Famous quotes from history

[Steelystan]

I very much like quotes from famous people throughout history. Some leave lasting impressions on me and become words to live by. There are too many to list but here is a start.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo Da Vinci

[Wayne1963]

Churchill on why he liked whiskey "The very repugnance of it has it's own attraction"

[JohnnyCakeDC]

"It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read." Thomas Jefferson

[Crusader]

“A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.”
- C.S. Lewis.

[Zomax]

Cowboy Singer Toby Keith .......
I'm not as good as I was was, but I'm just as good once as I ever was.

........ ON THE LIGHTER SIDE ........

[Wxman2000]

Here are a couple of my fav's:

Life is made up of 5% protons, 5% neutrons, 5% electrons, and 85% morons. -Frank Zappa

Satan has been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years! -Anton LaVey

[BDRebel]

Duty, then, is the sublimest word in the English language.
You should do your duty in all things.
You can never do more; you should never wish to do less.
---Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA---

[crouton976]

"If you want total security, go to prison. You're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking is freedom.

And for a lighthearted one:

"Why is it I always get my best ideas while shaving?"

[Splashone]

"How one treats you is their karma, how you react is yours."

[Johnus]

If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.