Quotes That You Like

[alabama mike]

I collect quotes and famous sayings, have for years. Please share with us quotes that mean something to you or that you just like.


Good, better, and best never let it rest until the good is better and the better is best. Ernie Banks @ his Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

 

[PhillyGirl]

If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride – and never quit – you’ll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards. - the Bear

This quote has always, always spoken to me.

 

[doemasters]

From the Movie Pursuit of Happiness
Hey. Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. Not even me. All right?
All right
You got a dream. You gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want something, go get it. Period.

 

[alabama mike]

German proverb:

To change and to improve are two different things.

 

[rick4bama]

I Shall Return

 

[alabama mike]

A fool with a plan is better than a genius without one. T. Boone Pickens

 

[PhillyGirl]

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King Jr

 

[bama alum]

Pretty much anything Drill Sergent Gunnery says in the first 45 minutes of Full Metal Jacket usually works in a classroom.

 

[alabama mike]

The whistle may be loud but it has nothing to do with pulling the train.

 

[PhillyGirl]

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

EDIT: 5,000th post, woo!!! :hurray::dance:

 

[alabama mike]

Congratulations @PhillyGirl

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

[Hardkore]

"Do or Do Not,There is no try"...Yoda

 

[rick4bama]

“There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.”
Will Rogers

 

[PhillyGirl]

"People waste their time pondering whether the glass is half empty or half full. Me, I'll just drink whatever's in the glass."
- Sophia Petrillo, The Golden Girls

 

[PhillyGirl]

"In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again."

- Anne Frank

 

[It Takes Eleven]

One man doesn't make a team. It takes Eleven. - Coach Bryant

This one made me laugh the other day: “When you are dead, you don’t know that you are dead. It is difficult only for the others. It is the same when you are stupid.” -Unknown

 

[planomateo]

• Hardest lesson in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn.
• You never stay the same, you only get better or worse.
• Inch by inch, everything is a cinch.

I love to a good discussion...so these two have been pretty invaluable to me. I'm passionate about a lot of things, so these keep me grounded in some discussions.

• Don't argue with idiots, people might confuse you with one.
• Never argue with stupid people, they bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

• Don't argue with idiots, people might confuse you with one.
  Never argue with stupid people, they bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.

The barnyard version is never wrestle a pig - you get dirty and he likes it.

 

[PhillyGirl]

"Not my circus, not my monkeys"
- Polish proverb

 

[psychojoe]

" Times are changing. Now people are taking comedians seriously, and politicians as a joke.''

If I attributed this to John Stewart no one would question it, but actually it is from Will Rogers many years ago. If you want to get a few chuckles and get enlightened as well, googol Will Rogers quotes or Mark Twain quotes.

A couple of my favorites from Mark Twain;

There is no native American criminal class, except for congress.

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lives, and statistics.
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