Non-technical Thread: Favorite Quotes

I have several hanging in my office. Here's one...

I'm not a genius,

Just a tremendous bundle of experience.

R. Buckminster Fuller

A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

I have a collection that I keep handy as well...

Integrity has no need of rules

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there

A critic is a man who knows the way but can’t drive the car

Admitting error clears the score-and proves you wiser than before

The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn

The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated

Money can’t buy happiness, but it can buy the kind of misery you prefer

People are always ready to recognize a man’s ability…after he gets there

Freedom is a system based on courage

A problem well stated is a problem half solved

Destiny is not a matter of chance it is a mater of choice, it is not a thing to be waited for, but something to be achieved

Conversation means being able to disagree and still continue the discussion

If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children.  One of these is roots; the other, wings

The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are

The trouble with self-made men is that they worship their creator

It’s always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile

The highest reward for a man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly

There’s no limit to what a man can do, or where he can go, if he doesn’t mind who gets the credit

Ronald Reagan

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

Frank Herbert

No matter where you go, there you are.

Buckaroo Banzai

Excuse me, is someone out there not having a good time?

No matter where you go has always been my favorite quote (and I've said it here on numerous times)

Steve C

"I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail."

-Abraham Maslow

(I tend to paraphrase this as "When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." - I looked it up, because I wanted to get it right.)

From the A-Team movie

Flight Control Commander: Are they trying to shoot down the other drone?

Capt. Charisa Sosa: No, they're trying to fly that tank.

Steve C

We tend to look at things from a "scarcity perspective".

We see what didn't happen.

The challenge is looking at it from the "abundance perspective".

What actually happened?

One of my favorites -

Followed by one of my own -

If you are in it for the money, you will never be happy.

If you are in it to be happy, you probably aren’t as concerned about the money.

I know that you believe

that you understand

what you think I said,

but I'm not sure that you realize

that what you heard

is not what I meant.

- Unknown

Wise decisions are the result of experience.

Experience is the result or unwise decisions.

Mark Twain

"I spent half my money on wine, women, and song...and like a fool I squandered the rest."

Benny Hill (and similar from W. C. Fields and others)