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Quotes
I've always liked quotes. I admire people who can wordsmith a point into a few simple and poetic words. Some are funny, some are inspirational, and most have some kind of point to make. I hope you enjoy!

Words to Live By

  • "The Sheepdog must not, can not and should not ever harm the sheep. Any sheepdog who intentionally harms the lowliest little lamb should be punished and removed" -Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
  • "The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles, and can bear the full light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is what you become. Your integrity is your destiny... it is the light that guides your way." -Heraclitus
  • "Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it."
  • Believe and succeed. We cannot change yesterday. We can only make the most of today, and look with hope toward tomorrow.
  • Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow”.
  • "An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." -Victor Hugo
  • Belief-If you do not believe in yourself, chances are that nobody else will either.
  • A man who studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. -Francis Bacon
  • "Listen 5 times as much as you talk." -Matt Dulcy, Drexel USGA President '02-'03
  • "If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  • "Do not walk in front of me, I will not follow. Do not walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend."
  • I wondered why someone didn't do something; then I realized that I am someone.
  • "A bend in the road is not the end of the road... Unless you fail to make the turn." -Victor Hugo
  • "Whether you think you can or you can't, you're right." -Mary Kay Ash
  • "Well done is better than well said." - Ben Franklin
  • "Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a folly." - Ben Franklin
  • "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana
  • "Those who would sacrifice liberty for security would deserve neither and lose both." - Ben Franklin

Neopets Techo Master Wisdom

  • Never test depth of water with both feet.
  • Man who laugh last not get joke.
  • I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
  • Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
  • The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
  • A fool will learn nothing from a wise man, but a wise man will learn much from a fool.
  • It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a very big man to laugh at that big man and an even bigger man to ask why.
  • Man who falls in vat of molten glass makes spectacle of himself.

Quotables

  • "I though I had a really great idea, but it never really took off. In fact, it didn't even get on the runway. I guess you could say it exploded in the hangar." -Calvin
  • Attention to detail is the signature of excelence. Leave your mark.
  • Attitudes are contageous; is yours worth catching?
  • Nothing in this world is impossible to a willing heart.
  • Youth and skill are no match for old age and treachery.
  • The secret of success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.
  • Now that we've exhausted all the posibilities, let's get started.
  • Faith-Seeing is not believing. Believing is seeing.
  • Even when on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
  • If a man knows not for what port he sails, no light is sufficient to guide him.
  • The harder the course, the more rewarding the triumph. We will either find a way or make one.
  • God favors no specific group... Religions do that.
  • Moral Confucious say cracker who gets busted doing one of these crimes spend long time in jailhouse soup. -USDOJ
  • "Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master." -Unknown
  • "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." -Douglas Adams
  • "The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made." -Jean Giraudoux
  • "The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make us wonder at the possibility that there may be something to them we are missing." -Gamel Abdel Nasser
  • "The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office." -Robert Frost.
  • "I don't believe in a no-win situation." -William Shatner as James Kirk, Star Trek II
  • " Never let defeat have the last word. Never ruin an apology with an excuse." -B. Dahyalal
  • There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart... pursue those.
  • "An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." -Mohandas Gahndi
  • If you have but one shot at an oppertunity, make it count.
  • Successful is the person who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of children, who leaves the world better than they found it, who never fails to look for the best in others or give the best of themselves.
  • If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.
  • Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic to the striving, and tolerant with the weak and wrong; because at sometime in your life, you will have been all of these.
  • "The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity." -Jackie Robinson
  • "People who fight fire with fire usually wind up with ashes." -Abigail Van Buren
  • "People rarely succeed at anything unless they have fun doing it." -Anne Wilson Schaef
  • "Joking is undignified. That's why it's good for the soul." -G. K. Chesterton
  • Don't sweat the small stuff, and it's all small stuff.
  • "To the world you may be one person, but to one person, you may be the world"
  • The Fool's Law: Never argue with a fool - they will drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
  • The harder the course, the more rewarding the triumph. We will either find a way or make one.
  • “Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes aqainst it-but sail we must, and not drift, nor remain at anchor.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes
  • "You are trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen!" - Wallace Shawn as Vizzini, The Princess Bride
  • "Life is pain. Anyone who tries to tell you differently is selling something." -Cary Elwes as Westley, The Princess Bride
  • "This is a land of opportunity, not charity." -Jim's Big Ego
  • "The state has no business in the bedrooms of its citizens." -Canadian Prime Minister, '67
  • "I want to run through the halls of my highschool, I want to scream at the top of my lungs, 'I just found out there's no such thing as the real world, it's just a lie you have to rise above'" -John Mayer
  • "If you upgrade, all of your data will be lost. If you don't upgrade, the old software will corrupt your data one bit at a time. If you try to back up your data, our software will hunt you down and bit-slap you until you delete it yourself!" -Dogbert
  • The large print giveth, the fine print taketh away.
  • Mercy is not getting what we deserve. Grace is getting what we don't deserve.
  • Apple has been "going out of business" since it first got into business, and will probably still be "going out of business" twenty years from now.
  • "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicy, dangerous animals and you know it." -Tommy Lee Jones as K, Men in Black
  • "I am legally allowed to shake him by the ankles and see what falls out. It's established by 'Lawyers vs. Justice'" -Lawyer from The Simpsons
  • "Any jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a damn fine carpenter to build one." -Sam Rayburn
  • "Sure that's available over the counter. So is rat poison. Doesn't mean you should put either in your mouth."
  • "The fame and the famous, how fleeting." -Marcus Aurelius
  • "The fool learns nothing from his mistakes; the smart man learns from his mistakes; the wise man learns from the mistakes of others."
  • "Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between." -James Carville
  • "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." -Semisonic
  • "I've come too far to lose it all."
  • "To oppose something is to maintain it."
  • "God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." - Voltaire
  • "Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge, where is the knowledge we have lost in information?" - TS Eliot
  • " Three may keep a secret if two are dead." - Ben Franklin
  • "If you win or you lose, it's a question of honor. And the way that you choose is a question of honor." - Sarah Brightman