Short quotes that speak volumes.

[Mosby]

“Putin may circle Kyiv with tanks, but he’ll never gain the hearts and souls of the Iranian people,”

-Joe Biden

 

[Lwarner03]

As a less then energetic friend once said, never do today, that which can be put off until tomorrow.

I know it’s been awhile but the way I heard this was:

why put off until tomorrow what you can put off until the day after tomorrow.

 

[scattergun]

Hard times make strong men, strong men make easy times, easy times make weak men, weak men make hard times.

A lot of weak men around society right now working on making hard times.

Oh cool, is it “fascist fairy tales” time again already?

 

[Pharmseller]

Don’t poke the bear.

 

[fngTony]

“Memes are like dogs, if you don’t like them then you’re just not normal”

—Billy Goat

 

[AKDoc]

This has likely been already shared, but I really like it...

"If you don't watch the news you're uninformed, and if you do watch the news you're misinformed."

(not sure the true originator)

 

[Pharmseller]

This has likely been already shared, but I really like it...

"If you don't watch the news you're uninformed, and if you do watch the news you're misinformed."

(not sure the true originator)

That’s an oldie but a goodie. Often mistakenly attributed to Mark Twain. The original quote involved newspapers, as it predates radio or TV.

If you don’t read the newspaper you’re uninformed…




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[mxgsfmdpx]

When I was young and would start to complain a bit about working on the farm with my grandpa, he would always lean in and say…

“When things start to get too hard for everybody else, that’s when it’s just right for us, isn’t it?”

 

[Lwarner03]

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. (Eric Hoffer)

Those who can’t reach the vine will always claim to dislike grapes (roughly, Aesop’s fables)

It good to meet girl in park, but it better to park meat in girl
-ancient proverb

 

[Dood58]

James Clear has a weekly newsletter that has 3 ideas, 2 quotes, and 1 question. Really been enjoying that.

One from this week:
"It's hard to build momentum if you're dividing your attention."

 

[Stalker69]

TRUST NO ONE

 

[Turkeytider]

It is far easier to whisper advice from cover than to risk its merit at the point of attack.

 

[bigmoose]

Every hunting season you miss is one you can not make up.

 

[Pharmseller]

Every hunting season you miss is one you can not make up.

Or, as my college roommate used to say about girls,

”Pass one up, die one short.”




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[bigmoose]

" Everyone has a plan until you get punched in the mouth " --- Mike Tyson

 

[Shotgunslade]

“There’s nothing wrong with being poor and having to work for a living, it’s just a little inconvenient sometimes”
-Grandpa Carl

 

[twall13]

"The opposite of happiness is ingratitude."

Sent from my Pixel 6 using Tapatalk

 

[Szwampdonkey]

Oh cool, is it “fascist fairy tales” time again already?

The avaerage 35 yo male (or whatever pronoun they use) living somewhere like Chicago or New York can’t change a tire.

Let that sink in for a moment then go find a man a few decades older than yourself and shake his hand because he has made life pretty easy for you.

 

[mtwarden]

Be curious how many folks can put on tire chains or drive a manual transmission?

 

[Pony Soldier]

The truck is just over the next hill.

What I had to tell my wife as we hiked up from the bottom of the Snake River. She has never forgot.