Great & Meaningful Quotes

[Pink Biz]

 

[squatting dog]

 

[officerripley]

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."

~~Benjamin Franklin

 

[Paco Dennis]

"No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is once diffused among them." - Samuel Adams in "The Rights of the Colonists"

 

[officerripley]

"...{any tax paid in support of schools} is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests, and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance.”
~~Thomas Jefferson

“The whole people must take upon themselves the Education of the Whole People and must be willing to bear the expenses of it.”
~~John Adams

 

[rgp]

The louder he spoke of his honor ...... the faster we counted our spoons.

 

[Mobilman44]

It's questionable who originated this, but a favorite of mine is:

"If you want to hear God laugh, tell him YOUR plans"!

 

[squatting dog]

 

[rgp]

By the time a man is old enough to realize that perhaps his father was right .... he has a son who thinks he's wrong .....

 

[squatting dog]

"If a man's heart is good, nothing else matters.
And if a man's heart is bad, nothing else matters."

 

[Pink Biz]

 

[squatting dog]

 

[squatting dog]

 

[Pink Biz]

 

[horseless carriage]

"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm."
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."
"The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes."
"I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."
The author of those witticisms is the wartime Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. He came out with many more.

 

[AnneTeak]

~ There's a certain age when a speedo becomes a speedon't ~

 

[squatting dog]

 

[Pink Biz]

 

[Paco Dennis]

 

[Mobilman44]

Here are some meaningful quotes from my mis-spent youth:

- You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.

- You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him gather any moss.

- Right or wrong, good or bad, the boss is the boss is the boss (you may substitute teacher for boss).

 

[PamfromTx]

 

[PamfromTx]

 

[PamfromTx]

 

[PamfromTx]

 

[Paco Dennis]