Quips,Proverbs,Words of Wisdom.

Tim's Discussion Board: Off Topic : Quips,Proverbs,Words of Wisdom.
   By Grazing Grasshopper on Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 06:49 pm: Edit Post

Have any you would like to share?


   By Pearl the clam (Unregistered Guest) on Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 11:19 pm: Edit Post

apprentice here,
said and done
lol the more u read the more u learn Jack. Although i didnt read the book and know everything, i read up more on it. Same with what u teach, ur not my only source, there's more to learn from.
keep postin so the ones that arent as ignorant can keep learning
ttfn
apprentice


   By Grazing Grasshopper on Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 11:30 pm: Edit Post

Add life to your days, not days to your life.

You miss 100% of the shots you do not take.

Every man dies, but not every man really lives.

Her kisses left something to be desired -- the rest of her.

Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for, because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than Fear.

Quoting one is plagiarism. Quoting many is research.

Reputation is made in a moment: character is built in a lifetime.

It is easy to be flexible when one is spineless!

I have nothing to do and a lot of time to do it in.

A hacker does for love what others would not do for money.

It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt.

Never fear shadows, they simply mean that a light is shining nearby.

What is in a name? Would not a rose, by any other name, smell as sweet?

Always keep a dagger in your boot, and a trick up your sleeve.

He who gains a victory over other men is strong, but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.

If your cause is honorable, your blade shall strike true.

Men of genius are admired; men of wealth are envied; men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Character is made by many acts; it may be lost by a single act.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

Pay attention to what a man is, not what he has been.

Actions speak louder than words--and speak fewer lies.

It is a great deal better to do all the things you should do than to spend the rest of your life wishing you had.

The surest way to gain respect is to earn it by conduct.

A man's conscience tells him what he shouldn't do--but it does not keep him from doing it.

Those who can--do. Those who can't--criticize.

The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.

Every time one man expresses an idea, he finds ten men who thought of it before--but they only thought.

He is a fool who cannot get angry, but he is a wise man who will not.

A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking so much, but a tactful man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed.

Wise men always know more than they tell, but fools tell more than they know.

It is with true love as it is with a ghost; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.

You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

Immature love says: "I love you because I need you."
Mature love says: "I need you because I love you."

Death is a shadow that always follows the body.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, He is always ready to go.

Perfect courage is to do without witnesses what one would be capable of doing with the world looking on.

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear.

Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

Do, or do not. There is no 'try'.

Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

He who has lost honor can lose nothing more.

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog.

Orginality is the art of concealing your source.

Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart ... He who looks outside, dreams. He who looks inside, awakens.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.

Early to rise, Early to bed, Makes a man healthy but socially dead.

Dream as if you'll live forever, Live as if you'll die today.

Happiness is not having what you want. It's wanting what you have.

When ideas fail, words come in very handy.

Life isn't worth living if you're not living it to the fullest!

Better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

There has been an alarming increase in the number of things you know nothing about.

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a bit longer.

God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board

Cuando amor no es locura, no es amor -- Spanish
(When love is not madness, it is not love)

Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate'
(abandon all hope, you who enter.)

Beauty in not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

To love is not to look at one another, but to look together in the same direction

Take away love, and our earth is a tomb

I could do without many things with no hardship--you are not one of them.

I was here, then I woke up, so I went.

A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. - William Blake The marriage of heaven and hell ? proverbs of hell.

It only takes one tree to make a thousand matches, it only takes one match to burn a thousand trees. - Stereophonics.

"When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced... Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice" -- Cherokee saying.

"I am the possibility of power, vision and creativity. I can do anything!!! -- Jenna Higgins 2000
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up." -- Jesse Jackson

"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try." -- Beverly Sills

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." -- Harvey Fierstein

"It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something." -- Ornette Coleman

"The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing." -- John Powell

"The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for." -- Allan K. Chalmers

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." -- William Jennings Bryan

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear." -- Ambrose Redmoon

"Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't." -- Richard Bach

"Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy." -- Nora Ephron

"Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead." -- Scottish Proverb

Sometimes taking a chance is the safest thing to do.--anonymous.

I may be fat but you're ugly, and I can lose weight. --anonymous.

Life's too short to dance with ugly men. Life's too short to dance with ugly women.--anonymous.

My other wife is beautiful.--anonymous.

Nobody's ugly after 2 a.m.--anonymous.


   By Taiwan 69 - 73 (Unregistered Guest) on Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 02:49 am: Edit Post

"Keep a smile on your face and murder in your heart." - Hsu Hong Chi


   By Taiwan 69 - 73 (Unregistered Guest) on Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 03:08 am: Edit Post

"For a martial artist pain is like an old friend."

"Life and death form a partnership. You cannot have one without the other."


   By Rich on Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 03:55 am: Edit Post

A wise man opens his mind and keeps his mouth closed. An ignorant man opens his mouth and closes his mind.


   By Tai Chi BOB on Monday, June 19, 2006 - 01:29 am: Edit Post

"A man that goes to bed with an ithcy butt, smells different to a midget"
TCB


   By Grazing Grasshopper on Monday, June 19, 2006 - 01:43 am: Edit Post

:-)


   By ima dude (Unregistered Guest) on Thursday, June 22, 2006 - 07:21 pm: Edit Post

"you should'nt be thinking about whether or not the cup is half empty or half full, you should be thinking about what you're drinking."


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