Kath’s Quotes!

As those of you who visit our forum will know, our lovely moderator Kath (forum name LazyKay) loves her quotes and verses.  Kath has very generously given me her collection of quotes and saying to share with you all – this really is a great collection!  Grab a cuppa and have a browse!  A huge Thank You! to Kath for giving us such a treat.

 Friendship

 

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.

 

Friends are like a good bra, supportive, hard to find, and always close to your heart!

 

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you need is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

 

A true friend is one who reaches for your hand but touches your heart.

 

Friends are the most important part of your life. Treasure the tears, treasure the laughter, but most importantly, treasure the memories.

 

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

 

Best friends are the siblings God forgot to give us.

 

Misc

 

Going to church doesn't make you a Christian...
If it did, standing in a garage would make you a mechanic.

 

Money cannot buy happiness...
It can let you look in better places though.

 

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands…

….you need to be able to throw something back.

 

I've learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life.

 

I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I make the right decision.

 

I've learned that I've still got a lot to learn.

 

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

 

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door,

that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” Helen Keller

 

Experience is not what happens to you,
It’s what you do with what happens to you.
Aldous Huxley

 

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.

Jesse Jackson

 

People may forget what you said.

People may forget what you did.

But people will never forget how you made them feel.  Carl W. Buechner

 

Silent company is often more healing than words of advice.

 

What the Caterpillar thought was the end...
The Butterfly saw as a new beginning.

  

Grandparents/Grandchildren

  

What a bargain grandchildren are! I give them my loose change, and they give me a million dollars' worth of pleasure.

~Gene Perret

 

Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because Granddads have only so many horsy rides in them.

~Gene Perret

 

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation.

~Lois Wyse

 

Grandparents are similar to a piece of string – handy to have around and easily wrapped around the fingers of their grandchildren.

 

Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while, but our hearts forever.

 

When a child is born, so are grandmothers. ~Judith Levy

 

I thought I had forgotten how to hold a baby

~ but my arms remember

  

Grandfathers are for loving

and fixing things.

 

Children and grandparents are natural allies.

 

Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while, but our hearts forever.