Today's words of wisdom

[mapuc]

Here is the first word or picture of today's word of wisdom

Markus

[Rockstar]

Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional. :arrgh!:

[Eisenwurst]

Never go grocery shopping when you're hungry.

[Ostfriese]

If you fall from the roof brake before you land.

[Reece]

^ Now that would be a neat trick!! :yep:

[Jimbuna]

Giving serious thought to merging this and the comment threads due to the close similarity.

Any thoughts folks?

[ET2SN]

Any thoughts folks?

Never trust a Proctologist with Pink Eye. :salute:

[Rockstar]

A comment doesn’t necessarily impart wisdom.

[u crank]

"Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel ..."

[mapuc]

Giving serious thought to merging this and the comment threads due to the close similarity.

Any thoughts folks?

I was thinking about our comment thread.

I said no-Here people post not comment and not funny thing but word of wisdom on daily basis.

Here is today's word of wisdom

When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him.
When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.”
― Confucius

It's free to post words of wisdom-
Even word of wisdom from the bible or some other religious book

Markus

[mapuc]

Please do not turn this thread into another Comment thread.
Here you post on daily basis some Word of Wisdom.
There's lots of them on the web.

Markus

[mapuc]

It's 1 am here so here is today's Word of Wisdom

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.

Anthony J. D'Angelo


Markus

[Reece]

or Wherever you go there you are!! :D

[Rockstar]

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.” - J. R. R. Tolkien

[Otto Harkaman]

“He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.” Lao Tzu

[Jeff-Groves]

Don't play on the phone when driving!

I've seen enough Death over that!
:nope:

[Jimbuna]

None of us are as clever as all of us.

[mapuc]

Today's Word of Wisdom

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life."
— Confucius

Markus

[mapuc]

Today's Word of Wisdom

A fool isn't wise enough to know when to stop.
The wise isn't a fool and know when it's enough.
Mapuc

Markus

[Jimbuna]

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Lao Tzu

[mapuc]

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count.
It's the life in your years."
Abraham Lincoln

Markus

[Jimbuna]

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

Henry David Thoreau

[mapuc]

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.
Unknown

Markus

[Jimbuna]

A second offering.

[mapuc]

Just hang in there, and wait for your sunshine.
Martin K. Mwangi, Shabua

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

[Rockstar]

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy
is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet,
alone with the heavens, nature and God.
Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.

- Anne Frank

[Jimbuna]

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.

Archimedes

[Otto Harkaman]

Before signing the contract for life make sure you negotiate some coupons for therapy.

- Otto

[Jimbuna]

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

Jim Elliot

[mapuc]

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!
Audrey Hepburn

Markus

[Ostfriese]

In Heaven:
Your cook is French
Your mechanic is German
Your policeman is English
Your lover is Italian
Everything is organized by the Swiss.


In Hell:
Your cook is English
Your mechanic is French
Your policeman is German
Your lover is Swiss
Everything is organized by the Italians

[Jimbuna]

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

William Arthur Ward

[Jimbuna]

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present.

Joan Rivers

[mapuc]

Never stop learning, because life
never stop teaching

Markus

[mapuc]

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.
Unknown

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

Arthur Helps

[mapuc]

Other things may change us,
but we start and end with family.
Anthony Brandt

Markus

[Jimbuna]

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

John Muir

[mapuc]

It’s Easier to Fool People Than to Convince Them
That They Have Been Fooled’?
Mark Twain

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm.

Pope Paul VI

[mapuc]

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life.
Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself
to make you happy in the future.
Think how really precious is the time you have to spend,
whether it’s at work or with your family.
Every minute should be enjoyed and savored.
Earl Nightingale

Markus

[Platapus]

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't – you're right” -- Henry Ford

[Jimbuna]

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

[mapuc]

Our roots say we’re sisters,
our hearts say we’re friends.
Unknown

Markus

[Ostfriese]

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.


Robert Frost.

[mapuc]

It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool,
than to talk and remove all doubt of it
submission by reader Benedict J. Goltra.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Anton Chekhov

[mapuc]

Tennis just a game, family is forever.
Serena Williams

Markus

[Jimbuna]

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.

Lucille Ball

[mapuc]

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
Franz Kafka

Markus

[Jimbuna]

It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

Elizabeth Kenny

[Otto Harkaman]

There have been greater civilizations than our own that have voted themselves into oblivion so don't think we are an exception.

[mapuc]

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
Rosa Parks

Markus

[Eisenwurst]

Si Hoc Legere Scis Nimium Eruditionis Habes.

[Catfish]

^ Glad i can't read this :D

The video posted about german auxiliary of Rome was execellent.. wish i had more time reading and viewing about the past :up:

[Jimbuna]

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Judy Garland

[Aktungbby]

It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

Elizabeth KennyEwe ain't Lyin'!🎯

[mapuc]

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
Napoleon Hill

Markus

[Jimbuna]

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

Nelson Mandela

[mapuc]

"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
― Isaac Asimov

Markus

[mapuc]

Don’t seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will—then your life will flow well.
Epictetus

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground.

David Icke

[mapuc]

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.
Tony Robbins

Markus

[Otto Harkaman]

Patience big sister to wisdom.

– CHARLIE CHAN

[Jimbuna]

You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.

Sammy Davis, Jr.

[mapuc]

We could never learn to be brave and patient,
if there were only joys in the world.
Helen Keller

Markus

[Jeff-Groves]

Putting a lock on a Tent Door is like putting a Screen door on a Submarine.

[Otto Harkaman]

Very few of us are what we seem

Agatha Christie

[Sean C]

"The scent of flowers is carried
No farther than the wind allows,
Neither the sandalwood, tagar¹, nor jasmine.
But the fragrance of the deeds of good men spreads
To the ends of the earth, in all directions,
Regardless of the wind."

- Siddhartha Gautama (The Buddha)



¹ Pinwheel flower or crepe jasmine.

[Jimbuna]

It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

Elizabeth Kenny

[mapuc]

No one is perfect - that’s why pencils have erasers.”
Wolfgang Riebe

Markus

[Platapus]

"I have failed over and over and over again in my life. That is why I succeed" Michael Jordan.

[Otto Harkaman]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/62/08/00/620800ef43fefeb0a54e1c69fa0373aa.png

[mapuc]

Everyone is a millionaire where promises are concerned
Ovidius

Markus

[Jimbuna]

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

[Platapus]

How do we create a harmonious society out of so many kinds of people?


The key is tolerance - the one value that is indispensable in creating community - Barbara Jordan

[mapuc]

Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation.
Charlotte Bronte

Markus

[Platapus]

“I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is 6 to 5 against.” - Damon Runyan

[mapuc]

No man is free who is not master of himself.
Epictetus

Markus

[Sean C]

"Should a traveler fail to find a companion
Equal or better,
Rather than suffer the company of a fool,
He should resolutely walk alone."

-Siddhartha Gautama (The Buddha)

[Skybird]

A bamboo flute without a hole is not a flute, but a hole without a flute is something completely different.

Wishi-Washi, Japanese Zen master

[Catfish]

^ :D

[mapuc]

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare

Markus

[Otto Harkaman]

“Keep your head up in failure and your head down in success.”

Jerry Seinfeld

[Jimbuna]

We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

Max de Pree

[Rockstar]

Praise day at even, a wife when dead,
a weapon when tried, a maid when married, ice when ’tis crossed, and ale when ’tis drunk. - Othinn

[mapuc]

If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.
Lemony Snicket

Markus

[Jimbuna]

With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.

Ezra Taft Benson

[mapuc]

The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.
Albert Einstein

Markus

[Otto Harkaman]

La cucina piccola fa la casa grande.

The small kitchen makes the house big.

[Jimbuna]

I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail.

Muriel Strode

[Platapus]

Behind every angry woman is a man who has no idea what he did wrong.

[Jimbuna]

My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.

Marlo Thomas

[mapuc]

Wisdom consists in doing the next thing you have to do, doing it with your whole heart, and finding delight in doing it.
Meister Eckhart

Markus

[Otto Harkaman]

Don't be afraid to unleash your inner julia child, galloping gourmet, paula deen and rachael ray

[Jimbuna]

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

Walter Lippmann

[mapuc]

Laughter is the fireworks of the soul.
Josh Billings

Markus

[Jimbuna]

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Audrey Hepburn

[mapuc]

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.
Andy Rooney

Markus

[Jimbuna]

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

William Arthur Ward

[Aktungbby]

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.

William Arthur Ward...and simply adores the 'cut of his own jib!':arrgh!: https://subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=815&pictureid=9920

[mapuc]

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
Eleanor Roosevelt

Markus

[Jimbuna]

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

Ben Hogan

[mapuc]

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
George Eliot

Markus

[mapuc]

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment, until it becomes a memory.
Dr. Seuss

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.

Omar N. Bradley

[Jimbuna]

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

Sigmund Freud

[mapuc]

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
Jane Austen

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.

Lord Byron

[mapuc]

I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.
Richard P. Feynman

Markus

[Jimbuna]

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

Orison Swett Marden

[mapuc]

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
Abraham Lincoln

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.

Calvin Coolidge

[mapuc]

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Aristotle

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

Henry Van Dyke

[Jimbuna]

Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.

Satchel Paige

[mapuc]

Let humor be your companion throughout the day. Learn to laugh freely and at yourself. It helps chase away disappointments instantly.
Rakhi Kapoor, Decimus

Markus

[Jimbuna]

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.

J. Michael Straczynski

[mapuc]

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
Rosa Parks

Markus

[Jimbuna]

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

Moliere

[mapuc]

Being brave is about facing physical or mental discomfort with courage. And courage is the ability to act despite having thoughts and feelings that scream at you to run, hide, or freeze.
Simon Marshall, PhD, ‎
Lesley Paterson, The Brave Athlete

Markus

[Jimbuna]

He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.

Edgar Fiedler

[Jimbuna]

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Confucius

[Jimbuna]

The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.

Don Shula

[mapuc]

Your journey is your own. Your purpose is your own. Your path and your impact are your own. Do not let comparison steal that from you.
Brian Bosché, ‎Gabrielle Bosché, The Purpose Factor

Markus

[Sean C]

"Animosity does not eradicate animosity.
Only by loving kindness is animosity dissolved.
This law is ancient and eternal."

Siddhartha Gautama (a.k.a. the Buddha)

[Jimbuna]

Commitment is an act, not a word.

Jean-Paul Sartre

[mapuc]

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
- Martin Luther King Jr. 1963

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.

Aldous Huxley

[mapuc]

Be true to yourself today. Be genuine, and be so without guilt, fear, or hesitation.
David Sharp, Power for Life

Markus

[Jimbuna]

If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.

Lord Salisbury

[Jimbuna]

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.

Khalil Gibran

[mapuc]

At your birth a seed is planted. That seed is your uniqueness. It wants to grow, transform itself, and flower to its full potential. It has a natural, assertive energy to it. Your life’s task is to bring that seed to flower, to express your uniqueness through your work.
Robert Greene

Markus

[Jimbuna]

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

Margaret Thatcher

[mapuc]

Minds are like hearts; they go where they are appreciated.
Marlene D. LeFever, Creative Teaching Methods

Markus

[Sean C]

"Shun anger, let go of pride,
Break out of every shackle.
Whoever is not tied to possessions,
Clinging neither to body nor mind,
Is never in bondage."

Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha)

[Jimbuna]

Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Elizabeth Bibesco

[mapuc]

Real freedom gives you love and real love gives you freedom.
Satya Narayana
Sarma Rupenaguntla

Markus

[Jimbuna]

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.

Pierre Corneille

[mapuc]

One day, you’ll be just a memory for some people. Do your best to be a good one.
Unknown

Markus

[Jimbuna]

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

Abraham Maslow

[Jimbuna]

Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Elizabeth Bibesco

[Jimbuna]

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

Leonardo da Vinci

[mapuc]

Taking the time to relax is really an acknowledgement that for you to be effective, you need to take care of yourself.
Greg Keast, ‎Kevin Kaohelaulii, Pass The Smiles

Markus

[Jimbuna]

The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.

Don Shula

[mapuc]

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
H. Jackson Brown Jr

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Never cut what you can untie.

Joseph Joubert

[Jimbuna]

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

[mapuc]

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.
Arthur C. Clarke

Markus

[mapuc]

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes. Benjamin Disraeli

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

[Platapus]

"Our world is not divided by race, gender, color, or religion. Our world is divided into wise people and fools. And fools divide themselves by race, gender, color, or religion. "
--- Nelson Mandela.

[Jimbuna]

Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.

Robert H. Schuller

[mapuc]

Creativity is the key to fruitfulness.
Peter Ajisafe, Decide Forward

Markus

[Sean C]

"Mind is the forerunner of all actions.
All deeds are led by mind, created by mind.
If one speaks or acts with a corrupt mind, suffering follows,
As the wheel follows the hoof of an ox pulling a cart."

Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha)

[Platapus]

Surprised this had not been posted yet


Proper Previous Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance -- pretty much every NCO.

[Platapus]

The first step in getting ahead is getting started -- Mark Twain

[Jimbuna]

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

Jean Paul

[mapuc]

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.
George Addair

Markus

[Platapus]

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't – you're right,” Henry Ford

[Jimbuna]

One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

Eleanor Roosevelt

[Jimbuna]

Make it your habit not to be critical about small things.

Edward Everett Hale

[Platapus]

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

Eleanor Roosevelt, June 1941

[mapuc]

You owe it to yourself to know your true self so that you can really live your best life.
Oluwafemi O. Sanya, I'm Manifesting My Queen Essence

Markus

[mapuc]

A will finds a way.
Orison Swett Marden

Markus

[Platapus]

'Blessed is the person who has earned the love of an old dog. ' - Sydney Jeanne Seward

[Jimbuna]

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

[mapuc]

Focus on the things that make you feel good about yourself rather than berate yourself for your perceived flaws.
Janet Esposito, Janet Esposito, In the Spotlight

Markus

[Jimbuna]

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

Robert W. Service

[mapuc]

An essential part of leading a happy life is to surround yourself with those friends who love you for who you are as a person, not what you have.
Gigi G, The Glass Is Full

Markus

[Jimbuna]

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives.

J. Michael Straczynski

[mapuc]

Life is like an ocean: you either go on swimming or you drown.
Dr M.A. Monareng, Life Is Hopeful for the Living

Markus

[Jimbuna]

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

Thomas Huxley

[em2nought]

Don't touch your privates after slicing habanero peppers. :D

[mapuc]

A fool never learn from his mistakes, A wise man learns from his mistakes and never repeat it.
DAVID O. IDAHOSA, My Superman: Living for Tomorrow.

Markus

[mapuc]

Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
Thomas Jefferson

Markus

[Platapus]

You don't tug on superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger
And you don't mess around with Slim -- Jim Croce

[Jimbuna]

All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.

Saint Teresa of Avila

[Jeff-Groves]

You don't tug on superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger
And you don't mess around with Sim -- Jim Croce

:o
Who the Hell is Sim?

[Catfish]

:o
Who the Hell is Sim?
You'll find out when you mess with him :O:

[Aktungbby]

The older I get, the more things come in childproof containers:hmmm:

[mapuc]

Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.
Allen Ginsberg

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

D. H. Lawrence

[Jimbuna]

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.

Tom Wilson

[Platapus]

"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." -- Michael Jordon


I have this quote hanging in my cubical at work.

[Jimbuna]

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.

Thomas J. Watson

[Platapus]

“The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.”


― Stephen McCranie

[mapuc]

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition.
Elbert Hubbard

Markus

[Jeff-Groves]

"Do not enter the Oven"

Samsung Electric Range User Manual NE63*671*S*
:o

[Platapus]

From every EOD Technical Order


"Do not eat or ingest high explosives"


:doh:

[Jimbuna]

Start wide, expand further, and never look back.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

[Eisenwurst]

"Always wear clean underwear". - A Million mums.

[Jimbuna]

Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you.

Tom Hopkins

[mapuc]

If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.
Lemony Snicket

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

Baruch Spinoza

[Jimbuna]

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

Robert W. Service

[mapuc]

Life is a balance between holding on and letting go.
- Rumi

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you.

Tom Hopkins

[Sean C]

Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you.

Tom Hopkins

Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you.

Tom Hopkins

You can say that again! :O:

[Jimbuna]

:)



:oops:

[Platapus]

When the power of love overcomes
The love of power
We will have peace -- Jimi Hendrix

[Jimbuna]

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.

Rollo May

[mapuc]

Kindness is the nature of all things. Kindness is the life of all things.
Liu Xintao, The Truth

Markus

[Jimbuna]

When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth.

Sara Teasdale

[mapuc]

Where there is power, there is resistance.
Michel Foucault

Markus

[Jimbuna]

A closed mouth catches no flies.

Miguel de Cervantes

[Aktungbby]

Your mentor's hindsight is generally your foresight .:hmmm:plagiarized from last night's takeout Chinese dinner fortune cookie:x:hmm2::stare::o

[Jimbuna]

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Iris Murdoch

[Jimbuna]

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Publilius Syrus

[mapuc]

Life is a single player game.
Naval Ravikant

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.

Edna Ferber

[mapuc]

Clever people are like fragrant roses; when you smell one rose it's delightful, but smelling a whole bouquet you may get quite a headache.
Rabbi Nilton Bonder, Yiddishe Kop

Markus

[mapuc]

Let your kind heart be the very thing others remember you by.
Kylie Riordan, When Soul Is Life

Markus

[Jimbuna]

First appearance deceives many.

Ovid

[Jimbuna]

Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.

Edna Ferber

[mapuc]

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.
Picasso

Markus

[Jimbuna]

The future has already arrived. It's just not evenly distributed yet.

William Gibson

[mapuc]

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.
John Maxwell

Markus

[Jeff-Groves]

“Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage.”

― Winston Churchill

[Platapus]

Associate yourself with Men of good Quality if you Esteem your own Reputation; for ‘is better to be alone than in bad Company. -- Georgie W.

[Jeff-Groves]

“They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.”

Winston S. Churchill

[Jimbuna]

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.

A. C. Benson

[mapuc]

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.

Evelyn Underhill

[Platapus]

Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things. George Carlin

[mapuc]

There is no greater thing you can do with your life and your work than follow your passions – in a way that serves the world and you.
Richard Branson

Markus

[Rockstar]

https://youtu.be/zMnKNHNfznE

[Jimbuna]

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

[Jimbuna]

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.

Coco Chanel

[mapuc]

The most wasted of days is one without laughter.
E. E. Cummings

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Suffering is one of life's great teachers.

Bryant H. McGill

[mapuc]

Meditation is a way of being, not a technique.
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Meditation is Not What You Think

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

[Jimbuna]

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.

Honore de Balzac

[Jimbuna]

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Iris Murdoch

[mapuc]

We take chances everyday by walking outside, so why not take a chance in following your dreams?
Joseph Lige, A Mile A Day

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Florence Scovel Shinn

[mapuc]

Helping others is the only true wealth.
C Andrew Millard, The Graduate's Book of Practical Wisdom

Markus

[Jimbuna]

None knows the weight of another's burden.

George Herbert

[mapuc]

Faith will give birth to determination, determination will push you into action, and result will be bound to follow.
Ballah Kemah, Faith Void

Markus

[Jimbuna]

If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself.

Rollo May

[ET2SN]

To be honest, I'm not sure if this is the right topic to post this. :yep:

In the "survival" thread, I have mentioned Max Brooks several times.
This is Max in his other enviroment. You'll see a bunch of suits in the front rows because they are other VIPs. What you won't see are the BDUs, shined boots, and ribbons that most of the audience are wearing.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaXz3Nm0Els

WARNING, THIS IS SOME VERY DEEP #### AND YOU MAY
NEED TO PAUSE THE VIDEO AT SOME POINTS TO LOOK UP WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

Trust me, its worth it. :Kaleun_Cheers:

[les green01]

boys don't grow up the toys just gets bigger

[Jimbuna]

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

George Eliot

[Rockstar]

Listen, or your tongue will make you deaf.

[Rockstar]

“I counsel you, Loddfafnir,
Men become friends when they can share
their minds with one another.
Anything is better than being lied to:
a real friend will disagree with you openly.”

:subsim:

[Aktungbby]

a real friend will disagree with you openly.”Not necessarily on the Ides of March!:doh:https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTiYLWc-RZTUwhkGgG3QUnk-XZwG4hQ_AaVgQ&usqp=CAU

[Rockstar]

The One Eyed speaks of REAL friends not conspirators who take up arms against your life. They are not your REAL friends.

[Jimbuna]

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette