quotes Inspirational Quotes

[TalonRider]

"Statistics are no substitute for judgment." - Henry Glay

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Somewhere, something    

incredible is waiting to be

known.                                  

 

~Carl Sagan                                          

 

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[DynoReads]

I have had a few squabbles with various departments or people at the university since my accident and had to file several complaints. One department head asked why I was filing a complaint when a I had resolved the issue by dropping the class. I remembered this quote I first saw in high school civic, and finally found the source:

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me -

See more at: http://hmd.org.uk/resources/poetry/first-they-came-pastor-martin-niemoller#sthash.0DedZdoV.dpuf

 

This quote is obviously about standing up when you see wrong no matter who the victim. But it also states we are interdependent. "They came for me" has shaped much of my beliefs and fueled my thirst for knowledge about other cultures. Not just different countries, but groups and areas within my own. 

[AC Benus]

“Love is life.

All, everything that I understand,

I understand only because I love.

Everything is, everything exists,

only because I love.

Everything is united by it alone.

Love is God, and to die means that I,

a particle of love,

shall return to the general and eternal source.”

Leo Tolstoy 

[Former Member]

27 minutes ago, AC Benus said:

“Love is life.

All, everything that I understand,

I understand only because I love.

Everything is, everything exists,

only because I love.

Everything is united by it alone.

Love is God, and to die means that I,

a particle of love,

shall return to the general and eternal source.”

Leo Tolstoy 

Tolstoy is so good! Thanks for sharing this.

[TalonRider]

"If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at, it's golf." - Bob Hope

[Parker Owens]

7 hours ago, AC Benus said:

“Love is life.

All, everything that I understand,

I understand only because I love.

Everything is, everything exists,

only because I love.

Everything is united by it alone.

Love is God, and to die means that I,

a particle of love,

shall return to the general and eternal source.”

Leo Tolstoy 

 

This is wonderful. It is a marvelous summation of great truth.

[sandrewn]

 

 

Behold the turtle, it only

makes progress when it

sticks its neck out.         

 

~James Bryant Conant                    

 

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[sandrewn]

 

No one is useless

in this world

who lightens

the burden of it

to anyone else.

                   ~Charles Dickens

 

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[Former Member]

That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind. ~ Mos Def
 

[TalonRider]

A bit late, but anyway.

 

"Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's Party!'" - Robin Williams

[Former Member]

11 hours ago, TalonRider said:

A bit late, but anyway.

 

"Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's Party!'" - Robin Williams

So Summer is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s take a nap!’?  ;-)

[TalonRider]

"April hath put a spirit of youth in everything." - William Shakespeare

[sandrewn]

 

There are always flowers

for those who want to

see them.

                                           ~Henri Matisse

 

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[TalonRider]

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." - Mother Teresa

[sandrewn]

 

 

An eye for an eye

leaves the whole world blind.

                                      ~Mahatma Gandhi

 

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[Ron]

"God saved him. The cow helped." — Uncle of a two-year-old boy from Chelsea, MA.

 

His nephew survived a sixteen-foot fall from a second-story window. The boy was bouncing on his bed and bounced right out the window. Lucky for the boy, he was holding on to a large stuffed cow that he safely landed on. The boy received only minor injuries for his misadventure.

[Former Member]

Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous. ~ Brene Brown
 

[Former Member]

4 hours ago, Ron said:

"God saved him. The cow helped." — Uncle of a two-year-old boy from Chelsea, MA.

 

His nephew survived a sixteen-foot fall from a second-story window. The boy was bouncing on his bed and bounced right out the window. Lucky for the boy, he was holding on to a large stuffed cow that he safely landed on. The boy received only minor injuries for his misadventure.

[TalonRider]

"For fast-acting relief, try slowing down." - Lily Tomlin

[Former Member]

1 hour ago, TalonRider said:

"For fast-acting relief, try slowing down." - Lily Tomlin

 I love Lily Tomlin!

[Former Member]

I think if you give in and accept society's stereotypes, then you start thinking, 'I cannot dance till late at night because I'm 70.' ~Yoko Ono
 

[Uziel]

"Remember this, boy. All dwarfs may be bastards, yet not all bastards need be dwarfs." And with that he turned and sauntered back into the feast, whistling a tune. When he opened the door, the light from within threw his shadow clear across the yard, and for just a moment Tyrion Lannister stood tall as a king."

 

GRRM.

[sandrewn]

 

Remember the mind is 

your best muscle...BIG

ARMS can move rocks,

but BIG WORDS can     

move mountains...Ride

the brain train for          

success....                      

~Sylvester Stallone                      

 

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[TalonRider]

"Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything." - John Kenneth Galbraith