Daily Quote

A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it.


Albert Einstein
 
Daily Quote
October 17, 2007​

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 – 1962) First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1945 who played a prominent role as an advocate for civil rights.​
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Good thread guys. I'm actually at the point now where I keep looking for my daily quotes in this thread. Helps to get the day going.:thumbsup:
 
Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible player.


Albert Einstein
 
Daily Quote
October 19, 2007​

“Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.”

--Samuel Lover (1797-1868) Irish songwriter, novelist, as well as a painter of portraits, chiefly miniatures.
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Daily Quote
October 22, 2007​

“Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.”


-- Phillips Brooks (1835 –1893)US clergyman and author, who briefly served as Bishop of Massachusetts in the Episcopal Church during the early 1890s.​
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bombBoogie said:
He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.


Aristotle
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I like that one.

“I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs, but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.”
-General George Patton.

One of the best military quotes of all time also said by General Patton.

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.”
 
natedogg said:
I like that one.

“I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs, but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.”
-General George Patton.

One of the best military quotes of all time also said by General Patton.

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.”
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Big fan of General Patton! :thumbsup:
 
Daily Quote
October 23, 2007​

“When we accept tough jobs as a challenge to our ability and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miracles can happen.”

-Arland Gilbert​
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natedogg said:
I like that one.

“I don’t measure a man’s success by how high he climbs, but how high he bounces when he hits bottom.”
-General George Patton.

One of the best military quotes of all time also said by General Patton.

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.”
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Great quotes!
 
Daily Quote
October 24, 2007​

“The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.”

- Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC) Chinese thinker and social philosopher.​
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Daily Quote
October 25, 2007​

“Success is living up to your potential. That's all. Wake up with a smile and go after life … Live it, enjoy it, taste it, smell it, feel it.”

-- Joseph Robert Kapp (1939-present) Hispanic former professional American and Canadian football player.​
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Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.


George Washington
 
Daily Quote
October 26, 2007
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"If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas."

-- George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) World-renowned Irish author.​
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"A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes. A boss knows all, a leader asks questions. A boss makes work drudgery, a leader makes it interesting."

-Russell H. Ewing
 
Daily Quote

October 29, 2007​

" Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires."

-- Lao Tzu – Chinese Philosopher in the 6th Century BC whose historical existence is still debated.​
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There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there's only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there's no reason why you shouldn't have a fairly good time.
- Edith Wharton
 
The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief.


Sigmund Freud
 
Daily Quote

October 31, 2007​


"Peace if possible, truth at all costs.”



-- Martin Luther (1483–1546) German monk, theologian, and church reformer. He is also considered to be the founder of Protestantism. On Oct 31, 1517, Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace Church.​
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Daily Quote
November 1, 2007​


“You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.”

-- Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) Sixteenth President of the United States (1861- 1865).​
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Daily Quote
November 2, 2007​


“I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”

- Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826) Third President of the United States (1801–1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776).
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Daily Quote
November 5, 2007​

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."

-- Robert Francis Kennedy (1925 –1968) United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964.
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Daily Quote
November 6, 2007​

“Two roads diverged in a wood
And I took the one less traveled by
And that has made all the difference”


-- Robert Frost (1874 –1963) Four-time Pulitzer Prize winning American poet.​
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Daily Quote
November 7, 2007​

“The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for.”

- Joseph Addison (1672 –1719) English essayist, poet and co-founder of The Spectator magazine.
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Daily Quote
November 9, 2007​

“People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.”

-- Frederick Douglass (1817 - 1895) American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman and one of the most prominent figures in African American history.​
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Daily Quote
November 12, 2007
Happy Veteran's Day​

“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.”

- Elmer Davis (1890 - 1958) US news reporter, author, the Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II, and a Peabody Award Recipient.​
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"The cement of this union is the heart-blood of every American."

Thomas Jefferson

Happy Veteran's Day indeed.
 
"Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink"

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits"
 
Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.


Karl Marx
 
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction. - Albert Einstein
 
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