"Learn to laugh at your troubles, and you'll never run out of things to laugh at."  Lyn Karol

"I've learned to take time for myself and to treat myself with a great deal of love and respect 'cause I like me....I think I'm kind of cool."  Whoopi Goldberg

"When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted."  Eleanor Roosevelt

"Trouble is a sieve through which we sift our acquaintances.  Those too big to pass through are our friends."  Arlene Francis

"I know not by what methods rare, but this I know: God answers prayer.  I leave my prayer to Him alone whose will is wiser than my own."  Eliza M. Hickok (my favorite)

"Sometimes if you want to be a winner, you have to be willing to bear the scars from the fight."  Petra Salvaje

"The weak are the most treacherous of us all.  They come to the strong and drain them."  Bette Davis

"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart.  It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul."  Judy Garland

"I wanted a perfect ending.  Now I've learned the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end.  Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it without knowing what's going to happen next."  Gilda Radner

"Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place."  Zora Neale Hurston

"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain."  Dolly Parton

"The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success, but significance-and then, even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning."  Oprah Winfrey

"It's good to feel stupid sometimes: it reminds us that we DON'T really know everything."  Myself

(see, i do think smart people thoughts sometimes...of course i do)