Douglas Horton quotes:

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  • Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.

  • Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.

  • Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.

  • Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.

  • While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself.

  • Death is the final wake-up call.

  • Smile, it's free therapy.

  • Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.

  • As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.

  • Seeing the light is a choice, not seeing the light is no choice.

  • Growing old is not growing up.

  • Remember only the good, the bad will never forget you.

  • We are all serving a life sentence, and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon.

  • Life is good when we think it's good. Life is bad when we don't think.

  • Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes.

  • The more we are filled with thoughts of lust the less we find true romantic love.

  • Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket.

  • Death is feared as birth is forgotten.

  • He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

  • The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated.

  • If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?

  • If you love something let it go free. If it doesn't come back, you never had it. If it comes back, love it forever.

  • Sherrill On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer.

  • Love is seeing without eyes, hearing without ears; hatred is nothing.

  • Conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain.

  • Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free.

  • To hit bottom is to fall from grace.

  • No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys.

  • To awake from death is to die in peace.

  • There is no bad in good.

  • Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.

  • First rule of Economics 101: our desires are insatiable. Second rule: we can stomach only three Big Macs at a time.

  • Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye.

  • The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.

  • Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.

  • Drive slow and enjoy the scenery - drive fast and join the scenery.

  • Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.

  • Thoughts are the gun, words are the bullets, deeds are the target, the bulls-eye is heaven.

  • If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride.

  • Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.

  • Although it is generally known, I think it's about time to announce that I was born at a very early age.

  • Boring people are a reflection of boring people.

  • Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.

  • When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. - they'll find something.

  • We may not always get what we want, but surely we will get what we deserve.

  • If food were free, why work?

  • Why ask why? If it's raining it just is.

  • Love is a given, hatred is acquired.

  • Strong words are required for weak principles.

  • Burning desire is the eternal flame.

  • It's not a question of happiness, it's a requirement. Consider the alternative.

  • Buying a lie is one thing, giving it away for free is quite another.

  • Man worships because God lays His hand to the dust of our experience, and man miraculously becomes a living soul - and knows it and wants to worship.

  • The art of giving is perfected through anonymity.

  • Money is good, love is wealth.

  • Perfection is perfectly simple; fouling things up requires true skill.

  • Born a saint, die a sinner - born a sinner, die a saint.

  • Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.[only if the past was better...if it was worse then you feel good that life is getting better]

  • Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Die, search for meaning, search for meaning, search for meaning.

  • Born to be wild - live to outgrow it.

  • To buy happiness is to sell soul.

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