| LIFE Thought for the Day

[It Takes Eleven]

“Men and nations behave wisely when they have exhausted all other resources.”
- Abba Eban

 

[TerryP]

Being alone for a while is dangerous and addicting. But once you see how peaceful it is you don't want to deal with people anymore. ~ I don't know, found it.

 

[rick4bama]

“One day or day one. You decide.” —Unknown

 

[TerryP]

Underrated skill: letting your curiosity guide you.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

"Never forget in the dark what you learned in the light."
- Joseph Bayly

 

[TerryP]

Growing up in a single parent home (mother) I left high school without much of a clue how to do anything around a house: plumbing, carpentry, electrical, etc.

Now, when I look around the house this morning there's not a lot here I couldn't do—rather, haven't done.

These hit home this morning ...

The most important skill to learn is how to learn on your own

If you can't teach yourself, you’ll be stuck learning what others are willing to teach.

You can take that approach or be willing to take another:

Everyone has knowledge that other people will pay for

 

[rick4bama]

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” – Bruce Lee​

 

[It Takes Eleven]

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” – Bruce Lee​

 

[TerryP]

I don't know if life is a tragedy or a comedy but thank God it's not a musical.

 

[rick4bama]

“Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the war room.”
—President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers), Dr. Strangelove

 

[TerryP]

Dieting haiku:

The thing they don't say
That we all know to be true
Shit more than you eat.

 

[bama alum]

 

[Sid Youngleman]

"Everyone has knowledge that other people will pay for." -- Let me guess. Stormy Daniels?

 

[rick4bama]

If you can't blow up the gas station, blow up the truck convoy! Col. Hogan. Hogan's Heroes S-5-4 The Gasoline War.

 

[Kirk Van de Graaff]

Altruistic thought........ A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.

Charles Dickens

 

[rammerjammer]

Tim, I see several Mark Twain (Samuel Clemmons) quotes.

2 of my favorites.

"Is best to have someone think you are an idiot, than to open your mouth, and remove all doubt."

"Diapers and politicians need to be changed regularly, and for the same reason".

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin.
- Grace Hansen

 

[sean]

If every day we try to be a little better than the day before, there is no limit to how great tomorrow can be.

 

[alabama mike]

Everyone who comes in here brings happiness, some by coming in others by going out. On Coach Bob Knights secretary's desk.

 

[rick4bama]

"He really helped me because the hotter the game, the hotter I got and Kenny was truly just the opposite. The hotter the game, the cooler he became."
John Madden Hall of Fame Coach