I cull my quotations from many sources, but am especially indebted to Tim Lane, who provides me with a daily dose of quotations and wisdom every weekday in his Fitnet email [To subscribe, send a blank email to join-fitnet@lists.ia.gov].
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It's easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
:: Adlai Stevenson |
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If you don't like how things are, change them. You're not a tree.
:: Jim Rohn |
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If we wait for the moment when everything,
absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.
:: Ivan Turgenev |
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A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
:: W H Auden |
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Did you sleep well?
No, I made a couple of mistakes.
:: Steven Wright |
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You can lead people to the data, but you can't make them think.
:: Unknown |
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Before enlightenment, hewing wood and drawing water.
After enlightenment, hewing wood and drawing water.
:: Zen wisdom |
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One doesn't discover new lands without consenting
to lose sight of the shore for a long time.
:: Andre Gide |
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When your will is ready, your feet are light.
:: George Herbert |
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Life is short, and it's up to us to make it sweet.
:: Sarah Louise Delaney [painting: Jo Adang] |
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The longest journey begins with a single step,
not the turn of an ignition key.
:: Edward Abbey |
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To be good is noble, but to teach others to be good is nobler...
and no trouble.
:: Mark Twain |
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What good am I that say and don't do?
:: Bob Dylan |
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Fit happens.
:: Unknown |
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Me thinks that the moment that my legs begin to move,
my thoughts begin to flow.
:: Henry David Thoreau |
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Remember to walk and walk to remember.
:: Alan Joseph [painting: Maurice Lapp] |
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Country Wisdom
Life is simpler when you plough around the stump.
Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads.
Meanness don't just happen overnight.
Don't interfere with something that ain't bothering you none.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
Don't judge folks by their relatives. |
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You don't fail overnight. Failure is usually made up of bad choices
and errors in judgement repeated on a daily basis.
:: Jim Rohn |
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To say that my fate is not tied to your fate is like saying,
"Your end of the boat is sinking".
:: Hugh Downs |
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The best thing about the future
is that it comes one day at a time.
:: Abraham Lincoln |
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retreat
