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A smile is a fortune, but you can't sell it, you can't buy it and you can't steal it, but it isn't good to anyone until it is given away.

A smile is the cheapest way to improve your looks, even if your teeth are crooked.

A smile is the lighting system of the face, the cooling system of the head and the heating system of the heart.

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. (English Proverb.

Aspire to inspire before you expire.

A stand can be made against invasion of an army; no stand can be made against invasion of an idea.

A statesman shears the sheep. A politician skins them.

A status symbol is a symbol, not status.

A student writes a letter via telegram to his Dad . . .It goes . . . no fun, send mon, your Son!Dad write back saying . . . so sad, too bad, your Dad!

A Sunday school teacher asked the children just before she dismissed them to go to church, "And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?" Annie replied, "Because people are sleeping.".

A Sunday School teacher asked her class why Joseph and Mary took Jesus with them to Jerusalem.A small child replied: "They couldn't get a baby-sitter.".

A Sunday School teacher began her lesson with a question, "Boys and girls, what do we know about God?A hand shot up in the air. "He is an artist!" said the kindergarten boy."Really? How do you know?" the teacher asked."You know - Our Father, who does art in Heaven... ".

A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds. After explaining the commandment to "honour thy father and thy mother," she asked "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?" Without missing a beat one little boy answered, "Thou shall not kill.".

A sweater is usually put on a child when the parent feels chilly.

A synonym is a word you use in place of one you can't spell.

A talent is formed in stillness, a character in the world's torrent.

At a party, a woman walked up to Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States, and said, "My husband bet me I couldn't get three words out of you."Coolidge replied, "You lose.".

A teacher asked her students if they could use the words 'defeat, defense, and detail' in a sentence. Little Johnny was a smartly, so he answered with, " De feet of de dog went over de fence before de tail.".

A teacher observed a boy entering the classroom with dirty hands. She stopped him and said, "Johnny, please wash your hands. My goodness, what would you say if I came into the room with hands like that?" With a smile the boy replied, "I think I'd be too polite to mention it.".

A tear shed can say more than a hundred words spoken.