Inspiring Quotes

[twirl]

"There are worse crimes than burning books.
One of them is not reading them."                      Joseph Brodsky

[Zach]

"Survival of the wisest."
--Jonas Salk.

[Run8]

"Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory".


"Challenges are what makes life interesting, overcoming them is what makes them meaningful".


"Adversity is the diamond dust that heaven polishes its jewels with".

[kitkatz]

Teacher motto: No assignment too large, no grade too small!

[okarol]

Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
     - Anonymous

[Run8]

We have no simple problems or easy decisions after kindergarten.

[mikey07840]

When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.

[okarol]

The only way to deal with loss – as a horribly unwelcome guest that you know will show up eventually. And so you deny it and reject it and ignore it and laugh in its face. You toss it out into the street and push it away and fight it off, and only it has landed square in your  lap, only then do you deal with it.
       - Michael Johnson

[boxman55]

"Inseparable from the start"  what I thought when I got my puppy Cass...Boxman

[okarol]

Life, like a mirror, never gives back more than we put into it.
   ~ Anonymous

[petey]

"It's a lot like wrestling a gorilla.  You don't quit when you're tired.  You quit when the gorilla is tired!"

[twirl]

Petey------ good one

[Wallyz]

There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.
 
    Richard Feynman (1918 - 1988)

[Wallyz]

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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    Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)

[monrein]

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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    Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)

Excellent!  Well said Soren K.

[okarol]

“Genius is perseverance in disguise”

 Mike Newlin

[boxman55]

John F. Kennedy:
Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man.

[twirl]

"Don't worry if you start losing your memory, Just forget about it."  Ben Franklin

[mikey07840]

I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. -Dorothy Parker

[Wallyz]

The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

[Wallyz]

It is only by following your deepest instinct that you can lead a rich life, and if you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, then your life will be safe, expedient and thin.

    Katharine Butler Hathaway

[okarol]

 
   When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

                  ~Thomas Jefferson

[boxman55]

"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."

 
  --  Joseph Addison
 

[twirl]

"Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."

 
  --  Joseph Addison
 

that is so funny, boxman, I made a test for my husband's health class and that was one of the questions
What are the three grand essentials to happiness in life as stated by Joseph Addison?
these are 9th grade students who should have read the chapter
one answer -- sex, beer and the lottery
I made the easiest test and almost everyone failed it
it is sad how much we have to water down curriculum

my quote

do do happens    by Sluff

[okarol]

There are 2 types of people in this world. Some are givers and some are takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers will sleep better.