The high cost of living is a minor problem when compared to the cost of high living. — Mardy Grothe Cost Copy Share Image
Music doesn't have to be your livelihood to make your 'hood lively. — Mardy Grothe Hood Copy Share Image
The best thing about fear is that it provides a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate courage. — Mardy Grothe Anticipation Copy Share Image
The best teachers aren't those who answer our questions, but those who question our answers. — Mardy Grothe Answers Copy Share Image
Never confuse the importance of things with things of importance. — Mardy Grothe Importance Copy Share Image
“Here's champagne for our real friends, and real pain for our sham friends.” — Mardy Grothe Champagne Copy Share Image
A life without purpose is like a novel without a plot. It wanders all over the place, is hard to follow, and… — Mardy Grothe Books Copy Share Image
If life were like a competitive race, some people would be given a flying start and others would line up with weights… — Mardy Grothe Ankles Copy Share Image
We tend to see our character flaws as simple defects, and the simple defects of others as character flaws. — Mardy Grothe Character Copy Share Image
We can never truly understand the people we hate; we can never truly hate the people we understand. — Mardy Grothe Hate Copy Share Image
The secret of a successful relationship is avoiding the unforgivable and forgiving the unavoidable. — Mardy Grothe Avoiding Copy Share Image
If you want to understand a difficult or trying person, begin by asking the question: 'What is the wound they are trying… — Mardy Grothe Asking Copy Share Image
“By trying to make things easier for their children, parents can make things much harder for them.” — Mardy Grothe Child Copy Share Image
People who are most interested in telling the truth about others are generally the least interested in having the truth told about… — Mardy Grothe People Copy Share Image
Most of us recognize how important it is to listen respectfully when our loved ones are talking; but we often forget that… — Mardy Grothe Communication Copy Share Image
If life is a blank canvas and all people are artists, the big challenge we all face may be expressed this way:… — Mardy Grothe Acceptable Copy Share Image
Turning seventy is like beginning the eighth inning of a baseball game. The contest is nearing completion, but there's likely to be… — Mardy Grothe Action Copy Share Image
Men are like microwave ovens; they heat up immediately, but things start to boil over after about three minutes. Women are like… — Mardy Grothe Conventional Copy Share Image
Adolescence is a kind of slavery cleverly disguised as freedom. — Mardy Grothe Adolescence Copy Share Image
The world will never discover a person who is hiding in the crowd. — Mardy Grothe Crowd Copy Share Image
The best thing about the battle between the sexes is often the sex between the battles. — Mardy Grothe Battle Copy Share Image
If only people fought undeserved praise as much as they do unfair criticism. — Mardy Grothe Criticism Copy Share Image
Never rely on your friends for money, or on your money for friends. — Mardy Grothe Friendship Copy Share Image
When we're young, everything is possible; when we're old, possibilities are everything. — Mardy Grothe Possibilities Copy Share Image
People who parade their holiness are operating dangerously close to the sin of pride. — Mardy Grothe Holiness Copy Share Image
The music of lovers is not generally appreciated by lovers of music. — Mardy Grothe Appreciated Copy Share Image
People sometimes forget when you remember, but they always remember when you forget. — Mardy Grothe Forget Copy Share Image
Excessive wealth is a great problem masquerading as a great good. — Mardy Grothe Excessive Copy Share Image
Why is it that the most important stuff to listen to is almost always the stuff we don't want to hear? — Mardy Grothe Communication Copy Share Image
Instead of talking in the hope that people will listen, try listening in the hope that people will talk. — Mardy Grothe Communication Copy Share Image
Throughout history, most of the wrongs of the world have resulted from people absolutely sure they were in the right. — Mardy Grothe History Copy Share Image
To have meaning, our lives require both passion and purpose. A life without passion is like a furnace without fuel, and without… — Mardy Grothe Fuel Copy Share Image
There is one message children can never hear enough as they grow up, and adults should never forget as long as they… — Mardy Grothe Accomplish Copy Share Image