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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Quotes - Short & sweet

Politics are almost as exciting as war and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.
-Winston Churchill

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
- Lord Buddha






We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.
-Mel Brooks





We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them.
- Charles Caleb Colton 

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
- W. Somerset Maugham 


 There's one more terrifying fact about old people: I'm going to be one soon.

P. J. O'Rourke




Sunday, February 12, 2012

Qoutes - nice ones

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
― Dr. Seuss


A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
- George S. Patton


“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe
 
 “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”
― Maya Angelou

A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
-George S. Patton

 “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

"Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war. "
-George S. Patton

"History is a set of lies agreed upon."
-Napolean

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost 

 Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.
-George S. Patton


“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
 
"Birth does not determine the nobleness of a human it is the deeds that make him noble or lowborn"
--Lord Budhdha
 
"If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened."
-George S. Patton

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Apple Inc.
 
"Fear not those who argue but those who dodge."
-Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach



 









Advice from friends

 
Borrowed from just
 "If you're alone, I'll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I'll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I'll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile. But anytime you need a friend, I'll just be me." 
-Unknown
“We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.”
 
Kalu Rinpoche
“Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be changed. If it cannot be changed, then it must be accepted.” 
Unknown
 
“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” 
Melody Beattie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Title advice

Courtesy to Just a little effort for a better world


“If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.” 


-Albert Einstein


 ‎"To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: Leave no stone unturned." 


-Edward Bulwer Lytton




I will always be there for you, through the good times and the bad, the smooth and the rough, or just any other time you need somebody ... Just look for me, and I'll be there for you

~by Nick Mills
 
Be wise to insure that every idle word spoken is carried with peace, driven with love, and filled with hope. For this we know is certain, one day our words will become our last. The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dreams shall never die.

-Riju Shorey Sharma