Quotes by Douglas Horton

• Life is good when we think it's good. Life is bad when we don't think.
• Boring people are a reflection of boring people.
• Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.
• There is no bad in good.
• Perfection is perfectly simple; fouling things up requires true skill.
• Remember only the good, the bad will never forget you.
• Seeing the light is a choice, not seeing the light is no choice.
• Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye.
• Smile, it's free therapy.
• The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.
• Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.
• The more we are filled with thoughts of lust the less we find true romantic love.
• Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.
• Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.
• Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.
• Thoughts are the gun, words are the bullets, deeds are the target, the bulls-eye is heaven.
• To awake from death is to die in peace.
• If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride.
• If you love something let it go free. If it doesn't come back, you never had it. If it comes back, love it forever.
• The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated.
• Growing old is not growing up.
• Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes.
• Conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain.
• Death is feared as birth is forgotten.
• Death is the final wake-up call.
• Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.
• Drive slow and enjoy the scenery - drive fast and join the scenery.
• No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys.
• Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free.
• Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.
• Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.
• He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.
• If food were free, why work?
• If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?
• Love is a given, hatred is acquired.
• Love is seeing without eyes, hearing without ears; hatred is nothing.
• First rule of Economics 101: our desires are insatiable. Second rule: we can stomach only three Big Macs at a time.
• When my horse is running good, I don't stop to give him sugar.
• While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself.
• We are all serving a life sentence, and good behavior is our only hope for a pardon.
• To hit bottom is to fall from grace.
• To buy happiness is to sell soul.
• When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. - they'll find something.
• Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.
• Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.
• Although it is generally known, I think it's about time to announce that I was born at a very early age.
• As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.
• Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket.