If winning isn't everything why do they keep score?
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If winning isn't everything why do they keep score?
A classic from good old Vince Lombardi - google his quotes, they are so simple, yet so true ...Quote:
Originally Posted by snicko
"In the dictionary is the only place that 'success' comes before 'work'. Hard work is the price that must be paid for success. You can achieve anything if you're willing to pay the price".
- Vince Lombardi
“Common sense is the knack
of seeing things as they are,
and doing things
as they ought to be done.”
~ Josh Billings
Common sense is nowhere near as common as the name would suggest.
I hear and see both, hence why they keep me locked up in this padded white room :)Quote:
Originally Posted by snicko
“courage doesn’t always roar.
sometimes courage is the quiet voice
at the end of the day saying,
“i will try again tomorrow.”
~ mary anne radmacher
When in doubt, mumble.
When one falls out of the chair despite not having a drink - the best solution is to have one or two, at leasst you'll have a reason/excuse next time next time :-)
“Progress,
far from consisting in change,
depends on retentiveness.
Those who cannot remember the past
are condemned to repeat it.”
~ George Santayana
(1863-1952)
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity!
"You know Jack Sh*t, and Jack left town!"
“It is better to be beautiful than to be good,
but it is better to be good than to be ugly.”
~ Oscar Wilde
"It's so damn hot... milk was a bad choice. " ~Ron Burgundy
Always borrow money from a pessimist......................... He won't expect it back!!
“He who is not contented
with what he has,
would not be contented
with what he would like to have.”
~ Socrates
(B.C. 469 – 399)
He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame!
“Middle age is
when you’re sitting at home
on a Saturday night
and the telephone rings
and you hope it isn’t for you.”
~ Ogden Nash
Where do you find these deep ones Bob?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob
Tim
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
Buddha
It's always too soon to quit!
“When a man comes to die,
no matter what his talents and influences and genius,
if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him
and his dying a cold horror.”
~ John Steinbeck
If at first you don't succeed.............. skydiving is not for you!
“Knowing others is intelligence;
knowing yourself is true wisdom
Mastering others is strength,
mastering yourself is true power.”
~ Lao Tzu
Money can't buy happiness...................but it sure would make misery easier to live with!
How much deeper would the oceans be without sponges?
Heredity is something you believe in if you have a very bright child
Dont spit your chewy out the window,
if you have false teeth..
“This thing that we call ‘failure’
is not the falling down,
but the staying down.”
~ Mary Pickford
(1892-1979)
“My riches consist not
in the extent of my possessions,
but in the fewness of my wants.”
~ J. Brotherton
Virginity is like a soapbubble........... one prick and it is gone!
To be or not to be is not a phrase its a state of mind.
A bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't resist!
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy
enough people to make it worth the effort.” - Herm Albright
“Generally the theories we believe we call facts,
and the facts we disbelieve we call theories.”
~ Felix Cohen
(1907-1953)
“When we seek to discover the best in others,
we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.”
~ William Arthur Ward
I used to be indecisive.....................Now I'm not sure!
“We are all apprentices in a craft
where no one ever becomes a master.”
~ Ernest Hemingway
“Genius is one per cent inspiration,
ninety-nine per cent perspiration.”
~ Thomas Edison
(1847-1931)
Hallmark Card: "I'm so miserable without you,................. it's almost like you're still here."!!!!!!!!!