Talk About Family
He said -
“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.”
~ Thomas Jefferson
She said -
“In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry.”
~ Margaret Laurence
Talk About Philanthropy
He said -
“Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.”
~ Gamaliel Bailey
She said -
“I don‘t think you ever stop giving. I really don‘t. I think it‘s an on-going process. And it‘s not just about being able to write a check. It‘s being able to touch somebody‘s life.”
~ Oprah Winfrey
Talk About Fitness
He said -
“A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I‘m afraid of widths.”
~ Steven Wright
She said -
“Find fitness with fun dancing. It is fun and makes you forget about the dreaded exercise.”
~ Paula Abdul
Talk About Forgiveness
He said -
“Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has
crushed it.”
~ Mark Twain
She said -
“Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins
for breakfast.”
~ Marlene Dietrich
Talk About Gratitude
He said -
“The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.”
~ John E. Southard
She said -
“The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.”
~ Nancy Friday
Talk About Health
He said -
“Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.”
~ Doug Larson
She said -
“True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it
is lost.”
~ Helen Keller
Talk About Love
He said -
“Do I love you because you‘re beautiful, or are you beautiful because I love you?”
~ Richard Rodgers
She said -
“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.”
~ Mother Teresa
Talk About Success
He said -
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man
of value.”
~ Albert Einstein
She said -
“There is no point at which you can say, ‘Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.’ ”
~ Carrie Fisher
Talk About Kindness
He said -
“If you haven‘t any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of
heart trouble.”
~ Bob Hope
She said -
“Open your heart — open it wide; someone is standing outside.”
~ Mary Engelbreit
