Quote of the day - Page 2

BigV · 01-10-2006, 12:09 AM

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. -- Phillips Brooks, bishop and orator (1835-1893)

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. -- John F. Kennedy

seakdivers · 01-10-2006, 12:44 AM

This is one of my favorite quotes - mainly because I've lived through a few situations in the last few years that proved it to be true:

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True 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

Skunks · 01-10-2006, 12:22 PM

A reporter interviewing A.J. Muste, who during the Vietnam War stood in front of the White House night after night with a candle, one rainy night asked,"Mr. Muste, do you really think you are going to change the policies of this country by standing out here alone at night with a candle?" Muste replied, "Oh, I don't do it to change the country, I do it so the country won't change me."

dar512 · 01-12-2006, 11:25 AM

Sorry for the delay. I've been having muscle spasms in my neck. Way up there on the pain index. So I've been loopy on a couple of medicines.

In any case, here it is:

"If you won't be better tomorrow than you are today,
what need have you for tomorrow?"
R' Nahman of Bratslav

Spexxvet · 01-12-2006, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dar512

Sorry for the delay. I've been having muscle spasms in my neck. Way up there on the pain index. So I've been loopy on a couple of medicines.

In any case, here it is:

"If you won't be better tomorrow than you are today,
what need have you for tomorrow?"
R' Nahman of Bratslav

I like the first one better - the one about the spasms.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-12-2006, 09:45 PM

December 9, 2005(CNN) While interviewing an anonymous US Special Forces soldier, a Reuters News agent asked the soldier what he felt when sniping members of Al Quaeda in Afghanistan.
The soldier shrugged and replied, "Recoil."

dar512 · 01-13-2006, 03:23 PM

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
-- H L Mencken

BigV · 01-12-2006, 01:03 PM

We laugh at honor but are shocked to find traitors in our midst. -- C.S. Lewis

Sad and true, like so many of these bits of wisdom.

Spexxvet · 01-12-2006, 01:08 PM

"There are only two things I can't stand in this world; People who are intolerant of other people's cultures; and the Dutch."

Nigel Powers - in Goldmember

BigV · 01-13-2006, 05:09 PM

dar512, that is:

The great tragedy of science -- the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. -Thomas Huxley, biologist and writer (1825-1895)

xoxoxoBruce · 01-13-2006, 07:56 PM

"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." -- Muhammed Ali

Perry Winkle · 01-13-2006, 08:02 PM

One to live by --

Quote:

Originally Posted by George Bernard Shaw

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

grazzers · 01-14-2006, 12:06 PM

Wow, great quotes, particularly the R' Nahman one (and the Nigel Powers one

)

One of my favourites:
"Live forever or die trying" - Yosserian, Catch 22

Plus the quote in my signature:

xoxoxoBruce · 01-15-2006, 10:57 AM

"What wrong can there be in telling a downright good lie for a good cause and the advancement of the Christian Church?" --Martin Luther

Perry Winkle · 01-15-2006, 11:23 AM

Idle youth
Enslaved by everything,
By being too sensitive
I have wasted my life.
Ah! Let the time come
When hearts are enamoured!
--Arthur Rimbaud

01-10-2006, 12:09 AM	#1
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Parallel lines of thought Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. -- Phillips Brooks, bishop and orator (1835-1893) Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. -- John F. Kennedy __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-12-2006, 11:25 AM	#4
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Quote of the Day Sorry for the delay. I've been having muscle spasms in my neck. Way up there on the pain index. So I've been loopy on a couple of medicines. In any case, here it is: "If you won't be better tomorrow than you are today, what need have you for tomorrow?" R' Nahman of Bratslav __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

01-12-2006, 09:45 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	December 9, 2005(CNN) While interviewing an anonymous US Special Forces soldier, a Reuters News agent asked the soldier what he felt when sniping members of Al Quaeda in Afghanistan. The soldier shrugged and replied, "Recoil." __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-13-2006, 03:23 PM	#7
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Quote of the Day For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. -- H L Mencken __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

01-12-2006, 01:03 PM	#8
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	We laugh at honor but are shocked to find traitors in our midst. -- C.S. Lewis Sad and true, like so many of these bits of wisdom. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-10-2006, 12:44 AM	#2
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	This is one of my favorite quotes - mainly because I've lived through a few situations in the last few years that proved it to be true: Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True 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

01-10-2006, 12:22 PM	#3
Skunks I thought I changed this. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: western nowhere, ny Posts: 412	A reporter interviewing A.J. Muste, who during the Vietnam War stood in front of the White House night after night with a candle, one rainy night asked,"Mr. Muste, do you really think you are going to change the policies of this country by standing out here alone at night with a candle?" Muste replied, "Oh, I don't do it to change the country, I do it so the country won't change me."

01-12-2006, 01:08 PM	#9
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	"There are only two things I can't stand in this world; People who are intolerant of other people's cultures; and the Dutch." Nigel Powers - in Goldmember __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

01-13-2006, 05:09 PM	#10
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	dar512, that is: The great tragedy of science -- the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. -Thomas Huxley, biologist and writer (1825-1895) __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-13-2006, 07:56 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." -- Muhammed Ali __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-14-2006, 12:06 PM	#13
grazzers Aim for the Best Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 134	Wow, great quotes, particularly the R' Nahman one (and the Nigel Powers one ) One of my favourites: "Live forever or die trying" - Yosserian, Catch 22 Plus the quote in my signature: __________________ "Only a person who risks all that he cannot keep, to gain that which he can never lose, is truly free." Anonymous Poet

01-15-2006, 10:57 AM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	"What wrong can there be in telling a downright good lie for a good cause and the advancement of the Christian Church?" --Martin Luther __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-15-2006, 11:23 AM	#15
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Idle youth Enslaved by everything, By being too sensitive I have wasted my life. Ah! Let the time come When hearts are enamoured! --Arthur Rimbaud

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