Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.

 There's always free cheese in the mouse traps, but the mice there ain't happy.

Women are wiser than men because they know less and understand more.

If we feel a distance between us and the Lord; remember, it's not the Lord who has moved.

Speak well of your enemies ... you made them.

Friends are those rare people who ask how you are and then wait to hear the answer.

When it comes to giving, some people stop at nothing.

Smile: if you can't lift the corners, let the middle sag.

When you reach for the stars, you may not get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.

There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.

If you don't learn from your mistakes, there's no sense making them.

After all is said and done, there is usually more said than done.

If you're not sure where you're going, you'll probably end up somewhere else.

Even a mosquito doesn't get a pat on the back until he's well into his work.

Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there.

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely.

The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder, is getting through the crowd at the bottom.

Many people have the right aim in life, but never get around to pulling the trigger.

Stopping at third base adds no more runs than striking out.

When you're average, you're just as close to the bottom as you are the top.

The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.

Some make it happen, some watch it happen, and some say, "what happened?"

You can't change the past, but you can ruin a perfectly good present, by worrying about the future.

Life is what happens to you while you are making other plans.

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week.

You live with your thoughts, so be careful what they are.

How a man plays a game shows something of his character, how he loses shows all of it.

When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

If the going is real easy, beware, you may be headed down hill and don't know it.

If you feel you have no faults, there's another one.

Before you give someone a piece of your mind, be sure you can get along with what you have left.

One day for church, six for fun; odds of going to heaven, six to one.

The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.