"When [Derek the mouse] went out briefly into the world, he noted that his friends treated him with more respect, perhaps because he was behaving in a more respect-commanding way."

-William Steig: "The Real Thief"

Mouse Humor
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The human brain is a wonderful thing. It starts working the moment you are born, and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.

The chairman of the committee was addressing a meeting at a teacher's institute:

"My friends, the schoolwork is the bulhouse of civilization, I mean - ah - "

He began to feel frightened.

"The bulhouse is the schoolwork of civ - "

The painful smile could be felt.

"The workhouse is the bulschool of - "

He was evidently twisted.

"The schoolbul is the housework - "

An audible snicker spread over the audience.

"The bulschool - "

He was getting wild. So were his hearers. He mopped his perspiration, gritted his teeth, and made a fresh start.

"The schoolhouse, my friends - "

A sigh of relief went up. The speaker was himself again! He gazed serenely around. The light of triumphant self-confidence was enthroned upon his brow.

"Is the woolbark - "

And that is when he lost consciousness.

"All you earnest young men [and earnest young women]...please, have a laugh."

-Reinhold Niebuhr

"I suppose that for every half-hour speech that I make before a convention or over the radio, I put in ten hours preparing for it."

-Franklin Delano Roosevelt: speech to the Daughters of the American Revolution (20 April 1930)

American Presidents Humor
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Allow Your Own Inner Light To Guide You

There comes a time when you must stand alone.
You must feel confident enough within yourself to follow your own dreams.
You must be willing to make sacrifices.
You must be capable of changing and rearranging your priorities so that your final goal can be achieved.
Sometimes, familiarity and comfort need to be challenged.
There are times when you must take a few extra chances and create your own realities.
Be strong enough to at least try to make your life better.
Be confident enough that you won't settle for a compromise just to get by.
Appreciate yourself by allowing yourself the opportunities to grow, develop, and find your true sense of purpose in this life.
Don't stand in someone else's shadow when it's your sunlight that should lead the way.

-Author Unknown

"Really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not in them but through them."

-John Ruskin

Prayers And Spiritual Affirmations
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"You have more energy than anyone I know," Edna Ferber once said to Eleanor Roosevelt. "It isn't that I have so much energy," replied Mrs. Roosevelt. "It's just that I have never wasted any of it on indecision or regret."

"He need not search his pockets for words."

-Russian proverb

Writing And Author Humor
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