QUOTES

[mckenney99]

When I was going through our Academy we were drilled with: "It not only has to be right, it has to look right".
Somewhere along the way I was given another pearl of wisdom that I have tried to live by, "Honor is doing what is right, even if no one is watching".

 

[Muss Muggins]

I don't know from where this comes (perhaps me) but I do know it is one I like:

It is not the life we live which has made us poor, but rather it is the life we didn't.

It doesn't pop up with a google search, so my guess is you or a Hallmark writer . . .

 

[armadillo]

If you want the bank to loan you money, you have to prove you don't need it. - Dad

 

[Bullet Bob]

"When Voltaire was on his deathbed a clever priest came asking him to renounce the devil and all his works. ... It is said that on his deathbed, Voltaire, when asked to return to the faith of his fathers and renounce the devil, responded with, "This is no time to be making new enemies."

 

[ZGrand]

Don't sweat the petty things.

Or pet the sweaty things.

 

[Muss Muggins]

"Don't say you're not, say you hope you don't have to . . . "

Grandma Muggins

 

[bigmtnman]

"And this too shall pass"

This one gets harder and harder as time gets shorter and shorter

 

[TX-Dennis]

"You've robbed Peter to pay Paul so many times that you're running out of Peters."

--A late pastor from my youth.

 

[doublesharp]

Benjamin Franklin: The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.

one offer is better than a thousand lookers

want double your money? fold it in half and put it in your pocket ~ Lee Barner

Tell the truth and you never have to remember what you said.

A coward dies a thousand deaths - the valiant die but once

He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day

if you cant be with the one you love, love the one you're with

 

[Onomea]

You can't always get what you want,
But if you try sometime, you just might find,
You get what you need.

 

[llowry61]

It's not about being right, but about getting it right -

 

[Llance]

The tag line of my emails:

Those persons who are without principle have no basis for honor, to such a person nothing is sacred.

And this one:
A government powerfull enough to give you all you desire is powerfull enough to take all you have.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

There are four kinds of lies in the world, big lies, little lies, statistics and everything that a salesman says.

 

[Model 19 6"]

8th grade football coach. It's not WINNING or LOSING it's how you play the game. BALONEY!!!

 

[Rudi]

"If you want it done right, do it yourself."

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

"Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead." Ben Franklin
"You're not the only pebble on the beach."
"There are people who can't spend more than ten seconds a day thinking about anybody but themselves."
"It is better to be alone than to wish you were."

 

[RobertJ.]

The book of Proverbs has too many to list here, but here's one of my favorites (Pr. 17:28, NKJV):

Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive.

 

[sheepdawg]

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

Mark Twain

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

Winston Churchil

 

[Rustyt1953]

"Bad grammar is a choice."

my mother

 

[tops]

The harder I work, the better my luck is. Larry

 

[JH1951]

"WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY AND HE IS US." Walt Kelly (Pogo)

 

[gjgalligan]

From my father:

Life is easier if you don't bother people that don't want to be bothered by you.

 

[johnbeaver]

Advice I wish I had followed.
"Watch your pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves."

 

[WardenRoss]

I've posted this before:

"We all can't be the brain surgeon, someone has to take out the trash." - my Dad.

He was a infantry medic in WWII and Korea. He would repeat this to me as a kid when he had a chore for me and I complained.


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[tedog]

"You are your environment".

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

I only hunt on days that end in "Y".

Evolution is the doctrine of demons.

Your family tree has only one branch.

One man with courage makes a majority.......Andrew Jackson

Everything has beauty, but not everyone see's it.

In the end. it's the sum of your deeds that matter more
than the sum of your assets.

Retired. What do you do all week?
Mon-Fri I do nothing. Sat/Sun I rest.

Opportunity is missed by people because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Men in denim built our country........Men is suits ruined it.

What's the best way to describe retirement.....The never ending coffee break.

A 9mm "may" expand......But a 45 will never shrink.

Big bullets go in like a dime and come out like a cash register.

Borrow money from pessimist.......They never expect you to pay it back.

Eagles may soar.....But weasels never get sucked up in jet engines.


.........more later.......msch......

 

[LDM]

"Politicians are like diapers. They need to be changed often and for the same reason." Mark Twain

 

[30-30remchester]

I have misplaced my favorite quote from TR but it hit so close to home for me. I will quote it but the wording is not exact.

"Every man should take advantage of the situation, but the situation must present itself to the man. Without war their would be no great generals. Without occasion there would be no great statesman. If Abraham Lincoln had not been president during the Civil War, few people would remember his name".

 

[CH4]

"Luck is the intersection of opportunity and preparation"

"I am tired of making chocolate chip cookies out of dog ****" Dad

 

[HERMAN.40]

A favorite one. Why is it that there's never enough time to do the job right, But always enough time to do the job over?