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A Meaningful Quote To You Thread
March 29, 2017, 09:26 PM
MinnowA Meaningful Quote To You Thread
A favorite of mine, from the Great Seal of the state of South Carolina, and in my signature line, translated: "Prepared in Mind and Resources".
Along with this one on the Great Seal of the state of South Carolina, translated: "While I Breathe I Hope".
Both of these are inspiring.
"Prepared in mind and resources" March 29, 2017, 10:26 PM
TMatsIf your horse doesn't want to go there, neither do you.
- I don't know who first said it, but he was a wise man
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despite them
March 30, 2017, 01:32 AM
wildheartedson0105"You can play now and pay later, or pay now and play later."
My Dad.
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Dei. Familia. Patria. Victoria.
Don't back up, don't back down.
March 30, 2017, 12:44 PM
Pipe SmokerThese are my principles. If you don't like them I have others.
--Groucho Marx
Serious about crackers. March 30, 2017, 04:00 PM
PalIt is better to keep quiet be be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Mark Twaine
JIm
March 30, 2017, 05:38 PM
Mr.BrooksLuck is the residue of design - Branch Rickey
March 31, 2017, 06:30 AM
mttaylor1066quote:
Originally posted by Minnow:
A favorite of mine, from the Great Seal of the state of South Carolina, and in my signature line, translated: "Prepared in Mind and Resources".
Along with this one on the Great Seal of the state of South Carolina, translated: "While I Breathe I Hope".
Both of these are inspiring.
"Dum Spiro Spero" is also the motto of the town of St. Andrews, Scotland. Especially true of diehard golfers.
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Company, villainous company hath been the spoil of me.
March 31, 2017, 10:54 AM
leavemebeThis is a critically important reminder for my day job:
"It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong."
R.P. Feynman.
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March 31, 2017, 08:32 PM
SigJacketIf you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
March 31, 2017, 09:19 PM
clubleaf206Who flies afar from the sphere of their sorrow, is here today and here tomorrow.
James Thurber
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"....imitate the action of the Tiger."
March 31, 2017, 09:25 PM
tanksoldierquote:
A Meaningful Quote To You Thread
Cattle die
kinsmen die
all men are mortal.
Words of praise
will never perish
nor a noble name.---The Havamal
"I am a Soldier. I fight where I'm told and I win where I fight."
GEN George S. Patton, Jr.