| Trisha |
| "In life, risks must always be taken given the opportunity that a good chance for considerable reward will be achieved. Not taking such a risk would be a risk in itself that should never be taken." "Individuals have many talents. However, the key is to focus on a talent that has the most potential for individual prosperity and will maximize an individuals success. Having multiple talents but no focus on a singular talent is a good recipe for confusion and consistent failure. Existing talents are wasted only if there is no focus on singular talent." "In order to succeed, an individual does not need to be the best in a certain field or industry. In other words, you don't have to be the best at what you do. Working smart and giving considerable effort is all what matters" "Logic and reason must supercede all human emotions especially in cases of anger, hatred, lust, or love. If logic is not applied in confrontations or decisions, the chances for hurt, pain, or failure increases." |
| Zuban |
| "The man who learns only what others know, is as ignorant as if he learns nothing. The treasures of knowledge are the most rare and guarded the most harshly" -Keeper Annals "Once read, assummed knowledge. Twice read, revealed humility. Thryce read, revealed epiphany, and upon the fourth, reflected enigma." --Hanno "After one has seen the forms, every tear is more painful than death, yet as pure as the morning dew. Happiness becomes one-thousand fold greater in its appriciation, and sorrow becomes a nightmare worse than the firey depths of hell. Yet in the center of the eye of a Hurricane, balance brings about harmony. The storm still rages on...while the magnificance of the suns rays peer through center, carrying the light of creation." --Hanno "Ignorance is bliss, but non-productivity leads to chaos. By the hands of Chaos, dost thou commit thy fate to a finite end." --Hanno "No one holds command over me, No man, No God, No Prince. What is a claim of age for ones who are immortal? What is a claim of power for ones who defy death? Call your damnable hunt. We shall see who I draw screaming to hell with me." --The Vampire "To Hunger is noble where beauty is silent sleep My Hunger is noble but my pain is driven deep. -- The Cruxshadows - Cruelty "Men of True Honor, vigilance, and determination do not fail. Their victories are stolen from them." --Hanno "The question of whether or not there is a God or truth or reality or whatever you like to call it can never be answered by books, by priests, philosophers, or saviors. Nobody and nothing can answer that question but you yourself and that is why you must know yourself. Immaturity lies only in total ignorance of self. To understand yourself is the beginning of wisdom." * ~ Krishnamurti ~ |
| Guroon |
| 'The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of consistency.' -Einstein 'Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else -- unless it is an enemy.' -Einstein 'Joy in looiking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.' -Einstein |
| Panin |
| where u get the one whit the vimpare?? |
| optomeb |
Funny but true in many ways :) |
| trefeda |
| 'You want the unrecieved, and you receive the unwanted' |
| richoil |
| 'Only those who risk going too far, can possibly find out how far one can go....' T.S. Eliot |
| LaroCoppas |
| only when good men do nothing will evil take control And they're not gonna hold me down no more, no they're not gonna change my mind. Cause ive got faith of the heart. Imgoing where my heart will take me. Ive got faith to believe. I can do anything. Ive got strength of the soul. And no ones gonna bend or break me. |
| richoil |
| 'With great power comes great responsibility.' -Spiderman's Uncle. This Quote is so accurate!!! |
| richoil |
| 'Concerning all acts of initiative and creation,t here is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans;that the moment one definitely commits oneself,then Providence moves too.All sorts of things occur to help one that would otherwise not have occurred.A whole stream of events issues from the decision,raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.Whatever you can do,or dream you can do,do it.Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.Begin it now.' .......Goethe ====================================== He who knows others is learned. He who knows himself is wise. -Lao Tsu, THE CHARACTER OF TAO (6th Century BC) ===================================== What great power maintains your life? Your breath? Your heartbeat? Mystics make this quest and delight in the great Ascent. They discover the Infinite Spirit. And, you are invited. ====================================== The ultimate gift of a conscious life is a sense of the mystery that encompasses it. -Lewis Mumford, 'Orientation to Life,' The Conduct of Life (1951) ======================================= You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself -Galileo ======================================= To defeat the enemy, you do not have to kill. Defeat the rage that burns within him and he is your enemy no longer Silence of the Heart, practiced with wisdom will seek a lofty depth And the ear of the silent mind will hear untold wonders -Hesychius of Jerusalem |
| LaroCoppas |
| life will do nothing for you until you do something for it - me your life is not in anyones control but your own live it to its fullest and never give up if you believe in something - me |
| AndyBa |
| "Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. What we think, we become. Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world. Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten. Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned. " Not sure, but it may be Buddha quotes :) |
| richoil |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'There is nothing in this mulitiverse I cannot gain or hope to achieve. I find ways, and if there isn't any, I make them' -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dont just think with your mind, feel with your heart -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| richoil |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A fool flaps his tongue at the drop of a feather, while it takes a boulder to break the silence of one who is wise -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Give me actions, not words -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| richoil |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Age is but a number, for it does not reflect wisdom -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Society is never ready for a drastic change, that is why reality is hidden from them -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| richoil |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ One who claims to be all powerful, is not powerful at all. For it is the one who conceals his strength, that emerges the victor -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guns, knives, bats, bombs? andnbsp;I do not need these primal weapons! For I control the most destructive of all, the mind -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| richoil |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Your mouth can become corrupt, your body language unyielding, but be warned, I still know the truth, for your eyes will forever be the gateway to your soul -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ With patience, even the biggest mountain is turned to dust -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| richoil |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Knowledge, Power, Immortality. Do you know the meaning of any of them? -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The body is as strong as the mind is powerful. The mind is only as powerful as you make it -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| richoil |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Although anger consumes your opponent andnbsp;easily, it will eventually consume you, if not controlled -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Time is but as long as you make it, for the strong andnbsp;minded have much of it. The weak wither and wail for it. So tell me my friend, have you run out of time? -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| richoil |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ One ruled by megalomania still has yet to conceive the truth of reality -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To travel down the unmade path of man is to realize that everything you thought you knew is really not what you thought it was. Are you ready for the twisted journey? -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| richoil |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Size truly has no meaning, for even the mole can go through the mountain -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The true mark of a sage, is knowing when to act and when to still your tongue -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| richoil |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Garrulous, prolix, voluble, loquacious, copious. The one who does not know when to stop these acts is unwise and quick to jump into danger -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you trouble yourself to much you will only find more trouble -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| richoil |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Do not dwell to much on the future nor the past, for the present is all that we truly have -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ One who cannot accomplish a task, has only hindered himself -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| richoil |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The rabbit who follows the fox is asking for trouble -Kaizar(ID) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- When you are lost inside yourself, that is when you are most vulnerable -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| richoil |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Clear your mind of malice, chaos, peace, love, good, and evil. Only then will you see your true enemies -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ One who makes an enemy out of himself, will be the quickest to fall -Kaizar(ID) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| LaroCoppas |
| same post WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY TO MANY TIMES |
| BigBecka |
| :lol: Who is Kaizar(ID)? I've seen him (her?) quoted on other sites too! :o Certainly has a lot to say... :D And what is a power thoughts quote? I googled it, and got some websites saying stuff like thoughts having power... :( I don't think I know any that aren't very political or offensive :D |
| richoil |
| I weas getting tired of running into post on one page that were 30 ft long! After all they rate by number of posts( 15) not LENGTH. Makes Page shorter, less boring. |
| BigBecka |
| That was probably me :roll: point taken! :lol: But who is Kaizar(ID)? I wanna know! :blob: |
| Lusis |
| "An intelligent man solves a problem. A wise man would have avoided it." -- Might be Einstein. "Anybody know the quote from the 'Lazarus Long book by I think Heinlein... it's something about how, .. A human being should be able to write a novel, program a computer, conn a ship, plan an invasion, grow crops, etc etc etc. Specialization is for insects." .. I have to look that one up, it's a good one. |
| ovigo22 |
| I wake to a mind I thought Id left, The hell of myself, my world. The soft nirvana of my dreams, wrenched from my grasp. - My agony Ive known loneliness. Ive known anger and hate. Ive known despair, pain and rejection. Ironically the only thing these have taught me is joy. - My life so far in a nutshell Both by me |
| LaroCoppas |
| fighting demons of the mind and memory are hard to win against- Nick ( DeepThought ) In the darkness is the light where there is light there is hope - andnbsp;Nick ( DeepThought ) |
| optomeb |
| 'Leave your mother in the cupboard. - Tim Freedman I'm an inside-outed pillow.- Tim Freedman I like Tim Freedman. (Lead singer of The Whilams) Before you critisize a man walk a mile in his shoes... ... Then you'll be a mile away and have his shoes. - don't know who said this |
| optomeb |
| I just thought of another one. 'Even a fool knows not to aim for the moon, but it doesn't stop a wise man from trying' - dont know you said this one either |
| simtravel |
| 'Dream like you'll live forever Live like you'll die tommorrow' 'Aim for the moon, if you miss you'll land among the stars' 'If your life is without failure you don't take enough risks' 'When we fight we first use bullets; when the bullets are gone, we use bayonets; when the bayonets are dull, we use the rifle barrel; when this is broken, we use our fists; when our fists are broken, we bite' 'Nothing under heaven is softer and more yielding then water; but when it attacks things hard and resistant there is not one of them that can prevail. For the can find no way of altering it. That the yielding conquers the resistant and the soft the hard is a fact known by all men, yet utilized by none' |
| LaroCoppas |
| Never Give up Never Surrender - Galaxy Quest One person conditioned to rule and control The media sells it and you live the role - Ozzy Osbourne ( Crazy Train ) Only when you are dead is hope gone if you live and all seems hopeless it isnt keep hoping that someone or thing will save you - Nick ( me ) |
| Fordicio |
| If it smells like poo, and it tastes like poo, and if feels like poo, then it is school meatloaf |
| LaroCoppas |
| agreed |
| Fordicio |
| I do like the quote in my sig check it out below |
| BigBecka |
| Libraries gave us power Then work came and made us free [Manic Street Preachers, taken from the entrances to Blackwood Library and Auschwitz respectively] I am stronger than Mensa, Miller and Mailer. [Manics again] |
| LaroCoppas |
| kick punch bite knee elbow all wussy ways of fighting we should all compete using swords and bitch slaps - josh ( my friend ) |
| LaroCoppas |
| 'I'm optimistic but my optimistics is on the other side of the teeter-totter.' 'You have to keep all your marbles in the same duck.' 'This thing is about to grow legs and take off....' 'Are you going to call the whole kettle black because of one bad potato?' 'If we do that we'll open up a whole new wormhole.' 'Will everyone stop misundermining me!' 'I am sick and tired of the lack of disrespect towards me!' 'We need to find a solution, even if it isn't the right one.' 'Hey, don't eat the messenger!' 'It's only when this business comes into the foreplay that we should be concerned.' 'We're going to have to watch that with a fine-tooth comb.' '..that's what really separates the wheat from the sheep.' 'He's not the brightest brick in the basket.' -dilbert news letter- |
| GrootLo |
| 'We want only to have, but once we have it what do we do? Do we marvel or do we utilize that item or ability? Instead we must rid of all desires and do what we are doing now. Watch.' -The Dark Side |
| LaroCoppas |
| Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset. *Saint Francis de Sales Not all who wander are lost. *J.R.R. Tolkien If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. *J. R. R. Tolkien Better to die on one's feet than to live on one's knees. *Dolores Ibarruri It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. *Isaac Asimov Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. *Isaac Asimov To insult someone we call him 'bestial.' For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. *Isaac Asimov |
| LaroCoppas |
| A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine. *Thomas Jefferson Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder. *George Washington If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. *George Washington 'Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire.' *unknown We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom. * Stephen Vincent Bent Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead; It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel. * Pierre Corneille |
| Wizzbang53 |
| I'm not sure exactly what a 'power thought' quote is, but it seems people periodically add stuff here so I figure I'll put in my input with some quotes that I like. It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. --Albert Einstein Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons. --Bertrand Russel Just as eating against ones will is injurious to health, so study without a liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in. --Leonardo da Vinci Most video games are a better teacher than school because they teach you how to think, rather than what to think. --Vladimir Kornea Democracy is four wolves and a sheep voting on dinner. --RAH You are but one function of the brain. --Rodolfo Llinas My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. --Charles Schulz (this one describes me exactly) What's the most important thing in life? Being free of obligations! --Setzer, FF3(6) True maturity is acting 'mature' among polite company, but acting like the child you know you always will be everywhere else. --ProbePhage I have more on my website, many silly ones as well: http://www.geocities.com/probephage/quotes.html |
| kobus |
| 'Just as eating against ones will is injurious to health, so study without a liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in. andquot; thats why i dont think much of school, its not like you suddenly know how to do everything you are told and since there is so much pressure in school its harder to like it. 'Most video games are a better teacher than school because they teach you how to think, rather than what to think.' yea, i think so too, theyve caused me to learn quicker mental reflexes, more complex strategizing and such. |
| StevensonArera |
| Never sit in a public place with your back to the door. All of your problems are trivial in comparison to the inevitability of your impending death. Anything can be accomplished with unbending intent. andnbsp;This means that every day, you do your best to achieve another step towards your goal. Some day, you will be there. I give no credit for the quotes, because they are within me, and have become mine. |
| LaroCoppas |
| i think a power thought quote is a quote that majes you think harder |
| LaroCoppas |
| You thought a minor thing like the end of the world would stop ME - sabin FF3(6) |
| Wizzbang53 |
| Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. --H.G. Wells All men have the right to dig their own graves, and I have the right to sell them the shovels. Never believe you have plumbed the depths of any place... or of any human. If you don't care where you are, then you aren't lost. |
| trefeda |
| andquot;The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.andquot; Albert Einstein. |
| LaroCoppas |
| The hell they did -spock- |
| trefeda |
| 'Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools' - Napoleon Bonaparte 'If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember that this whole thing was started by a mouse.' Walt Disney |
| oilin924 |
| Life is like a game of free cell. (I feel a forest Gump moment coming on!) It seems at times I am engulfed in information and sometimes of all the information surrouning me none of it is a begining! I have to dig to find somewhere to start and then once I've found a starting point its only one in an infinite possibility of starts. I then have to search for the next step in the information super highway! Sometimes i may be lucky and a start just presents itself or it just happens to be in the same place as me, other times I'm stranded waiting for a bus that never comes! |
| oilin924 |
| If you knew reality was percived like glass would you still spend you life looking through it instead of at it? Me! |
| trefeda |
| Sort of inspirational, but funny... 'Jesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?' -Jules Feiffer 'Where the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and weigh only 1 1/2 tons.' -Popular Mechanics, March 1949 'Sure, your guilt might force you to vote Democrat, but secretly deep down inside you long for the Republicans to lower your taxes, ignore the poor, brutalize prisoners, dictate what goes on in your bedrooms and rule you with an iron fist.' -Sideshow Bob 'There are a thousand forms of subversion, but few can equal the convenience and immediacy of a cream pie.' -Noel Godin 'Proofread carefully to see if you any words out.' 'People who think they know everything are annoying to those of us who do.' 'Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to the persons house and ring the doorbell. When the person comes to the door, I'm gone, but you know what I've left on the porch? A jack-o-lantern with a knife stuck in the side of it's head with a note that says 'You.' After that I usually feel a lot better, and no harm done.' -Jack Handey 'I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all.' -Ogden Nash 'In a survey taken several years ago, all incoming freshman at MIT were asked if they expected to graduate in the top half of their class. Ninety-seven percent responded that they did.' 'A friend is someone who will help you move; A good friend is someone who will help you move a body.' 'Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.' -Mark Twain 'Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.' -Redd Foxx 'There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots.'' 'What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.' -Dean William Ralph Inge 'A witty saying proves nothing.' -Voltaire 'Efficiency is intelligent laziness.' -David Dunham 'Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.' -Robert Heinlein 'Do unto others what has been done to you.' -Maynard James Keenan 'Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.' -Douglas Adams |
| BigBecka |
| We're not really a nation of zinc kitchen surfaces and brushed aluminium. We're a nation of Weatherspoons'. And Heat magazine. And chlamydia. - Jeremy Clarkson |
| LaroCoppas |
| If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice. -Rush - Freewill |
| Gregory639 |
| "Always wear a pair of clean underpants before a bus hits you" - Dave Gorman, quoting a saying by his mother |
| compsu |
| "On the other hand, you have different fingers." -Jack Handey "where u get the one whit the vimpare??" -Monkeyman |
| andergam |
| How abstruse. :handshake |
| andergam |
| "In life, risks must always be taken given the opportunity that a good chance for considerable reward will be achieved. Not taking such a risk would be a risk in itself that should never be taken." How do you understand this saying? :eyebrow: I havn't met such opportunity that risk should be taken. |
| compsu |
| I havn't met such opportunity that risk should be taken. As the quote implies, not taking a risk (and thus forfeiting the possible rewards) can be hazardous, and is thus a risk. By not being a risk-taker, you run the risk of being boring. :) |
| andergam |
| This I understand. I don't find the practical value as other three quotes of #1. I just stay in university, are there any risks to be taken? |
| MicroBalrog |
| L. Neil Smith's Tactical Reflections are nice in this department. "If you're not a little bit uncomfortable with your position, it isn't radical enough. How can you be _too_ principled? Take the most extreme position you can -- you're claiming territory you won't have to fight for later, mostly against your "allies"." "Never aim at _anything_ but total achievement of your goal: the utter capitulation of the enemy. Every effort involves inertia and mechanical losses, so adopting any lesser objective means partial defeat. Total victory means you don't have to fight the same fight again tomorrow." |