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