| Saturday, September 25, 2004 |  |
| Quotes On Freedom | 1 comment |
| 25 Sep 2004 @ 15:45 I was searching the net for factual, non-reactive writing about sovereign citizenship, the history of the US, taxation etc. so I can have an intelligent conversation with my housemate and I came across all these quotes from one of the websites. I'm a collector of quotes, sometimes, I like the short hand brilliance that can be so inspiring. QUOTES ON FREEDOM: * "In America, disagreement is patriotic. That's how we stay free. This was a nation founded on dissent, on the proud notion that all people are free to speak and believe what they choose." Joe Eastman * "By the blessing of God, may our country become a vast and splendid monument, not of oppression and terror, but of wisdom, of peace, and of liberty, upon which the world may gaze with admiration forever." Daniel Webster, First Bunker Hill Oration, Engraved on a plaque on the quarterdeck of the USS Bunker Hill, CG-52 * "Take charge of your attitude. Don't let someone else choose it for you."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Take care of your reputation. It's your most valuable asset."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Get your priorities straight. No one ever said on his death bed, 'Gee, if I'd only spent more time at the office.'"--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Don't flaunt your success, but don't apologize for it either."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Every day look for some small way to improve the way you do your job."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Instead of using the word PROBLEM, try substituting the word OPPORTUNITY."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Seek opportunity, not security. A boat in harbor is safe, but in time its bottom will rot out."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Don't delay acting on a good idea. Chances are someone else has just thought of it, too. Success comes to the one who acts first."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Helen Keller, Leonardpo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Remember that the deal's not done until the check has cleared the bank."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Don't spread yourself too thin. Learn to say no politely and quickly."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Discipline yourself to save money. It's essential to success."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Remember that overnight success usually takes about fifteen years."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Never ask a lawyer or accountant for business advice. They are trained to find problems, not solutions."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Hire people smarter than you."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Show respect for others' time. Call whenever you're going to be more than ten minutes late for an appointment."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Never pay for work before it's completed."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Never waste an opportunity to tell good employees how much they mean to the company."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Be a good loser."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Don't discuss business in elevators. You never know who may overhear you."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Commit yourself to constant self-improvement."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Choose work that is in harmony with your values."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Don't quit a job until you've lined up another."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Read carefully anything that requires your signature. Remember that the big print giveth and the small print taketh away."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Never encourage anyone to become a lawyer."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "When someone wants to hire you, even if it's for a job you have little interest in, talk to them. Never close the door on an opportunity until you've had a chance to hear the offer in person."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Don't waste time learning the "tricks of the trade." Instead, learn the trade."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "If in a fight, hit first and hit hard."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "Ask for a raise when you feel you've earned it."--Life's Little Instruction Book; H Jackson Brown * "A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure."--Anonymous * "There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can."--Mark Twain * "Work well done is art."--A Father's Book of Wisdom, H. Jackson Brown * "If you work for a man, in Heaven's name work for him! If he pays you wages that supply your bread and butter, work for him, stand by him, and stand by the institution he represents."--Elbert Hubbard * "God gives the nuts, but he does not crack them."--Old Proverb * "The biggest mistake you can make is to believe that you work for someone else."--Unknown * "More people rust out than wear out."--A Father's Book of Wisdom, H. Jackson Brown * "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."--Confucius * "I'm opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position."--Mark Twain * "The true measure of success is not what you have, but what you can do without."--A Father's Book of Wisdom, H. Jackson Brown * "There is never a wrong time to do the right thing."--A Father's Book of Wisdom, H. Jackson Brown * "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."--Norman MacEwan * "Success comes before work only in the dictionary."--Anonymous * "Behind every successful man stands a proud wife and surprised mother-in-law."--Brooks Hays * "The road to success is not doing one thing 100 percent better, but doing 100 things one percent better."--A Father's Book of Wisdom, H. Jackson Brown * "Success is best measured by how far you've come with the talents you've been given."--A Father's Book of Wisdom, H. Jackson Brown * "Failure is success if we learn from it."--Malcom Forbes * "He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much."--Bessie Anderson Stanley * "Not in time, place, or circumstance, but in the man lies success." -- Charles Rouce * "When an archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the buss-eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim-improve yourself."--Gilbert Arland * "Don't be surprised to discover that luck favors those who are prepared."--H. Jackson Brown * "Every now and then, bite off more than you can chew. This is how you grow and improve."--H. Jackson Brown * "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards. On the road to tyranny, we've gone so far that polite political action is about as useless as a miniskirt in a convent." Claire Wolfe * "Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character."--Booker T. Washington More > |