happy valentines day poems for family

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ~Henry Ford


He takes away my breath! He makes me reel!


If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. ~Doug Larson


It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent. ~Dave Barry


It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover. ~Marge Piercy


The inside of a computer is as dumb as hell but it goes like mad! ~Richard Feynman


Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance. ~Robert Quillen


America Online customers are upset because the company has decided to allow advertising in its chat rooms. I can see why: you've got computer sex, you can download pornography, people are making dates with 10-year-olds. Hey, what's this? A Pepsi ad? They're ruining the integrity of the Internet! ~Jay Leno


Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911


We only part to meet again. ~John Gay


Now and then it's good to list all the things you regularly do for which there was once a good reason. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com


Success has made failures of many men. ~Cindy Adams


I never get tired of the blue sky. ~Vincent van Gogh


Go the extra mile. It's never crowded. ~Author Unknown


Not using faults does not mean that one does not have them. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin


Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances. ~Saint Vincent de Paul


There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist. ~Mark Twain


Life ceases to be a fraction and becomes an integer. ~Harry Emerson Fosdick, On Being a Real Person


A player who conjugates a verb in the first person singular cannot be part of the squad, he has to conjugate the verb in the first person plural. We. We want to conquer. We are going to conquer. Using the word "I" when you're in a group makes things complicated. ~Wanderley Luxemburgo


Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands. ~Francis Bacon