Favorite
Quotes
(these
have nothing to do with embroidery - but I sure enjoy them!)
"War would end if the dead could return." --Stanley Baldwin
"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism."
--Thomas Jefferson
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president,
or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong,
is not only unpatriotic and servile,
but is morally treasonable to the American public."
--Theodore Roosevelt
"There are times when we are powerless to prevent injustice,
but there must never be a time when we fail to protest."
-– Elie Weisel
"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous
than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.” – Anonymous
"In time of war the first casualty is truth."
-- Boake Carter
“The world is my country. To do good is my religion.”
-– Thomas Paine
“Renewable Energy is Homeland Security.”
-– evolvefish.com
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those
who mind, don't matter;
and those who matter don't mind." --Dr Seuss
"Learn as if you are going to live forever. Live as if you
are going to die tomorrow."
--Unknown
"When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did." -- Unknown
"The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it." -W. M. Lewis
"All men die -- but not all men really live." --William Wallace (Braveheart)
"We choose what we become." -- Unknown
"Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits." — Mark Twain
"Responsibility is the price of freedom." ---Elbert Hubbard
"Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.”-- Henry David Thoreau
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” Mahatma Ghandi
"If not me, whom? If not now, when?" --- Hillel
"The institution of royalty in any form is an insult to the human race." -- Mark Twain
"No distance or lapse of time
can lessen the friendship of those
who are thoroughly persuaded of each others
worth." --- Unknown
"Treasure each other in the recognition that we do not know how long we shall have each other."-- Joshua Loth Liebman
"Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget."--G. Randolf
"Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things work out." *
"Everywhere is within walking distance if you've got the time." *
"Looking for a helping hand? There's one on your arm." *
"Don't question authority... It hasn't got a clue." *
"If your ship hasn't come in yet, swim out to it." *
* from The Little Book of After Dinner Speeches - edited by Jamie Stokes