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This is just a question....
I adore quotations. Love 'em. They come from wise souls and can teach us so much, on so many different levels.

How many of us, though, remember them when we need to?
Do we live by their sagacity?
When our personal world seems dark, do we recall their luminous nature, and live by them?

I know I don't always.
many on this board will remember that I don't - !!

But I do attemt to incorporate Right Effort in my thoughts, words and deeds.

I try.

But as one small green wise man said:
"Do or do not. there IS no 'Try' "....!!

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

-F. Scott Fitzgerald


I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed: and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I fail and keep trying.

-Tom Hopkins



Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

-Dale Carnegie


The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try nothing and succeed.

-Lloyd Jones

There is a fine difference of perspective between getting involved and being committed. In ham and eggs, the chicken is involved but the pig is committed.

John-Allen Price

No amount of common sense will ever prevail against a modicum of stupidity that is currently in fashion.

(From "start from where you are" but anonymously attributed.)

'Let's start puttin' first things first'
'Cause when your hourglass runs outta sand
You can't flip it over, start again
Take every breath God gives you, for what it's worth

From the song Don't Blink by Kenny Chesney

..Anyone want to come in on my post earlier....? #364817...?

Alexandra - I think it would be difficult to remember quotes when we absolutely need them, but it is good to have so many here to reflect on and try to remember them the next time we need them.

Your quote reminded me of this one:

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

Albert Einstein


I love Einstein quotes... he was a cracker! His humor and wit reminds me a lot of that of Mark Twain. Here are a few more good Einstein quotes:

"Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity."

-Albert Einstein


"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. "

--Albert Einstein




In reference to his discoveries that led to the creation of the atom bomb...

"If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith."

--Albert Einstein




I thought many of you might find this one interesting:

"Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. "

--Albert Einstein



"To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself. "

--Albert Einstein



"The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. "

--Albert Einstein, (attributed)


"The strongest force in the universe is compound interest."

--Albert Einstein, (attributed)



"If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut."

--Albert Einstein, Observer, Jan. 15, 1950

Isn't that one a hoot?!!!

And one to leave you by:

"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat. "

--Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio

hahahaha I never knew Einstein was such a comedian. Learn something new every day!

He was pretty much the class clown / class dreamer in school. He flunked out of lots of classes because he wouldn't apply himself. Kinda makes you think twice about people, doesn't it? His classmates probably were laughing at him, then look what he turned out to be!