Quotes

[kbluejayk]

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his body, to risk his well-being, to risk his life, in a great cause.

- Theodore Roosevelt

 

[kbluejayk]

Whatever it is, I fear Greeks even when they bring gifts.

- Virgil

 

[kbluejayk]

The judge is condemned when the criminal is absolved.

Publius Syrus

 

[healer677]

In explaining his variety of sweaters in assorted colors -

"The only color I don't have is navy brown."

Yogi Berra

 

[kbluejayk]

Evil thoughts intrude in an unemployed mind, as naturally as worms are generated in a stagnant pool.

- From the Latin.

 

[kbluejayk]

It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

- Benjamin Franklin

 

[lasslicker]

There is more to life than increasing its' speed.

Gandhi

 

[kbluejayk]

The best laid schemes o' mice and men,
Gang aft a-gley,
And lea'e us nought but grief and pain,
For promised joy.

- Robert Burns

 

[kbluejayk]

You can never have a greater or a less dominion than that over yourself.

- Leonardo Da Vinci

 

[lasslicker]

Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you will cease to be so.

John Stewart Mill

 

[kbluejayk]

A man who does nothing never has time to do anything.

- Unknown

 

[kbluejayk]

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.

- Chinese Proverb

 

[kbluejayk]

You cannot teach a crab to walk straight

- Aristophanes

 

[kbluejayk]

There is a past which is gone forever; but there is a future which is still our own.

- Unknown

 

[kbluejayk]

A narrow mind begets obstinacy, and we do not easily believe what we cannot see.

- John Dryden

 

[lasslicker]

No one can make you feel inferior without your concent.

Eleanor Roosevelt

 

[kbluejayk]

A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning

- Spanish Proverb

 

[kbluejayk]

Much learning does not teach a man to have intelligence.

- Heraclitus

 

[lasslicker]

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

Carl Sandburg

 

[Falconer]

"That best portion of a good man's life,
His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love."

William Wordsworth