Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.

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Birthdays could be such a bummer when you were older than the country you lived in. ― Lynsay Sands

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Holding onto your anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. - Buddha

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The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain.

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I’m sorry I can’t do more. But happy birthday, Sadie.” He leaned forward and kissed me on the lips. ― Rick Riordan

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Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good. ― Maya Angelou

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Time and tide wait for no man.

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Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.

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Romance novels are birthday cake and life is often peanut butter and jelly. I think everyone should have lots of delicious romance novels lying around for those times when the peanut butter of life gets stuck to the roof of your mouth. ― Janet Evanovich

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