Laurence M. Behrens Quotes

People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.

Some people believe that holding on and hanging there are signs of strength, but there are times in life when it takes much more strength just to let go.

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conslusive evidence that your are wonderful.

Don't give up. Keep going. there is always a chance that you stumble onto something terrific. I have never heard of anyone stumbling over anything while he was sitting down

Friends with benefits? More than friends? Don't sample the goodies unless you're willing to risk addiction and withdrawal.

There are really only three types of people: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who say, What happened?

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high. Look it squarely in the eye, and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

I have leveled with the girls - from Anchorage to Amarillo.
I tell them that all marriages are happy
It's the living together afterward that's tough.
I tell them that a good marriage is not a gift,
It's an achievement.
that marriage is not for kids It takes guts and maturity.
It separates the men from the boys and the women from the girls.
I tell them that marriage is tested dily by the ability to compromise.
Its survival can depend on being smart enough to know what's worth fighting about.
Or making an issue of or even mentioning.
Marriage is giving - and more important, it's forgiving.
And it is almost always the wife who must do these things.
Then, as if that were not enough, she must be willing to forget what she forgave.
Often that is the hardest part.
Oh, I have leveled all right.
If they don't get my message, Buster,
It's because they don't want to get it.
Rose-colored glasses are never made in bifocals
Because nobody wants to red the small print in dreams.

Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.

Some women have the best husbands. Others make the best of the husbands they have.

Blessed are they who hold lively conversations with the helplessly mute, for they shall be called dentists.

at every party there are two kinds of people - those who want to go home and those who don't. the trouble is, they are usually married to each other.

many people think that holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. But there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go - and then to do it.