Mom s Journal No-one will ever dull my sparkle! Stella Waterhouse
From an original idea by Stella Waterhouse Copyright 2016 Stella Waterhouse Published by Gerry Sorrill Publishers www.gerrysorrillpublishers.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.
Not just any old journal! This journal contains a number of quotes to inspire, provoke thought and make you laugh. Use it as you wish: to jot down your thoughts or to "Keep your Balance." Balance your frustrations, setbacks or problems against the positive things that happened during your day - both big and small. It may be the kindness of a stranger, a piece of music you enjoyed, something that made you laugh or even that box of chocolates you sent to yourself.
A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside. Denis Waitley
people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. Bernard M. Baruch
Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. Phyllis Diller
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Lao Tzu
Do right. Do your best. Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. Anon
Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand. Napoleon Hill
Every child needs a champion - an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be. Rita Pierson
Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home. Anon
Home is the place where boys and girls first learn how to limit their wishes, abide by rules, and consider the rights and needs of others. Sidonie Gruenberg
If you can make a woman laugh, you can make her do anything. Marilyn Monroe
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. Ralph Waldo Emerson
It s OKAY to be scared. Being scared means you re about to do something really, really brave. Mandy Hale
Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it. Irving Berlin
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. Robert A. Heinlein
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. Albert Einstein
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love. Mother Teresa
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. Pamela Vaull Starr
Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you'll start having positive results. Willie Nelson
Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. Doug Larson
The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy it's all that matters. Audrey Hepburn
Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable. Brenda Ueland
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. Desmond Tutu
Worrying won t stop the bad stuff from happening it just stops you from enjoying the good. Peanuts by Charles Shulz
A woman s loyalty is tested when her man has nothing. A man s loyalty is tested when he has everything! Anon
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. Marthe Troly-Curtin
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. Robert Frost
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. Helen Keller
Happiness is not a goal, but a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us. Samuel Smiles
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all of the time. Anna Freud
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. H. Jackson Brown Jrn
Keep smiling It makes people wonder what you ve been up to. Anon
Family: A social unit where the father is concerned with parking space, the children with outer space, and the mother with closet space. Evan Esar
When you look at your life, the greatest happiness s are family happiness s. Joyce Brothers
Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to. John Ed Pearce
It takes hands to build a house, but only hearts can build a home. Anon
Thank you to every person who has ever told me I can t. You are just another reason I will. Anon
The trouble with learning to parent on the job is that your child is the teacher. Robert Brault
The quickest way for a parent to get a child's attention is to sit down and look comfortable. Lane Olinghouse
Real family does not come from your blood. It is the people standing beside you when no one else is. Anon
Children have more need of models than of critics. Carolyn Coats
A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. Tenneva Jordan
To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don t need to be accepted by others. You need to be accept yourself. Anon
The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new..rajneesh
LEARN from yesterday, LIVE for today, and HOPE for tomorrow. Anon
Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. Nathaniel Hawthorne
You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not? George Bernard Shaw
Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget. Anon
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping them up. Jesse Jackson
Women are like telephones; they like to be held and talked to but if you push the wrong buttons you could be disconnected. Anon
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. Elizabeth Kubler Ross
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. Friedrich Nietzsche
Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband! Anon
When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on. Thomas Jefferson
Life is like a box of chocolates... you never know what you're gonna get. Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks)
The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. Lucille Ball
Love doesn't make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile. Franklin P. Jones