The World Is a Looking Glass and Gives Back to Every Man the Reflection of His Own Face

The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. (William Thackeray)

I do not feel my poems are mine at all. I did not create them out of nothing. I owe it to my relations with other people. (Robert Graves)

If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help. (John F. Kennedy Jr.)

Never retreat, never explain, never apologize, get the thing done and let them howl.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable. (John F. Kennedy Jr.)

The only justification in the use of force is to review the amount of love used. (Alfred W.)

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. (Henry Kissinger)

What is done to children, they will do to society. (Karl Menzinger)

To know that we know what we know, and that we do know what we do not know, that is true knowledge. (Henry Thoreau)

The truly innocent are those who are truly guiltless themselves and believe others to be also. (Josh Bilings)

Intelligence must follow faith, never precede it, and never destroy it. (Thomas A. Kennings) The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. (Eleanor Roosevelt)

The only normal people are those you don’t know very well.

If I were to know I was to live this long, I would’ve taken better care of myself. (Nolan Ryan)

I don’t know the key to success. But, the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

When men are pure, laws are useless. When men are corrupt, laws are broken.

Whenever you see a successful business, someone made a courageous decision.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

I shall tell you a secret my friend, do not wait for the last judgment, it takes place everyday.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)

When a man comes to me for advice, I find out what kind of advice he wants and I give it to him.

How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? (Satchell Paige)

Middle age is when you have two temptations and you choose the one that will get you home earlier.

They tell you, you will lose your mind when you grow old. What they don’t tell you is that you won’t miss it. (Malcolm Cowley) Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours.

Though we travel the world to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Books give not wisdom where there was none before. But, where some is, it makes it more. (John Harrington)

And thou will give thyself relief if thou dost treat everyday as if it were the last.

The end will always fall into the beginning. (Aristotle)

If we can find an easier way to do something and still have it be effective. Then, of course, that is the right way to do business. (SMA Gene McKinney)

There is nothing in the world that can take the place of persistence. Talent won’t, genius wont, education wont. If you are persistent, and determined to keep going, you’ll get there. (SMA Gene McKinney)

Going to work for a huge company is like getting on a train. Are you going 60 miles per hour or is the train going 60 mph and you are sitting still?

The solid wealth of insurance companies and gambling companies are some indication of the profits to be derived from the efficient use of chance. (Edward de Bon)

Character is like a tree and reputation is its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it, the tree is the real thing.

Lack of faith creates negative thoughts, negative thoughts create negative actions and negative actions will destroy anything or anyone in a valuable relationship. The best leader is one who picks good men to do what he wants done and the self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it. (Theodore Roosevelt)

Marriage is not only sharing the fettuccini but also sharing the burden of finding the fettuccini restaurant in the first place.

Who takes a child by the hand takes the mother by the heart. (German proverb)

Your children need your presence not your presents. (Rev. Jesse Jackson)

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

Patience has its limits, take it too far and it is cowardice.

Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success.

The purpose of the Army is to deter war and if deterrence fails, to win in combat. (3rd COSCOM Soldier/NCO of the year study guide as quoted by STM in OCS, 2004)

Any soldier who does not understand that their first mission is ‘to fight in war’ is lying to himself. (STM)

When we die it is not what we have, or even our achievements, that matters. Who we are is what is most important; character is all we have. (STM) One of the most common fears is of dying; I do not recommend it. To overcome the fear of death, you do not have to die; just appreciate life. Live each day as it was your last. In that, you will find peace. (STM)

Bad things happen when good men do nothing. (Carlos Gonzales)

*The following are quotes from movies frequented over many years. The point to remember here is that although most movie characters are fictional, their roles are written by real people with real life experience poured into their works.

With great power comes great responsibility. (Spiderman 1 & 2)

It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me. (Batman Begins, 2005)

All men die. Not every man truly lives. (Braveheart)

Do you always win? A man looking for a fight is not as prepared as one who is ready for it. (Roadhouse)

We all go home or nobody goes home! (GI Joe the movie)