Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Wednesday Musings

If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you're doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It's tough enough getting that boat to shore with everybody rowing, let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his life jacket on.
- Lou Holtz

If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
- Louisa May Alcott

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows. There is no code of conduct to help beginners. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.
- Sophia Loren

Love me, please, I love you; I can bear to be your friend. So ask of me anything ... I am not a tentative person. Whatever I do, I give up my whole self to it.
- Edna Saint Vincent Millay

I don't care a damn for your loyal service when you think I am right; when I really want it most is when you think I am wrong.
- General Sir John Monash

If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.
- Michael Evans

4 comments:

  1. As usual you put together a wonderful set of phrases..

    Edna Saint Vincent Millay - I like her alot -... I studies her work awhile ago and she really was a pioneer when it came to feminist issues...

    Thanks for reminding me of a gifted poet...

    E.H>

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  2. Thanks EH, glad you liked the quotes. It's been pretty cool looking for stuff to post on Wednesdays. An eye opening experience.

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  3. Great post, Shawn:)
    I love quotes. Thanks for sharing

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