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I have always enjoyed reading words of wisdom from people so if you have some you like....Share them.:)

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My two favorites...

"I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect."
- Edward Gibbon


The Guy in the Glass
When you get what you want in your struggle for pelf,
And the world makes you King for a day,
Then go to the mirror and look at yourself,
And see what that guy has to say.

For it isn't your Father, or Mother, or Wife,
Who judgement upon you must pass.
The feller whose verdict counts most in your life
Is the guy staring back from the glass.

He's the feller to please, never mind all the rest,
For he's with you clear up to the end,
And you've passed your most dangerous, difficult test
If the guy in the glass is your friend.

You may be like Jack Horner and "chisel" a plum,
And think you're a wonderful guy,
But the man in the glass says you're only a bum
If you can't look him straight in the eye.

You can fool the whole world down the pathway of years,
And get pats on the back as you pass,
But your final reward will be heartaches and tears
If you've cheated the guy in the glass.

Dale Wimbrow 1895-1954
 

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"Opinions are like assholes; Everyone's got one and they're always full of ****" - my scuba instructor

"Assumption is the mother of all love-ups" - my scuba instructor
 

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"You can only fight the way you practice" - M.Musashi
 

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Some days your the bug, some days your the windshield - Tony Blauer

It's not hitting something that's important, it's hitting something important that is important - me

Two thousand years ago wise men sought Christ, wise men still do - me

Techniques are situational, principles are universal - me

Fast as the wind, quiet as the forest, aggressive as fire, and immovable as a mountain - Takeda Shingen

He who gets there first with the most...wins - Nathan Bedford Forrest

Minimal force may not be minimum force - me

We don't rise to the occasion...we sink to the level of our training - me
 

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“We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.”- Archilochos (TOP 12 QUOTES BY ARCHILOCHUS | A-Z Quotes)

"Wise men sought Christ and still do." - Warner Pidgeon (Wise Men Sought Jesus And They Still Do sermon, Wise Men Sought Jesus And They Still Do sermon by Warner Pidgeon, Matthew 2:1-11)

"Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiarism." - George A. Moore

"By quoting myself, I hope you all think I'm much more important than I am." - Christopher Gronlund

"Plagiarism really chaps my ***." - Me
 

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“We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.”- Archilochos (TOP 12 QUOTES BY ARCHILOCHUS | A-Z Quotes)

"Wise men sought Christ and still do." - Warner Pidgeon (Wise Men Sought Jesus And They Still Do sermon, Wise Men Sought Jesus And They Still Do sermon by Warner Pidgeon, Matthew 2:1-11)

"Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiarism." - George A. Moore

"By quoting myself, I hope you all think I'm much more important than I am." - Christopher Gronlund

"Plagiarism really chaps my ***." - Me
I always liked, copying one mans work is plagiarism. Coppying five mens work is research
 
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Og Mandino quotes:

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.


Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.
 

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Og Mandino quotes:

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.


Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.
I suspect that's a man who has never had his house reprossed
 
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I suspect that's a man who has never had his house reprossed

Mandino was once the editor of his high school paper and planned to attend the University of Missouri's journalism school. In the summer of 1940, before he entered college, his mother died from a massive heart attack. He decided to work in a paper factory until 1942. Afterward, he joined the United States Army Air Corps where he became a military officer and a bombardier. He flew for thirty bombing missions over Germany on board a B-24 Liberator during World War II.



Not everything was rainbow stew in his life.
 

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I read this somewhere...

The early bird gets the worm
- Proverb

The second mouse gets the cheese
- Fact

Edit: It was Rega's website. Rega makes high end stereos, most notably turntables. And their gear is awesome.
 

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"Everybody's got to be doing something when they die, if you want to be messing with me that's your choice."
George Carlin.

"All men want the same thing. All women make them go through different things to get it."
Me
 

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I have always enjoyed reading words of wisdom from people so if you have some you like....Share them.:)

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If you do not stand for some thing you fall for any thing..

do not know whose quotation.. only know it as a Public Enemy lyric haha..
 

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Sun Tzu:

To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consistsin breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
 

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I read this somewhere...

The early bird gets the worm
- Proverb

The second mouse gets the cheese
- Fact

Edit: It was Rega's website. Rega makes high end stereos, most notably turntables. And their gear is awesome.
The early bird gets the worm, but the early worm gets eaten. (Not sure who said that)
 

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