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1,000 Best Short Engraving Quotes And Ideas (2023)

1. “Dad: The Man, The Myth, The Legend”.


2. My one true love


3. Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. ~Anonymous


4. “I’m yours. No Returns.”


5. I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. ~Diane Ackerman


6. Hold onto every moment


7. “To me, you are perfect.”


8. You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them. ~Michael Jordan


9. Ti Amo


10. “Our love is timeless”


11. If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents- start charging for it. ~Kim Garst


12. My Mother My Friend


13. “I wish I found you sooner, so I could love you longer”


14. “Time with you is worth every second”.


15. Now you are mine forever.


16. “There is no remedy for love, but to love more.”


17. “Our love is like the wind. I can’t see it.. I can feel it”


18. “What cannot be said above all must not be silenced but written.”


19. If you are clean, you don’t have enough fun.


20. “Own who you are.”


21. Lawyer present


22. “A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity."


23. Apple of my eye


24. “With hard work and dedication, you get results”


25. Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absense of fear. ~Mark Twain


26. “Besides chocolate, you're my favorite”


27. “I need you like a heart needs a beat.”


28. “Always be a poet, even in prose.”


29. The heart wants what it wants. There’s no logic to these things. You meet someone and you fall in love and that’s that.


30. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt


31. “The world is a book and those who don’t travel read only a page.”


32. “Stop the moon and make your beauty and this night last forever.”


33. To my favorite scholar!


34. “You inspire me and make me very proud”


35. “I want you. I want us.”


36. Forever Yours


37. Love you forever, Dad!


38. My forever


39. “There is no remedy for love, but to love more.’


40. Wishing you a day as beautiful as you are!


41. Your lawyer is present


42. “Love is sharing your popcorn”


43. Partners in crime


44. Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. ~Winston Churchill


45. Successful entrepreneurs are givers and not takers of positive energy. ~Anonymous


46. “All my better days are ones spent with you”


47. Best Father


48. If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary. ~Jim Rohn


49. Have the time of your life


50. Engrave your life in history


51. “ Love is a promise; love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten”


52. Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.


53. Yeah, you are right, it’s water life.


54. People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing - that’s why we recommend it daily. ~Zig Ziglar


55. “You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I've ever had"


56. “I love you like a fat kid loves cake.”


57. “Your love shines in my heart just as the sun shines upon the earth.”


58. Bloom where you are planted.


59. You don’t marry someone you can live with – you marry the person who you cannot live without.


60. “You just want to be with the one that makes you laugh” -Big, Sex and the City


61. A pen, again.


62. Our eyes met, our souls danced


63. I thank God for you every day.


64. “I love you to the moon and back”


65. Either you love Chicago or you are wrong.


66. “Every day is a second chance.”


67. The one friend I go to


68. Good luck in your new position!


69. “Change is a powerful thing. People are powerful beings.” — Lana Del Rey


70. “The bad news is time flies. The good news is -you’re the pilot!”.


71. Opportunities don’t happen, you create them. ~Chris Grosser


72. Your love is my hiding place


73. “Every human life is worth the same and worth saving.” — Kingsley Shacklebolt, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows


74. “He who is brave is free.” — Seneca


75. “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”


76. The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. ~Anonymous


77. “My library is an archive of longings.”


78. Mom of the year!


79. Success is inevitable if you keep moving. The only thing that matters is that you keep going. The only way to truly fail at a marathon is to stop taking the next step.


80. I Can Always Learn for You


81. “If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.” — Bruce Lee


82. “I love you very much, probably more than anybody could love another person.”


83. You make me proud


84. “A man is not where he lives, but where he loves.”


85. Do today, tomorrow will come later.


86. #1 biscuit


87. Words are not enough


88. “Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable.”


89. Salesman/Saleswoman of the Year!


90. Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. ~Lolly Daskal


91. “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”


92. The perfect car wash you are looking for.


93. I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. ~Thomas A. Edison


94. Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life. ~Dr. APJ Kalam


95. “Who you are authentically is alright.”


96. There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed. ~Ray Goforth


97. People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. ~Dale Carnegie


98. “I love you more than pizza & tacos”


99. I love you, mom!


100. Best cubicle buddy


101. my special friend


102. You Take My Breath Away


103. You're my sweetheart


104. You are mine


105. Daddy, you are the sunshine to my dark days,


106. Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life — think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. ~Swami Vivekananda


107. “Instruction ends at school, but education ends only with life.”


108. “You are amazing. just the way you are!”


109. “I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.”


110. “Sorry for all the mean, accurate things I’ve said to you”.


111. You are stronger than you think you are.


112. "Wherever you are, be all there.”


113. Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out. ~Robert Collier


114. To my favorite dad


115. May all your dreams come true


116. “I love you endlessly”


117. Congratulations!


118. “When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.”


119. “It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live.” ― Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone


120. “Fiction is the truth inside the lie.”


121. “Everyday, you amaze us with your strength and determination”


122. To my funny friend.


123. I love you and I like you


124. No Matter How Far Away


125. “Today you are you! That is truer than true!


126. There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox


127. My diamond forever


128. The only one for me


129. “Your crazy matches my crazy”


130. The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. ~Mark Caine


131. My wisened and wild dad


132. You've got a friend in me.


133. “The giving of love is an education within itself.” — Eleanor Roosevelt


134. My favorite valentine


135. “Happy 50th Birthday”….. and so on.


136. “Just so you know, your laughs are funnier than your jokes.”


137. You are enough just as you are.


138. “The best or most beautiful things cannot be seen or touched. They must be felt with the heart.”


139. You have my heart


140. Reality is wrong, dreams are for real.


141. Two Souls, One Heart


142. If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. ~ Jim Rohn


143. “When nothing goes right. Go left!”


144. “My love for you has no depth, its boundaries are ever-expanding.”


145. “Cupcakes are muffins that believed in miracles”.


146. Love is a promise; love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.


147. If you are sad, you must visit Colorado.


148. To me you are perfect. – Love Actually


149. “Take love, multiply it by infinity and take it to the depths of forever..”


150. A very special birthday!


151. “If friends were flowers, I’d pick you.”


152. Trinitarians for life


153. Cogito ergo sum


154. My greatest inspiration


155. You stole my heart


156. Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. ~Mark Twain


157. Great writers need great pens


158. I think therefore I am


159. “Some things are meant to be.” — Elvis Presley


160. “Today will die tomorrow.” — Algernon Charles Swinburne


161. I knew from the moment I met you...


162. “Poems are never finished - just abandoned”


163. “You can’t be hesitant about who you are.”


164. “I am so thankful that you are in my life.”


165. “Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”


166. Soulmates are forever


167. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with just a single step”.


168. “Like Asthma, you take my breath away.”


169. “I love her and that’s the beginning and end of everything.”


170. “Mistakes are proof that you are trying.”


171. Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. ~John D. Rockefeller


172. Success is yours


173. I heart you


174. Sundays are as special as you are


175. I’ll be There


176. Pastor of the year


177. “The best thing about me is you.”


178. Live your dreams always


179. “What you are to me, bebé.”


180. “… it was the nearest thing to heaven! You were there…”


181. “′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”


182. You're amazing just the way you are.


183. To me, you are magical.” – Renée Ahdieh


184. Knowledge is being aware of what you can do. Wisdom is knowing when not to do it. ~Anonymous


185. Double trouble


186. “Retirement is a chance to redesign your life into something new”


187. platofan1994


188. “Life is short. Smile while you still have teeth”.


189. “Whatever you are. be a good one.”


190. It doesn’t matter where you go in life. It’s who you have beside you.


191. Our love is the best gift I have.


192. “Reality is finally better than your dreams”


193. “There’s always time for a cocktail.” — Kasha Davis


194. “Do you like who you are?”


195. You Rock


196. “Depend so much on certain people, you can set your watch by them.”


197. A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them. ~Henry Kravis


198. “I am with you always…”


199. You’re my World


200. “To me, you are magical.” – Renée Ahdieh


201. “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.”


202. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.~ Anatole France


203. “Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.”


204. You are not your resume, you are your work.


205. Your handwriting is bad


206. Thank you for everything!


207. Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.


208. People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy. ~Tony Robbins


209. “Home is wherever I’m with you”


210. “It takes a long time to grow an old friend”.


211. With all the Christmas cheer!


212. “Go out there and do amazing things”


213. And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make.


214. “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” — Audrey Hepburn


215. Anti-capitalist gang


216. “Heaven is a place on earth with you” — Lana Del Rey


217. Forever and For always


218. “One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.” — Paulo Coelho


219. Friends Forever


220. “You’re the cheese to my macaroni.”


221. Don’t give up, you are almost there


222. Yet you are not here


223. Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. ~Anonymous


224. “Love recognizes no barriers.” – Maya Angelou


225. “Some people are worth melting for.”


226. “My life is my message.” — Mahatma Gandhi


227. “Sometimes I wonder how you put up with me.”


228. “Where there is love, there is life.”


229. “It’s not about having time; it’s about making time”.


230. “And I'm feeling it'll just be you. All of my life…”


231. Every day is a new day.


232. “Books were safer than other people anyway.”


233. Team MVP


234. “A well-deserved achievement”


235. “Congratulations, you make us proud”


236. “I cannot live without books.”


237. “I will find you. Love you. Marry you. And live without shame.”


238. Good job, man!


239. It is not what you are that holds you back


240. Thanks, Mom


241. Thanks for always believing in me.


242. Live. Laugh. Love


243. What we think, we become.


244. “To me, you are perfect.” – Love Actually


245. “My love and my life with you will be a never-ending story”


246. True love


247. In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. ~Jane Smiley


248. Know the law, know the judge


249. “Keep living your best life”


250. “The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.”


251. Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. ~John Wooden


252. The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. ~Ralph Nader


253. “He who laughs last thinks slowest.”


254. “Choose your own path. Make lots of memories. But just never forget that I love you”.


255. Write and be merry!


256. “People call those imperfections, but no, that’s the good stuff.”


257. “Travel as much as you can, as far as you can and for as long as you can”.


258. Your problem isn’t the problem. Your reaction is the problem. ~Anonymous


259. May your wedding be as beautiful as you are!


260. “The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles.”


261. Love you


262. In my heart always


263. “Falling for you more every day.”


264. Our love is timeless.


265. “The past does not equal the future.” — Tony Robbins


266. “It’s your time to shine”.


267. “Congratulations”


268. “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth


269. “Now you have more time to do the things you love”


270. You're getting so old.


271. “Write what should not be forgotten.”


272. Lover of wisdom


273. It's a big life to celebrate!


274. “To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.”


275. Best Friends


276. “Everyday I love you more”


277. Best Mom Ever!


278. “Any man can be a Father but it takes someone special to be a dad.”


279. Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice. ~Wayne Dyer


280. Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~Theodore N. Vail


281. “Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences”


282. “To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you are the world”


283. “You don’t marry someone you can live with — you marry someone you cannot live without.”


284. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”


285. If you are losing your leisure, look out!


286. Oedipal expert


287. “Love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten. Never let it disappear”


288. “You can’t blame gravity for falling in love.” — Albert Einstein


289. I carry your heart, I carry it in mine


290. My person


291. “God is keeping me alive, but you are keeping me in love.”


292. Team Member


293. To my best pen pal


294. “I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”


295. “Gratitude turns what we have into enough”.


296. “I only want 3 things: See you. Hug you. Kiss you.”


297. Derrida's Bane


298. Forever the best madre!


299. “You are my dream come true”


300. Congratulations, Dr. [John Smith]!


301. Mental health professional


302. A friend is another self


303. “In the end. you are exactly--what you are.


304. “To me, you are perfect.”


305. “The best things take time. That’s why I’m always late.”


306. “Expressing gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow”.


307. To write down your dad jokes


308. You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love you.


309. “There is no friend as loyal as a book.”


310. If you are bad then I’m your dad.


311. “I would rather share one lifetime with you.”


312. “Happy Anniversary”


313. “My Superhero. I Love You Dad”.


314. “Know who you are and know it’s enough.”


315. Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. ~Swami Vivekananda


316. “Time moves slowly, but passes quickly.” — Alice Walker in The Color Purple


317. Just because it didn’t last forever, doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth your while.


318. Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.


319. “When nothing is going right, go left.”


320. “Be happy. It drives people crazy”.


321. “ Your heart has at last found a home”


322. “The world is your oyster, it’s up to you to find the pearls”


323. “..you marry the person you cannot live without.”


324. In your eyes, I find peace.


325. “Partners in crime”.


326. “when you are broken


327. To get through Monday


328. Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them. ~Vaibhav Shah


329. To sign the checks


330. “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest”


331. For your future endeavors


332. Whatever you do, do it well.


333. “This is the beginning of anything you want”


334. Let your dreams come true!


335. “You can achieve anything you set your mind to”


336. Always my favorite PA


337. Absolutely mental


338. “They’ll say you are bad


339. “Dad, thank you for everything”.


340. I support you!


341. The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. ~Colin R. Davis


342. You’re not only my mom, you are my best friend.


343. “My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.”


344. If you are a Jeeper, you are a keeper.


345. Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. ~Truman Capote


346. “The perfection of love is that it’s not perfect.” — Taylor Swift


347. “In my circus and you are my leading monkey”.


348. Don’t be so humble, you are not that great.


349. I want forever with you


350. “Accept who you are; and revel in it.”


351. “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”


352. There is a way


353. I'll always be your [father/mother/son/daughter/brother/sister]


354. I love you and that's the beginning and end of everything


355. Hope you are satisfied with your investment.


356. Best advice giver


357. “A promotion is not about a job well done, it’s about the potential of what is yet to come”


358. “Tears are words that need to be written.”


359. I'm proud of you!


360. “I love you every step of the way.”


361. “Let’s cuddle so I can steal your body heat.”


362. Great things are coming


363. “Now you have more time to play golf”


364. “I promise to love you forever, every single day of forever”


365. More than Friends


366. “Time is the wisest counselor of all.” — Pericles


367. Life advice coordinator


368. University of [Cambridge] 2021!


369. The only joy in the world is to begin.


370. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney


371. Bloom where you are planted!


372. Because I can't afford jewelry


373. “You should be kissed often, and by someone who knows how.”


374. “Happy 5th Anniversary”


375. “My heart is, and always will be, yours.”


376. “Keep going. Be all in.” — Bryan Hutchinson


377. Where there's a will there's a lawsuit.


378. my heart of hearts


379. Love Never Fails


380. “I choose you. And I’ll choose you over and over and over.”


381. “The future belongs to those who believe in their dreams”


382. “If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.”


383. “Love is absolute loyalty.” — Sylvester Stallone


384. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”


385. Forever my Freudian friend


386. King of the Water Cooler


387. Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart, and the senses.


388. Thank you for your effort


389. We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.


390. “Merry Christmas”


391. “You couldn’t handle me, even if I came with instructions”.


392. “Embrace the glorious mess that you are.”


393. Follow Your Dream


394. “Retired NOT Expired!”


395. Words Can't Express


396. Thanks for Everything


397. “The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off”


398. “Regret for wasted time is more wasted time” — Mason Cooley


399. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.”


400. as long as you are alive


401. If you want to make a permanent change, stop focusing on the size of your problems and start focusing on the size of you! ~T. Harv Eker


402. Happy Holidays!


403. Your work is discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.


404. “P.S. I love you”


405. My sunshine


406. Wittgenstein's Pen


407. Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. ~Robert Kiyosaki


408. “I will choose you everyday”


409. “You are amazing just the way you are.”


410. “I licked it, so it’s mine!”


411. “Time is the longest distance between two places.” — Tennessee Williams


412. Because nuns can have fun too


413. How am I feeling today?


414. “You can have it all. Just not all at once.” — Oprah Winfrey


415. JD of the century


416. You make me happy!


417. “One kiss of her mouth, one touch of her hand”


418. ”I like your last name, can I have it?”


419. “She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.”


420. You help me find my keys


421. “Accept who you are and revel in that.”


422. “Stay foolish to stay sane.” — Maxime Lagacé


423. “Time flies when you’re in love.”


424. Your jokes are terrible.


425. “I just want to be yours.”


426. Engraved on my heart


427. “All you need is love.”


428. Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. ~Jim Ryun


429. Love is you + me = 4ever


430. Doctor's pen


431. “You jump. I jump, remember?”


432. Papa


433. “At last, my love has come along


434. “Dad, you are amazing. I love you”.


435. A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.


436. “ I have crossed oceans of time to find you.”


437. “You are the best thing that ever happened to me”.


438. In the true spirit of Christmas!


439. You can do this!


440. Life is better when you are laughing.


441. Piaget's Pen


442. “Always remember you’re unique. Just like everyone else.”


443. “Love is of all passions the strongest.”


444. “There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.” — Mahatma Gandhi


445. If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission. ~Anonymous


446. “Home is wherever my crazies are”.


447. My One and Only


448. “Travel: it leaves you speechless but turns you into a storyteller”.


449. Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.


450. May all we do be done in love.


451. “A simple I love you means more than money”


452. Office Queen


453. “I think I’d miss you even if we never met”


454. “Shut up and deal.”


455. “Books are the mirrors of the soul.”


456. our love is strong


457. If you are a Jeeper you are a keeper.


458. Proud to be your [son/daughter]!


459. “You’re worth every mile between us”


460. “If you are broken today.


461. World's best dad!


462. Oil changer of the century


463. “Take care of the minutes. The hours will take care of themselves”.


464. You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. ~Steve Jobs


465. Forever


466. For having my back every day


467. I seem to have loved you in numberless forms...in life after life


468. “Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.” — William Shakespeare


469. Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. ~Pablo Picasso


470. I wish you every success


471. Best Storyteller Award


472. “Dream without fear, love without limits”


473. “Time takes it all. Whether you like it or not” — Stephen King


474. Dad?


475. “Your life begins with her and without her it must surely end.”


476. Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. ~Maya Angelou


477. “Into the ash I dripped my pen and came out with fire.”


478. You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing. ~Philippos


479. “If you are going through hell, keep going.”


480. Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne


481. Give thanks always


482. “Congratulations on a well-deserved promotion”


483. “Up is never where you are now.”


484. You guys made me ink.


485. “After all this time? Always.”


486. “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.”


487. All heart


488. My heart is, and always will be, yours.


489. You are my Hero


490. “I write for the same reason I breathe.”


491. If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it — teach yourself to be impatient. ~Gurbaksh Chahal


492. “You are my rock”.


493. “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”


494. “And then you meet one person, and your life is changed. Forever


495. Love gives life


496. “It feels good to be lost in the right direction”.


497. “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” — Aristotle


498. World's Best Boss


499. “You jump, I jump…remember?”


500. If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got. ~Anonymous


501. Take it slow


502. “Happy 18th Birthday”


503. “If Kisses were stars, I’d give you the sky.


504. “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”


505. Morale booster


506. “You are doing great.”


507. Inspiration flows in silence


508. Thanks for giving me life


509. People assume you aren’t sick


510. Mom wanted to get you a puppy.


511. “Kissing burns 6.4 calories a minute. Wanna workout?”


512. “The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”


513. In memoriam to your twenties.


514. You made the Nice List!


515. “ I could die right now.. I’m just so happy. I’ve never felt that”


516. “I’ll hold you in my heart, until i can hold you in my arms”


517. Daddy's Little Girl


518. People are nice when you are of use to them


519. “You are braver than you believe. Stronger than you seem and smarter than you think”.


520. Friends are other selves.


521. Your outlook is important


522. “Time is precious, waste it wisely.”


523. The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. ~Denis Watiley


524. "Always do what you are afraid to do.”


525. Every moment is a fresh beginning.


526. A Jewel for My Jewel


527. As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. ~Bill Gates


528. engraved on my soul


529. Love Endures All Things


530. “We will always find a way back to each other”


531. True friends give pens.


532. “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits”


533. Best Dad Ever


534. No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist.~ Anonymous


535. The pen is mightier than the sword.


536. Stand By Me


537. “Work hard in silence. Let success be your noise”.


538. Garage Guru


539. Preacher's pen


540. “ My nightmares are usually about losing you.”


541. Wherever you are, I’ll always be with you.


542. Lucky to Have You


543. Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them. ~Anonymous


544. “Anyone who thinks the pen is mightier than the sword has not been stabbed with both.”


545. I couldn’t have pictured our life any better than it is. Thank you for making my dreams come true.


546. “Friendship is not a big thing. It’s a billion little things”.


547. “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.”


548. “Congratulations on your graduation”


549. “Bloom where you are planted.” – Unknown


550. “There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.” – Jane Austen


551. Count on Me


552. You are everything to me


553. “To Give Your Thoughts Eternal Life”


554. “my love has come along..and life is like a song”


555. “Happiness is being loved for who you are.”


556. “One day the plane ticket will be one way”


557. “A soul mate is someone who understands you like no other.”


558. To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like. ~Mike Gafka


559. Crazy for you


560. Always remember: you are beautiful


561. You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. ~Margaret Thatcher


562. My great friend


563. “If I know what love is, it is because of you”


564. It's our world you are just living in it.


565. And still, I rise.


566. “You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”


567. I’m Here


568. I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.


569. “I love you more than I did yesterday, but not as much as tomorrow”


570. I wish you all the best!


571. Hard work pays off


572. “You are the butter to my bread”


573. Your Voice is All I need


574. You're still 24 in my heart.


575. OBGYN, at your cervix.


576. RN of the Year


577. The world is so big, write it down.


578. The gifts of friendship


579. My Everything


580. The water doesn’t know how old you are.


581. “I’d jump out of a plane for you”


582. ‘Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.”


583. “My dear Son, I will always carry you in my heart”.


584. Partner in crime, sort of


585. “..my lonely days are over and life is like a song”


586. I'll Never Forget


587. “RETIREMENT – The pay sucks but the hours are good”


588. You'll Never Know How Much


589. “Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.”


590. “You and me. Forever”


591. First in family


592. Write every day down


593. ”Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Lincoln


594. Year after year my life is more wonderful because of you.


595. Your handwriting is a crime


596. “Thank you for choosing me”


597. To my wonderful [father/mother/son/daughter/brother/sister]


598. I'll never forget your love


599. “You may hold my hand for a while, but you hold my heart forever.”


600. To the best graduate!


601. My ride or die


602. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams”


603. “Son, just remember that you only fail when you stop trying. Never give up”.


604. A writer's best friend


605. When you stop chasing the wrong things you give the right things a chance to catch you. ~Lolly Daskal


606. Continental philosophy forever


607. Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.


608. “Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.” — Zora Neale Hurston


609. “You have bewitched me, body and soul.


610. If you aren’t jet skiing you are missing out!


611. I’m scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I’m with you.


612. “You are enough just as you are.”


613. “A birthday is a reminder to celebrate your life”


614. Embrace the glorious mess that you are.


615. Lovers Forever


616. “Learn to see what you are looking at.”


617. In lieu of a PS5...


618. Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~Steve Jobs


619. You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. ~George Lorimer


620. My favorite therapist


621. Today, tomorrow, always


622. Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to doDon’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. ~Jim Rohn


623. Best mom in the world!


624. “Life never end when you are in it.”


625. Happy Father's Day!


626. Find out who you are and do it on purpose.


627. “Whatever you do, do it well.” — Walt Disney


628. Keep up the good work!


629. The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ~Vidal Sassoon


630. “Bloom where you are planted.”


631. I'll always be your [son/daughter]!


632. Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.


633. Best Doctor Forever Award


634. “I knew. It was like..magic”


635. Apply your mind


636. Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain. ~Anonymous


637. Take all my time


638. “You are not my love… You are my life.”


639. Don’t stop until you are proud of yourself.


640. “Travel, before you run out of time”.


641. You're done with school!


642. “Sometimes later becomes never. Do it now.”


643. I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. ~Thomas Jefferson


644. “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul”


645. “Love goes through all times.” — Kerstin Gier


646. “To me, you are magic.”


647. “I love you more than words can express”


648. When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ~Audre Lorde


649. My heart and soul


650. “Love is absolute loyalty.


651. “To me, you are perfect.


652. If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work. ~Thomas J. Watson


653. Accept who you are because you’re BEAUTIFUL.


654. I want a life with you


655. Make every word count


656. We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret. ~Earl Nightingale


657. The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. ~Bruce Feirstein


658. Don’t let other people decide who you are.


659. “Remember you are enough.”


660. Chill, dude.


661. All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. ~Walt Disney


662. 2 years old and you are already in trouble


663. You inspire me to be better!


664. [To] the library, and step on it.”


665. I love you till the moon and back


666. Joyful, Joyful


667. “I love you with all of my boobs. I would say heart, but my boobs are bigger”


668. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”


669. You're my One and Only


670. Because you are the most beautiful.


671. “Become who you are.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche


672. Bishop Barron for the Papacy


673. You are special to me


674. For all your hard work


675. Words can inspire, thoughts can provoke, but only action truly brings you closer to your dreams.


676. Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.


677. Let's Grow Old Together


678. “Find out who you are and be that person.”


679. “Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.”


680. What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.~ Oscar Wilde


681. You're a gift!


682. “A simple “I love you” means more than money.” – Frank Sinatra


683. “When someone says you can’t do it, do it twice and take pictures”.


684. For John/Jane, on his/her #th birthday.


685. Rebel child


686. The time is always right to do what is right.


687. I'm so happy to be your [father/mother/son/daughter/brother/sister]


688. Great poets steal


689. “The present moment is all you will ever have” — Eckhart Tolle


690. Future world changer


691. Happy Valentine's Day


692. The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. ~Henry Ford


693. “True friends are never apart. Maybe in distance but never in heart”.


694. “Love is friendship set on fire.” — Laura Hendricks


695. You did it!


696. Bickers & Bickers


697. “ Every step I have taken... was to bring me closer to you.”


698. Partner of the Year


699. “Dad, I am so lucky to be your Son/Daughter”.


700. “You can fix anything but a blank page.”


701. My Gratitude


702. “I love you 1,000 yellow daisies.”


703. “Every step I have taken…was to bring me closer to you.”


704. Gift of the Year!


705. A Port in the Storm


706. “If you are talking behind my back,


707. “I love you more than coffee.”


708. “Happy Father’s Day”


709. “The love you take is equal to the love you make.”


710. “I love you so much I could burst into flames.”


711. “Will you marry me?”


712. “Thank you for reminding me what butterflies feel like.”


713. The one who has my heart


714. You mean the world


715. Poet


716. Thanks, Dad


717. Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly. ~Proverb


718. The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. ~Bruce Lee


719. To my favorite child


720. ​"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that." - J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone


721. But you're still a good MD


722. “You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.”


723. It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. ~Herman Melville


724. If you are happy, you can give happiness


725. Remember to enjoy the journey.


726. Team Player


727. What’s the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable. ~Anonymous


728. We Make Music Together


729. You’re amazing, just the way you are!


730. “A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.”


731. Without you, today’s emotions would be the scurf of yesterday’s


732. “I am so excited to be your Fiancé”


733. Soul mate


734. From Santa


735. “You’re the greatest gift I’ve ever gotten”


736. “Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul”.


737. “Thank you for being you”


738. Welcome to the team!


739. Your grief is as individual as you are.


740. You survived!


741. Desk Jockey of the Year


742. I'm glad we're friends


743. Way to go!


744. “You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die.”


745. Word magician, PhD


746. “Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” — Jim Rohn


747. Wherever We Are, That's the Place to Be


748. Wherever you are, be all there.


749. Whatever you are, be a good one.


750. If you are seeking, seek us with joy


751. Blessings this Christmas!


752. “If you’re a bird, I’m a bird.”


753. You can do anything, but not everything. ~Anonymous


754. Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~John R. Wooden


755. “A once in a lifetime love…”


756. “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.” — Lev Tolstoy


757. “Happy Valentine’s Day”


758. And all the sweet serenity of books.”


759. “Growing old is mandatory. Growing up? Definitely optional.”


760. “Grow old with me, the best is yet to come.”


761. “Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.”


762. Methodist magic


763. Amore


764. “Time is an illusion.” — Albert Einstein


765. My dearest


766. Friends


767. “you are not racism.


768. For the inspiration


769. “Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.” — Nicholas Sparks


770. “Whatever you are, be a good one.” ― Abraham Lincoln


771. Paralegal: the real lawyer here


772. What is wisdom, Socrates?


773. “Time will explain.” — Jane Austen


774. “To me, you are perfect. ” – Love Actually


775. “Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘til your good is better and your better is best.”


776. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. ~Washington Irving


777. “ You’re so beautiful it hurts.”


778. “The way I feel when I’m with you”


779. You are my favorite thing


780. The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place. ~Guy Kawasaki


781. “If kisses were stars, I'd give you the sky.”


782. Momma needs a coke


783. “Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.”


784. You're the best Christmas gift!


785. Yeah, you are right, it’s a water life


786. I wonder what that was all about.


787. Birthday pen.


788. “Now you are mine forever.”


789. First in my life


790. For when the words come


791. Life is beautiful when you are in Colorado.


792. “You are my missing piece”.


793. you are my sun my moon and all my stars


794. The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors. ~Napoleon Hill


795. The whole world's a stage


796. You are absolutely enough the way you are.


797. A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done. ~Vince Lombardi


798. “I'll never let go.”


799. You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals. ~Booker T. Washington


800. “I love you for not only who you are, but for who I am when I am with you.”


801. Happy birthday. You know who you are.


802. You Could Rule the World


803. Fortune sides with him who dares. ~Virgil


804. “Wishing you a day as special as you are.”


805. Keep going, you are getting there.


806. Until the end of time


807. “ A true soul mate is a mirror”


808. “Impossible is for the unwilling.” — John Keats


809. Get back to your novel


810. Believe you CAN and you are halfway there!


811. I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing. ~Martha Stewart


812. Calvinist gang rise up


813. For your memoirs


814. “Good times and crazy friends make the best memories:


815. “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”


816. The world is your oyster


817. Love you to the moon and back!


818. Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.


819. “Your love is all I need to feel complete.”


820. “Time has a wonderful way of showing us what really matters”.


821. “We were supposed to be together. And I knew it.”


822. “Death cannot stop true love, it can only delay it.


823. If you are a human, ignore this field


824. Listen to Your Heart


825. Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all. ~Dale Carnegie


826. “Time is precious, make sure you spend it with the right people”.


827. The special child


828. It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. ~Anonymous


829. Happy Birthday!


830. Mom of the century!


831. Thanks for being my dad!


832. Good things come to those who wait


833. I find myself in you


834. If you are bad; it’s okay to call me daddy.


835. To go with the new office


836. Because we know you are perfect.


837. Character is what you are in the dark.


838. For my best friend forever


839. I'll always remember your care


840. “The world was hers for the reading.”


841. “The art of love… is largely the art of persistence.”


842. Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. ~George Bernard Shaw


843. Underwriter's Pen


844. World's least creepy psychoanalyst


845. “The road to success is under construction.”


846. If you’re going through hell keep going. ~Winston Churchill


847. “All you need is love, love. Love is all you need.”


848. Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value. ~Albert Einstein


849. The write pen


850. Happy anniversary!


851. “Love means never having to say you’re sorry”


852. “You protect me. You teach me. You inspire me. You are MY DAD”.


853. “I love that you are my son.” – Unknown


854. The write life


855. You Held Me Up


856. The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do. ~Anonymous


857. “Own who you are.” Anonymous


858. Smile. Life is beautiful, you are beautiful


859. Have the best time!


860. Resident theology guy


861. For stepping up


862. “World’s Best Dad”


863. Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter. ~Francis Chan


864. "To me, you are perfect.” — Love Actually


865. “At least you’re not as old as you will be next year”


866. “My love for you is still as strong as the day I married you”


867. Do you love yourself just as you are?


868. Socratic Society Founder


869. “Admit it. Life would be boring without me”.


870. “Happy Birthday”


871. My love, my life, my friend


872. For cheating the ethics exam.


873. “Your efforts have all been worth it”


874. Know that you are loved.


875. A simple ‘I love you’ means more than money.


876. “I love you, forever and always”


877. Friends like you are one of a kind


878. “At last, my love has come along.


879. “You make me tick”.


880. It is your birthday.


881. World's worst philosopher


882. A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. ~David Brinkley


883. “When it comes to being the BEST DAD, you nailed it!”


884. “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” — Charles M. Schulz


885. Company Success Story


886. “Now you have more time to go fishing”


887. Narcissists are weak, and you are strong


888. If You Jump, I Jump


889. World's Best Coworker


890. For the real one


891. Find the write words


892. “Ever tried to eat a clock? It’s very time consuming.”


893. “Dad, you inspire me to be the best person I can be”.


894. “If all time is eternally present, all time is unredeemable.” — T.S. Elliot


895. I love you forever!


896. Every year I fall in love with you all over again.


897. “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.”


898. Success is...knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others. ~ John C. Maxwell


899. My love for you grows stronger each year.


900. All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. ~Michael John Bobak


901. Focus, the words will come


902. “You are more than you think you are.”


903. Happy Mother's Day!


904. “Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.”


905. “Where you are is where I want to be.”


906. “Happy 21st Birthday”


907. “ I want all of you forever, you and me everyday.”


908. Make it count!


909. Breakfast: cigarettes and coffee


910. First love


911. “Until the end of time ♥”


912. “Life laugh at you when you are unhappy…”


913. I can never read all the books I want.


914. “No one is you. And that is YOUR superpower”


915. Deposition Master


916. For the time being...


917. Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument. ~Anonymous


918. “Know that you are valuable and worthy.”


919. Thanks for life


920. Do what you want


921. Always reforming


922. Do one thing every day that scares you. ~Anonymous


923. Walking the path is easier with you by my side.


924. “I’m much more me when I’m with you.”


925. “We travel not to escape life, but for life to escape us”.


926. Thanks for all you do


927. “Time flies when you are having fun.”


928. “Every second I love you more”


929. “Not all those who wander are lost.”


930. Jen's first pen


931. “I wanted it to be you so badly.”


932. The starting point of all achievement is desire. ~Napolean Hill


933. “To me, you are perfect.” — Love Actually


934. “Son, make the most of every opportunity that comes your way”.


935. Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. ~Eleanor Roosevelt


936. Never give up!


937. “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”


938. If I’m gonna tell a real story, I’m gonna start with my name.


939. Love You Mom


940. “The heart wants what it wants.”


941. Answer the phone.


942. Future is with you


943. Stoic of the Century


944. “Well done for not giving up”


945. “Love yourself first and everything falls into line.” – Lucille Ball


946. Paperwork Pioneer


947. You are enough, just as you are.


948. “Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart”.


949. If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. ~Albert Einstein


950. “Our time together is never quite enough.”


951. “The only thing more precious than time itself is who we choose to spend it with”.


952. “Be who you are on the inside.”


953. From Dad


954. “Today you are You; that is truer than true.


955. “Of all the gin joints… she had to walk into mine”


956. You inspire me.


957. Lost without You


958. From Mom


959. "Whatever you are, be a good one.”


960. 105 years young!


961. Class of 2021!


962. “Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.”


963. Feeling stabby?


964. “Bloom wherever you are planted.” — Unknown


965. Thanks for existing!


966. “Life is better when you’re laughing”.


967. To go with your law suit


968. Remember you are enough.


969. Inspiration machine


970. “Travel is an investment in yourself”.


971. “Whatever you are, be a good one.” – Lincoln


972. For that ravishing beauty that you are.


973. “Become who you are.” — Friedrich Nietzsche


974. Merry Christmas!


975. You are loved


976. “If you think you are beaten, you are


977. I love spending my life with you


978. Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow. Mahatma Gandhi.


979. Every year with you is perfect


980. I’m so lucky to have you by my side.


981. “It’s your nose that hurts.”


982. World's best philosopher


983. “I love you” ♥


984. True Friends


985. Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. ~Dale Carnegie


986. “I am happiest when I’m right next to you.”


987. It is only when we take chances, when our lives improve. The initial and the most difficult risk that we need to take is to become honest.


988. Friends for life


989. I Love You, Dad


990. Success awaits


991. Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.


992. no matter how nice you are,


993. Thanks for having my back


994. “If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain”.


995. You've got the biggest heart


996. “I absolutely love being weird with you”


997. To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~Anonymous


998. “Count your life by smiles, not tears. Count your age by friends, not years. Happy Birthday!”


999. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.


1000. “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.” — Dirty Dancing

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