"If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability."  Henry Ford

"Difference between school and life? School teaches you lessons and then gives you a test. Life gives you a test and then you learn a lesson."  Author Unknown

"If you can't be an example to others, then at least be a horrible warning!"  Unknown Author

"Believe that you can run farther or faster. Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do. Don't let worn out beliefs stop you from moving beyond yourself.” —John “The Penguin” Bingham.

"Our attitude is highly played on the ground which we build the foundation of our life.A good attitude produces a good result, a fair one produces a fair result, a poor one produces a poor result.  We all shape our life but the shape is determined by our attitude."  Russell Ballard

"I do not think work ever hurts anybody....It seems to me that lazy people die young while those who are ready and willing to labor and who ask the Lord day by day to help them do more in the future than they have ever done in the past, these are the people whom the Lord loves, and they live to a good old age." --Heber J. Grant

"What do we mean by patriotism in the context of our times? … A patriotism that puts country ahead of self; a patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime."  Adlai Stevenson

"To be cheerful when others are in despair, to keep the faith when others falter, to be true even when we feel forsaken—all of these are deeply desired outcomes during the deliberate, divine tutorials which God gives to us—because He loves us. These learning experiences must not be misread as divine indifference. Instead, such tutorials are a part of the divine unfolding." - Neal A. Maxwell

"I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!" - Dr. Seuss

 "Women of God can never be like women of the world. The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are coarse; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity" - Margaret D. Nadauld, "The Joy of Womanhood"

"Remember, God has called you to be you, not someone else. Get excited about that today!"  Joel Osteen

"It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming up of themselves like grass."  Eudora Welty

"A pencil maker told the pencil 5 important lessons just before putting it in the box:

1. Everything you do will always leave a mark.
2. You can always correct the mistakes you make.
3. What is important is what is inside of you.
4. In life, you will undergo painful sharpenings which will only make you better.
5. To be the best pencil, you must allow yourself to be held and guided by the hand that holds you."  Author Unknown

"Autumn days come quickly like the running of a hound on the moor" An Old Irish Proverb

"Seek boldly, journey courageously, work diligently, sacrifice valiantly, suffer willingly, persist relentlessly, share extravagantly, serve compassionately, love fearlessly, live intentionally, give thanks unceasingly."  Author Unknown

"Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, and faith looks up."  Author Unknown

"Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: Knowing when to come in out of the rain; Why the early bird gets the worm; Life isn't always fair; And maybe it was my fault. Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies, don't spend more than you can earn and adults, not children, are in charge. His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition. Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion. Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault. Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement. Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife Discretion, his daughter Responsibility, and his son, Reason. He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, I Want It Now, Someone Else Is To Blame, I'm A Victim. Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone."  

I know this isn't exactly a traditional quote, and I can't find the original author, but I couldn't help but post something that might bring a smile or two while it makes you re-evaluate your life and situation to see where some good, ol' fashioned common sense could help! 

"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile."  Mother Teresa

"Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain."  Author Unknown

"In life, doors are everywhere! open them!" Author Unknown

“Last Night, as I was sleeping,
I dreamt —- marvelous error!
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white comb
and sweet honey
from my old failures.”
-Antonio Machado

"When you climb up a ladder, you must begin at the bottom, and ascend step by step, until you arrive at the top; and so it is with the principles of the gospel—you must begin at the first, and go on until you learn all the principles of exaltation. But it will be a great while after you have passed through the veil before you will have learned them. It is not all to be comprehended in this world; it will be a great work to learn our salvation and exaltation even beyond the grave"  Joseph Smith, Jr.

"Preach the gospel.  Use words if necessary." 
This is one of my husband's favorite quotes.  It is often attributed to St. Francis of Assisi, though while the origins of the thought are found in his teachings, the phrase "use words if necessary" do not even show up in his writings.  There is an interesting webpage describing the details that you can check for yourself by clicking here.  They claim that it doesn't even show until about 1996 during Msgr. homily during a funeral for Cardinal Bernardin...interesting.  But apparently it falls in with his teachings and philosophies pretty well?

"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."  Author Unknown (at this time: it comes from an old movie "Strictly Ballroom", and I can't confirm who the author of the quote was?)

"Don't follow your dreams; chase them."  Richard Dumb

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it." - Thomas Paine

"You know you are in love when you can't sleep because your reality is better than your dreams!"  Dr. Seuss

"90 percent of the people in this world are fools, and the rest of us are in danger of contamination." 

This is a quote from Mr. Horace VanderGelder from the 1969? film production of "Hello, Dolly!" where the script was written by Ernest Lehman...though I don't know if it was in the original broadway script or the book which the movie and broadway play are based on Thornton Wilder's book (titled The Merchant of Yonkers and later The Matchmaker).

"But meddle not with any man for his religion: all governments ought to permit every man to enjoy his religion unmolested. No man is authorized to take away life in consequence of difference of religion, which all laws and governments ought to tolerate and protect, right or wrong. Every man has a natural, and, in our country, a constitutional right to be a false prophet, as well as a true prophet."  Joseph Smith, Jr.

"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."  Thomas Jefferson

"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."  Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Two secrets to keep your marriage happy. When you’re wrong, admit it. When you’re right, shut up."  Ogden Nash

"Since we all know that there is no way that we can become perfect in this life, instead of saying "Practice makes perfect." ...let's instead say:  "Practice perfects progress."  
This life is a progression...there really is no such thing as "perfect" (here on earth), there is only "progress" towards eventual perfection."  Alyson Porter

"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf."  Zinn, Jon Kabat?  (that is the only author/source I could find on this one....)

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking of yourself less."  C.S. Lewis

"You become what you want to be by consistently being what you want to become."  Richard G. Scott

"I'd rather be hated for who I am then loved for who I am not."  Sarah Almeida

"Words and heart should be handled with care. For wrong words spoken and weak hearts broken are the hardest things to repair.”   Author Unknown

"Vision is the art of seeing things invisible"  Jonathan Swift

"Know your own happiness. Want for nothing but patience ~ or give it a more fascinating name: Call it hope."  Jane Austen

"Nothing is impossible.  The word itself says "I'm Possible"!"  Audrey Hepburn

"Woman is a gender, Lady is an attitude."  Author Unknown

“If there is forbearance, if there is forgiveness, if there is an anxious looking after the happiness of one’s companion then love will flourish and blossom.  The prescription is simple and wonderfully effective.  It’s love.  It’s plain simple every day love and respect.”  Gordon B. Hinckley

"The wife, also should treat the husband with the greatest respect and courtesy. Her words to him should not be keen and cutting and sarcastic. She should not pass slurs or insinuations at him. She should not nag him. She should not try to arouse his anger or make things unpleasant about the home. The wife should be a joy to her husband, and she should live and conduct herself at home so the home will be the most joyous, the most blessed place on earth to her husband. This should be the condition of the husband, wife, the father and the mother, within the sacred precinct of that holy place, the home.”  Joseph F. Smith

"We women have a lot to learn about simplifying our lives. We have to decide what is important and then move along at a pace that is comfortable for us. We have to develop the maturity to stop trying to prove something. We have to learn to be content with what we are."  Marjorie Hinckley

"If you don't believe in ghosts, you've never been to a family reunion." Ashleigh Brilliant

"Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind." Albert Einstein

"Masquerading as a normal person day after day is exhausting" --Anonymous

"Faith Can move mountains but don't be surprised if God hands you a shovel." Author Unknown

"When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer." Corrie Ten Boom