By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.
The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
Whatever you are, be a good one.
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
I know a great gentleman, who was born in England and came to the U.S. at the beginning of WW2 as a teenager as part of a program to protect the youth. He ended up in the U.S. Army and fought in Europe, became a U.S. citizen, returned to England, graduated from Oxford, and some years later settled in Tampa - which is where he is now. I hope to see him next year when I fly to Tampa for the cruise-chat charity cruise. Hugh is a rare individual. Anyway, the point of all this is that he is a great admirer of Churchill as am I. Some leaders come along at the best time for their being - Churchill was one of them. FDR was another. And Reagan was the latest example I can think of.
My favorite Churchill quote?
"We are still masters of our fate. We still are captain of our souls.'"
Geez, TrvlPro. You've about covered the good ones.
I just realized that Timothy McVeigh used Invictus in a handwritten letter before execution.
I'm nothing like him. The application to my life is quite different. I don't care for the IRS and have no use for it, but I'm not going to bomb any buildings -- FOR THE RECORD.
I memorized the poem and recited in class. I was labled an athiest after that. Birmingham schools -- boy was it culture shock when I moved here from Jacksonville, FL.
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