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Post by Lady Severn on Dec 6, 2011 10:15:23 GMT -6
Below I'll post a quote, sometimes inspirational, sometimes funny.
Feel free to comment, or to add your own favorite quotes.
Prizes will be awarded to anyone who notices a famous quote and can list who said it first or who is best known for saying it.
Thanks!
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Post by Lady Severn on Dec 6, 2011 10:16:59 GMT -6
"Wisdom is knowing what to do next. Virtue is doing it."
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Post by Lady Severn on Dec 9, 2011 11:08:59 GMT -6
"Brutality because of power breeds contempt. Benevolence despite power breeds respect."
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Post by Lady Severn on Dec 10, 2011 11:48:27 GMT -6
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, COMMON SENSE, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:
- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- Why the early bird gets the worm;
- Life isn't always fair;
- And maybe it was my fault.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies,
- Don't spend more than you can earn and adults, not children, are in charge.
His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
COMMON SENSE lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
COMMON SENSE lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. COMMON SENSE took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault. COMMON SENSE finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
COMMON SENSE was preceded in death, by his parents, TRUTH and TRUST, by his wife DISCRETION, his daughter RESPONSIBILITY, and his son, REASON. He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers - I KNOW MY RIGHTS ... I WANT IT NOW ... SOMEONE ELSE IS TO BLAME and I'M THE VICTIM HERE. Not many attended his funeral because so few realized COMMON SENSE was gone.
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Post by Lady Severn on Dec 14, 2011 11:22:31 GMT -6
"You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there."
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Post by Lady Severn on Dec 17, 2011 17:32:32 GMT -6
"It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them."
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Post by Lady Severn on Dec 18, 2011 14:57:17 GMT -6
"Once we rid ourselves of traditional thinking, we can get on with creating the future."
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Post by Lady Severn on Dec 20, 2011 16:25:38 GMT -6
"I do not fail. I succeed at finding out what does not work."
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Post by Lady Severn on Dec 27, 2011 15:43:03 GMT -6
"Hopes, dreams, faith, and goals enable us to open up our lives."
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Post by Monzie on Dec 28, 2011 22:01:09 GMT -6
"It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them." Alfred Adler
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Post by Monzie on Dec 28, 2011 22:05:48 GMT -6
...and my favorite quote....."It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt." Of course I can never seem to follow that advice.
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Post by Monzie on Dec 28, 2011 22:07:01 GMT -6
"Wisdom is knowing what to do next. Virtue is doing it." David Starr Jordan
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Post by Monzie on Dec 28, 2011 22:09:58 GMT -6
"You don't drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there." Edwin Lewis Cole
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Post by Monzie on Dec 28, 2011 22:10:56 GMT -6
"Once we rid ourselves of traditional thinking, we can get on with creating the future." James Bertrand
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Post by kaido on Dec 29, 2011 18:46:20 GMT -6
monzie knows how to use google lmao
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Post by Lady Severn on Jan 2, 2012 11:11:52 GMT -6
"Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past, or a pioneer of the future."
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Post by Lady Severn on Mar 29, 2012 7:11:33 GMT -6
"The first rule of a fanatic: When you become obsessed with the enemy, you become the enemy."
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Post by Lady Severn on Mar 30, 2012 8:09:38 GMT -6
"Truth is a three edged sword. There's your side, their side, and the truth."
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Post by Lady Severn on Apr 5, 2012 10:41:55 GMT -6
"Life is not having and getting. But being and becoming."
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Post by Lady Severn on Apr 6, 2012 14:05:56 GMT -6
From a substitute teacher I had in the 4th grade:
"Never assume. It makes an ASS out of U and ME."
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Post by Lady Severn on Apr 9, 2012 12:12:31 GMT -6
"He who controls others may be powerful. But he who has mastered himself is mightier still."
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Post by Raquel BlackRose on Apr 10, 2012 12:29:54 GMT -6
I like this one!
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Post by Lady Severn on Apr 11, 2012 10:20:33 GMT -6
"Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were."
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Post by Lady Severn on Apr 15, 2012 10:16:12 GMT -6
"What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others, and the world, remains and is immortal."
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Post by Lady Severn on Apr 16, 2012 10:33:41 GMT -6
"People who cease to grow can't inspire others. Leadership begins with challenging oneself."
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