Great Quotes

Discussion in 'General Martial Arts Discussion' started by samlamb, Jul 27, 2011.

  1. Dead_pool

    Dead_pool Spes mea in nihil Deus MAP 2017 Moi Award

  2. Van Zandt

    Van Zandt Mr. High Kick

    "We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever."

    Carl Sagan
     
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  3. Archibald

    Archibald A little koala

    "Notoriety isn't as good as fame, but it's bettter than obscurity" - Terry Pratchett or Neil Gaiman, from Good Omens

    "Poor men stay poor because they buy cheap shoes" - not sure so I'll credit Kinky Boots
     
  4. Morik

    Morik Well-Known Member Supporter MAP 2017 Gold Award

    “Sometimes a hypocrite is nothing more than a man in the process of changing.”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer

    “I don't talk to myself because I'm crazy."
    "No?"
    "I do it because I'm awesome.”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, Words of Radiance

    “Authority doesn't come from a rank.," Kaladin said, fingering the spheres in his pocket.
    "Where does it come from?"
    "From the men who give it to you. That's the only way to get it.”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
     
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  5. Dead_pool

    Dead_pool Spes mea in nihil Deus MAP 2017 Moi Award

  6. Aegis

    Aegis River Guardian Admin Supporter

    Love that series!
     
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  7. Mushroom

    Mushroom De-powered to come back better than before.

    Put the bunny back in the box
    - Cameron Poe.
     
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  8. Travess

    Travess The Welsh MAPper Supporter


    "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy"
    - Randy Hanzlick M.D.

    The wife and I bust this one out at least twice a week, whenever we are getting the girls to tidy away their toys.

    Travess
     
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  9. Mitch

    Mitch Lord Mitch of MAP Admin

    All experience is an arch, wherethrough gleams that untravelled world, whose margin fades forever and forever when I move.

    From my second favourite poem. Or sometime third, depending on my mood :D
     
  10. Unreal Combat

    Unreal Combat Valued Member

    “Give a dog a bone and it will run away with it, but only feed it when it is hungry, otherwise it’s wasted.”
     
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  11. Late for dinner

    Late for dinner Valued Member

    ''Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind; it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate--and quickly.''

    Lazarus Long
     
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  12. cloudz

    cloudz Valued Member

    We all suffer one of two pains.
    The pain of regret which weighs a ton. Or the pain of discipline which weighs an ounce.
    Choose discipline and choose mastery.

    Brian Aganad
     
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  13. Grond

    Grond Valued Member

    Sir, I admit your general rule,
    That every poet is a fool,
    But you yourself may serve to show it,
    That every fool is not a poet.

    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
     

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