Monday, October 22, 2007

Favorite Quotes

"Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery that unequal in freedom."
Alexis de Tocqueville

"A true conservative is a man of the future rooted in the past."
Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D.

"Decisions are made by those who show up."


"I guess this is just another lost cause, Mr. Paine. All you people don't know about lost causes. Mr. Paine does. He said once they were the only causes worth fighting for. And he fought for them once, for the only reason any man ever fights for them; because of just one plain simple rule: 'Love thy neighbor.'... And you know that you fight for the lost causes harder than for any other. Yes, you even die for them."
Jimmy Stewart as "Mr. Smith"

"He who is good at making excuses, is seldom good for anything else."
Benjamin Franklin

"Some people are like slinkies... they are not really good for anything... but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs."
Unknown

"Lack of planning on your part does not constitute and emergency on mine."
Unknown

“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”
John Quincy Adams

“Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.”
George Washington (1732-1799)

“The greatest sorrow and burden you can lay on the Father, the greatest unkindness you can do to him is not to believe that he loves you.”
John Owen - English Puritan Theologian

"There is no limit to what man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit."
Unknown

"Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable."
Peter F. Drucker

"Don’t waste time looking for a better job. Do a better job and you’ll have a better job."
S. Truett Cathy (founder of Chick-fil-A)

No comments: