Text Box:  Cornerstone Calligraphy
By Bernard Parkin

List of Bookmarks 2008


1B  An immaculate house is the sign of a wasted life.  
2B  Love is not finding someone you can live with.  Love is finding someone you cannot live without.  
3B  Lord, grant me patience, but hurry!
4B  Happiness is not having everything you want, but wanting everything you have.  
5B  Love is like the five loaves & two fishes: It doesn’t start to multiply until you give it away.  
8B  Turn your face to the sun & the shadows fall behind you. (Maori proverb)  
9B  Rather light a candle than complain about the darkness. (Chinese proverb)
10B  The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. (Lao-Tse)
14B  The difference between a flower & a weed is a judgement.
15B  Don’t worry about a thing, ‘cause every little thing’s going to be all right.  (Bob Marley)
16B  Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans.  (John Lennon)
18B  God grant me the SERENITY...                                                                                          
19B  The greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing .*. only a person who risks is free.  
21B One night I had a dream .*. carried you. (“Footprints”)  
22B  We are born with the gift of time .*. yours to fritter away.
23B  You’re never ready for what you have to do:  You just do it.  That makes you ready.
24B  It takes both rain & sunshine to make a rainbow.  
25B  PEACE starts with a smile (Mother Teresa)  
27B  Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves. (J M Barrie)
30B  Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls & looks like work. (T Edison)
33B  How beautiful it is to do nothing, & then to rest afterward.  (Spanish Proverb)  
39B  There’s nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with CHOCOLATE.  
40B  The BEST ANTIQUE is an old friend.  
42B  If a man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve the man, but deteriorate the cat. (Mark Twain)  
43B  I should like to be the kind of person my DOG thinks I am.
45B  AGE  All this talk about age is foolish. When I’m a year older, everyone else is too (Gloria Swanson)
47B  You are the sunshine of my life.                                          
48B  The best & most beautiful things in life…. are felt with the heart (Helen Keller)  
49B  Home is where the CAT is.  
100B  Life is short.  Eat your PUDDING first.  
101B  Dogs leave PAWPRINTS on our hearts. 
102B  A TEACHER  takes a hand, opens a mind, touches a heart.  
103B  To TEACH is to touch a life for ever.  
104B  FRIENDSHIP isn’t a big thing; it’s a million little things.  
105B  A HUG is the best gift; one size fits all, & they’re easy to exchange.  
106B  Aim for the moon - even if you miss, you may land among the stars.  
107B  I’m smiling; you’re my BROTHER - I’m laughing, you can’t do anything about it.
108B  Always my MOTHER, forever my FRIEND  
109B  Always my DAUGHTER, forever my FRIEND.  
110B  Take revenge.  Live long enough to be a problem to your children.  
111B  GRANDMAS are antique little girls.  
112B  Grandads are recycled little boys.  
113B  MOTHERS hold our hands a while, our hearts for ever.
114B  Always my SISTER, forever my FRIEND.  
115B  Always my FATHER, forever my FRIEND.  
116B  Always my SON, forever my FRIEND.  
117B  True FRIENDS are like good BOOKS. They may not always be with you, but you know where they are when you need them.
118B  Work like you don’t need the money.  Love like you’ve never been hurt.  Dance like nobody’s watching. Sing like 	nobody’s listening.  Live like it’s heaven on earth.
119B  A NURSE is an angel in sensible shoes.  
120B  You don’t stop playing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop playing. 
121B  The GLOW WORM’s never glum… how can you be grumpy when the sun shines out your bum? 
123B  You are thought of with love & remembered in prayer.  
124B  FOOTBALL (much more important a matter than life and death) Bill Shankly  
125B  GOLF … Bob Hope
126B   A SMILE  is a curved line that sets things straight.
127B  Insanity is hereditary - you get it from your children.  
128B  YORKSHIRE - see all, hear all , does owt for nowt etc..
129B  FRIENDS are like ANGELS. You don’t need to see them to know they are there.  
130B  Make God Laugh: Tell Him your plans  
131B  The work will wait for you to show your child a RAINBOW. The rainbow won’t wait for your work...
132B  We are not human beings … SPIRITUAL experience  
133B  What is DEATH…nothing at all…(Scott Holland)  
134B  Life is not how fast you can run or how high ... but how well you bounce 
135B  Birds of worry… nest in your hair. Chinese saying.

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