1. True friends stab you in the front
-Oscar Wilde
2. I never let school school get in the way of my education
-Mark Twain
3. If you want to improve, be prepared to be thought foolish and stupid
-Epictetus
4. The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools
-Ecclesiastes 9:17 NIV
5.Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.
-Henri Frederic Amiel
Top 5 favorite quotes?
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1. "I keep six honest serving men-they taught me all I know: Their names are, WHAT & WHY, WHEN & HOW AND WHERE & WHO!"
(Rudyard Kipling)
2. A) "Upon obtaining the facts, the problem usually solves itself."
B) "If a person will devote there time to securing facts in an impartial way, their worries will usually evaporate in the light of knowledge."
(Herbert E. Hawks-Former Dean of Columbia College)
3. Think, that this day will Never dawn again.â¦..
(Dante')
4. "My life has been full of terrible misfortunes; most of which never happened-So has mine-So has yours."
(Montaigne-French Philosopher)
5. "Big" Winds come from "Empty" Caves"
(Archie Bunker-1977)
1. Great spirits have always encounterd violent opposition from mediocre minds. ~ Einstein
2. You have enemies? Good. That means you have stood up for something, sometime in your life. ~ Churchill
3. United we stand, divided we fall. ~ Lincoln
4. An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
5. Be the change you want to see in the world. ~ Gandhi
Bonus: lol
Love the heart that hurts you, but never hurt the heart that loves you.
Chose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
Confucius (BC 551-BC 479) Chinese philosopher.
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
"Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right."
- Henry Ford (1863-1947)
"It is all one to me if a man comes from Sing Sing Prison or Harvard. We hire a man, not his history."
-Henry Ford (1863-1947)
I love this quote---"If I had a flower for every time I thought of you, I could forever walk in my garden"
there is only one:
"I once shot an elephant in my pajamas, how he got in my pajamas I'll never know."
-Animal Crackers.
"You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question." - Albert Camus
"Is not the true romantic feeling - not to desire to escape life but to prevent life from escaping you?" - Thomas Wolfe
"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
"We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love." - Sigmund Freud
"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once." - Friedrich Nietzsche
âI stepped into life and startled it: it stretched before me like a meadow.â Anna Akhmatova
âBetter to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.â Abraham Lincoln
âHe who strikes the first blow admits he loses the argument.â Chinese Proverb
âGod gives, but man must open his hand.â German Proverb
âIf you are going through hell, keep going.â Winston Churchill
1. It is common sense to take a method and try it.
If it fails, admit it frankly and try another.
But above all, try something.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. Politics is war without bloodshed while war
is politics with bloodshed.
Mao Tse-Tung
3. Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.
Chuck Norris
4. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Bible, 1 Timothy 6:10
5. It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Bible, Acts xx. 35.