Good Quotes

[William]

Anybody have any good quotes? I've got one stuck in my head I read a few days ago:
"The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." Gandhi

 

[geebee]

It's an old one but probably my favorite of all time:

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger".

 

[mntbiker]

A couple of my favorites:

Socrates - "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers."

Aristotle "Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not within everyone's power and that is not easy."

Sorry, I was a philosophy major in college. (gee, that was a smart choice )

 

[nia]

This got me through some hard times:
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." ?Albert Einstein

I keep telling this to my self everyday:
"Tomorrow, I?ll stop procrastinating." ?A poster on my highschool's wall

And just for fun:
"Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance." - Plato
"Plato was a bore." - Friedrich Nietzsche
"Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal." - Leo Tolstoy
"I'm not going to get into the ring with Tolstoy." - Ernest Hemingway
"Hemingway was a jerk." - Harold Robbins

 

[perrybucsdad]

Today is the tomorrow that we worried about yesterday.

 

[William]

It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. Mark Twain

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
Leo Tolstoy

Being right too soon is socially unacceptable. Robert Heinlein

 

[perrybucsdad]

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing. - Abraham Lincoln

To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right. - Confucius

The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances. - Martha Washington

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm - Ralph Waldo Emerson

And my favorite...

Everything can be taken from a man but ... the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. - Victor Frankl

- John

 

[Blanche]

Old friends are our links to our history. Best friends are our bridges to our inner selves. And, new friends are our hope for the future. (From an old TV show, the Midnight caller December, 1989.)

A good friend is like a good bra--hard to find, supportive, comfortable, and always close to your heart. (author unknown)

A good friend is one who will help you move. A great friend is one who will help you move a body----Let me know if I ever need a shovel. (Author unknown)

What makes us human? The people we love and the struggles we face.

Kind regards,
Blanche

 

[William]

It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. Voltaire

The world of reality has it's limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau


Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.
Joseph Stalin

 

[mamsram]

had to respond

had to respond


My favorite to my children regarding their choice of friends "remember, when you lie down with dogs, you get fleas"
my fav. " its better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt"

 

[pmenhenett]

Two of my favorites

Two of my favorites

One I always remember:

A wise man is one who knows what he doesn't know. - Socrates

A friend just sent me:

Don't measure your life my the breaths you take but my the moments that take your breath away.