Life

"Don't judge a person by how many people came to the wedding. Judge them by how many came to the funeral."

"Love never goes out of style."

"Life is too short to harbor hate."

"Do it now. If you love someone, tell them."

"To have a friend, you gotta be a friend."

"Life is made up of choices — and not making a choice is a choice."

"You can waste a day. You can waste a week. But don't waste a life."

"Good friends are sacred."

"Life is for loving and living."

"The parade of life will go on forever. Get in it — or just watch it. Your choice."

"Life owes you nothing. What you become is up to you."

"Change your thoughts and you change your life."

"Don't spend your life regretting what you did or didn't say. Do it now."

"If you died today, what would people say about the life you led?"

"Raising good children is the most challenging job you will ever have — but also the most gratifying."

"We all need to stop, laugh, and smell the roses."

"Laughing is a medicine that we all need to take daily."

"What is your purpose in this life?"

"When you pass, did you leave more than you took?"

"When it's all over, did you give more than you got?"

"It may not always be easy — and maybe a little embarrassing — but tell people how special they are to you. You'll never regret it."

"Pride is temporary. Regret is forever."

"You don't get the chance to redo the past — so you better do it right the first time."

"Who wants to be around a griping old man? Nobody. And I don't want to be one either."

"You can't help getting old — but you can still control your attitude."

"Some people spend their day saying what is wrong with the world. Some of us like to say what is right with the world."

"I am not here to tell you what to do or how to do it. I am just here to share my thoughts and my opinions. Just Saying."

"It's a lot easier to get home when you were born on third base — but it's a lot more challenging when you had to start at the batter's box."

"Your GPA won't follow you forever — but your character will."

"About the time you've learned some things that are pretty good — you realize that time is running out."

"What is your purpose on this earth?"

"One of the greatest gifts you can ever give humanity is raising great children."

"Have you made a list of all the wonderful things you have in your life? If you haven't — you probably should."

"If you didn't like life when you had no money — you're probably not gonna like it when you do."

"If you're miserable broke — you'll be miserable rich. Money just upgrades the misery."

"A happy poor man will be a happy rich man. A miserable poor man will be a miserable rich man with better furniture."

"Did you leave this world better than it was when you got here?"

"Kids are like dogs — if they misbehave, don't get mad at the dog, get mad at their owner."

"Raise your children or the world will raise them for you. And the world ain't near as careful."

"If you want to give your children something they can keep the rest of their life — teach them manners and respect."

"Toys break. Clothes wear out. Manners and respect last a lifetime."

"Technology gave us everything except the one thing we really needed — common courtesy."

"Please and thank you never went out of style — some people just stopped using them."

"Manners cost nothing and mean everything. Funny how rare they've become."

"You never hear of people trying to sneak out of the United States — but they sure are trying to sneak in."

"What can you accomplish with a great mind and a pure heart?"

"The wishbone says I hope. The backbone says I will."

"Look back over your life and count the good people. Those are your real blessings."

"Rather be seen than viewed."

"Some folks are so busy making a living they forget to make a life."

"Find what you love, then let it shine through everything you do."

"Don't hide your fire — the world needs to see it burn."

"What you're passionate about isn't something to hide — it's something to share."

"Quit apologizing for what you love — show it, share it, let it shine."

"Your passion ain't something to be embarrassed about — it's your gift to the world."

"Don't let your best stuff die with you — give it away first."

"You've got something nobody else has. Share it with everyone who needs it."

"The world don't need what you're saving up — it needs what you're sitting on."

"I had a wife, two kids, and a job I loved. How bad was that for me?"

"You'll know you did good as a parent when your children become the kind of people you'd choose as friends."

"Passion and purpose are a dynamic partnership."

"It's funny — as you get older, the race for money and material things seems to wane, and you become more concerned with the special people you've known and how much they really mean to you."

"As I enter the last phase of life, I do it with pride, but also a few regrets. I tried hard to succeed in my personal life, my social life, and my business life. What I regret is I didn't learn until later in life to help people who need more help."

"When you get older, you sure wish you could share these life experiences — the ones that might have helped a few people have a smoother life."

"Life doesn't come with a manual — just a series of lessons you didn't sign up for."

"You don't get to choose every hand you're dealt — just how you play it."

"Life has a funny way of teaching you exactly what you tried to avoid."

"You can always make more money. You can't make more time."

"The days are long but the years are short. Don't blink."

"Show me who you spend your time with and I'll show you who you're becoming."

"Not everybody who walks with you is walking with you."

"I've had a good life. Some of it I even planned."

"Regret is the heaviest thing you'll ever carry."

"Don't trade what you want most for what you want right now."

"Old people mean well — we're just a little disappointed that we didn't listen to the advice old folks gave us."

"But what a great ride it has been."

"Simple words, from a simple man."

"The secret to aging well is to keep moving, keep laughing, and never tell your age to anyone who might use it against you."

"Getting older is mandatory. Growing old is optional."

"Age is just a number. Mine is unlisted."

"I don't feel old. I feel experienced."

"At my age, everything I own is either paid off or worn out."

"The older I get, the less I care what people think — and the more I care about the people who matter."

"I used to want more things. Now I want more time with the right people."

"Experience doesn't make you old. It makes you valuable."

"The most expensive thing in life isn't money. It's the years you can't get back."

"The question isn't how long you lived. It's how you lived."

"When they talk about you after you're gone, what do you want them to say?"

"Live your life so that the preacher doesn't have to lie at your funeral."

"Chase the life, not just the living."

"The richest man in the graveyard is still in the graveyard."

"If your business is thriving and your life is empty, you're not winning."

"Do not regret getting older. It is a privilege not everyone gets to experience."

"We all have an expiration date. We just don’t know when it is — so live like it matters."

"I have to keep adjusting my pallbearer list — but I will NEVER forget them."

"Life is just one long conversation — it starts with girls and football and ends with doctors and golf. Everything in between is the good stuff."

"We went from talking about girls in high school to talking about our grandkids — and somehow didn’t even notice the years in between."

"Make a list of everyone important in your life. Then tell them."

"A diploma on the wall is impressive. A life well lived is unforgettable. I was blessed to grow up watching both."

"We grew up in a time when trust was the lock on the door — and nobody broke in."

"Nobody told us we were poor. Nobody told us we were rich. We were just happy — and that covered everything."

"We didn’t have much but we had each other — and back then that wasn’t just a saying. It was a way of life."

"Winners give you results. Losers give you excuses. Your choice."

"Nobody on their deathbed ever wished they'd worked more."

"The days are long but the years are short. Enjoy what you have left."

"Everybody dies. Not everybody truly lives. Make sure you did both."

"You can't turn back the clock. But you can make the rest of it count."

"The best inheritance isn't money. It's memories worth keeping."

"We spend the first half of life chasing things and the second half wishing we'd chased people instead."

"You are not promised tomorrow. Live like you know that."

"Life is short. So make yours count."

"You don't find happiness. You choose it, every single day."

"The best things in life aren't things."

"The three most important words in parenting aren't rules, grades, or money. They're I love you."

"Pull them close when you don't know what else to do. That IS what else to do."

"Sports taught me more about life than any classroom ever did."

"Sometimes a simple choice can have monumental results."

"The choice felt small at the time. Looking back — it was everything."

"Good parents don't guarantee good kids. But good kids rarely happen without them."

"You can't raise what you don't practice."

"You only get one life. Don't spend it trying to be someone you're not."

"Good people raise good people."

"If your kids didn't turn out to be good people — look at yourself, not them."

"You brought them into this world. You raise them in this world."

"The goal in life is not just to get through life, but to make a difference in others' lives as well as your own."

"Don't tell me what is free in life — tell me what is so wonderful about life."

"Stop counting what's free and start noticing what's priceless."

"Don't live your life with regrets. Live it with confidence, sincerity, and the euphoric feeling that you gave it everything you had — regardless of the outcome."

"Give all you've got in whatever you're doing, and you will never have regret that you left something on the hill."

"The balance sheet tells you what someone has. Character tells you what they'll do with it."

"Don't wait to tell how good a person was at their funeral. Tell them before."

"Every business needs high tech to survive and high touch to thrive."

"Talent gets you noticed. Commitment gets you there."

"Most customers don't care what your advertisement says. They care how they were treated."

"You have to listen when your heart is calling."

"Your heart usually knows before your head catches up. Listen to it."

"Some people come when you call. Some just come because they know you."

"People don't care about your problem. They care about theirs."

"Capable is common. Committed is rare."

"To raise a good child they need to see a good person every day."

"Presence is the gift words can't wrap."

"Every dream starts as a thought. Every reality started as a dream. The difference is somebody decided."

"Your reaction to someone else's success reveals your character more than your own success does."

"A person of character never has to dim someone else's light to shine."

"You can hold onto your values and still let go of your resistance to change."

"Bad things happen in life. It's not a matter of if — it's a matter of when."

"Being thankful for the good things won't make a bad situation happy. But be thankful for the good things anyway."

"It's never too early to dream and never too late to start."

"Your mood today is a decision, not an accident."

"The simple life isn't the easy life. It's just the honest one."

"Kids don't learn character from a lecture. They learn it from watching."

"You can't teach what you don't show."

"The difference between having a job and having a career is — a job is what you do. A career is who you become."

"Some of life's greatest rewards come from watching what your children become as people. The only thing better than that is watching your grandchildren do it too."

"You spend a lifetime raising children. Then one day you get to watch them raise their own — and it's even better the second time around."

"Change by choice builds you. Change by force just moves you."

"I spent years chasing wealth. Turns out I had it all along — it just had names and faces."

"The older you get, the more your wealth is measured in things no bank statement can show."

"Confidence doesn't need a microphone."

"It's bad to fall. It's a lot worse to fall from the top."

"The higher you climb, the more it costs you to fall."

"I don't want this journey to end. But when it does, I hope everyone says — let her rip, tater chip."

"Sometimes the best thing you were chasing in life was right beside you — not out in front of you."

"Enjoy the ride, not just the destination."

"The finish line gets all the attention. The journey is where the actual living happens."

"Your wallet carries your money. Your heart carries your morals."

"We're all playing a game in life. You keep score, you try to win — just don't tarnish the achievement by cheating, in life or in a game."

"Don't be financially successful and spiritually bankrupt."

"Your balance sheet and your moral compass need to be in partnership."

"Anybody can be good in the sunshine. Anybody can smile when the bills are paid and the kids are healthy and the coffee's hot. That's easy. That ain't the test. Real test comes when things ain't so good- when the money's tight, the diagnosis is scary, when somebody wrongs you and you got every right to wrong 'em back. That's where you find out who you really are. Not in the good times. In the not-so-good ones. There you go."

"At my age, most things I own is either paid off or worn out."

"Do the right things so the preacher want have to lie at your funeral"

"Find what makes you happy in life - not what others want you to do."

"I call 'em life tests. Not punishment. Not proof you did something wrong. Just the world checking what it already knows- that you're good. That you'll do right even when doing right costs you something. Everybody gets tested. No exceptions. Rich man, poor man, preacher, sinner- the test don't skip nobody's house. But passing or failing ain't about the test itself. It's about what you do when it shows up uninvited. Some people study for tests their whole life without knowing that's what they were doing- being kind when it wasn't easy, telling the truth when a lie would've been simpler. Then the real one comes. And turns out you already knew the answers."

"I went looking for answers in all the wrong places- bottom of a glass, bottom of a wallet, strangers' opinions, yesterday's mistakes. Turns out the map was in my own chest the whole time. Hope don't shout. It whispers keep going. Faith don't argue. It just holds the door open. Life ain't the plan-it's the friend who shows up unplanned, laughing so hard at nothing that it becomes something. I quit looking so hard. Turned around. Everything I needed was already loving me back."

"I've been looking for help without knowing what to call it- praying without the right words, hoping without a plan, walking down roads in the dark, trusting my feet more than my eyes. Turns out that's faith. Been doing it all along. Hope's the same way- you don't find it, it finds you, shows up quiet in a phone call, a stranger's kindness, a sunrise you didn't ask for but needed anyway. Some answers you don't discover. You just stop running long enough for them to catch you."

"Life was simple till it wasn't- one phone call, one diagnosis, one door slammed shut, and everything I built got shook like a snow globe. Called it devastating. Cursed it, even. Didn't know it was setting me free. The things I walked past every day- morning coffee, my wife's laugh, a Sunday with nowhere to be- I don't take those for granted anymore. Can't. Not after almost losing the take-for-granted kind of life. Maybe it was written down somewhere all along. Just wasn't the page I was reading. Turns out the plan was never mine to write. Just mine to trust."

"The three most important words in parenting aren't rules, grades, or money. “ I love you”"

"We all have an expiration date. We just don't know when it is - so live like it matters. Because it does"

"Kids, you brought them into this world. You raise them in this world."

"Creating relationships is a gift that requires honesty and earned trust."

"Don't forget where you came from."

"Finding your passion is the roadmap to a fabulous future."

"What defines a wonderful life for you?"

"It's your life. Live it. Don't squander it."

"Support your friends. Encourage them. Inspire them. Give them hope when others put them down."

"When they are gone, it's too late to tell them what they meant to you."