Sunday, March 8, 2020

Interesting Quotes #1



“When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing – When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors – When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you – When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice – You may know that your society is doomed.” — Ayn Rand, “Atlas Shrugged”, 1957

“We are fast approaching the stage of ultimate inversion: the stage where government is free to do as it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission.” — Ayn Rand

“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.” –Henry Ford

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” –Henry Ford

“My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.” –Indira Gandhi

“To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.” — Anonymous

“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though chequered by failure, than to take rank with those poor souls who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”  — Anonymous

“Is it possible that all the past is but the beginning of a beginning, and that all that is and has been is but the twilight of the dawn? Is it possible to believe that all the human mind has ever accomplished is but the dream before the awakening?” — Anonymous

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” –Mahatma Gandhi

“I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.” — Harry S. Truman

“Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation.” — C. Everett Koop

“The problem with the designated driver program, it’s not a desirable job, but if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night, drop them off at the wrong house.” — Jeff Foxworthy