Wise Words

I stayed up late last night. I got up far too early this morning and ended up "working" longer than was good for my shaky hold on sanity. So here are some bits of wisdom I've seen around, just to prove I haven't died and gone to meet my Maker. I'm going to bed!
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Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work. ~William Arthur Ward

Firelight will not let you read fine stories but its warm and you wont see the dust on the floor. ~Irish Proverb

Do or do not. There is no 'try.' ~Yoda

Dear Sir, Your profession has, as usual, destroyed your brain.
-- George Bernard Shaw

Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth.
-- Socrates

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
-- Abraham Lincoln

You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the goddamn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all.
-- Earl Weaver

During my 18 years I came to bat almost 10,000 times. I struck out about 1,700 times and walked maybe 1,800 times. You figure a ballplayer will average about 500 at bats a season. That means I played seven years without ever hitting the ball.
-- Mickey Mantle