Happy new year. We love you
My email is shawn@coautoquotes.com
Phone:719 392-4000
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Grandma's phone # is 719 330 1400
Grandpa'sphone # 640 4893
Love, like a river, will cut a new path
whenever it meets an obstacle.
of this I am truly confident....
guess what???? yep sure do!
I hope you never loose your since of wonder...
not a great music video but still a good song. with good meaning.
Somewhere there's someone who dreams of your smile,
and finds in you.... that life is worth while.
So when you are lonely, remember it's true
Somebody somewhere is thinking of you.
---blackburn
I just finished a book on Thomas Edison here are a few quotes that I liked.
There is no substitute for hard work.
Thomas Edison
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas Edison
Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction-faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
Thomas Edison
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
Thomas Edison
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
Thomas Edison
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.
Thomas Edison
Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.
Thomas Edison
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
Thomas Edison
We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present.
Thomas Edison
I love you soooo much... remember there are two sides to every coin....
you can judge a tree(person) by the fruit that it bears...
Resist the creation of drama for drama sake... it is an infectious disease.
When you get to the point in life where you start to considering who you want to spend the rest of your life with My greatest advice is find someone who you are equally yoked with...someone who is as intelligent, spiritual, loving as you are. the biblical principal is very solid. A yoke was a tool used by farmers before tractors... it was placed between two oxen (sometimes horses) the yoke was balanced between them and if they were of equal strength things went very smoothly. if not they went in a circle or worse injured one or both. watch the short video and try to imagine if one of the oxen were alot stronger...
These are from a founding father. taken from the Franklin reader
Well done is better than well said.
Benjamin Franklin
If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.
Benjamin Franklin
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; and at 40 the judgment.
Benjamin Franklin
Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to get leisure.
Benjamin Franklin
He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
Benjamin Franklin
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Benjamin Franklin
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sun-dial in the shade?
Benjamin Franklin
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.
Benjamin Franklin
You may delay, but time will not.
Benjamin Franklin
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
Benjamin Franklin
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
Benjamin Franklin
Love is like a mustard seed;
planted by God
and watered by men
Praying for you daily
remember: Your talent is God's gift to you.
What you do with it is your gift back to God.
I have always had big dreams...
When choosing a path remember that all men and women who have achieved great things
have been great dreamers. this has truly been the secrete to much of my success.
Do it trembling if you must,
but do it !
Wise Words:
Never will I allow my heart to become small and bitter, rather I will share it and it will grow and warm the earth.
Never will I allow my mind to be attracted to evil and despair, rather I will uplift it with the knowledge and wisdom of the ages.
Never will I allow my soul to become complacent and satisfied, rather I will
feed it with meditation and prayer.
Never will I labor to be happy; rather will I remain too busy to be sad.
Never will I overindulge the requests of my flesh, rather I will cherish my body with cleanliness and moderation.
Never will I scratch for excuses to gossip.
No longer shall my vocabulary include such words as cannot, unable, impossible, and quit.
No longer will I fail to call again tomorrow on he who meets me with hate today.
Obstacles are necessary for success.
Only a habit can subdue another habit.
Only action determines my value in the market place.
Only with laughter and happiness can I enjoy the fruits of my labor.
Only with laughter and happiness can you truly become a success.
People will always respond positively to joy and enthusiasm.
Persist and develop your skills as the mariner develops his, by learning to ride out the wrath of each storm.
Persist with the knowledge that each failure to sell will increase your chance for success at the next attempt.
My favorite president quotes:
Trust, but verify.
Ronald Reagan
My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.
Ronald Reagan
Don't be afraid to see what you see.
Ronald Reagan
A people free to choose will always choose peace.
Ronald Reagan
Facts are stubborn things.
Ronald Reagan
We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.
Ronald Reagan
Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
Ronald Reagan
Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.
Ronald Reagan
All great change in America begins at the dinner table.
Ronald Reagan
I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.
Ronald Reagan
Trust, but verify.
Ronald Reagan
My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.
Ronald Reagan
here is my strategy for winning the cold war... we win, they lose
I miss you kiddo, when I think of you in jr high. I think of the difficulty I had in jr high... I always seemed out of place... kind of like I didn't fit in.
It seems that most kids are so immature some are just flat out mean. I hope you are not experiencing the same things.... but if you are know that you are not alone. also know that jr high will not last for ever. when you are an adult all that matters is that you kept your integrity.
mulan: another movie we watched a bunch together..
this one is with mulan and another song dubbed over it... I liked it I hope you do to...
A champion is someone who gets up,
even when he can't.
- Jack Dempsey - a great boxer
Take pride in ownership...not renting. It is foolish to pay rent your whole life. Why pay someone else's mortgage?
Work for yourself if at all possible....better to work for profits than wages...
As you consider professions...keep in mind for you body's sake... try to find a carrier path that exercises you brain more than your back. (the human body gets old quick)
Destroy procrastination with action.
Mr. Churchill (my most favorite person in history.) I hope you find him as interesting as I do.
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
Sir Winston Churchill
A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril.
Sir Winston Churchill
All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Sir Winston Churchill
Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
Sir Winston Churchill
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
Sir Winston Churchill
Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.
Sir Winston Churchill
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.
Sir Winston Churchill
From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
Sir Winston Churchill He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
Sir Winston Churchill
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
Sir Winston Churchill
However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.
Sir Winston Churchill
I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.
Sir Winston Churchill
I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.
Sir Winston Churchill
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Sir Winston Churchill
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Sir Winston Churchill
It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.
Sir Winston Churchill
It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.
Sir Winston Churchill
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
Sir Winston Churchill
Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
Sir Winston Churchill
Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.
Sir Winston Churchill
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.
Sir Winston Churchill
Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Sir Winston Churchill
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Sir Winston Churchill
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Sir Winston Churchill
The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.
Sir Winston Churchill
There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true.
Sir Winston Churchill
To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.
Sir Winston Churchill
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
Sir Winston Churchill
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
Sir Winston Churchill
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.
Sir Winston Churchill
love you,
I have several letters I have written you I will post them soon. some I am going to wait until you are a little bit older.
I am sure you have heard that saying every cloud has a silver lining. (yes corny I know)
I know that this entire situation has been rough. I encourage you to find positive in it though.
do not wallow in self pity find good in every situation. somewhere in romans it is written that all thing work for the good for those who love god. as an example of how I have used this situation to bring about good is.... I have developed a peace and patience, I still see how the present is important, but to have vision of long term goals... I.E. our relationship in the future.... even if it is not until you become an adult and leave home. to have that peace is amazing. your mind is a powerful thing use it to focus on the positive...one positive I can see in this for you is a greater level of stability...when you were going back and forth from parent to parent it was very difficult. your mother and I have such different views, morals, rules, values, structure, and lifestyle that the constant back and forth was painful... now I pray that you can have and develop the peace and concentrate on being a kid... someday I am confident that you and I will rejoin as father and daughter. I surely look forward to that day... I love you Ashley keep your head up you have great inner strength.
My grandfather said you can either look at things as stumbling blocks or stepping stones. they are the same it is just how you receive them...
remember two sides to every coin.
love,
dad
PS guess what??? :)
I am looking to add a couple of new pages to this web site.
family and friends have requested a page that they can post letters to...
I am also thinking of a couple of additional pages..
The first page is strictly a joke and riddle page?
The second is a photo page that way you can keep up with what is going on in our life.
"Carpe diem" is a phrase from a Latin poem by Horace It is popularly translated as "seize the day". The general definition of carpe is "pick, pluck, pluck off, gather" as in plucking or picking a rose or apple, although Horace uses the word in the sense of "enjoy,
thus Ashley Carpe diem.
Whatever tomorrow brings I'll be there with open eyes and open arms
'Before they call, I will answer.' (Isaiah 65:24)
corny but true...."Life is not measured by
the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments
that take our breath away."
Ali is one of my favorite people in history....here are some of my favorites quotes from Ali.
Hating people because of their color is wrong.
And it doesn't matter which color does the hating.
It's just plain wrong.
Mohammad Ali
Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach
down to the bottom of his soul and
come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
Mohammad Ali
To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them.
This is the only way that you will be truly rich.”
Mohammad Ali
I hated every minute of training, but I said,
''Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.''
Mohammad Ali
He who is not courageous enough to take risks
will accomplish nothing in life.
Mohammad Ali
What keeps me going is goals.
Mohammad Ali
The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
Mohammad Ali
The man who has no imagination has no wings.”
Mohammad Ali
It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief.
And once that belief becomes a deep conviction,
things begin to happen.
Mohammad Ali
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
Plato
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men (or women) are afraid of the light.
Plato
Never discourage anyone.....who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.
Plato
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have.
Confucius
A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.
Confucius
this has been said many times and many ways...I think this is the best.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached,
don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
Confucius
A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.
Confucius
Henry Ford just finished two books about Henry Ford he is the guy that started the ford motor company... you know the one with the model a and T all the way up to today with ford explorer ect...
Don't find fault, find a remedy.
Henry Ford
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Henry Ford
Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.
Henry Ford
I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.
Henry Ford
It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.
Henry Ford
Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.
Henry Ford
One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.
Henry Ford
Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.
Henry Ford
The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.
Henry Ford
The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Albert Einstein
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
Albert Einstein
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Albert Einstein
Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of courage-to move in the opposite direction.
Albert Einstein
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
Albert Einstein
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Albert Einstein
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
Albert Einstein
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Albert Einstein
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
Albert Einstein
All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.
Albert Einstein
There is no substitute for hard work.
Thomas Edison
may you always be forever young....
love dad
this is one of my favorite movie scenes with a great piece of music..
tv theme songs form shows I watched when I was a kid... I think you will like some of these.
this one is not from a kid but still a great theme song
So he got up and went to his father.
"But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.
Luke 15 verse 20t.
Somewhere there's someone who dreams of your smile,
and finds in you.... that life is worth while.
So when you are lonely, remember it's true
Somebody somewhere is thinking of you.
---blackburn
