Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor E. Frankl
Great Quotes
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No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt.
Robert Pirsig,
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert Pirsig,
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein
-Robert A. Heinlein
"It is a mistake to look too far ahead, only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time."
-Sir Winston Churchill
-Sir Winston Churchill
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"He has acheived success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescue soul; who has never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has looked for the best in others and given the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory was a benediction"
-Betty Anderson 1904
-Betty Anderson 1904
?Never, never, never, never give up.?
?Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.?
?Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.?
Winston Churchill
?Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.?
?Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.?
Winston Churchill
You better be careful with Heinlein, Kris. Your progressive cohorts will hang you from the nearest tree if they get wind of your taking a shine to his ideas.
stu454 said:You better be careful with Heinlein, Kris. Your progressive cohorts will hang you from the nearest tree if they get wind of your taking a shine to his ideas.
FYI, "Starship Troopers" was parody.
To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
"The inherant vice of Capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessing.
The inherant blessing of Socialism is the equal sharing of misery"
Winston Churchill
The inherant blessing of Socialism is the equal sharing of misery"
Winston Churchill
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