Abraham J Twerski Quotes

#1. When I was governor, I was looking for a way to unify our state. I realized music is about the only thing that unifies Tennessee.

Lamar Alexander

#2. Ruminating about the past will get you nowhere. So go ahead and learn from the past whatever you can, and then put it behind you. Remember, there is nothing you can do to change it, but you can use its lessons to improve your future.

Abraham J. Twerski

#3. I'd like to be tidy, said Hen, I try, but I guess you can't be what you aren't.

Alexander McCall Smith

#4. No matter what type of cards life deals you ... always try to smile and be happy!

Timothy Pina

#5. But what is unjust? That depends on a person's thoughts, values, and beliefs. People differ sharply on what is just or unjust in this world. Thus, some people become angry much quicker than others.

Abraham J. Twerski

#6. I'm going to do what any self-respecting English major would do: pull something out of my ass.

Beth Kendrick

#7. And yet is not this transitoriness a reminder that challenges us to make the best possible use of each moment of our lives? It certainly is, and hence my imperative: Live as if you were living for the second time and had acted as wrongly the first time as you are about to act now. In

Viktor E. Frankl

#8. Man's pursuit of physical desires and earthly possessions is an indication of his lack of conviction that the purpose of his existence is the attainment of spirituality.

Abraham J. Twerski

#9. At the risk of being a fuddy-duddy I don't have a computer; I don't have e-mail; and I really don't need something in my house that I would be sitting in front of for hours.

Marian McPartland

#10. I too searched far and wide for the cure to addiction, but my medical and psychiatric background did not lead me to the cure because the source of addiction does not lie here,.

Abraham J. Twerski

#11. The best armor is to keep out of range.

Abraham J. Twerski

#12. By increasing the use of renewable fuels such as ethanol and bio-diesel, and providing the Department of Energy with a budget to create more energy efficiency options, agriculture can be the backbone of our energy supply as well.

John Salazar

#13. My brother and I are huge fans of foreign horror. Some of the most interesting movies are coming from overseas. I guess if there was one change we'd like to see, it would be more original horror films made by the studio system and less of a reliance on remakes.

Michael Rasmussen

#14. I had never before seen somebody I admired understand what was expected of him, choose to act otherwise, and be happier for it. For the first time in my life I realized that it was possible to reinvent oneself.

Joel Derfner

#15. The drinking parent lied to the sober parent; the sober parent deceived the drinking parent. Most children of alcoholics have learned that no one can be trusted.

Abraham J. Twerski

#16. It is a retarding element creating hatred and anger, and causing people to fight each other, and making them unsympathetic.

Swami Vivekananda

#17. My dad brought me Michael Jackson and Madonna and said, "This is ALL you need to know!"

Neon Hitch

#18. I know too well that these arguments from probabilities are imposters, and unless great caution is observed in the use of them, they are apt to be deceptive.

Plato