Dear Abbey
Dear Abbey
inspirational motivational family
If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.
hate yoga breathing
Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more...
jobs maturity bears
Maturity is the ability to do a job whether you're supervised or not; finish a job once it's started; carry money without spending it; and the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.
museums religion church
A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
father sick remembrance
O, heavenly Father: we thank thee for food and remember the hungry. We thank thee for health and remember the sick. We thank thee for friends and remember the friendless. We thank thee for freedom and remember the enslaved. May these remembrances stir us to service, That thy gifts to us may be used for others. Amen.
life friendship family
The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.
inspirational habit disappear
A bad habit never disappears miraculously, it's an undo-it-yourself project.
inspirational adversity want
If you want a place in the sun, you have got to put up with a few blisters.
dream country believe
For many of us we are always wanting more - we would be happier if we had such and such. Maybe we should pause for a moment and hear what some people in the third world countries would like to make them happier. 1. Having enough to eat so when you go to sleep at night your stomach doesn't ach. 2. Having shoes on your feet and any kind of clothing to keep the cold out. 3. Having a roof over your head. 4. Having the hope that you'll be lucky enough to get some kind of an education. 5. Believing that the dream of freedom, brotherhood, and peace for all mankind will someday come true.
life success business
If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we'd all be millionaires.
loneliness being-alone poverty
Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.
couple moving gay
You could move.' ---"Dear Abby" responds to a reader who complained that a gay couple was moving in across the street and wanted to know what he could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood.
funny education learning
True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.
inspirational peace memorable
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.