I made it!

So, I made it to 50! (posts that is) So, in honor of this, I present 50 favorite quotes, and a surprise at the end. “There is no music in hell, for all good music belongs to heaven.” ~Brigham Young “He who worries about calamities suffers them twice over.” ~Og Mandino "They say curiosity killed the cat. I just hope it went out in style." -Yellow "God blesses those who take out his sweet spirits." - Just Another Cassio Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks. ~Phillip Brooks "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." -Dr. Seuss A word to the wise ain't necessary, it is the stupid ones who need all the advice. -Bill Cosby "All we are, basically, are monkeys with car keys." -Grandma Woody "For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. " - Ralph Waldo Emerson "Testosterone is a great equalizer. It turns all men into morons." – Rupert Giles I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something. Being weirded out is for weird people. - Yellow Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change. ~Wayne Dyer Real difficulties can be overcome; it is the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~Theodore M. Vail Whenever he thought about it, he felt terrible. And so, at last, he came to a fateful decision. He decided not to think about it. ~John-Roger and Peter McWilliams I like life. It's something to do. -Ronnie Shakes Counting your chickens before they hatch is a waste of your X-ray vision and math abilities. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. - Helen Keller "If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun." - Katharine Hepburn "Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway." -Anonymous "Barring polygamy, you will break up with every person you date minus one." - Yellow "Great changes are easier than small ones." - Sir Frances Bacon You never know when a moment and a few sincere words can have an impact on a life. - Zig Ziglar "The good is the greatest rival of the best." - Nellie L. McClung "Don't be a martyr for a cause that doesn't exist." - songs of inexperience No man is defeated without until he has first been defeated within. - Eleanor Roosevelt "Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time." - Stephen Wright "God sometimes does His work with gentle drizzle, not storms. Drip. Drip. Drip." - John Newton (Amazing Grace) "Sometimes we're too busy banging our heads on locked doors to notice the Lord's ever quiet whisper to try the front window." - Yancy Zimmerman "Go to bed. Whatever you're staying up late for isn't worth it." - Andy Rooney "If we close our eyes, we can't see anything." "A sound observation, Robin." - 1960's Batman TV show " It's funny how the Earth never opens up and swallows you when you want it to." –Xander Harris I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. -Bill Cosby "Be open to your dreams, people. Embrace that distant shore. Because our mortal journey is over all too soon." -Chris Stevens "In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." -Carl Sagan Age is not important unless you're a cheese. Everyone can be discontented if he ignores his blessings and looks only at his burdens. ~Thomas S. Monson "It's the kid inside of us that keeps us all from going crazy." -Dr. John "J.D." Dorian You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. "A man should never neglect his family for business. " - Walt Disney Nobody believes the official spokesman, but everybody trusts an unidentified source. Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action. -W.J. Cameron "It's kind of fun to do the impossible. " - Walt Disney Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. -Aldous Huxley "I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained. " - Walt Disney The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong. There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island and at the bottom of the Spanish Main. Sometimes people have feelings. I'm referin' here to people." -Kaylee, Serenity The shortest distance between two points is under construction. -Noelie Altito The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows whither he is going. ~David Starr Jordan Now for the surprise. Everyone who either comments on this post (about anything, even just saying hi counts) or does a shout out on their blog (and lets me know), I will buy (and make) a 50 cent Macey’s ice cream cone*! *Must be at Orem Macey’s only, by appointment. Is willing to negotiate for something of equal or lessor value. See yellow m&m for details.