And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
- Abraham Lincoln
Do not save your loveing speechs
For your friends when they are dead,
Do not write them on their tombstones
Speak them rather now instead.
- Anna Cummins
Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
- Margaret B. Runbeck
A man is not old until regrets start taking place of dreams.
- unknown
The most important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silent chambers of the soul.
- David O. McKay
"You may be one person to the world, but you may be the world to one person"
"If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room"
"When one door closes another one opens; but we so often look so long and so reqrefully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones that open for us."
"A ship in the harbor is safe, but thats not what ships were made for"
"Don't ask for a light load, but rather ask for a strong back"
"Friends are like angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly"
I love these kinds of quotes, i have lots more
Love your enemies! It really pisses them off!
However long the night, the dawn will break it.
It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it!
War does not determine who is right, only who is left.
They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and saved France anyway!
It is easy to dodge our responsibilities but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.
I'm not pretending Sire. I am here by the will of God, with the authority of the King and the blessings of the church. And I say that the people of Orlean must be fed. – Joan of Arc
Be of good hearts my friends, today our noble king will have a great victory! Because we are guided by the king of Heaven. We are all in good hands, even those who choose to think otherwise. For God and France! - Joan of Arc
If you tear my limbs I will speak out of pain but afterwards I will deny it all. Why are you punishing me for talking to God? Why? – Joan of Arc
Even if the stake was raised and the fire lit, I would not loose faith in God.
For one moment, I thought you had become the King I always hoped you would be.
Coach, I'm hurt, I ain't dead.
A young man named Matajuro wanted to
become a great swordsman, but his father said he wasn't quick enough and could never learn. So Matajuro went to the famous dueler Banzo and asked to become his pupil. "How long will it take me to become a master?" he asked. "Suppose I become your servant, to be with you every minute, how long?" "Ten years, said Banzo." "My father is getting old. Before ten years have passed I will have to return home to take care of him. Suppose I work twice as hard, how long will it take me?" "Thirty years, said Banzo." "How is that?" asked Matajuro. "First you say ten years , then I offer to work twice as hard, you say it will take me three times as long. Let me make myself clear. I will work unceasinly, no hardship will be too much. How long will it take?" "Seventy years," said Banzo. "A pupil in such a hurry learns slowly."
Matajuro understood. Without asking for any
promises in terms of time, he became Banzo's servant. He cooked, he cleaned, he washed, he gardened. He was ordered never to speak of fencing or to touch a sword. He was very sad at this but given his promise to the master and resolved to keep his word.
Three years have passed for Matajuro as a
servant. One day, while he was gardening, Banzo came up quietly behind him and gave him a terrible blow with a wooden sword. The next dayin the kitchen, the same terrible blow fell again. Thereafter, day in day out, from every corner and at any moment, he was attacked by Banzo's wooden sword. Banzo began to look like a demon. Matajuro learned to live on the balls of his feet, ready to dodge at any movment. He bacame a body with no desires, no thoughts~only eternal readiness.
Banzo smiled, and began lessons. Soon
Matajuro was the greatest swordsman in Japan.