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 161 - "Slow is smooth.  Smooth is fast" - Special Forces Slogan
 129 - "A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones." - Proverbs 14:30
 128 - "Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance." - Proverbs 1:5
 126 - "hummm...that has never happened to me." - Mark Ayers
 121 - "Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it." - Proverbs 22:6
 103 - "Battle is an orgy of disorder." - George S. Patton
 102 - "A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood." - George S. Patton
 101 - "Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results." - George S. Patton
 100 - "Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory." - George S. Patton
 99 - "If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking." - George S. Patton
 98 - "Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom." - George S. Patton
 97 - "Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory." - George S. Patton
 96 - "Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death." - Miyamoto Musashi
 95 - "Do nothing which is of no use." - Miyamoto Musashi
 94 - "Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye." - Miyamoto Musashi
 93 - "All things entail rising and falling timing.  You must be able to discern this." - Miyamoto Musashi
 92 - "You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect." - Miyamoto Musashi
 91 - "Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable." - Mark Twain
 90 - "It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them." - Mark Twain
 89 - "Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits." - Mark Twain
 88 - "Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed." - Mark Twain
 87 - "A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read." - Mark Twain
 86 - "God made the Idiot for practice, and then he made the School Board." - Mark Twain
 85 - "When in doubt tell the truth." - Mark Twain
 84 - "Golf is a good walk spoiled." - Mark Twain
 83 - "We have the best government that money can buy." - Mark Twain
 82 - "Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get." - Mark Twain
 81 - "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." - Mark Twain
 80 - Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest." - Mark Twain
 79 - "Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work." - Mark Twain
 78 - "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog." - Mark Twain
 77 - "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear." - Mark Twain
 76 - "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." - Mark Twain
 75 - "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain
 74 - "Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please." - Mark Twain
 73 - "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." - Mark Twain
 72 - "Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see." - Mark Twain
 71 - "The secret of getting ahead is getting started." - Mark Twain
 70 - "If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people." - Confucius
 69 - "In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of.  In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of." - Confucius
 68 - "The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell." - Confucius
 66 - "Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues." - Confucius
 65 - "Never give a sword to a man who can't dance." - Confucius
 64 - "Study the past, if you would divine the future." - Confucius
 63 - "It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things work. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get." - Confucius
 62 - "When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps." - Confucius
 61 - "The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home." - Confucius
 60 - "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance." - Confucius
 59 - "I hear and I forget.  I see and I remember. I do and I understand." - Confucius
 58 - "Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." - Confucius
 57 - "He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger." - Confucius
 56 - "Silence is a true friend who never betrays." - Confucius
 55 - "By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is the noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest." - Confucius
 54 - "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Confucius
 53 - "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." - Confucius
 52 - "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." - Confucius
 51 - "It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." - Confucius
 50 - "Be as you wish to seem." - Socrates
 49 - "To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge." - Socrates
 48 - False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil." - Socrates
 47 - "Death may be the greatest of all human blessings." - Socrates
 46 - He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature." - Socrates
 45 - "From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate." - Socrates
 44 - "True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us." - Socrates
 43 - "Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us." - Socrates
 42 - "I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing." - Socrates
 41 - "I want what's best for our country. I'm not sure I can figure that out." - Nick Saban
 40 - "I don't think I'm complicated at all.  I'm not political, and I'm not trying to be diplomatic.  I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings, and I don't say bad things about people.  There is no agenda. There's no trying to fool somebody." - Nick Saban
 39 - "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - Nick Saban
 38 - "Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason." - Samuel Adams
 37 - "The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule." - Samuel Adams
 36 - "The Constitution shall never be construed...to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." - Samuel Adams
 35 - "How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!" - Samuel Adams
 34 - "Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can." - Samuel Adams
 33 - "It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief." - Nathan Hale
 32 - "I greatly fear some of America's greatest and most dangerous enemies are such as think themselves her best friends." - Nathan Hale
 31 - "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." - Nathan Hale
 30 - "I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary." - Nathan Hale
 29 - "Fight with a happy heart and strong spirit" - General 'Mad Dog' Mattis
 27 - "Demonstrate to the world there is 'No Better Friend' No Worse Enemy' than a U.S. Marine." - General 'Mad Dog' Mattis
 26 - "You cannot allow any of your people to avoid the brutal facts. If they start living in a dream world, it's going to be bad." - General 'Mad Dog' Mattis
 25 - "There is nothing better than getting shot at and missed. It's really great." - General 'Mad Dog' Mattis
 24 - "No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote." - General 'Mad Dog' Mattis
 23 - "There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, cunning, obedience and alertness, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim." - General 'Mad Dog' Mattis
 22 - "You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon." - General 'Mad Dog' Mattis
 21 - "The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears." - General 'Mad Dog' Mattis
 20 - "Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet." - General 'Mad Dog' Mattis
 19 - "Marines don't know how to spell the word defeat." - General 'Mad Dog' Mattis
 18 - "Find the enemy that wants to end this experiment (in American democracy) and kill every one of them until they're so sick of killing that they leave us and our freedoms intact." - General 'Mad Dog' Mattis
 17 - "I come in peace. I don't bring artillery. But I'm pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I'll kill you all." - General 'Mad Dog' Mattis
 16 - "The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot." - General 'Mad Dog' Mattis
 15 - "I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure.  I cannot even spell the word." - General 'Mad Dog' Mattis
 12 - "My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government."" " - Thomas Jefferson
 11 - "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.""" - Thomas Jefferson
 8 - "It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world."" " - Thomas Jefferson
 7 - "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."" " - Thomas Jefferson
 5 - "When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe."" " - Thomas Jefferson
 4 - I'm still an atheist, thank God. - Luis Bunuel
 3 - When everyone is against you, it means that you are absolutely wrong - or absolutely right. - Albert Guinon
 2 - The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. - Flannery O'Connor
 1 - If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith. - Albert Einstein
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