Quotes
I like quotes. They are usually short, simple and straight to the point. Some are inspiring, while some might even make you question certain areas of life.
Here is my current collection...if you would like to contribute, please do!
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"God (or your deity of choice ) gave you a brain - to not use it, to not question events around you, makes one a waste of carbon." - can't remember who (CRW)
“One crowded hour of glorious life, is worth an age without a name”
- Jim Bowie, The Alamo (the movie)
"From now on, we live on a world where the man has walked on the moon...and it was not a miracle. We just decided to get there." - Apollo 13 the movie
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed.Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - CRW
"Nothing ventured, Nothing gained..."
"What is the terror of death,
to die knowing your task incomplete.
What is the joy of life,
to die knowing your dreams fulfilled." - Warhammer 40k Rulebook
"some people ask why would a perfect god create a universe with so much that is evil.They have missed a greater conundrum: why would a perfect god create a universe at all?" - CRW
"In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not the man to whom the idea first occurs"
- Sir Francis Darwin, Eugenics review 1914
"He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever."
-CRW
"Be who you are but become what you are capable of becoming"
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"When heaven is about to pace a great responsibility on a great man, it always first frustrates his spirits and will, exhausts his muscles and bones, exposes him to starvation and poverty, harrasses him by troubles and setbacks so as to stimulate his spirit, toughen his nature and enhance his abilities."
"Pain is an illusion of the senses, despair an illusion of the mind"
- Warhammer 40k
"Life is a waste unless spent on freedom"
- Vortigants, Halflife2
"the road to mastery is about growth, not perfection"
- Josh Waitzkin
"The big shot is the little shot that kept on shooting"
- Zig Ziglar
"20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the things that you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the horbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover" - Mark Twain
'Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.'
- Abraham Lincoln
“If you weigh your duty and your rights and first add weights to your rights, then you would not lose yourself even if you were to obey social laws."
Here is my current collection...if you would like to contribute, please do!
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"God (or your deity of choice ) gave you a brain - to not use it, to not question events around you, makes one a waste of carbon." - can't remember who (CRW)
“One crowded hour of glorious life, is worth an age without a name”
- Jim Bowie, The Alamo (the movie)
"From now on, we live on a world where the man has walked on the moon...and it was not a miracle. We just decided to get there." - Apollo 13 the movie
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed.Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - CRW
"Nothing ventured, Nothing gained..."
"What is the terror of death,
to die knowing your task incomplete.
What is the joy of life,
to die knowing your dreams fulfilled." - Warhammer 40k Rulebook
"some people ask why would a perfect god create a universe with so much that is evil.They have missed a greater conundrum: why would a perfect god create a universe at all?" - CRW
"In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not the man to whom the idea first occurs"
- Sir Francis Darwin, Eugenics review 1914
"He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever."
-CRW
"Be who you are but become what you are capable of becoming"
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"When heaven is about to pace a great responsibility on a great man, it always first frustrates his spirits and will, exhausts his muscles and bones, exposes him to starvation and poverty, harrasses him by troubles and setbacks so as to stimulate his spirit, toughen his nature and enhance his abilities."
"Pain is an illusion of the senses, despair an illusion of the mind"
- Warhammer 40k
"Life is a waste unless spent on freedom"
- Vortigants, Halflife2
"the road to mastery is about growth, not perfection"
- Josh Waitzkin
"The big shot is the little shot that kept on shooting"
- Zig Ziglar
"20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the things that you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the horbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover" - Mark Twain
'Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.'
- Abraham Lincoln
“If you weigh your duty and your rights and first add weights to your rights, then you would not lose yourself even if you were to obey social laws."
posted by Bugger at 3:52 PM
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