Quotes, Proverbs, and Maxims

[Steve]

I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence.... I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonour.

But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment. Forgiveness adorns a soldier...But abstinence is forgiveness only when there is the power to punish; it is meaningless when it pretends to proceed from a helpless creature....

But I do not believe India to be helpless....I do not believe myself to be a helpless creature....Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. - Gandhi

I've posted this in the past, and quote the first line in my signature. Gandhi is well known as a non-violent activist. However, he had strong feelings on the subject of cowardice. As he says above, if you lack the will and the capacity for violence, then for you, non-violence isn't a choice. Or said the other way, you can only choose to be non-violent if you have the capacity and the will to be violent.

Another, related quote: "He who cannot protect himself or his nearest and dearest or their honour by nonviolently facing death may and ought to do so by violently dealing with the oppressor. He who can do neither of the two is a burden. He has no business to be the head of a family. He must either hide himself, or must rest content to live for ever in helplessness and be prepared to crawl like a worm at the bidding of a bully." - Gandhi

 

[JR 137]

One of my favorite quotes, and it constantly gets misinterpreted by people who've never heard/read the entire speech...

"Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing."
- Vince Lombardi

If you think that quote is is politically incorrect or not the right mentality to have, read Lombardi's ENTIRE "What it takes to be number 1" speech.

 

[CB Jones]

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

Edmund Burke

 

[CB Jones]

It is not enough in a situation of trust in the commonwealth, that a man means well to his country; it is not enough that in his single person he never did an evil act, but always voted according to his conscience, and even harangued against every design which he apprehended to be prejudicial to the interests of his country. This innoxious and ineffectual character, that seems formed upon a plan of apology and disculpation, falls miserably short of the mark of public duty. That duty demands and requires, that what is right should not only be made known, but made prevalent; that what is evil should not only be detected, but defeated. When the public man omits to put himself in a situation of doing his duty with effect, it is an omission that frustrates the purposes of his trust almost as much as if he had formally betrayed it. It is surely no very rational account of a man's life, that he has always acted right; but has taken special care to act in such a manner that his endeavours could not possibly be productive of any consequence.

Edmund Burke

 

[Tames D]

"My way or the highway" - My Wife.

 

[Kong Soo Do]

The ultimate aim of the martial arts is not having to use them - Miyamoto Musashi

 

[CB Jones]

“I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth I will apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy. ” ― Og Mandino

 

[Jenna]

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

Can I ask please, if you had a word of wisdom for your children.. for children in general to encourage, to reinforce.. what would it be? thank you you know lot of quotations is why I am asking! x

 

[CB Jones]

Can I ask please, if you had a word of wisdom for your children.. for children in general to encourage, to reinforce.. what would it be? thank you you know lot of quotations is why I am asking! x

Walt Disney

If you can dream it, you can do it. We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

 

[JR 137]

Can I ask please, if you had a word of wisdom for your children.. for children in general to encourage, to reinforce.. what would it be? thank you you know lot of quotations is why I am asking! x

I know it wasn't directed towards me, but I'll answer it anyway ...

There's no substitute for hard work.
- Me

 

[CB Jones]

One thing I do tell my son when it comes to opponents being disrespectful:

Respect is freely given or forcibly taken.

 

[Tames D]

Light That Mother Fu&*er Up - me

"Don't bogart that joint my friend" - Easy Rider

 

[Steve]

A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy? - Albert Einstein

 

[Touch Of Death]

"Don't bogart that joint my friend" - Easy Rider

I think that was Dr. Hook, but that is just a name that popped in my head, and not a 100%, thing.

 

[CB Jones]

Blessed be the LORD, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle;

Psalms 144

 

[Jenna]

"One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star" ~ Nietzsche

 

[Buka]

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness......Either Charlie D, or some guy discussing threads over the last few days.

 

[Tames D]

Ah you never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns when they all did tricks for you - Bob Dylan

 

[Gerry Seymour]

More is not better. Better is better. - Richard Bowe

 

[Gerry Seymour]

I was not delivered unto this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep. I will hear not those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious. Let them join the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny.

I will persist until I succeed.

Og Mandino

That book is full of good quotes, CB. I think I'm going to get it off the shelf when I get back home this week.