Great words
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"To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-ridden, regulated, penned up, indoctrinated, preached at, checked, appraised, seized, censured, commanded, by beings who have neither title, nor knowledge, nor virtue. To be governed is to have every operation, every transaction, every movement noted, registered, counted, rated, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, refused, authorized, endorsed, admonished, prevented, reformed, redressed, corrected." -Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, 1849
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and he carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves among those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the galleys, heard in the very hall of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor -- he speaks in the accents familiar to his victims, and wears their face and their garment, and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation -- he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a city -- he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared . . ." Cicero, 42 B.C.
"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal nothing; on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." -attribution pending
"One man with courage is a majority." -attribution pending
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you with only a precarious chance of survival.
"There may be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is not hope of victory at all, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." -Winston Churchill
"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden. The solutions we seek must be equitable, with no one group singled out to pay a higher price." -Ronald Wilson Reagan
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"I know no Savior apart from the One born by the Virgin, died on the cross, and given out at the altar." -Martin Luther
“To live is Christ; to die is gain.” -The Apostle Paul
"Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure children of God, without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life." -Philippians 2:14-16
“I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me.” -The Apostle Paul
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Sir Francis Bacon wrote, "Reading maketh a full man ... and writing an exact man."
“We attract hearts by the qualities we display; we retain them by the qualities we possess.” -Suard
“You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need.” -Jerry Gillies
“Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.” -Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Queen of England
"We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once." -Calvin Coolidge, American President
"You just can't beat the person who never gives up." -George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Jr., American legend
“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt." -William Shakespeare
"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart." -William Wordsworth
"Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas." -Albert Einstein
"Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be." -Albert Einstein
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” -Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." -Theodore Roosevelt, American President
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts." -Calvin Coolidge, American President
“Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible." -Cadet maxim, U.S. Military Academy, West Point
“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties." -Harry Truman, American President
"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now." -Johann Wolfgang von Goeth
"Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such." -Henry Miller
"Know what you’re doing. Love what you’re doing. Believe in what you’re doing." -Roy Rogers
"To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-ridden, regulated, penned up, indoctrinated, preached at, checked, appraised, seized, censured, commanded, by beings who have neither title, nor knowledge, nor virtue. To be governed is to have every operation, every transaction, every movement noted, registered, counted, rated, stamped, measured, numbered, assessed, licensed, refused, authorized, endorsed, admonished, prevented, reformed, redressed, corrected." -Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, 1849
"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and he carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves among those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the galleys, heard in the very hall of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor -- he speaks in the accents familiar to his victims, and wears their face and their garment, and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation -- he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a city -- he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared . . ." Cicero, 42 B.C.
"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal nothing; on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude." -attribution pending
"One man with courage is a majority." -attribution pending
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you with only a precarious chance of survival.
"There may be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is not hope of victory at all, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." -Winston Churchill
"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden. The solutions we seek must be equitable, with no one group singled out to pay a higher price." -Ronald Wilson Reagan
*******
"I know no Savior apart from the One born by the Virgin, died on the cross, and given out at the altar." -Martin Luther
“To live is Christ; to die is gain.” -The Apostle Paul
"Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure children of God, without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life." -Philippians 2:14-16
“I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me.” -The Apostle Paul
*******
Sir Francis Bacon wrote, "Reading maketh a full man ... and writing an exact man."
“We attract hearts by the qualities we display; we retain them by the qualities we possess.” -Suard
“You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need.” -Jerry Gillies
“Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.” -Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Queen of England
"We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once." -Calvin Coolidge, American President
"You just can't beat the person who never gives up." -George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Jr., American legend
“Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt." -William Shakespeare
"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart." -William Wordsworth
"Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas." -Albert Einstein
"Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be." -Albert Einstein
“If you can dream it, you can do it.” -Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." -Theodore Roosevelt, American President
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts." -Calvin Coolidge, American President
“Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible." -Cadet maxim, U.S. Military Academy, West Point
“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties." -Harry Truman, American President
"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now." -Johann Wolfgang von Goeth
"Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such." -Henry Miller
"Know what you’re doing. Love what you’re doing. Believe in what you’re doing." -Roy Rogers
