I belive that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Don't forget to visit Citi(zen) inspirations - I add new quotes all the time - and don't forget to share some with us! Analysis is great, but sometimes a beautiful quote can say it all.Beautiful sentiments. Thanks for the nice break in the day.
Posted by: Joe at September 8, 2006 04:36 PMSome quotes from General George S. Patton Jr.
[B]“Do more than is required of you.”[/B]
[B]“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”[/B] One of my favorites.
These apply so much today...[B]“Never let the enemy pick the battle site.” & “No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.”[/B]
Love it! I am glad I looked at this. I am about to go on TV and I am going to use that if everyboy is thinkg the same one. Thanks!
Posted by: Flavia at September 9, 2006 09:06 AMHere are a few more that might still apply today.
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject."
"All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."
"I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents."
"It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required."
"Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room."
"One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half."
"When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber."
Well, he has a bunch more that if used today, they still fit, IMHO.
Oh, have you figured who, yet?
Sir Winston Churchill.