These are the quotes that never end...

[Joe L Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Joe L]

Heaven and Hell:

Dying man couldn't make up his mind which place to go to -- both have their advantages, "heaven for climate, hell for company!" Mark Twain

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It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

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"My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing."

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"Be careful about trusting intuition, but be more careful not to bend to the majority for whom 'impossible' is a comforting excuse for inaction."

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Grant me the strength to change what I can, the serenity to accept what I cannot change, and the wisdom to know the difference.

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In a society of wolves and foxes,
the lamb soon learns that to play,
It either becomes a fox or a wolf or
they soon serve it up as filet.

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If today was a fish, I'd throw it back in. (Song Title)

[Joe L Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Joe L]

Would You Like Some Sugar In Your Eye? ...Archie Bunker

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Dear United States Army: My husband asked me to write a recommend that he supports his family. He cannot read, so don't tell him. Just take him. He ain't no good to me. He ain't done nothing but raise hell and drink lemon essence since I married him eight years ago, and I got to feed seven kids of his. Maybe you can get him to carry a gun. He's good on squirrels and eating. Take him and welcome. I need the grub and his bed for the kids. Don't tell him this, but just take him.

Anonymous (hand delivered in 1943 by an Arkansas man to his draft board)

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I was a Field Training Sergeant for the NYPD in the 80's (Training Rookie Cops just after they came out of the Police Academy.) Part of the training included assigning them to posts called Operation Pressure Point in the 28 Precinct (Narcotics Posts) in Harlem. They took the subway to get to the precinct.

One came back to sign out at the end of his tour and says "Sarge I Think I May Have Let A Round Go On The Train" (Meaning he shot is gun) Needless to say, there was a big problem for this rookie.

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I belong to Bridegrooms Anonymous. Whenever I feel like getting married, they send over a lady in a housecoat and hair curlers to burn my toast for me. - Dick Martin

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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. Henry David Thoreau

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If I had to live my life again I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner. - Tallulah Bankhead

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We will either find a way, or make one.
Hannibal

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Alexander III of Macedonia is known as Alexander the Great because he killed more people of more different kinds than any other man of his time. - Will Cuppy