inspirational quotes

[MemphisMark]

The only rule without exceptions is the rule that states there are no rules without exceptions. - Pliny the Elder


"If I wanted patience, I'd be a doctor!"

Whenever a sales clerk asks if I need help, I say, " No thanks, I'm beyond help."

When standing in line, if one of the people around me starts making idle conversation with me, I give them a shocked look and say, "You can see me?"

 

[scifan57]

" The mouth is made for communication, and nothing is more articulate than a kiss." - Jarod Kintz

 

[squib]

Yummy!

 

[zstairlessone]

" The mouth is made for communication, and nothing is more articulate than a kiss." - Jarod Kintz

An unplanned kiss is one of life's great accidents!

 

[J. A.]

Whether it is happy or unhappy, a man's life is the only treasure he can ever possess. ~ Giacomo Casanova

 

[J. A.]

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little children tends towards the formation of character. Hosea Ballou

 

[Kaykaykay]

If it's not fun, why do it?

Jerry Greenfield, of Ben & Jerry's

 

[zstairlessone]

“Responsibility is a unique concept... You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you... If responsibility is rightfully yours, no evasion, or ignorance or passing the blame can shift the burden to someone else. Unless you can point your finger at the man who is responsible when something goes wrong, then you have never had anyone really responsible.”
― Hyman G. Rickover

“You have to learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make them all yourself.”
― Hyman G. Rickover

 

[Kaykaykay]

Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home... it's your responsibility to love it, or change it.

Chuck Palahniuk

 

[J. A.]

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny. ~ Carl Schurz

 

[scifan57]

"If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets." - Haruki Murakami

 

[zstairlessone]

Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.
W. A. Mozart

Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me.
S. Freud

 

[zstairlessone]

War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.
J. McCain


Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
A. Lincoln


We Americans have no commission from God to police the world.
B. Harrison


War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
B. Russell


He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
A. Einstein


Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
E. Hemingway

 

[J. A.]

To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. Leo Buscaglia

 

[zstairlessone]

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!
A. Frank