Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 346

JakeTulane · 06-28-2011, 04:05 AM

"This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

JakeTulane · 06-28-2011, 04:07 AM

"I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise." - John Keats

JakeTulane · 06-28-2011, 04:09 AM

"False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared." - Charles de Montesquieu

Diva · 06-28-2011, 04:39 AM

Don't be yourself - be someone a little nicer.

~Mignon McLaughlin

Diva · 06-28-2011, 04:40 AM

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Diva · 06-28-2011, 04:42 AM

The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.

~Ferdinand Foch

Kobi · 06-28-2011, 06:24 AM

Reputation is character minus what you've been caught doing. --Michael Iapoce

UofMfan · 06-28-2011, 08:14 AM

"It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity." ~ Francis Bacon, Sr.

Andrew, Jr. · 06-28-2011, 11:46 AM

"All those years you tried your best to break me, and I'm still here."

David Pelzer from his bestseller "A Man Named Dave"

Arwen · 06-28-2011, 12:19 PM

When you say that you agree to a thing in principle, you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out. -Otto von Bismarck, statesman (1815-1898)

MrSunshine · 06-28-2011, 12:49 PM

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
~Henry Ellis

Kobi · 06-29-2011, 05:23 AM

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. –-Paulo Freire

Sparkle · 06-29-2011, 06:37 AM

"Procrastination is like a credit card, it is a lot of fun until you get the bill"

Christopher Parker

UofMfan · 06-29-2011, 06:42 AM

"Existe un lenguaje que vamás allá de las palabras." ~ Paulo Coelho

Gentle Tiger · 06-29-2011, 07:51 AM

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Maya Angelou

Diva · 06-29-2011, 09:07 AM

A wise traveller never despises his own country.

~Carlo Goldoni

Diva · 06-29-2011, 09:09 AM

My favourite thing is to go where I've never been.

~Diane Arbus

Diva · 06-29-2011, 09:10 AM

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

~St. Augustine

Nat · 06-29-2011, 09:34 AM

"The economic system claimed to work for our happiness, because we had to behave not only as producers but as consumers and if we don't consume as many goods as are produced by our factories, the whole system will collapse. So that means little by little, capitalism which was based on asceticism is now based on pleasure. This is a fundamental change." - Pascal Bruckner (Philosophy Bites Podcast)

JAGG · 06-29-2011, 10:10 AM

Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is foolish. If the ignorant are lucky, reality will slap them awake, when the truth reveals what it has known all along.

06-28-2011, 06:24 AM	#6907
Kobi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian. Relationship Status: Happy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hanging out in the Atlantic. Posts: 9,234 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,840 Thanked 34,635 Times in 7,642 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Reputation is character minus what you've been caught doing. --Michael Iapoce __________________

06-28-2011, 12:19 PM	#6910
Arwen Joy Seeker How Do You Identify?: Smartly-Flavored Preferred Pronoun?: Goddess Relationship Status: Mrs. Syzygy 1/9/14 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Joyville, NM (aka Land of Enchantment) Posts: 10,140 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,636 Thanked 28,119 Times in 6,414 Posts Rep Power: 21474862	When you say that you agree to a thing in principle, you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out. -Otto von Bismarck, statesman (1815-1898) __________________ I wrote a book, y'all! *FREE* Tarotscopes Seek Joy, y'all. Eschew hate. 9Words: A Poetry Challenge \| Do you like me?

06-29-2011, 05:23 AM	#6912
Kobi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Biological female. Lesbian. Relationship Status: Happy Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Hanging out in the Atlantic. Posts: 9,234 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,840 Thanked 34,635 Times in 7,642 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. –-Paulo Freire __________________

06-29-2011, 06:37 AM	#6913
Sparkle Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, please Relationship Status: Loved Up Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Western MA Posts: 2,183 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,001 Thanked 6,555 Times in 1,553 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	"Procrastination is like a credit card, it is a lot of fun until you get the bill" Christopher Parker __________________ I am made of stars

06-29-2011, 07:51 AM	#6915
Gentle Tiger Moderator How Do You Identify?: As a Tiger of course Preferred Pronoun?: Not the Old Man Relationship Status: Two Tigers Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern California Posts: 7,492 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,001 Thanked 15,991 Times in 3,993 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou __________________ Please like

06-28-2011, 04:05 AM	#6901
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"This world of ours... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

06-28-2011, 04:07 AM	#6902
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise." - John Keats

06-28-2011, 04:09 AM	#6903
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared." - Charles de Montesquieu

06-28-2011, 04:39 AM	#6904
Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	Don't be yourself - be someone a little nicer. ~Mignon McLaughlin

06-28-2011, 04:40 AM	#6905
Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

06-28-2011, 04:42 AM	#6906
Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. ~Ferdinand Foch

06-28-2011, 08:14 AM	#6908
UofMfan Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: A very happy Mr. Grumpy Cat Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Neither here or there Posts: 7,987 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 27,733 Thanked 18,935 Times in 4,705 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	"It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity." ~ Francis Bacon, Sr.

06-28-2011, 11:46 AM	#6909
Andrew, Jr. Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Me Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Over the Rainbow in a House Posts: 5,072 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 16,004 Thanked 5,249 Times in 2,216 Posts Rep Power: 0	"All those years you tried your best to break me, and I'm still here." David Pelzer from his bestseller "A Man Named Dave"

06-28-2011, 12:49 PM	#6911
MrSunshine Senior Member How Do You Identify?: The Gardner Preferred Pronoun?: Ummmm Relationship Status: Nah Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sunshine State, State of Sunshine Posts: 2,616 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,577 Thanked 3,891 Times in 1,155 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. ~Henry Ellis

06-29-2011, 06:42 AM	#6914
UofMfan Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: A very happy Mr. Grumpy Cat Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Neither here or there Posts: 7,987 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 27,733 Thanked 18,935 Times in 4,705 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	"Existe un lenguaje que vamás allá de las palabras." ~ Paulo Coelho

06-29-2011, 09:07 AM	#6916
Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	A wise traveller never despises his own country. ~Carlo Goldoni

06-29-2011, 09:09 AM	#6917
Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	My favourite thing is to go where I've never been. ~Diane Arbus

06-29-2011, 09:10 AM	#6918
Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. ~St. Augustine

06-29-2011, 09:34 AM	#6919
Nat Senior Member How Do You Identify?: bigender Preferred Pronoun?: whatevs Relationship Status: in a relationship Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tx Posts: 3,535 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,042 Thanked 13,962 Times in 2,589 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	"The economic system claimed to work for our happiness, because we had to behave not only as producers but as consumers and if we don't consume as many goods as are produced by our factories, the whole system will collapse. So that means little by little, capitalism which was based on asceticism is now based on pleasure. This is a fundamental change." - Pascal Bruckner (Philosophy Bites Podcast) __________________ I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl. - Bjork What is to give light must endure burning. -Viktor Frankl

06-29-2011, 10:10 AM	#6920
JAGG Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: JAGG Relationship Status: =) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tulsa (cat free zone) Posts: 6,093 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,651 Thanked 17,531 Times in 4,137 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	bliss Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is foolish. If the ignorant are lucky, reality will slap them awake, when the truth reveals what it has known all along. __________________ I don't want to spend my life with someone I can live with, I want to spend my life with someone I can't live without.