I like to collect quotations and have a couple favorites that I regularly gain inspiration from. What words of wisdom do you live by?

My favorites are the following:

 

"Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory!"

 

"To laugh often and much;

To win the respect of intelligent people, and the affection of children;

To earn the appreciation of honest critics, and endure the betrayal of

false friends;

To appreciate beauty;

To find the best in others;

To leave the world a bit better,whether by a healthy child, a garden patch

or a redeemed social condition;

To know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.

This is to have succeeded."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Always drink upstream from the herd. Author unknown.

Here are some of my favorite quotes to live by, by two of the greatest speakers that I think ever lived.

 

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

Ronald Reagan

 

Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.

Ronald Reagan

 

Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

Ronald Reagan

 

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

Ronald Reagan

 

A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.

Vince Lombardi

 

A school without football is in danger of deteriorating into a medieval study hall.

Vince Lombardi

 

But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, his greatest fulfillment of all he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.

Vince Lombardi

 

Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.

Vince Lombardi

 

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

Vince Lombardi

"A man is only as old as the women he feels."

- Groucho Marx

Seriously,

 

"Live and learn."

"I gotta be me"

 

--Sammy Davis, Jr.

 

 

(and I'm serious)

Never regret anything that once made you smile - (author unkown)

 

Pay no mind to those who talk behind your back......this simply means that you are two steps ahead. (author unknown)

 

Sucsess - it's what you do with what you have got........... (Woody Hayes)

 

If I ever get mellow, I am retiring, I have never heard of a mellow winner........... (Woody Hayes)

 

You would had been better off to have died and birth that to jump offsides on the goal line...........(Woody Hayes)

 

He could take hisn' and beat yourn' or he could take yourn' and beat hisn'............(Bum Phillips speaking about Bear Bryant)

 

Don't give up, Don't ever give up...........(Jim Valvano)

If you can fool some people most of the time, sometimes it's enough to get you elected.

One of my favorite quotes....

 

"Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that's right is to get by, and the only thing that's wrong is to get caught".

 

J. C. Watts

One that I live by every day at work.

 

"You never get a second chance to make a good first impression on someone":thumb:

To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.

"Don't give up, don't ever give up"

Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver and gold.

 

-Bob Marley

"Death solves all problems — no man, no problem."

 

-Joseph Stalin

To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.

"Don't give up, don't ever give up"

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R.I.P. Jimmy Valvano