Favorite Quotes?

"It's not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight that counts, rather the size of the fight in the dog." -Mark Twain

"The only easy day was yesterday." SEALs

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." - John Stuart Mill

To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
 
Some more quotes to add to the list:

No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.
- Ulysses S. Grant

Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes

The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
- Voltaire

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
- Abraham Lincoln

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
- Theodore Roosevelt

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
- Benjamin Franklin

What a man thinks of himself, that is what determines, or rather indicates, his fate.
- Henry David Thoreau



M19
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"Nazis. I hate these guys."
-Indiana Jones

"I'll be the fearless American defender of liberty and democracy and you can be the loathsome godless Communist oppressor."
-Calvin and Hobbes

"You don't make friends with the foremost jacks, lad. They'll despise you in the end, think you weak. Nor do you need to be a tyrant. Now you find that within yourself, and you will earn their respect. Without respect, true discipline goes by the board."
-Jack Aubrey, Master and Commander
 
It's probably already been said but I'm too lazy to check:

"Duty then is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more; you should never wish to do less."

Gen'l R.E. Lee, USMA Class of 1829
(classmate of my GGGGrandfather)
 
Favorite Quotes

"You fight like you train." Cdr Randy "Duke" Cunningham
 
Favorite Quotes

Our 40th President, Ronald Reagan had some great quotes...

The 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.

Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.

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

Trust, but verify.

How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

All great change in America begins at the dinner table.
 
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.
-Sir Winston Churchill
 
Someone already said this, but I've gotta express discontent with Churchill's political quotes due to his inconsistencies in life.

However, I still love his others:
"One time, a woman came up to me at a party. She took one look at me and said, 'Winston, you're drunk!' I replied, 'Madam, you're ugly and tomorrow I'll be sober.' "
 
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