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"Stand in the
door!...GO!...GO!...GO!..." -
Jumpmaster Command
“Adapt and Overcome…”
–
MSG E. Thompson, 313th
BN (ABN), 1979
“Don’t fight a problem, decide it.” –
Gen. G. Marshall, 1942
“Never take counsel of your own fears.” --
G. Patton, 1943
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.”
-- H. Ford, 1931
"If it is to be, it is up to me." -
J. Jackson, 1971 - (the 10 greatest 2-letter
words)
"The nine most terrifying words in the
English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
-R. Reagan
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.”
--
A. Maslow, 1954
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
--A. Nin, 1904
"Faith is daring the soul to
go beyond what the eyes can see."
"How many of you believe in
telekinesis? Raise my hand."
- A. Watkins
"The
probability of someone watching you is proportional to the stupidity of your
action."
- Unk.
"Youth
and skill are no match for experience and treachery."
- Unk.
"The only place where
success precedes work is in the dictionary." - Unk.
“There is no “I” in the word “Team.”
– N. Lord, 1979
"In the world there are
only two tragedies: One is not getting what you want. The 2nd is
getting what you want." - A.
Pickholtz
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“Always remember
1.
Worship God
2. Love People
3. Use Money.
Never get these nouns and verbs out of order.
”
--
My Mother, 1965
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"Those who live by the sword
get shot by those that don't." -
MSG E.
Thompson
“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” --P. Valery
"There is only one endeavor in
which you can start at the top, and that's digging a hole."
--Anon.
"Nothing's
impossible for those that don't have to do it." - Unk.
"Go the extra mile. It's
never crowded." - A.
Watkins
“Win
without boasting. Lose without excuses."
- H.J. Brown, Jr.
“There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday.”
--R. Nathan
"A man goes to knowledge as he goes to
war, wide—awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance. Going
to knowledge or going to war in any other manner is a mistake, and whoever makes
it will live to regret his steps" - C.
Castenada
“Don’t try. There is no try. You must do or not do, for “trying” is wasted effort.”
--
Dr. L. Fox, 1978
"Change your thoughts, and you will change your world."
- N.V. Peale
"Take away the cause and the
effect ceases."
- Unknown
"The victor will never be asked if
he told the truth."
- A. Hitler
"When
you judge others, you do not define them. You define yourself."
--
J. Leiderbach
"I freely admit a bias against
racists and bigots." - D.
Fulton 1993
"Cowards die many times before
their death; the valiant taste of death but once."
- W. Shakespeare
“The old law about ‘an eye for an eye’ leaves everyone blind.” --M.L. King, Jr.
"One
should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged."
-
H. Heine
“You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.” --B. Washington
"It is better to suffer the worst
right now than to live in perpetual fear of it."
- J. Caesar
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Hi
Excellence Ronald Maximus Reagan
"Here's my strategy on
the Cold War: We win, they lose."
"The trouble
with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they
know so much that isn't so."
Ron
ald Reagan
"Of the four
wars in my lifetime none came about because the
U.S.
was too strong."
-
Ron
ald Reagan
"I have wondered at
times about what the Ten Commandment's would have looked like if Moses had
run them through the U.S. Congress."-
Ron
ald Reagan
"The taxpayer: That's
someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the
civil service examination." -
Ron
ald Reagan
"Government is like a
baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of
responsibility at the other." -
Ron
ald Reagan
"The nearest thing to
eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program." -
Ron
ald Reagan
"I've laid down the
law, though, to everyone from now on about anything that happens: no matter
what time it is, wake me, even if it's in the middle of a Cabinet
meeting." -
Ron
ald Reagan
"Government's
view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves,
tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize
it" -
Ron
ald Reagan
"Politics is not a bad
profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself
you can always write a book." -
Ron
ald Reagan
"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. -
Ron
ald Reagan
"If we ever
forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone
under." -
Ronald Reagan
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“Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known.”
--M. E. de Montaigne
“There is no pillow as soft as a clear conscience.”
--European proverb
"An
army of sheep led by a lion are to be feared more than an army of lions led by a
sheep." -- Chambrias
“Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box.” --Italian proverb
"Judge your success by what you had to give up in
order to get it." - H.L. Menken
"When Moses came down from the
mountain, he wasn't carrying the Ten Suggestions."
--A. Watkins
“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
--t s eliot
“When
you strike a king, you must kill him."
--
R.W.
Emerson
"People will believe anything if you whisper it.”
--Anonymous
"Diamonds
are only lumps of coal that stuck to their jobs."
- Unk.
“There
will be no veterans of World War III."
- W. Mondale
"I know not with what weapons
World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and
stones."
- A. Einstein
"You can't say that
civilization don't advance, because in every war, they kill you in a new way."
-W. Rodgers
"Of course old men send children to
war...why do you think they call it the infantry."
- A. Watkins
"Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they shall be called the Sons of God."
- Matthew 5:9
"My Rod and my Reel, they
comfort me." - A. Watkins
"Share
your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality." - Unk.
"It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.”
--E. Ionesco
"The journey
IS the
reward." -
Chinese proverb
“It is only those that never do anything who never make mistakes."
--A. Favre
"If
you chase two rabbits, both will escape."
- Unk.
“Show them the death, and they will accept the cure.”
--Arab proverb
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
--S. Kierkegaard
"Cultivate in yourself those
qualities you admire most in others."
--A. Glasgow
"The time is always
right to do what is right."
- M.L. King, Jr.
"The
greatest risk is not taking one." - Unk.
"Every man
is guilty of the good he didn't do."
- Voltaire
“A
closed mouth gathers no foot." -
Unk.
"The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.”
--P. de Courbertin
“It
is better to die on your feet than live on your knees."
--
D.
Ibarruri
"We
can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when adults are afraid of the light.”
--Plato
(I)"Wish I didn't know now what I didn't
know then." - B. Seeger
“Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.”
--Anonymous
“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in a period of moral crisis, maintain their
neutrality
.”
--D. Alighieri
“The
graveyards are full of indispensable men.”
– C. De Gaulle, 1946
"If the thunder don't get you, then the
lightning will." -
J. Barlow
“Nobody
forgets where they buried the hatchet.”
–
F.M. Hubbard, 1927
"No
pressure, no diamonds." - Anon.
"Think like a man of action, act
like a man of thought." - W. Shirer
"What worries you, masters you." - J. Locke
"Let us cross the
river and rest in the shade of the trees."-
Last Words - Gen T.J. "Stonewall" Jackson(CSA), 1863
"Everybody, sooner or later, sits
down to a banquet of consequences" - R.L. Stevenson
"Two things are infinite: the
universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."-- A.
Huxley
"The
only completely consistent people are the dead." - Anon.
"I
don't like that man. I must get to know him better."
- A. Lincoln
"If you tell the truth,
you don't have to remember anything."- S. Clemmons
"If I were
really 'two-faced,' would I be wearing this one?"
- A. Lincoln
"When the
character of a man is unclear to you, look at his friends."
- Japanese proverb
"When there is no enemy within, the enemies on the outside cannot hurt you."
- African Proverb
"A
wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." - F.
Bacon
"Dad... how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems?"
- Elijah Watkins
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy."
J. Campbell
"It
is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend." -
W. Blake
"Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely."
- Anon.
The only thing necessary for the
triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - E. Burke
"Tell me whom you love and I will tell you who you are." -
S. Watkins, My Mother
"What we love we shall grow to resemble." - Anon.
"If you
stood on the bottom rail of a bridge and leaned over, and watched the river
slipping slowly away beneath you, you would suddenly know everything there is to
be known." - Winnie the
Pooh
"You
cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb."
-A. Carnegie
"We either make ourselves
miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."
- C. Casteneda(D. Juan)
"Truth sits on the lips of dying
men." - Unk.
"Do
you wish to find out the really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer."
- N. Bonaparte
"Philosophy is a
walk on the slippery rocks ... religion is a smile on a dog."-E. Brickell, 1988
"Every
dogma has it's day." -S.
Clemens - 1910
"All
heiresses are beautiful." -
G. Marx
"Diplomacy
is the art of saying 'nice doggy' until you can find a rock."-
T. Zeigler
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"How do you
tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you
tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin."
- R. Reagan
We
can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in
the hands of a few, but we can't have both." - L. D.
Brandeis
"The
more laws, the less justice." - Cicero
"The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has."
- W. Rogers
"Do not fear death so much but
rather the inadequate life."-- B. Brecht
"Courage is doing what you're
afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared."
- Unk.
"When it becomes more difficult to
suffer than to change...you will change." - A. Watkins
"What can you say about a
society that says God is dead and Elvis is alive?"
"Boy, going to church don't make
you a Christian anymore than going to the garage makes you a car."
- J. McAlpine, 1973
"If you think
nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments."
"It's
damn-near impossible to make anything
"foolproof" because fools are so ingenious."
"In
business or in life, don't follow the wagon tracks too closely."
H.J. Brown, Jr.
"The difference between a rut and
a grave is the depth." - Unk.
"People don't follow titles, they follow courage." - W.W.
Brown
"Men
are slower to recognize blessings than evils." - A.
Einstein
"Don't think there are no
crocodiles because the water is calm." - Unk.
"What we resist persists." - S. Watkins, My Mother
"Sow
an act...reap a habit. Sow a habit...reap a character. Sow a
character...reap a destiny." - C. Fonville, My Uncle
“Always
do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your
mouth shut."
- B. Morant
"Three can keep a secret if two
are dead."
"All
our souls are written in our eyes." - J. Campbell
"Adversity
introduces a man to himself.”
- Anon.
“Fortune
does not change men; it unmasks them.”
–
S. Necker, 1773
"Oh,
I don't blame Congress. If I had $600 billion at my disposal, I'd be
irresponsible too." - H. Truman, 1951
"Crime
doesn't pay...as well as politics."-
W. Tweed, Tammany Hall
"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize
that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." - R.
Reagan
"I have come to the conclusion that
politics are much too serious a matter to be left to the politicians."
- C. De Gaulle
"A man who can smile when things go
wrong has thought of someone he can blame it on."
"Money is not the most important thing in the world...Love is.
Fortunately, I love money."
- Anon.
“It
is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would
lie if you were in his place.”
- H.L. Mencken, 1951
"Character is doing what is right
when nobody's looking." - Unk.
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"If
your attack is going really well, it's an ambush." - MSG
E. Thompson
"If
it's stupid but it works, it's not stupid." - MSG E.
Thompson
"If
the enemy is in range, SO ARE YOU." - MSG E. Thompson
"Tracers work both ways." - MSG E. Thompson
"The
easy way is always mined." - MSG E. Thompson
"It's not
the bullet that kills you, it's the hole."
- MSG E. Thompson
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“To
the man who is afraid everything rustles.”
–
Sophocles, 406 BC
“The
keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our
adversities.”
–
Sophocles, 404 BC
“There
are more fools in the world than knaves, else the knaves would not have enough
to live upon.”
– S.
Butler
, 1655
“Only
dead fish swim with the stream.”
– Anon.
“Vows
begin when hope dies.”
- L. da Vinci, 1517
“It
wasn’t raining when Noah built the
Ark.
” - H. Ruff, 1930
“If
you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you.
This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.” - S.L. Clemens, 1905
“We
will either find a way, or make one.”
–
Hannibal
, 215 BC
“No
one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”- E. Roosevelt, 1953
“Never
contend with a man who has nothing to lose.”
- Anon.
“Beware
the fury of a patient man.”
– J. Dryden, 1657
“What
was hard to endure is sweet to recall.”
– French proverb
“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make
them all yourself." -
Unk.
"The only reason
for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once."-A. Einstien
"Everyone has a photographic memory.
Some just don't have film."
"A
wise man’s questions contain half the answer.”
– Gabriol, 1065
"Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So
throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in
your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
- S. Clemens
"The
things we know best are those we haven’t been taught.” –
L. dCd Vauvenargues, 1735
“An
invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.”
– V.
Hugo, 1867
“We’re
drowning in information and starving for knowledge.”
– R. Rodgers, 1978
“I
prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.”
– A. France 1901
“To
one who has faith, no explanation is necessary.
To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
–
St.
T. Aquinas, 1269
“Oh,
what a bitter thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s
eyes.”
– W.
Shakespeare, 1588
“Children
are the living messages that we send to a time we will not see.”-
N. Postman, 1959
“It
is going to be fun to watch and see how long the meek can keep the earth after
they inherit it. “
– F.M. Hubbard, 1924
"Necessity
never made a good bargain.”
–
B. Franklin, 1775
“If
you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.”
-
F.
A. Clark, 1960
“Nearly
all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give
him power.”
– A. Lincoln, 1863
“In
war, there are no unwounded soldiers.”
–
J. Narosky
“The
thorns I have reaped are of the tree I planted.”
- Lord Byron, 1815
“Never
explain.
Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe it
anyway.”
- E. Hubbard, 1912
“Be ashamed to die until you have won one victory for humanity.” --H. Mann
"If
the going is getting easier, you aren't climbing" - Unk.
"Great Teachers can lead you to the doors of understanding, but it is up to you to enter." --Lao-Tzu
"Never
tell people how to do things. Tell them WHAT to do, and they will surprise
you with their ingenuity." -- Gen. G.S. Patton
"The first rule of Holes... When
you're in one, quit digging."
- W. Rodgers
"The basic difference between an ordinary man and
a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary
man takes everything as either a blessing or a curse."
--D. Juan, 1965
"Non in Cautus Futuri" (Not
Unmindful of the Future) -
Washington and Lee Univ. Motto
1756
"Duty. Honor.
Country." - USMA Motto
"Commitment
separates the doers from the dreamers."
- Unk.
"A temptation resisted is a true
measure of character." -
Unknown
“Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
"
--L. Borne
"You
can curse the darkness or light a candle. The choice is yours." --
P. Kane
"Whatever you cannot understand, you cannot possess.”
--J.W. von Goethe
”Forgiveness is the finding again of a lost possession – hatred an extended suicide.”
--F. Schiller
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
- M. Ghandi
“The time to win a fight is before it starts.”
--F. W. Lewis
"
It ain’t so much what people don’t know that hurts, as much as what they know that ain’t so.”
--A. Ward
"Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He
took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the
Middle East that has no oil!" - Golda Meir
“We are
here to add to what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.” --W. Osler
"I never gave anyone HELL...I
just told them the Truth and they thought it was Hell"
--H. Truman 1958
“To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult of all.”
--J.W. von Goethe
“The mark of an immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”
--W. Stekel
"No man is rich enough to buy back
his past."
--Wilde
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"To be is to do."
--Socrates
"To do is to be."
-- Aristotle
"Do-Be-Do-Be-Do..."
--Sinatra
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“The person who pursues revenge should dig two graves.”
--Old Proverb
“It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.”
--A. Lincoln
“The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether or not it’s the same problem you had last year.”
--J. F. Dulles
“Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
--W. Rogers
“Nothing endures but change.”
--Heraclitus
“There was never a good war or a bad peace.”
–B. Franklin
"Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." --Hebrews 11:1
"I can't is a poison, I can is
the cure." -- C. Kennedy
1998
"Doubt is the enemy of Faith."
-- C. Kennedy 1998
"Believe those who are seeking the truth.
Doubt those who find it." -
A. Gide
"A lie can travel halfway around the
world while the truth is putting on its shoes."
- S.L. Clemmons
“Do the right thing.
It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”--S.
L. Clemmons
"There is a demand these days for men who can make wrong appear right."-Terrence,
158 B.C.
“Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.”
--W. Churchill
“I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.”--Michaelangelo
"The great danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high, but that it is too low and we reach it." -- Michaelangelo
“There are no real mistakes in life – only lessons.”
--Anon.
“By their fruits ye shall know
them."
-- Matthew 7:20
"Opportunities multiply as they
are seized.”—Sun Tzu
“If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be
fired with enthusiasm.” --V. Lombardi
“Never give up and never give in.”
–H. Humphrey
“It may be that those who do the most, dream the most.”
--Anon.
“Judge a man by his questions
rather than his answers."
--Voltaire
"You never really lose until you quit trying.”—M. Ditka
“One man with courage makes a
majority.”—A. Jackson
"The trouble with an opportunity
is that it comes disguised as hard work."
-- W. Rogers
"When you are the anvil, be
patient. When you are the hammer, strike."
--Arabian proverb
"It often requires more courage to do right than to fear to do wrong.”
--A. Lincoln
“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”--G. Ruth
“Never underestimate man’s determination to be free.”
--A. Watkins
"Fortune favors the brave.”
-- Virgil, The
Aeneid
“By our spirits we are defined.”
--Wilde
“Integrity has no need for rules.”—A. Camus
“Lt. Watkins,
hope is not a course of action.”
-- M. Rydell
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Remember... no matter what you
do in life, the first thing you must do is "Stand in the
door!...GO!...GO!...GO!..."
- Alex
Alex S. Watkins - Mortgage Master