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Words of Wisdom - QuotesThe need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas. It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong than to be always right by having no ideas at all. Lateral Thinking People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done. I learned there were troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead, some from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have trouble with me. It may be the rooster that does all the crowing but it's the hen that delivers the goods. When you want to walk in the path of your hero, first remember that not all great men had great lives, and the path you are following will be a rocky journey. The amount of ones intelligence means nothing, a man isn't scaled on his amount of smartness but the smartness he has when being tested for it. Some of the greatest thinkers in the world fall short of their high rank because of the high stress and loss of thought when being given the test of it. On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero. Fight Club Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on. Stairway to Heaven All actions are based on intentions. You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need. The way to test a man's sincerity is to serve him a bad cup of coffee. If he doesn't comment, he is not to be trusted. The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. The Good Life Trust... but verify. The loser, when a game of dice is done, remains behind reviewing every roll sadly, and sadly wiser, and alone. The Purgatorio, Canto VI The answers are all out there, we just need to ask the right questions. AIDs documentary In life there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what you want, the other is getting it. My enemy is my greatest teacher. The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time. Promise is one thing. Fulfilling that promise is quite another. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. One should guard against believing the great masses to be more stupid than they actually are. Always get the laziest man to do the job. For he will get it done the quickest so he can continue to be lazy. When you understand a species art, you understand the species. If you don't succeed, you run the risk of failure. To not know is acceptable, to accept not knowing is foolish. You are what you pretend to be, so be careful what you pretend to be. It is right to be content with what we have, but never with what we are. Far best is he who is himself all-wise, and he, too, good who listens to wise words; But whoso is not wise or lays to hear another's wisdom is a useless man. Consider how the person feel about what they want to do, not how you feel about it and you will feel better at the end. Swallowing truth without chewing will probably choke you. When two children argue, let the smartest one stop first. Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead. Life is wasted on the living. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Never grow a wishbone, daughter, where backbone ought to be. The individual who no longer has a rigid mind has found freedom. Life can be so easy. Refuse to let go and you are a person drowning; the more you struggle, the faster you sink. If Fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyway. Use your fear... it can take you to the place where you store your courage. The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts. Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them. Mend your speech a little, Lest it may mar your fortunes. King Lear. Act 1. Sc. 1. Pure morality is only an instinctive adjustment which the soul makes. Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. Of course it's not easy. If it were easy it wouldn't be called a 'shortcut'. It would just be 'The Way'... Road Trip Sometimes, the road less traveled... is less traveled for a reason. Seinfeld It's the fear of what comes after the doing that makes the doing hard to do. Tony Kushner Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Hamlet act I sc III The plural of anecdote is not data. One should not worry about losing his keys, as long as he can remember what they are supposed to unlock... Times don't change. Men do. Change your attitude to the things that bother you and you will be aware of them. Cezar |
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