Jack loved to hunt. Every winter he went out with his friends on the weekends looking for
bear. One weekend, he couldn’t find a friend to go with, so he went out into the
woods himself.
In the middle of a forest, he was taking a break when suddenly he was confronted
by the largest, meanest looking bear he had ever seen. In his fear, all attempts
to shoot the bear were unsuccessful.
Finally, he turned and ran as fast as he could in a vain attempt to outrun the bear. Jack ran and ran and ran, until he ended up at the edge of a very steep cliff. His hopes were dim.
Seeing no way out of his predicament, and with the bear closing in rather
quickly, Jack got down on his knees, opened his arms, and exclaimed, “Dear Lord!
Please give this bear some *religion*!”
The skies darkened and there was lightning in the air. Just a few feet short of
Jack, the bear came to an abrupt stop, and glanced around, somewhat confused. He
seemed to have become very calm and friendly...
Suddenly, the bear looked up into the sky, put his paws together, bent his head and said, “Thank you, Lord, for the food I am about to receive.”
Human kind cannot bear very much reality. - T S Eliot
I will praise any man that will praise me. - William Shakespeare
In doing what we ought we deserve no praise. - St. Augustine
My parents put a live teddy bear in my crib. - Woody Allen
Survival is a major contributor to longevity. - Unknown
Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing. - Unknown
A puff of wind and popular praise weigh the same. - English Proverb
Thanks, Darth Obvious. Or is it Emperor Palpable? - Chuck Wendig
I'd rather write about polar bears than people. - Mary Oliver
People ask for criticism, but they only want praise. - W Somerset Maugham
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. - St. Ambrose
It is more difficult to praise rightly than to blame. - Thomas Fuller
I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing. - Bette Midler
We come not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them. - Francis A Walker
It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them. - Jean Paul Richter
For all that has been - thanks.
For all that will be - yes. - Dag Hammarskjold
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. - Arthur C. Clarke
We take for granted the things that we should be giving thanks for. - Unknown
It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value. - Stephen Hawking
Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear. - Marcus Aurelius
Most people would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. - Unknown
The silence of a man who loves to praise is a censure sufficiently severe. - Charlotte Lennox
Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving. - Unknown
Bulls and bears aren't responsible for as many stock losses as bum steers. - Olin Miller
It's not the bulls or the bears you need to avoid, it's the bum steers. - Chuck Hillis
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except for bears. Bears will kill you. - Unknown
Thanks you for being a part of my life, whether you were a Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime. - Unknown
A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows. - Doug Larson
A word of encouragement during failure is worth more than a dictionary of praise following success. - Unknown
You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one. - John Wooden
My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen. - Quvenzhane Wallis
Drunk Man: "I can't bear fools."
Dorothy Parker: "Apparently your mother could." - Dorothy Parker
We deem those happy who, from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills, without being overcome by them. - Juvenal
So long as men praise you, you can only be sure that you are not yet on your own true path but on someone else's. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Even if my strength should fail, my daring will win me praise: in might enterprises even the will to succeed is enough. - Propertius
If you think that praise is due, now's the time to show it, 'cause a man can't read his tombstone when he's dead. - Unknown
Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. - Henry David Thoreau
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. - C S Lewis
The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding. - Joseph Addison
see also Bear & Safety Sections
Bear Pinata
Bear Print
Bear Protection
Canadian Food Chain
Canadian High Five
Golf Gimme
Grizzly Bear Chair
I Found A Bear Cub!
Russian Car Pool
Salmon Fight
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