Sam Levenson Quotes

Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

For Attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others.

You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.

The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.

I'm going to stop putting things off, starting tomorrow!

We may not always see eye to eye, but we can try to see heart to heart.

The reason God made man before woman was that he didn't want any suggestions.

Never lend money to a friend. It's dangerous. It could damage his memory.

Life begins at forty, but so does arthritis, and the habit of telling the same story three times to the same person.

It's not the sugar that makes the tea sweet, but the stirring.

It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.

Siblings: children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together.

Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.

Learn from other people's mistakes. Life is too short to make them all yourself.

Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.

If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button.

One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.

People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed.

If you owe fifty dollars you're a piker; if you owe fifty thousand dollars you're a businessman; if you owe fifty million dollars you're a tycoon; if you owe fifty billion dollars you're the government.

You don't have to be in "Who's Who" to know what's what.

It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'

Many wise words are spoken in jest, but they don't compare with the number of stupid words spoken in earnest.

Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.

We should not permit prayer to be taken out of the schools; that's the only way most of us got through.

Courage is walking naked through a cannibal village