Wise Sayings

[arnisador]

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. -Confucious

When someone convinces me that I'm wrong, I change my mind. What do you do? -John Maynard Keynes

 

[Jonathan Randall]

"To hesitate is to meditate in a horizontal position" - SGM Ed Parker (IIRC). Good point...

"Don't get hit." Forgot who said this one.

 

[Aqua4ever]

Those are all so good!
How about:
When you aim for perfection, You discover it's a moving target
If the training is hard, the battle will be easy, if the training is easy, the battle will be hard
No one ever drowned in sweat

~Aqua~

 

[Sam]

"Don't block with your face!"

 

[Xequat]

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.

I'm not sure who came up with this one, but the Einstein quotation reminded me of it so maybe it was Albert Einstein?

 

[Sam]

xequat, it was einstein.

here are some more good einstein

"The only real valuable thing is intuition."
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."
"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding."
"If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut."
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

(more at http://rescomp.stanford.edu/~cheshire/EinsteinQuotes.html )

 

[Flying Crane]

If you die with $10 in your pocket, you worked an hour too long.

 

[Kacey]

nice, kacey. I also like your sig line.

Thanks - I appreciate that. The Einstein quote is from my instructor, but I liked it so much I adopted it.