PowerPoint presentation from the 2012 Annual Dinner of the Rotary Club of Bluefield WV

3. He who laughs last thinks slowest.
W.D. Hasty

5. Beer is proof that God loves us
and wants to make us happy.
Connor Litton
(Attributed to Benjamin Franklin, as well.)

7. I don't eat health foods at my age.
I need all the preservatives I can get.
Charles Olmstead

13. I've reached the age when
“happy hour”
is a nap.
Stan Funston

15. Do you realize 40 years from now little old ladies
will be running around with tattoos
and rap music will be the Golden Oldies?
Laura Gooch

19. If at first you don't succeed,
then sky diving isn't for you.
Charlie Cole

21. Great things happen
when good people come together.
Paul Harris

23. Act as if what you do makes a difference.
It does.
William James

25. Life offers you nothing,
except an opportunity to love and grow.
Paul Harris

27. Rotary is Fellowship. Real Fellowship is
frank, spontaneous, full of warmth, and if
you want to gauge its depth you will find that it is
the difference between “Mister”
and “Bill” — “Reverend” and “Jack.”
1914-15 Frank L. Mulholland (law), Rotary Club of
Toledo, Ohio, USA.
Rotary Vision: Rotarians united as a brotherhood to promote the
good of humanity.

29. When love is infused into our actions,
we do not stop to question the time or
money we are sacrificing.
We are inspired to do more, to give more.
Love is the motivating force behind all of Rotary’s best work.
2002-03 Bhichai Rattakul (pharmaceutical manufacturing), Rotary Club of
Dhonburi, Bangkok, Thailand. Rotary vision: That each Rotary member, club,
and district Sow the Seeds of Love.

31. The time we take to serve those who need us
can be the turning point,
not only in their lives
but also in our own.
1980-81 Rolf J. Klärich (confectionary manufacturing),
Rotary Club of Helsinki-Helsingfors, Finland.
Rotary vision: That its members Take Time to Serve — any time, anywhere —
and make the organization work.

34. A clear conscience is a sign of a bad memory.
Mary Raub

36. After 60, if you don't wake up aching in every
joint, you’re probably dead.
Don Rice

39. A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.
Proverbs 17:22 NLT