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Below are many quotes that I find inspirational, philosophical, and/or humorous. There are some that I only partially believe in, but I have posted them as I feel they could be useful to others. If you have a quote that you think is inspirational, philosophical, humorous or any combination of those... send it to me via e-mail, and I will post it up as long as I approve of it. If your quote is posted, I will give you credit and provide a link to your page.
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"Everyone gets their rough day. No one gets a free ride. Today, so far, I had a good day. I got a dial tone."
"Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?"
"The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children."
"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
"You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen. There is an art of conducting oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least still know."
"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory."
"Once you have flown, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you long to return."
"Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work."
"If God had intended us to drink beer, he would have given us stomachs."
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."
"Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible -- it cannot be seen or measured; yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could."
"A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience."
"A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness."
"Hardly anyone knows how much is gained by ignoring the future."
"My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty - she's ninety-seven today and we don't know where the hell she is."
"Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds."
"This great misfortune -- to be incapable of solitude."
"There are people who would never have fallen in love if they had never heard of love."
"When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, 'Ours.'"
"No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently."
"He who fears he shall suffer already suffers what he fears."
"I walk firmer and more secure up hill than down."
"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be self-sufficient."
"We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom."
"Success generally depends upon knowing how long it takes to succeed."
"Allow yourself to be inspired. Allow yourself to succeed. Dare to excel."
"Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures - in this century, as in others, our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together."
"You know you've achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away."
"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."
"Time is not a line, but a series of now-points."
"We cannot do evil to others without doing it to ourselves."
"The one thing that hurts more than paying an income tax is not having to pay an income tax."
"Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another."
"Money, says the proverb, makes money. When you have got a little, it is often easy to get more."
"Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some."
"A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day."
"Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned."
"To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self."
"Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, and those in cemeteries."
"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them"
"I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known."
"There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island... and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life."
"Nurture your mind with great thoughts."
"The secret of success is constancy of purpose."
"Youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret."
"Enthusiasm is the element of success in everything. It is the light that leads and the strength that lifts people on and up in the great struggles of scientific pursuits and of professional labor. It robs endurance of difficulty, and makes pleasure of duty."
"Luck is being ready for the chance."
"Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without."
"Luck is largely a matter of paying attention."
"A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others."
"Beauty will save the world."
"If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself."
"Why always, 'not yet?' Do flowers in spring say, 'not yet?'"
"The human mind can bear plenty of reality, but not too much intermittent gloom."
"How true it is that words are just the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together inaudible feelings and purposes... People in general attach too much importance to words. They are under the illusion that talking effects great results. As a matter of fact, words are, as a rule, the shallowest portion of all the argument. They but dimly represent the great surging feelings and desires which lie behind. When the distraction of the tongue is removed, the heart listens."
"The ideal never comes. Today is ideal for him who would make it so."
"I'm better about things than about people. I'm more interested in people, but I'm better at ideas."
"Production is not the application of tools to materials, but logic to work."
"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all."
"We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it."
"He that will not reason is a bigot, He that cannot reason is a fool, He that dares not reason is a slave."
"The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become."
"You can lead a man up to the university, but you can't make him think."
"What was once thought can never be unthought."
"I have the greatest of all riches: that of not desiring them."
"You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being, not because anybody says so, not because you're successful, not because you make a lot of money, but because you decide to believe it and for no other reason."
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If you have any quotes you would like to see on this page please e-mail me and I'll post them up. Thanks.
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