OT: Helpful Quotes

Dentoid · 08-11-2007, 08:42 AM

Thought I'd start a thread of Quotes. They can be yours or someone elses. You know those quotes you hear or read that are appropriate for lifes lessons or spirituality or fun. Please give credit to the author. If the author is unknown, then state that. I'll start.

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity" George S. Patton

Snelly40 · 08-11-2007, 08:55 AM

There is a little differenece and a big difference in everyone, the little differenece is attitude, the BIG difference is if that attitude is positive or negative!!

can you tell I'm a sales/management consultant, haha

Techno-Vicki · 08-11-2007, 09:02 AM

"Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting."
- Karl Wallenda

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

DrHank · 08-11-2007, 09:04 AM

When in doubt, punt!

kathywithbirds · 08-11-2007, 09:19 AM

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
Anton Chekhov

kinghokus420 · 08-11-2007, 09:22 AM

life's too mysterious, dont take it serious.

quoted from a stoner..

panmanmatt · 08-11-2007, 09:25 AM

The mind is like a parachute, it only works when opened.

Author unknown

Bwlr · 08-11-2007, 12:48 PM

If it ain't broke... don't fix it.

KodiakBear · 08-11-2007, 01:19 PM

if it ain't broke -- fix it until it is ~ US Navy policy

kinghokus420 · 08-11-2007, 03:49 PM

if it can't be fixed with a hammer... it's broken.

AQTCJAK · 08-11-2007, 03:55 PM

Why put of until tomorrow what you can do today

kathywithbirds · 08-11-2007, 04:09 PM

Why do it today when you can put it off 'till tomorrow?

: )

sasquatch · 08-11-2007, 04:32 PM

When in doubt, ask Lynn (me haha)
No good deed goes unpunished (?)

This is fun Scott, great idea! Steve

AQTCJAK · 08-11-2007, 04:33 PM

Remeber Reefing is a privledge

boozeman · 08-11-2007, 07:42 PM

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king

It is easiest to light a candle than to curse the darkness

choose your battles wisely

a fool and his money are soon parted

youth is wasted on the young

08-11-2007, 08:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dentoid Over Achiever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 10,239 View Gallery Karma Komment	OT: Helpful Quotes Thought I'd start a thread of Quotes. They can be yours or someone elses. You know those quotes you hear or read that are appropriate for lifes lessons or spirituality or fun. Please give credit to the author. If the author is unknown, then state that. I'll start. *"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity"* George S. Patton __________________ Scott Dentoid's Reeforama

08-11-2007, 08:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
Snelly40 Golden Moray Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 2,446 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Helpful Quotes There is a little differenece and a big difference in everyone, the little differenece is attitude, the BIG difference is if that attitude is positive or negative!! can you tell I'm a sales/management consultant, haha __________________ Snelly's 90gal Reef-O-Rama *Member-"Crabs Are Evil" Society* In Hoc Signo Vinces

08-11-2007, 09:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
Techno-Vicki Dancing Mandarins Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sanger, CA (on Kings River) Posts: 1,089 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Helpful Quotes "Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting." - Karl Wallenda "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) __________________ AKA - "Speedy" Extreme Reef Addition Videos of Mandarins, reef tank, and "His Majesty's" DIY water changer http://www.murrayproductions.org/Ree...RM_videos.html "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." - Henry Ford (1863-1947)

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DrHank Golden Moray Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Crestview, FL Posts: 2,251 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Helpful Quotes When in doubt, punt! __________________ Jim Dr Hank's 210 Build: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...nks-tanks.html Dr Hank's 155 Bowfront:http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-bowfront.html

08-11-2007, 09:19 AM	#5 (permalink)
kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,711 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Helpful Quotes Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out. Anton Chekhov __________________ (\ /) This is Bunny crying. ( ; ; ) He thinks Brainy and Bunnina . ' ' ...are having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang Start: 163.5 Current: I'm not looking at the scale, I'm not looking at the scale, I'm not looking at the scale...

08-11-2007, 09:22 AM	#6 (permalink)
kinghokus420 Scopas Tang Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: paradise ca.(northern) Posts: 431 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Helpful Quotes life's too mysterious, dont take it serious. quoted from a stoner.. __________________ josh Chico Reef Club chicoreefclub.org

08-11-2007, 09:25 AM	#7 (permalink)
panmanmatt Acropora Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Waretown, NJ Posts: 1,904 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Helpful Quotes The mind is like a parachute, it only works when opened. Author unknown __________________ The mind is like a parachute, it only works when opened. (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(")

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Bwlr Elegance coral Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: I give up. Posts: 1,123 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Helpful Quotes If it ain't broke... don't fix it. __________________ ~Scott

08-11-2007, 01:19 PM	#9 (permalink)
KodiakBear Plate Coral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Woodbine, GA Posts: 790 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Helpful Quotes if it ain't broke -- fix it until it is ~ US Navy policy __________________ Isaiah 6:8 I once prayed God would grant me patience. The next day I was starting a reef aquarium. My Confession

08-11-2007, 03:49 PM	#10 (permalink)
kinghokus420 Scopas Tang Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: paradise ca.(northern) Posts: 431 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Helpful Quotes if it can't be fixed with a hammer... it's broken. __________________ josh Chico Reef Club chicoreefclub.org

08-11-2007, 03:55 PM	#11 (permalink)
AQTCJAK Tiger Shark Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6,936 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Helpful Quotes Why put of until tomorrow what you can do today __________________ A Wiseman once said build a stage add a pole & they will dance - Jack 2007 www.aquaticaggression.com Projects & Chronicels http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...car-buffs.html http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...nts-tanks.html

08-11-2007, 04:09 PM	#12 (permalink)
kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,711 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Helpful Quotes Why do it today when you can put it off 'till tomorrow? : ) __________________ (\ /) This is Bunny crying. ( ; ; ) He thinks Brainy and Bunnina . ' ' ...are having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang Start: 163.5 Current: I'm not looking at the scale, I'm not looking at the scale, I'm not looking at the scale...

08-11-2007, 04:32 PM	#13 (permalink)
sasquatch Brunt of all Jokes~ Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: the very farthest west coast of canada Posts: 8,917 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Helpful Quotes When in doubt, ask Lynn (me haha) No good deed goes unpunished (?) This is fun Scott, great idea! Steve

08-11-2007, 04:33 PM	#14 (permalink)
AQTCJAK Tiger Shark Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6,936 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Helpful Quotes Remeber Reefing is a privledge __________________ A Wiseman once said build a stage add a pole & they will dance - Jack 2007 www.aquaticaggression.com Projects & Chronicels http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...car-buffs.html http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...nts-tanks.html

08-11-2007, 07:42 PM	#15 (permalink)
boozeman The CodFather ~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: new york Posts: 8,800 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Helpful Quotes In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king It is easiest to light a candle than to curse the darkness choose your battles wisely a fool and his money are soon parted youth is wasted on the young __________________ ...and when I'm old and wise little things mean little to me like autumn winds they'll blow right through me and someday, in the mist of time when they ask you if you knew me remember that you were a friend of mine

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