Philosophical one liners

[wisewood]

“A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab someone, even at nighttime.”

 

― John Hodgman, More Information Than You Require

[wisewood]

Red sky at night

Your house is alight

[joshscott]

Up the bum, no harm done

[csservices]

Tight as a ducks bum and thats watertight

[Paulfreebury]

Shoot to wound! Turn one casualty into three

[Paulfreebury]

Grief is the price we pay for love!

[Paulfreebury]

It's better to say nothing and let people think your stupid than to open your mouth and remove all doubt

[Tony Knight]

I'm passionate about motivating volunteers, a few from arounf the place that I use.

 

Mediocrity will always try to drag excellence down to its level. Don't trade your superiority for their inferiority.

 

The reason why people give up so fast is because they tend to look at how far they still have to go, instead of how far they have gotten.

 

Success isn't something that just happens - success is learned, success is practiced and then it is shared. - Sparky Anderson

 

The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking that created them. - Einstein

 

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

 

Regards

 

 

Tony

[Tony Knight]

Experience is the lesson you learn after you needed it

 

Hey man, I think this is what your alluding to.

 

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. -Vernon Sanders Law

 

 

Cheers,

 

 

Tony

[spudulike]

My favourite is "You reap what you Sow" or to be more precise "As you sow, so also shall you reap" - a biblical quote and so true in everyday life!

 

On a similar vein - "Treat others as you would like to be treated"

 

Both go a long way in my books!