Words of Wisdom

[Iceman]

The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 177

 

[Iceman]

I just need enough to tide me over until I need more.
Bill Hoest

 

[Iceman]

The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)

 

[bar01]

"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong"

Bertrand........ Russell 1872 - 1970, English author, Mathematician, & Philosopher


"You are predestined to your fate"

John Calvin Religious Philosopher 1509-1564


"I pray for the strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can't, and the incapacity to tell the difference"

Calvin and Hobbes

 

[Iceman]

Don''t walk behind me, I may not lead. Don''t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Albert Camus (1913 - 1960), (attributed)

 

[Iceman]

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
Ali ibn-Abi-Talib (602 AD - 661 AD), A Hundred Sayings

 

[Iceman]

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Eudemian Ethics

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Nichomachean Ethics

A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.
Arthur Brisbane, "The Book of Today"

 

[Iceman]

The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends.
Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), De Amicitia

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.
Colette (1873 - 1954), The Pure and the Impure, 1932

 

[Iceman]

The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.
Ben Stein

 

[Iceman]

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.
Christopher Morley (1890 - 1957)

Life is too important to take seriously.
Corky Siegel

The purpose of life is to fight maturity.
Dick Werthimer

 

[Iceman]

In heaven all the interesting people are missing.
Friedrich Nietzsche

 

[Iceman]

It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!
Friedrich Nietzsche

 

[Iceman]

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Confucius

 

[Iceman]

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
Confucius


Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
Confucius

 

[canuk-gal]

"Be not afraid...you have rights."

Pope John Paul ll
(Karol Jozef Wojtyla)

cheers--Sharon

 

[Jennifer5973]

"You will emerge victorious from the maze you travel in."

-fortune cookie, May ''02

 

[sevens one]

Well this is something from one of Iceman''s other lists
that I keep coming back to over and over again.
Lately my memory has been awful but I can''t seem to forget this:


The greatest problem to overcome.........................Fear