valentine poems for mothers

A house is never still in darkness to those who listen intently; there is a whispering in distant chambers, an unearthly hand presses the snib of the window, the latch rises. Ghosts were created when the first man awoke in the night. ~J.M. Barrie



They say that God is everywhere, and yet we always think of Him as somewhat of a recluse. ~Emily Dickinson



When one bases his life on principle, 99 percent of his decisions are already made. ~Author Unknown



Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ~James Stephens, The Crock of Gold



The invention of IQ does a great disservice to creativity in education. ~Joel Hildebrand



There's no other love like the love for a brother. There's no other love like the love from a brother. ~Astrid Alauda



Jack Palance: "Do you know what the secret of life is? One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and everything else don't mean shit."



Football is the opera of the people. ~Stafford Heginbotham, 1985



The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't being said. ~Author Unknown



History is the action and reaction of these two, nature and thought - two boys pushing each other on the curbstone of the pavement. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Conduct of Life: Fate



Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. ~Dale Carnegie



Winter is nature's way of saying, "Up yours." ~Robert Byrne



The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and beget. ~William Osler



What you discover in a democracy is that it is difficult to build a house when each nail has an opinion. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you awake in the morning. ~Carl Sandburg, New York Post, 9 September 1960



In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from. ~Peter Alexander Ustinov



The pupil can only educate himself. Teachers are the custodians of apparatus upon which he himself must turn and twist to acquire the excellencies that distinguish the better from the poorer of God's vessels. ~Martin H. Fischer



All deities reside in the human breast. ~William Blake, "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell"



Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. ~Jim Davis



The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through eternity. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe