A handful of 'favorite sayings', printed vertically on the margins of some of pages in the April/May issue of OUR IOWA magazine.

If you have a favorite saying or two tucked in to a favorite book or better still in your mind, send them to me. That is where the magazine gets the 'good ones':

"Before repeating anything a little bird told you, be sure it wasn't a cuckoo."

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"To add to your joy, count your blessings."

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"If you lighten the way for others, you'll never be in the dark yourself."

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"Study nature; love nature; stay close to nature. It will never fail you."

~ Frank Lloyd Wright

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"Happiness doesn't consist in having much to live on, but much to live for."

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"Middle age starts when you become more interested in how long your car will last rather than how fast it'll go."

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"Blessed are those who give without remembering and receive without forgetting."

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"Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine."

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"I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals."

~ Winston Churchill

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"There is an island of opportunity in the midst of every difficulty."

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