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pjbs35a
07-01-2017, 07:17 AM
"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) American Poet and Essayist

Cinderelley
07-01-2017, 06:56 PM
I like this quote.

Jeff
07-02-2017, 06:49 AM
:thumbsup:good one

pjbs35a
07-02-2017, 04:30 PM
"Have the courage and the wisdom and the vision to raise a definite standard that will appeal to the best that is in man, and then strive mightily toward that goal."- Harold E. Stassen (1907 - 2001)25th Governor of Minnesota

Jeff
07-02-2017, 07:47 PM
:thumbsup:

pjbs35a
07-03-2017, 07:10 AM
The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence, regardless of his chosen field of endeavor.— Vince Lombardi

Jeff
07-03-2017, 08:27 AM
:thumbsup:

magicofdisney
07-03-2017, 09:52 AM
I like this quote.
There's an older song by Newsboys called "Be Still". EVERY time I read that from Psalms, that song plays in my head. :)

Cinderelley
07-03-2017, 07:17 PM
Being still is a lesson I still have a hard time with.

pjbs35a
07-04-2017, 08:14 AM
If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace. Hamilton Fish

LET FREEDOM RING!

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magicofdisney
07-04-2017, 08:43 AM
If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace. Hamilton Fish

LET FREEDOM RING!

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[insert fireworks GIF here] :)

Jeff
07-04-2017, 09:47 AM
:thumbsup::flag:

pjbs35a
07-05-2017, 08:30 AM
“The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE.” ― Winston S. Churchill, My Early Life, 1874-1904

Jeff
07-05-2017, 09:09 AM
:thumbsup:

pjbs35a
07-06-2017, 07:10 AM
Each of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us. -- James Harvey Robinson (1863-1936) American Historian

Jeff
07-06-2017, 07:23 AM
:thumbsup: I'm about to act on the possibility of having Captain Crunch Oops All Berries for breakfast!

pjbs35a
07-07-2017, 07:05 AM
Risk anything! Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself.-- Katherine Mansfield

pjbs35a
07-07-2017, 07:06 AM
:thumbsup: I'm about to act on the possibility of having Captain Crunch Oops All Berries for breakfast!

Don't go overboard!

Jeff
07-07-2017, 04:14 PM
:thumbsup:

pjbs35a
07-08-2017, 08:09 AM
"It is right to be content with what we have, never with what we are."- James Mackintosh (1765 - 1832) Scottish Statesman, Historian

Jeff
07-08-2017, 01:27 PM
:thumbsup:

pjbs35a
07-09-2017, 08:59 AM
"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."- Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919) 26th President of the United States

Jeff
07-09-2017, 08:15 PM
:thumbsup:

pjbs35a
07-10-2017, 07:06 AM
This above all, to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. - William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English Playwright

Jeff
07-10-2017, 09:30 AM
:thumbsup:I'm not a real fan of the Bards plays, but as a wordsmith the man is unparalleled!

Cinderelley
07-10-2017, 08:05 PM
I love Shakespeare :)

pjbs35a
07-11-2017, 07:02 AM
"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming."- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
German writer and statesman

Jeff
07-11-2017, 09:03 AM
:thumbsup:

pjbs35a
07-12-2017, 07:03 AM
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) Indian Nationalist

pjbs35a
07-13-2017, 07:10 AM
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.— Martin Luther King, Jr

Jeff
07-13-2017, 08:36 PM
:thumbsup:

pjbs35a
07-14-2017, 07:05 AM
"You must do the thing you think you cannot do."- Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962) American First Lady and Political Activist

Jeff
07-14-2017, 09:19 PM
Nice

Cinderelley
07-15-2017, 01:44 AM
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.— Martin Luther King, Jr

Isn't this the truth!

pjbs35a
07-15-2017, 08:40 AM
"Each of us, if we would grow, must be committed to excellence and to victory, even though we know complete victory cannot be obtained, it must be pursued with all one's might. The championships, the money, the color; all of these things linger only in the memory. It is the spirit, the will to excel, the will to win; these are the things that endure."- Vince Lombardi (1913 - 1970) American Football Coach

Jeff
07-15-2017, 12:16 PM
Wisdom from the Great one himself!

pjbs35a
07-16-2017, 08:27 AM
"I want to remind you that success in life is based on hard slogging. There will be periods when discouragement is great and upsetting, and the antidote for this is calmness and fortitude and a modest yet firm belief in your competence. Be sure that your priorities are in order so that you can proceed in a logical manner, and be ever mindful that nothing will take the place of persistence."- Walter Annenberg, Publisher and philanthropist (1908

Jeff
07-16-2017, 11:00 PM
Wise words!

pjbs35a
07-17-2017, 07:05 AM
"I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and women trample themselves and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amidst the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail."- C.A. Beard (1874 - 1948) Historian
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Jeff
07-17-2017, 08:46 AM
:thumbsup:

pjbs35a
07-18-2017, 07:14 AM
"In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British Politician

Jeff
07-18-2017, 08:16 AM
:thumbsup:

pjbs35a
07-19-2017, 07:12 AM
"If you have the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed."- David Viscott (1938 - 1996) American psychiatrist

Jeff
07-19-2017, 07:13 AM
:thumbsup:

pjbs35a
07-20-2017, 07:13 AM
"There is no exercise better for theheart than reaching down and lifting people up."- John Andrew Holmes (1773 -1843) American politician

Cinderelley
07-20-2017, 09:27 AM
"There is no exercise better for theheart than reaching down and lifting people up."- John Andrew Holmes (1773 -1843) American politician

Love this

Jeff
07-20-2017, 10:28 AM
:thumbsup:

pjbs35a
07-21-2017, 07:12 AM
"It teaches the strong to know when they are weak and the brave to face themselves when they are afraid. To be proud and unbowed in defeat yet humble and gentle in victory. And to master ourselves before we attempt to master others. And to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep. And to give the predominance of courage over timidity."- General Douglas MacArthur, On the virtues of competitive athletics (1880 - 1964) American five-star general and field marshal

Jeff
07-21-2017, 02:29 PM
Love it!

Cinderelley
07-22-2017, 02:12 AM
"It teaches the strong to know when they are weak and the brave to face themselves when they are afraid. To be proud and unbowed in defeat yet humble and gentle in victory. And to master ourselves before we attempt to master others. And to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep. And to give the predominance of courage over timidity."- General Douglas MacArthur, On the virtues of competitive athletics (1880 - 1964) American five-star general and field marshal

All important stuff to know.

pjbs35a
07-22-2017, 09:10 AM
"Fear not for the future, weep not for the past."- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) English Poet

Jeff
07-23-2017, 06:46 AM
:thumbsup:
Good advice but tough to follow!

pjbs35a
07-23-2017, 09:26 AM
"I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came."- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th President of the United States

pjbs35a
07-24-2017, 07:13 AM
"The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality."- John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848) 6th President of the United States

Jeff
07-24-2017, 02:53 PM
Good one!

pjbs35a
07-25-2017, 07:08 AM
"Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done."- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896) American Novelist

Jeff
07-25-2017, 09:43 AM
Something often lacking these days!

pjbs35a
07-26-2017, 07:12 AM
I believe that one of the characteristics of the human race - possibly the one that is primarily responsible for its course of evolution - is that is has grown by creatively responding to failure. -- Glen Seaborg (1912-1999) American Chemist, Chairman Atomic Energy Commission

Jeff
07-26-2017, 07:45 AM
:thumbsup:

pjbs35a
07-27-2017, 07:10 AM
"Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle never know."- Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875) English Novelist and Clergyman

Jeff
07-27-2017, 10:18 AM
:thumbsup:

pjbs35a
07-28-2017, 07:08 AM
"I have found that the greatest help in meeting any problem with decency and self-respect and whatever courage is demanded, is to know where you yourself stand. That is, to have in words what you believe and are acting from."- William Faulkner (1897 - 1962) American Writer

Jeff
07-28-2017, 06:36 PM
:thumbsup:great

pjbs35a
07-29-2017, 07:35 AM
"I am willing to remain and play the man's game if there are not enough boats for more than the women and children.. Tell my wife I played the game straight out and to the end. No woman shall be left aboard this ship because Ben Guggenheim is a coward."
- Benjamin Guggenheim, Final words of millionaire traveler aboard the ill-fated Titanic. As the boat began to sink Guggenheim changed into formal dress and calmly faced death. (1865 - 1912) American businessman

Jeff
07-29-2017, 09:50 PM
Brave man!

pjbs35a
07-30-2017, 09:04 AM
"True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes."- Lord Halifax (Edward Wood) (1881-1959) British Foreign Secretary

pjbs35a
07-31-2017, 07:04 AM
"Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right."- Henry Ford (1863 - 1947) American Industrialist

Jeff
07-31-2017, 03:21 PM
:thumbsup:classic!