{"id":152,"date":"2012-04-26T18:38:41","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T18:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewbinkley.org\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2012-04-26T18:38:41","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T18:38:41","slug":"favorite-quotes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mathewbinkley.org\/?page_id=152","title":{"rendered":"Favorite Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>PASSION<\/h3>\n<p>The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. &#8212; George Bernard Shaw<\/p>\n<p>The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground&#8230;. &#8212; Unknown<\/p>\n<p>The tragedy of life doesn&#8217;t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn&#8217;t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream&#8230;. It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin. &#8212; Benjamin Elijah Mays<\/p>\n<h3>ACTION<\/h3>\n<p>Whatever thy hand findest to do, do it with all thy heart. &#8212; Jesus Christ<\/p>\n<p>Even if you&#8217;re on the right track, you&#8217;ll get run over if you just sit there. &#8212; Will Rogers<\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t build a reputation on what you are going to do. &#8212; Henry Ford<\/p>\n<p>The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. &#8212; Chinese Proverb<\/p>\n<p>Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a  heart of gold &#8212; but so does a hard-boiled egg. &#8212; Unknown<\/p>\n<p>The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions. &#8212; Ellen Glasgow<\/p>\n<h3>TAKING CHANCES<\/h3>\n<p>Don&#8217;t be afraid to take one large step because you can&#8217;t cross a chasm in two small leaps.  &#8212; Lloyd George<\/p>\n<p>Use the talents you possess &#8212; for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except for the best.  &#8212; Unknown<\/p>\n<p>There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why&#8230; I dream of things that never were, and ask why not? &#8212; Robert Francis Kennedy, 1968 presidential campaign<\/p>\n<p>All great truths begin as blasphemies. &#8212; George Bernard Shaw<\/p>\n<p>The fear of death follows from the fear of life.  A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.  &#8212; Mark Twain<\/p>\n<p>There are no solutions, only trade-offs.  &#8212; Thomas Sowell<\/p>\n<h3>OPTIMISM<\/h3>\n<p>A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.  &#8212; Sir Winston Churchill<\/p>\n<p>You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.  &#8212; &#8220;Ziggy&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>HONESTY<\/h3>\n<p>It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you&#8217;ll do things differently. &#8212; Warren Buffett<\/p>\n<p>That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong. &#8212; William J. H. Boetcker<\/p>\n<p>Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to.  &#8212; Arnold H. Glasgow<\/p>\n<p>If you tell the truth you don&#8217;t have to remember anything. &#8212; Mark Twain<\/p>\n<p>The right to offend is far more important than the right not to be offended.  &#8212; Rowan Atkinson<\/p>\n<h3>SUCCESS<\/h3>\n<p>I don&#8217;t measure a man&#8217;s success by how high he climbs, but by how high he bounces when he hits bottom. &#8212; George S. Patton&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>WISDOM<\/h3>\n<p>The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it.  &#8212; Francois de La Rochefoucauld<\/p\n\n\n<p>You are neither right nor wrong because the crowd disagrees with you.  You are right because your data and reasoning are right. A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. &#8212; Warren Buffett<\/p>\n<p>Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.  &#8212; Plato<\/p>\n<p>Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference. &#8212; Anonymous<\/p>\n<p>True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. &#8212; Socrates<\/p>\n<p>The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.  &#8212; Winston Churchill<\/p>\n<p>Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.  &#8212; Unknown<\/p>\n<p>I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn&#8217;t learn something from him. &#8212; Galileo Galilei<\/p>\n<p>Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.  &#8212; Josh Billings<\/p>\n<p>Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding. &#8212; Proverbs 4:7<\/p>\n<h3>LEADERSHIP<\/h3>\n<p>Learn to obey before you command. &#8212; Solon<\/p>\n<p>When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set. &#8212; Lin Yutang<\/p>\n<h3>HUMOR<\/h3>\n<p>Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing. &#8212; Peter Benchley<\/p>\n<p>Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves for we shall never cease to be amused. &#8212; Unknown<\/p>\n<p><H3>POLITICS<\/h3>\n<p>Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian. &#8212; Robert Orben<\/p>\n<p>For every action there is an equal and opposite government program. &#8212; Bob Wells<\/p>\n<p>In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress.  &#8212; John Adams<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.  &#8212; Mark Twain<\/p>\n<p>The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.  &#8212; Mark Twain<\/p>\n<p>Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn&#8217;t mean politics won&#8217;t take an interest in you!  &#8212; Pericles<\/p>\n<p>The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples&#8217; money.  &#8211;Margaret Thatcher<\/p>\n<p>We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. &#8212; Will Rogers <\/p>\n<h3>MONEY<\/h3>\n<p>The real measure of your wealth is how much you&#8217;d be worth if you lost all your money. &#8212; Unknown <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PASSION The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. 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