Quotes to Remember

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"Socialism only works in two places:
Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it."
-Ronald Reagan

'Here's my strategy on the Cold War:
We win, they lose.'
- Ronald Reagan

'The most terrifying words In the English language are:
I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
-Ronald Reagan

'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant;
it's just that they know so much that isn't so.'
-Ronald Reagan

'Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.'
- Ronald Reagan

'I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would
have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress..'
-Ronald Reagan

'The taxpayer:
That's someone who works For the federal government
but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.'
- Ronald Reagan

'Government is like a baby:
An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and
no sense of responsibility at the other' - =))
- Ronald Reagan

'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession.
I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first'
- Ronald Reagan

'Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases:
If it moves, tax it.
If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving,
subsidize it'
- Ronald Reagan

'Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed,
there are many rewards;
if you disgrace yourself,
you can always write a book.'
- Ronald Reagan

'No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'
- Ronald Reagan

'If we ever forget that we're one nation under GOD, then we will be a nation gone under.' -Ronald Reagan

[Rand]

I long for a politician who has the wisdom to have the wit that Ronald Reagan had. Thanks for sharing those.

[Thinker]

I love quotes!
Instead of starting a new thread (there are already many "quote" threads), I thought I'd bring back this one.

The following are from Tony Robbins:

"The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you’re in control of your life. If you don’t, life controls you.

Identify your problems, but give your power and energy to solutions.

Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals – that is, goals that do not inspire them.

Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.

Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.

Lack of emotion causes lack of progress and lack of motivation.

If you don’t set a baseline standard for what you’ll accept in life, you’ll find it’s easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of life that’s far below what you deserve.

Commit to CANI! – Constant And Never-ending Improvement.

Where focus goes, energy flows."

[Sirocco]

I long for a politician who has the wisdom to have the wit that Ronald Reagan had. Thanks for sharing those.

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some from me...
Humans just lead short, boring, insignificant lives, so they make up stories to feel like they're a part of something bigger. They want to blame all the world's problems on some single enemy they can fight, instead of a complex network of interrelated forces beyond anyone's control.
-Pearl (space rock on kids show).

Don't get hung up on these minor facts. Truth is about more than that, truth is a feeling in your gut that you know is true! Truth is searching for anything that proves you're right no matter how small, and holding on to that, no matter what.
Ronaldo (human, on same show)

[Jason]

Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem.
~ Ronald Reagan

Now I recall the Recon Marines ragged, filthy cammie shirted young men in green paint who move silent like the fog with deadly purpose in their eyes. Swift, Silent, Deadly. I smile.
~ GYSGT Correll, USMC, Retired Recon Marine

A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons.
~ Admiral David D. Porter, USN

There are only two kinds of people that understand Marine: Marines and the enemy. Everyone else has a secondhand opinion.
~ General William Thornson, U.S. Army

Freedom is not free, but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share.
~ Ned Dolan

The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
~ Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States, 1945

Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean. They're aggressive on the attack and tenacious on defense. They've got really short hair and they always go for the throat.
~ RAdm. Jay R. Stark, USN, 10 November 1995

I love the Corps for those intangible possessions that cannot be issued: pride, honor, integrity, and being able to carry on the traditions for generations of warriors past.
~ Cpl. Jeff Sornig, USMC; in Navy Times, November 1994

You cannot exaggerate about the Marines. They are convinced to the point of arrogance, that they are the most ferocious fighters on earth, and the amusing thing about it is that they are.
~ Father Kevin Keaney, 1st Marine Division Chaplain, Korean War

The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps.
~ Alexander A. Vandergrift, USMC

By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
~ Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Navy

The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, "The elite of this country." I think it is the elite of the world.
~ Admiral William Halsey, U.S. Navy

I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.
~ Sir Winston Churchill

The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle.
~ General John "Black Jack" Pershing, U.S. Army

Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. All other conditions are secondary.
~ General A. M. Gray, USMC

[Thinker]

Good quotes! Thanks.

Jason,
After witnessing parts of what goes on in bootcamp, my respect for all military was increased.
One of my close friends was in the Marines - he worked so hard and had a lot of pride.
Whatever he did, he put his heart, body and soul into it.
Unfortunately he died in Iraq - served more than asked.
I pray for him and his family - & have sensed his presence at times. Strong spirit!
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[Jason]

Good quotes! Thanks.

Jason,
After witnessing parts of what goes on in bootcamp, my respect for all military was increased.
One of my close friends was in the Marines - he worked so hard and had a lot of pride.
Whatever he did, he put his heart, body and soul into it.
Unfortunately he died in Iraq - served more than asked.
I pray for him and his family - & have sensed his presence at times. Strong spirit!
http://www.forcerecon.com/Sgt-Foster-L-Harrington.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Thank you for sharing the story and the link...all you have to say is forcerecon...and there isn't a single doubt that he put his heart, body, and soul into it...and gave his life in the process! Truly a hard chargin devildog!

Semper Fi

PS - guy in my ward that did 20 years in force recon...have to see if he knew him. He got out in 04 but who knows...I was out before that time period...in 99.

[Tim]

Politicians are like diapers, they should be changed often and for the same reason.
Mark Twain

[Ezra]

"Socialism only works in two places:
Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it."
-Ronald Reagan

'Here's my strategy on the Cold War:
We win, they lose.'
- Ronald Reagan

'The most terrifying words In the English language are:
I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
-Ronald Reagan

'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant;
it's just that they know so much that isn't so.'
-Ronald Reagan

'Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.'
- Ronald Reagan

'I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would
have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress..'
-Ronald Reagan

'The taxpayer:
That's someone who works For the federal government
but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.'
- Ronald Reagan

'Government is like a baby:
An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and
no sense of responsibility at the other' - =))
- Ronald Reagan

'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession.
I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first'
- Ronald Reagan

'Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases:
If it moves, tax it.
If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving,
subsidize it'
- Ronald Reagan

'Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed,
there are many rewards;
if you disgrace yourself,
you can always write a book.'
- Ronald Reagan

'No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'
- Ronald Reagan

'If we ever forget that we're one nation under GOD, then we will be a nation gone under.' -Ronald Reagan

God did not set this county up to be one nation under God. But each state a seperate nation United under God for the preservation of the freedoms of each seperate state/nation.

I am sure regan as a member of the bohemian grove secrete combanation. Knew that very well yet did his part to tear it down.

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The real regan is not someone to quote.

[Thinker]

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” - W.Ward
"The greatest gift you can give to somebody is your own personal development. I used to say, "If you will take care of me, I will take care of you." Now I say, "I will take care of me for you if you will take care of you for me""
“Profanity is for the uncreative.”

"Do what you believe to be right, no matter what other people may say. The common mind usually condemns one who has the audacity to reach beyond. In silence, lonely Pilgrim, press on. Great ships that make long voyages are always lonely ships. Great men who have grand and advanced thoughts, who lead great lives, have always lonely lives."
- J.C. Street, The Hidden Way Across the Threshold
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. -Kierkegaard
"If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan."- Jim Rohn
"Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know."- Jim Rohn
“If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.”--Lenny Bruce
“The only real valuable thing is intuition.” - Albert Einstein

"I know I know nothing" - Socrates in Apologia Socratis by Plato
“True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.” – Paul Sweeney
The last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances. - Viktor Frankl

"This is the greatest paradox: the emotions cannot be trusted; yet it is they that tell us the greatest truths." -Don Herold
"Everybody has faith. But not everybody is conscious of having faith."
"In each of us there is a little of all of us." - Lichtenberg
"Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule. -F Nietzsche
"The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduces them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim." -Gustave Le Bon

"Freedom is a good horse, but you must ride it somewhere." - Matthew Arnold
"If free thought is possible then free will is a fact."
"Tolerance applies to persons, but never to truth.
Intolerance applies to truth, but never to persons.
Tolerance applies to the erring; intolerance to the error." -Fulton Sheen

"Nothing hath an uglier look to us than reason, when it is not on our side." - Marquess of Halifax
"People only see what they are prepared to see." - Emerson
"The closest we can get to impartiality is admitting we are partial." -G.K. Chesterton
"Functional illusions are priceless!"

[Joel]

[Joel]

[Older/wiser?]

I have one I use in business, not as deep or moving as some of the above, but it gets the point across, "Pigs get fat, HOGS get eaten"!

[Joel]

[brianj]

Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem.
~ Ronald Reagan

Now I recall the Recon Marines ragged, filthy cammie shirted young men in green paint who move silent like the fog with deadly purpose in their eyes. Swift, Silent, Deadly. I smile.
~ GYSGT Correll, USMC, Retired Recon Marine

A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons.
~ Admiral David D. Porter, USN

There are only two kinds of people that understand Marine: Marines and the enemy. Everyone else has a secondhand opinion.
~ General William Thornson, U.S. Army

Freedom is not free, but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share.
~ Ned Dolan

The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps!
~ Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States, 1945

Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean. They're aggressive on the attack and tenacious on defense. They've got really short hair and they always go for the throat.
~ RAdm. Jay R. Stark, USN, 10 November 1995

I love the Corps for those intangible possessions that cannot be issued: pride, honor, integrity, and being able to carry on the traditions for generations of warriors past.
~ Cpl. Jeff Sornig, USMC; in Navy Times, November 1994

You cannot exaggerate about the Marines. They are convinced to the point of arrogance, that they are the most ferocious fighters on earth, and the amusing thing about it is that they are.
~ Father Kevin Keaney, 1st Marine Division Chaplain, Korean War

The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps.
~ Alexander A. Vandergrift, USMC

By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
~ Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U.S. Navy

The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, "The elite of this country." I think it is the elite of the world.
~ Admiral William Halsey, U.S. Navy

I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.
~ Sir Winston Churchill

The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle.
~ General John "Black Jack" Pershing, U.S. Army

Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. All other conditions are secondary.
~ General A. M. Gray, USMC

No Chesty quotes? Really?

At the Chosin Reservoir: "Don’t forget that you’re First Marines! Not all the Communists in hell can overrun you!"

Regarding the Korean war: "There are not enough chinamen in the world to stop a fully armed Marine regiment from going where ever they want to go."

When he first saw a flame thrower: "Where do you put the bayonet?"

Once Chesty came across a lieutenant who had ordered an enlisted Marine to give 100 salutes after that Marine had failed to salute the officer. Chesty said: "You were absolutely correct in making him salute you 100 times, lieutenant, but you know that an officer must return every salute he receives. Now return them all, and I will keep count."

It's 23:21 now and I'm about to go to bed. Good night Chesty, wherever you are.

[Joel]

[Joel]

"I admire men and women who have developed the questing spirit, who are unafraid of new ideas as stepping stones to progress. We should, of course, respect the opinions of others, but we should also be unafraid to dissent–if we are informed. Thoughts and expressions compete in the marketplace of thought, and in that competition truth emerges triumphant. Only error fears freedom of expression…” — Hugh B. Brown

[Joel]

[Thinker]

Carl Jung: who saw no dividing mine between spirituality and psychology...

No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.”

“Depression is like a woman in black. If she turns up, don’t shoo her away. Invite her in, offer her a seat, treat her like a guest and listen to what she wants to say.”

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to a better understanding of ourselves.

The healthy man does not torture others – generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotions.

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.

It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.

The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong.

The word “happiness” would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

[BeNotDeceived]

I long for a politician who has the wisdom to have the wit that Ronald Reagan had. Thanks for sharing those.

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some from me...
Humans just lead short, boring, insignificant lives, so they make up stories to feel like they're a part of something bigger. They want to blame all the world's problems on some single enemy they can fight, instead of a complex network of interrelated forces beyond anyone's control.
-Pearl (space rock on kids show).

Don't get hung up on these minor facts. Truth is about more than that, truth is a feeling in your gut that you know is true! Truth is searching for anything that proves you're right no matter how small, and holding on to that, no matter what.
Ronaldo (human, on same show)

One from me ...

Proof is the antithesis of faith

Goes along with thinking.

Often quotes aren’t deemed authoritative i.e. Adam-God Theory, etc.

Not all truth is provable

[Joel]

[Joel]

[Thinker]

In magnifying/living the 11th article of faith & to see what wisdom may be found, here are some quotes by Buddha. But 1st, realize that Buddhism was taught in Israel for hundreds of years by the time Jesus was born, and Jesus mentioned 3 wise men of the east. Jesus wrote, “The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.” -Luke 17:20-21 Buddha similarly taught that spirituality is found within not externally.

Other quotes by Buddha:
“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”

“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”

“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”

“To keep the body in good health is a duty...otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”

[Joel]

[Joel]