best words in the best order; and journalese is any old words in any old order."
..... Author Unknown
"Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write."
..... Karl Kraus
"Journalists say a thing that they know isn't true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true."
..... Arnold Bennett
"You have to count on living every single day in a way you believe will make you feel good about your life - so that if it were over tomorrow, you'd be content with yourself."
..... Jane Seymour
"Confidence imparts a wonderful inspiration to its possessor."
..... John Milton
"A successful marriage is not a gift; it is an achievement."
..... Ann Landers
"If a man carefully examines his thoughts he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. His well-being is always ahead."
..... Ralph Waldo Emerson
"I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It's amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub the floor."
..... D. H. Lawrence
"By-and-by never comes."
..... St. Augustine
"I have accepted fear as part of life – specifically the fear of change . . . I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back . . ."
..... Erica Jong
"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."
..... Francis Bacon
"It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control."
..... Oprah Winfrey
"It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation, which give happiness."
..... Thomas Jefferson
"Success can also cause misery. The trick is not to be surprised when you discover it doesn't bring you all the happiness and answers you thought it would."
..... the artist formerly known as Prince
"It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed."
..... Kim Hubbard