Today's Quotes: The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. -Benjamin Franklin
Most of us spend our lives as if we have another one in the bank. -Ben Irwin
The mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work unless it's open. -Unknown
The thing about creativity is, people are going to laugh at it. Get over it. -Twyla Tharp
Now it's your turn....
Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
"Am I seeing things as they are, or as I am?" .................unknown
"Fall down 7 times, stand up 8" .... Chinese proverb. (one of my favs)
"Pray to god, but row to shore"
I've got so many more, but no time right now to share them. Just tossed out a few here.
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent" .... E. Roosevelt
Posted by Russ McMullin (Member # 5617) on :
We lose our freedoms at the alter of fear - Kahlil Gibran
Posted by Ricky Jackson (Member # 5082) on :
"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him fish"
"It's not over til the flatulent lady sings"
by Ricky Jackson
Posted by Jane Diaz (Member # 595) on :
Nettie, I use that Eleanor Roosevelt one all the time. I love that quote!
Here's some more good ones... We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. -Aristotle
If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. -Yogi Berra
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances. -Thomas Jefferson (I wish I could pull this one off.)
Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him. -Aldous Huxley
The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind. -Dr. Wayne Dyer
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Posted by Patrick Whatley (Member # 2008) on :
If you haven't tried these things you should... These things are fun and fun is good! -Dr. Seuss
Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
This post is right up my alley! I'll be printing it out.
Okay, here's another one for now.
"Big shots are just little shots that kept shooting." Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
another one... "Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well. ..................Warren G. Lester
another one of my favs...
"To enter one's own self, it is necessary to go armed to the teeth." ..........................Paul Valery
... and a great one for every sign shop! ...
"Don't serve time; make time serve you." ..............................Willie Sutton
Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :
"Fuddle Duddle" "P.E.T."
Prime Minister of Canada "Pierre E.Trudeau".
Makes you wonder what each decade is thinking?
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Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
For some reason, this ended up being a double post of my previous one. So, I'll reuse the space for another one.
"Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk." ...................Doug Larson
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Posted by Arthur Vanson (Member # 2855) on :
You are what you eat... Anna Daptor
... And, have you been eating a lot of turnips lately? ... Mike Channel
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
"Luck will never come and jump on you when you are standing in the shade." - Darrell Royal
1. Don't sweat the small stuff. 2. It's all small stuff.
"As a man thinks, so is he."
"A merry heart does good, like a medicine."
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Posted by Kelly Thorson (Member # 2958) on :
"Did I mention mine comes with a tool changer?"
Okay, so that is a wise guy saying - does it count?
Posted by Ricky Jackson (Member # 5082) on :
"In a war of wits gentlemen, you are unarmed"
G. Gordon Liddy to the prison warden where he was incarcerated. A few months later he seripticiously gathered evidence, wire tapped the wardens phone (from prison!!) and procecuted the court case to get the warden removed from his job. He succeeded and the warden lost his job. Nobody ever screwed with Mr. Liddy again.
Posted by Dana Blair (Member # 951) on :
This one is used as a description of coaching and/or leadership.
To get people to do what they don't want to do in order to achieve what they want to achieve.
This is from the great football coach, Tom Landry.
Posted by Laura Butler (Member # 1830) on :
Believe all of what you see and only half of what you hear.
"Can't really means WON'T"
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Posted by Gail & Dave Beattie (Member # 572) on :
Nanna always said...
1/ If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.
2/ Soap & water costs very little, manners cost you nothing. If you're clean and mannered you can go anywhere in life.
and then...
1/ Here is a test to find if your mission on earth is finished: If you are alive, it isn't.
2/ You teach best what you most need to learn.
3/ Argue for you limitations, and you'll get to keep them.
4/ The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.
5/ The best way to avoid responsibility is to say, 'I've got resonsibilities'.
6/ Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness... Listen to it carefully.
my letterhead favorite...
7/ Learning is finding out what you alreay know... Doing is demonstrating that you know it... Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you.
all from Richard Bach, Illusions.
cheers gail
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
More from the world of sports:
"That place is so crowded, nobody goes there any more." Yogi Berra (of course)
"Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you." Satchel Paige
"I've got an IQ of 160 and people still treat me like dirt." Reggie Jackson
"One-sixty out of what? A thousand?" Mickey Rivers--upon overhearing Reggie's comment
Lots of Mickey Rivers' utterances are as indecipherable as Yogi Berra's, however, like Yogi's, there usually lurks some wisdom in there. One of my favorite Mickey Rivers' sayings is:
"I don't get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them there's no sense in getting upset. And I don't get upset over things I can't control, because if I can't control them there's no sense in getting upset."
That last one really does make sense!
Posted by John Lennig (Member # 2455) on :
Two out of Three doctors leaves One.
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
Nine ourt of seven people can't do fractions!
Do unto others, then [b] RUN! ]/b] !
Don't sweat the petty stuff, and don't pet the sweaty stuff!
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Posted by Rusty Bradley (Member # 6938) on :
Old Chinese Proverb..."It's better to light one small candle than to cuss in the dark."....well that's not exactly verbatim but it's close
Posted by Andrew Gourvelos (Member # 1425) on :
Marry a good woman and you will be happy for the rest of your life. Marry a bad woman and you will become a philosopher. Socrotes
Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
Never measure a man by the size of his wallet.
A bad lettering job can ruin a perfectly good race car.
If at first you don't succeed....quit. Why go on fooling yourself?
Everyone has to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer.
If you're big enough to get yourself in trouble, you should be big enough to get yourself out.
Those who can...do. Those who can't...teach.
Posted by Bill Dirkes (Member # 1000) on :
This has been all over NFL broadcasts
Amateurs do it till they get it right; Professionals do it till they can't get it wrong
and the one that keeps me centered
We are not human beings on a spiritual journey; but rather, we are spiritual beings on a human journey
Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :
A person really never meets a fool... until they look in the mirror!
Posted by Rene Giroux (Member # 4980) on :
Communism is the expoitation of man by man. Democracy is the opposite.
Posted by TIM BARKER (Member # 4209) on :
If at first you don't succeed, sky-diving is probably not for you!
Posted by Wayne Webb (Member # 1124) on :
"I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." Isaac Newton
When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. George Washington Carver
"That is like a Mr. Potato Head with all the pieces in the wrong place." Russ McMullin Posted by The Moon (Member # 452) on :
"When the going gets tough, the tough turn Pro." Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas
The used to work at a newspaper and heard that one daily side of the Moon
Posted by Frank Magoo (Member # 3950) on :
"We don't get paid to fight fair, we get paid to win!!!"
"Fools names and fools faces always collect in public places."
"Better to have and not need, than to need and not have."
"The first rule is there are no rules."
"To see ones inside, look no further than inside."
"When all seems bleak and lost, it probably is."
Posted by John Lennig (Member # 2455) on :
Lord help me be the person my dog thinks I am.
btw, this was on the back of a chevy van...someone had painted out the van with dark green housepaint and a brush, only leaving the sil-o-wet sp?? of three men in suits, part of the logo that i had painted on the van some years previous. the wording was put in a white balloon over the 3 guys...had to take a pic of it...the sentiments have a timeless quality about them
john
Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :
Time is the teller of all things!
Excuse Me! Could you please tell me the time?
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Posted by Sue Brown (Member # 6677) on :
my all time favorite qoute is this.. "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming.. Wow! What a Ride! "
I try to live my life that way
Posted by Ron Costa (Member # 3366) on :
"The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
quote:"That is like a Mr. Potato Head with all the pieces in the wrong place." Russ McMullin
I have to agree, that is one of the most descriptive statements of all time. The first time I read that, it almost cost me a keyboard.
Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
"When people show themselves to you, believe them".
...........................M. Angelou.
Another one to learn from. Ask me how I know. Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :
Perfect Words,.. are like perfect lines...
Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :
Herb will get you through the times of no money better then money will get you through the times of no herb and with that said I'll add this, success only looks that way from a distance.
Praise be the lowered, repaint and thin no more
Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :
Joey
Repaint you thinner.... Repaint!
Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :
Bill, where does that one originate? Nikken magnetic company used that. Is it from a specific source? I love that one, and all these are great. Some I haven't heard before. (Aldous Huxley and Dwayne Dyer's are two of my favs!)
Posted by Bill Dirkes (Member # 1000) on :
Hi Deb, The human journey is a quote from a book by Stephen Covey. I don't remember the name of the book, sorry.
The other one is the voice over for commercial. It the thing I remember from the commercial; couldn't begin to tell ya what they're selling. (probably makes it a poor commercial, but great copy)
Posted by Terry Baird (Member # 3495) on :
"When painting from a scaffold, never back up to admire your work..."
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Posted by Mike O'Neill (Member # 470) on :
Bill/Deb the quote was originally from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a french Jesuit/Philosopher (b. 1881). His lifestory is quite a good read if you google him.
One of this other quotes, and one that closely describes what most letterheads do is-
"It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist."
Posted by Ken Henry (Member # 598) on :
" It is impossible to polish a turd " - author unknown.
The real trick is to recognize immediately just when you're dealing with a turd. Nephew Art might qualify. Posted by Mike O'Neill (Member # 470) on :
Actually turds polish quite well when frozen.
Don't ask how I know...
Posted by Kelly Thorson (Member # 2958) on :
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted by Russ McMullin (Member # 5617) on :
Customer: How much are your magnets? Me: 95 bucks for a pair. Customer: Holy cow, that's a lot. Why so expensive? Me: That's just how much they cost. Customer: Ok. I need 4 of them.
Posted by Bill Dirkes (Member # 1000) on :
Thanks Mike I don't recall if Covey attributed that quote or not. Gonna have to check-n-see
Posted by Gail & Dave Beattie (Member # 572) on :
Be careful; what you wish for... you just might get it.
cheers gail
Posted by Frank Magoo (Member # 3950) on :
"Don't complain about the neighbors, the new ones may be worse!"
Posted by captain ken (Member # 742) on :
"you can tune a piano but you can't tune a fish"
Posted by Jane Diaz (Member # 595) on :
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. -Martin Luther King, Jr.
Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it. -Lou Holtz
Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of being great. -Cher
Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them. -Lady Bird Johnson
People may fail many times, but they become failures only when they begin to blame someone else.
Posted by Wayne Webb (Member # 1124) on :
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. Martin Luther King Jr.
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