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A Bit of Wisdom from St. Patrick |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/17/2024 09:30 PM
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Downpatrick, Northern Ireland...March 17, St. Patrick's Day is traditionally recognized as the day of his death. He was a fifth century missionary, bishop & Patron Saint of Ireland.
"Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me."
"I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many."
"I have a Creator who knew all things, even before they were made - even me, his poor little child."
"He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken."
"The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins."
"The Lord is greater than all: I have said enough." |
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A Bit of Wisdom from Oliver Wendell Holmes |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/08/2024 03:45 PM
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935. Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court from 1902 to 1932.
"Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing."
"It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure."
"Beware how you take away hope from another human being."
"Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke."
"The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power."
"Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum." |
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A Bit of Wisdom from Knute Rockne |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 03/05/2024 07:48 PM
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Notre Dame, IN...Knute Kenneth Rockne March 4, 1888 – March 31, 1931. Football player and coach at the University of Notre Dame.
"The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach, I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven."
"We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is - don't lose."
"Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices."
"One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it."
"I've found that prayers work best when you have big players."
"Win or lose, do it fairly."
"Let's win one for the Gipper." |
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A Bit of Wisdom from Dinah Shore |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 02/29/2024 08:21 PM
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Beverly Hills, CA...Dinah Shore, February 29, 1916 – February 24, 1994.
"The best money advice ever given me was from my father. When I was a little girl, he told me, 'Don't spend anything unless you have to."
"Trouble is part of your life - if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough."
"Why should unmarried women be discriminated against - unmarried men are not." |
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A Bit of Wisdom from E. H. Harriman |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 02/21/2024 02:45 PM
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Harriman, NY....Edward Henry Harriman, February 20, 1848 – September 9, 1909. American financier and railroad executive.
"Every man should make up his own mind that if he expect to succeed, he must give an honest return for the other man's dollar."
"Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more." |
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A Bit of Wisdom from Enzo Ferrari |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 02/20/2024 01:25 PM
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Maranello, Italy...Enzo Ferrari, 20 February 1898 – 14 August 1988. Italian racing driver and entrepreneur, founder Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team & Ferrari automobile marque.
"I have yet to meet anyone quite so stubborn as myself and animated by this overpowering passion that leaves me no time for thought or anything else. I have, in fact, no interest in life outside racing cars."
"I have never gone on a real trip, never taken a holiday. The best holiday for me is spent in my workshops when nearly everybody else is on vacation."
"Racing is a great mania to which one must sacrifice everything, without reticence, without hesitation."
"One must keep working continuously; otherwise, one thinks of death."
"If you can dream it, you can do it."
"The client is not always right." |
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A Bit of Wisdom from George Washington |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 02/19/2024 10:50 AM
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Mount Vernon, VA...George Washington February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799. The first president of the United States and founding father of our country.
"It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it."
"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."
"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience."
"It is better to be alone than in bad company." |
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A Bit of Wisdom from Charles M. Schwab |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 02/18/2024 12:58 PM
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New York, NY...American steel magnate Charles Michael Schwab, February 18, 1862 – September 18, 1939.
"A man will succeed in anything about which he has real enthusiasm, in which he is genuinely interested, provided that he will take more thought about his job than the men working with him. The fellow who sits still and does what he is told will never be told to do big things."
"I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement."
"There is no royal road to a successful life, as there is no royal road to learning. It has got to be hard knocks, morning, noon, and night, and fixity of purpose."
"When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do."
"There's no limit possible to the expansion of each one of us."
"The man who has done his best has done everything."
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A Bit of Wisdom from Edgar Bergen |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 02/16/2024 10:20 PM
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Los Angeles, CA...Edgar John Bergen, February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978. Ventriloquist, Comedian, Actor, Vaudevillian & Radio performer. He was best known for his characters Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd.
"Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
Early bird gets the worm, but the second worm gets to live.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy."
"Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?"
"Well, a friend in need is a friend indeed." |
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A Bit of Wisdom from Cyrus McCormick |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 02/15/2024 01:54 PM
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Chicago, IL...Cyrus McCormick, February 15, 1809 – May 13, 1884 was an American inventor and founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, later to become the International Harvester Company. Through his and other inventions allowed the American Farmer to feed the world.
"Trying to do business without advertising is like winking at a pretty girl through a pair of green goggles. You may know what you are doing, but no one else does."
"Without ambition, one starts nothing. Without work, one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it."
"Indomitable perseverance in a business, properly understood, always ensures ultimate success." |
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