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Words To Live By 1996 Archive.

August.

"Broke" is what happens when your yearnin's get ahead of your earnin's.

A candle loses none of it's light by lighting another candle.

You never get a second chance to make a good first impression.

The person who forgives ends the quarrel.

     Contributed by Wayne Ehlers.

September.

Show me a man with his head held high, and I'll show you a man who can't get used to bifocals.

The shortest distance between two points is under construction.

Making a marriage work is like operating a farm--you have to start all over again each morning.

Government bureau--where they keep the taxpayers' shirts.

     Contributed by Wayne Ehlers.

October/November.

One thing you can give and still keep is your word.

The best thing you can spend on your children is time.

Man cannot live by bread alone; he needs peanut butter and jelly to go with it.

The world needs more warm hearts and fewer hot heads.

Contributed by Wayne Ehlers.

December.

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.

"I must do something" will solve more problems than "Something must be done".

If you want to leave footprints in the sands of time, don't drag your feet.

There is as much horse sense as ever, but it is mostly horses that have it.

     Contributed by Wayne Ehlers.

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