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A Bit of Wisdom from H. L. Mencken |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/12/2022 09:46 AM
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"The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable." ~ H. L. Mencken September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." ~ H. L. Mencken September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." ~ H. L. Mencken September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956
"On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." ~ H. L. Mencken September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956
"Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy." ~ H. L. Mencken September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956
"It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office." ~ H. L. Mencken September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956
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A Bit of Wisdom from Leo Tolstoy on His Birthday |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/09/2022 12:03 PM
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"Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live." ~ Leo Tolstoy 9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910
"I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means - except by getting off his back." ~ Leo Tolstoy 9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910
"We lost because we told ourselves we lost." ~ Leo Tolstoy 9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910
"Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us." ~ Leo Tolstoy 9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910
"War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it." ~ Leo Tolstoy 9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910
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A Bit of Wisdom from Queen Elizabeth II 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022 |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/08/2022 02:25 PM
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"I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice. But I can do something else. I can give you my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations."
"I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong."
"For I know that, despite the huge constitutional difference between a hereditary monarchy and an elected government, in reality the gulf is not so wide ... And each, in its different way, exists only with the support and consent of the people."
"Grief is the price we pay for love."
"I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together."
"I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim."
"We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep."
"To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?"
"The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women."
President Reagan riding horses with Queen Elizabeth II during visit to Windsor Castle |
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A Bit of Wisdom from Grandma Moses on Her Birthday |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/07/2022 10:25 AM
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"Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be." ~ Anna Mary Robertson Moses or Grandma Moses September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961
"A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one is of today, the other of tomorrow. Memory is history recorded in our brain, memory is a painter, it paints pictures of the past and of the day." ~ Anna Mary Robertson Moses or Grandma Moses September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961
"I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different greens in the trees, but when I get ready to paint I just close my eyes and imagine a scene." ~ Anna Mary Robertson Moses or Grandma Moses September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961
"I paint from the top down. From the sky, then the mountains, then the hills, then the houses, then the cattle, and then the people." ~ Anna Mary Robertson Moses or Grandma Moses September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961
"I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it." ~ Anna Mary Robertson Moses or Grandma Moses September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961
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A Bit of Wisdom from Joan of Arc on Her Birthday |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/06/2022 05:33 PM
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"One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying." ~ Joan of Arc Sept 6 1412 – 30 May 1431
"Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King's daughter, I would have gone nevertheless." ~ Joan of Arc Sept 6 1412 – 30 May 1431
"I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will" ~ Joan of Arc Sept 6 1412 – 30 May 1431
"You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril." ~ Joan of Arc Sept 6 1412 – 30 May 1431
"Act, and God will act." ~ Joan of Arc Sept 6 1412 – 30 May 1431
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A Bit of Wisdom from Vince Lombardi |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/03/2022 09:22 AM
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"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."
"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."
"I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious."
"Winners never quit and quitters never win."
"Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser."
"Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while... you don't do things right once in a while... you do them right all the time. Winning is habit."
"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."
"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm."
"The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have."
"Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence."
"If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?"
"Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit."
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
"You don't do things right once in a while. You do things right all the time."
"There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again."
"We run to win, not just to be in the race."
 ~ Vincent Thomas Lombardi June 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970
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A Bit of Wisdom from Ronald Reagan |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/02/2022 08:52 AM
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"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."
"Let us ask ourselves, 'What kind of people do we think we are?' And let us answer, 'Free people, worthy of freedom and determined not only to remain so but to help others gain their freedom as well.'"
"Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith."
"If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen."
"Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man."
"Optimism comes less easily today, not because democracy is less vigorous, but because democracy's enemies have refined their instruments of repression."
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
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A Bit of Wisdom from Rocky Marciano on His Birthday |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 09/01/2022 12:17 PM
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"I have always adhered to two principles. The first one is to train hard and get in the best possible physical condition. The second is to forget all about the other fellow until you face him in the ring and the bell sounds for the fight." ~ Rocco Francis Marchegiano (Rocky Marciano) September 1, 1923 – August 31, 1969
"Why waltz with a guy for 10 rounds if you can knock him out in one?" ~ Rocco Francis Marchegiano (Rocky Marciano) September 1, 1923 – August 31, 1969
"In the ring, I never really knew fear." ~ Rocco Francis Marchegiano (Rocky Marciano) September 1, 1923 – August 31, 1969
"I was on my face. I heard the count from one to 10. I kept telling myself that I had to get up, but I couldn't move. I couldn't make myself move. It was the strangest feeling." ~ Rocco Francis Marchegiano (Rocky Marciano) September 1, 1923 – August 31, 1969
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A Bit of Wisdom from Ted Williams on His Birthday |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 08/30/2022 11:10 AM
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"A man has to have goals - for a day, for a lifetime - and that was mine, to have people say, 'There goes Ted Williams, the greatest hitter who ever lived.'" ~ Theodore Samuel Williams, August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002
"Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer." ~ Theodore Samuel Williams, August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002
"God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own." ~ Theodore Samuel Williams, August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002
"There's only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. Get mad at yourself and mad at the pitcher." ~ Theodore Samuel Williams, August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002
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A Bit of Wisdom from John Locke on His Birthday |
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Posted by: thepinetree on 08/29/2022 09:18 AM
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"To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality." ~ John Locke 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704
"The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom." ~ John Locke 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704
“To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes.” ~ John Locke 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704
"Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip." ~ John Locke 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704
“Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.” ~ John Locke 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704
“I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.” ~ John Locke 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704
“The only defense against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.” ~ John Locke 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704
"All wealth is the product of labor." ~ John Locke 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704
"What worries you, masters you." ~ John Locke 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704
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