Quotes that make us think.

I always knew that one as "Don't judge a man unless you have walked a mile in his shoes'' to which a smart alec added...

" 'cos then you're a mile away and you also have his shoes "

:)
 
"Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans."

John Lennon, Born: 9/10/1940, Died: 8/12/1980
 
The beauty about telling the truth is that it's the only story you have to remember!

Politicians please take note!!
 
Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not.
Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it.
Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.
Buddhist saying
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We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.​
 
Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals? except the weasel!

Homer J Simpson
 
'The more I meet people , the more I like my dog.' Don't know who said it but its certainly true!
 
Purple said:
Quotes attributed to Abraham Lincoln (but he probably never said most of them):

”You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

You cannot help the small men by tearing down the big men.

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.

You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling down the wage payer.

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatreds.

You cannot establish security on borrowed money.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away man’s initiative and independence.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.”


The last one is my favourite.
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It's hard to pick out one, when they are all saying the same thing.
 
I've always loved this one.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Confucius
 
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