Some short thoughts taken from the vertical margins of the April/May OUR IOWA magazine:

"Money can buy time but not wisdom."

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"Faith means holding on tight when the going gets windy."

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"The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor."

~ Herbert Hoover

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"To lighten life's load, lift the weight from someone else's back."

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"All wise people share one talent in common - the ability to listen."

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"When angry, count to 10 before you speak; if very angry, 100."

~ Thomas Jefferson

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"Forget what you have done for other people, and remember what other people have done for you."

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"The Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime."

~ Martin Luther

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