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Inspirational Quotable Quotes
Inspirational Quotations
Here are some of my favorite Inspirational Quotes...
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
George S. Patton
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.
Sidney Greenberg
All my successes have been built on my failures.
Benjamin Disraeli
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man, you take it.
Malcolm X
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely.
Henry Ford
My reputation grows with every failure.
George Bernard Shaw
Every day the fat woman dies a series of small deaths.
Bovey, Shelley
Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog.
Robert Falcon Scott
A journey by Sea and Land, Five Hundred Miles, is not undertaken without money.
Lewis Hallam
If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
A friend doesn’t go on a diet because you are fat.
Erma Bombeck
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
Socrates
The ardent golfer would play Mount Everest if somebody put a flagstick on top.
Pete Dye
A free lunch is only found in mousetraps.
John Capuzzi
Love is unconditional, relationships are not.
Grant Gudmundson
I can’t understand why men make all this fuss about Everest—it’s only a mountain.
Junko Tabei
Take away love and our earth is a tomb.
Robert Browning
Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
Jean de La Fontaine
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.
Larry Wilde
Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind.
Frank Harris
A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners.
Mignon McLaughlin
He preacheth patience that never knew pain.
H. G. Bohn
Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
Saadi
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.
Dolly Parton
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Some of my favorites. Thanks websclub!
Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind.
Frank Harris
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.
Sidney Greenberg
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely.
Henry Ford
it's wisdom that stands the test of time. nice hub, Thanks for sharing.
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LOL, this one is an exceptional one by Socrates, thus I added it in the list of motivational quotes. Gives you a strong motivation to marry i.e the philosophy! :P
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
Socrates
here the funny one:P but a true one in a way though :D
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Thanks James!
Great stuff! I enjoyed these quotes. Especially Browning and Parton.
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LOL! I'll try to talk to Mignon McLaughlin(June 6, 1913 - December 20, 1983) over this issue. :D
Thank you for visiting WG. :)
Ultimate - you already know what a lover of quotes I am, and this Hub fits right up there with one of your best ;) there is just one ;) that I have issue with . . hehehe
"A car is useless in New York, essential everywhere else. The same with good manners."
A car is wonderful in ny both to go east or west or to get up or downtown, even better when summer comes to get out of the city for the weekend. . and I promise my mom raised me with very good manners:)
Rated upwards and awesome!
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Thank you for visiting Ethel. This one is a frightful quote and will give some inspiration for war. I believe the third world war won't spare the US.
One I read years ago by an American general or the like was: We fought world war one in europe, we fought world war two in europe and if you ba***rds let us we will fight world war three there too.
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