Category: Quotes

Quotes & Memes

Quotes October 11, 2024

During the aftermath of Katrina, National Guard troops were positioned on every block to establish a sense of safety and source of help for the people in need. They did not leave communities until people were safe and sound.
Russel Honore
 
 
 
 
While the recent addition of the National Guard providing a support role manning computers and cameras has allowed more Border Patrol agents to work the field, more agents are still needed.
Timothy Murphy
 
 
 
 
When you combine the men and women deployed from our military installations with activated reservists and members of the National Guard, Georgia is contributing more personnel to the theatre than any other State in our Union.
Sonny Perdue
 
 
 
 
I don’t know how many people have ever seen the National Guard break in somewhere, but they mean business.
Ozzie Smith
 
 
 
 
For weeks after 9/11 you could smell the dust and pulverised concrete in New York, and the National Guard came in, so there was a military presence on the streets. It was intense. Overwhelming. Heartbreaking.
Mark Boal
 
 
 
 
In an increasingly volatile and uncertain world, the men and women of the Iowa National Guard play a vital role in overseas contingency operations, domestic response missions and aggressive training exercises to remain a ready and reliable force.
Kim Reynolds
 
 
 
 
Our National Guard, as I think everybody knows, has provided about 40 percent of the boots on the ground in Iraq and in the conflict against Islamofascism. They went into that battle, being called up for their national security service, short of equipment.
Kit Bond
 
 
 
 

Quotes October 10, 2024

“The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.”
Arthur C. Clarke
 
 
 
 
“All my haters become my waiters when I sit down at the table of success.”
Eric Adams
 
 
 
 
“The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.”
Isaac Asimov
 
 
 
 
“Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.”
Emily Dickinson
 
 
 
 
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
 
 
 
 
“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.”
J. R. R. Tolkien
 
 
 
 
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”
Marcus Aurelius
 
 
 
 

Quotes October 08-09, 2024

I know it’s only on the stage that I feel really alive. For a certain length of time I have to become a person whom I totally believe in.
Maggie Smith,
actor
1934-2024
 
 
 
 
Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. ‘Cause, that’s all that matters in the end.
Kris Kristofferson,
singer, songwriter, actor
1936-2024
 
 
 
 
Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too. If she doesn’t show up invited, eventually she just shows up.
Isabel Allende,
writer
Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
You learn to tell stories by telling stories.
Every director has at least 10 bad films in them.
Robert Rodriguez,
filmmaker
Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.
Frida Kahlo,
artist
Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
Don’t plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.
Julia Alvarez,
writer, poet
Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
Color is a power which directly influences the soul.
Everything starts from a dot.
Wassily Kandinsky,
painter, art theorist
 
 
 
 

Quotes October 05-07, 2024

Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.
Robert Bresson – 1901-1999 – French Film Director
 
 
 
 
Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.
Andy Rooney – 1919-2011 – Radio, Television Writer
 
 
 
 
Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.
Diane Sawyer – American Broadcast Journalist
 
 
 
 
Life isn’t perfect, any failures you have are actually learning moments. They teach us how to grow and evolve.
Phillipa Soo – Actress-Singer
 
 
 
 
Attitude is the little thing that makes a big difference.
Winston Churchill – 1874-1965 – Former British Prime Minister
 
 
 
 
The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles.
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes October 04, 2024

I grew up in a time when people believed in duty, honor and country. My grandfathers were both officers. My father was a General in the Air Force. My brother and I were both in the Army. I’ve always felt a kinship with soldiers; I think it’s possible to support the warrior and be against the war. Kris Kristofferson
 
 
 
 
God’s the final judge for Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash too. That’s solely in the hands of God.
That was the big thing when I was growing up, singing on the radio. The extent of my dream was to sing on the radio station in Memphis. Even when I got out of the Air Force in 1954, I came right back to Memphis and started knocking on doors at the radio station.
Johnny Cash
 
 
 
 
“God has blessed you richly, so get down on your knees and thank him. Don’t forget the less fortunate or God will personally kick your ass. I’d love to do it for him, but I can’t be everywhere.”

“I was in the Air Force a while and they had what they call “policing the area.” That’s where you looked around and if there’s anything wrong here, there, anywhere, you took care of your own area. And I think that’s a pretty good thing to go by. If everyone just takes care of their own area then we won’t have any problems. Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there. And look around you and see what needs to be changed.”
Willie Nelson, Wisdom: The Greatest Gift One Generation Can Give To Another
 
 
 
 

Quotes September 29-30, October 01-03, 2024

Quotes courtesy of Lori Deschene/Tiny Buddha

“If you don’t give your mind and body a break, you’ll break. Stop pushing yourself through pain and exhaustion and take care of your needs.”
Lori Deschene
 
 
 
 
“Grief is not something that ever goes away. You just learn to accommodate it so you can move forward in your life and over time it gets less intense, at least most of the time.”
David Baxter
 
 
 
 
“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”
Nathaniel Branden
 
 
 
 
“You are not your feelings. You just experience them. Anger, sadness, hate, depression, fear. This is the rain you walk in. But you don’t become the rain. You know the rain will pass. You walk on. And you remember the soft glow of the sun that will come again.”
Matt Haig
 
 
 
 
“Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough.”
Julia Cameron
 
 
 
 
“Life is a balance of holding on and letting go.”
Rumi
 
 
 
 
“If nothing changes, nothing changes. If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’re going to keep getting what you’re getting. You want change, make some.”
Courtney C. Stevens
 
 
 
 
“When things change inside of you, things change around you.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
“Crying is not a sign of weakness, it’s a courageous expression of emotions that leads to strength.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
“You may not be able to control every situation and its outcome, but you can control how you deal with it.”
Unknown

 
 
 
 

Quotes September 28, 2024

Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is most important.
Junko Tabei – 1939-2016 – Mountaineer-Author-Teacher
 
 
 
 
You are not lucky to be here. The world needs your perspective. They are lucky to have you.
Jose Antonio Tijerino,
president and CEO of the Hispanic Heritage Foundation
Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
 
 
 
 
If you must wish … wish for something sensible.
W. W. Jacobs,
writer
 
 
 
 
I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you’re prepared for it.
Denzel Washington – Actor, Director, and Producer
 
 
 
 
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.
Wayne Dyer – 1940-2015, Author and Speaker
 
 
 
 
Accept the presence of thorns, but let the rose inspire you.
Steve Pavlina – Self-Help Author – Speaker
 
 
 
 
Be so good, they can’t ignore you.
Steve Martin, Actor
 
 
 
 
I have a flood of ideas in my mind. I just follow my vision.
Yayoi Kusama – Contemporary Artist-Works in Film and Fashion Art
 
 
 
 
To forgive freely, is what we owe to our enemy; to forget not, is what we owe to ourselves.
Amelia E. Barr,
writer, educator
 
 
 
 

Quotes September 27, 2024

“My only answer as to why the Marines get the toughest jobs is because the average Leatherneck is a much better fighter. He has far more guts, courage, and better officers… These boys out here have a pride in the Marine Corps and will fight to the end no matter what the cost.”
2nd Lt. Richard C. Kennard
 
 
 
 
“Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there.”
LtGen Victor H. Krulak
 
 
 
 
“I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.”
Sir Winston Churchhill
 
 
 
 
“The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle.”
Gen. John “Black Jack” Pershing
 
 
 
 
“Marines are very good at fighting… And if Gen. Franks wants fighters on the ground and he puts Marines in, he’ll have what he wants.”
Peter Pace
 
 
 
 
“Planning plus preparation breeds confidence.”
US Marines
 
 
 
 

Quotes September 25, 2024

“Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.”
Samuel Butler
 
 
 
 
“My favourite season is autumn, and I love walking through woods.”
Lucy Davis
 
 
 
 
“Autumn mornings: sunshine and crisp air, birds and calmness, year’s end and day’s beginnings.”
Terri Guillemets
 
 
 
 
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
L.M. Montgomery
 
 
 
 
“Autumn… the year’s last, loveliest smile.”
William Cullen Bryant
 
 
 
 
“Is not this a true autumn day? Just the still melancholy that I love – that makes life and nature harmonize.”

“If I were a bird, I would fly about the Earth seeking the successive autumns.”
George Eliot
 
 
 
 
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
Albert Camus
 
 
 
 
“There are two times of the year: autumn and waiting for autumn.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 

Quotes September 24, 2024

“I am most radiant and full of energy when the leaves are falling and there is a ghost of change in the air.”
Anna Madsen
 
 
 
 
“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”
Dolly Parton
 
 
 
 
“It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.”
B. C. Forbes
 
 
 
 
“It’s the first day of autumn! A time of hot chocolatey mornings, and toasty marshmallow evenings, and, best of all, leaping into leaves!”
Winnie the Pooh
 
 
 
 
“If you run, then allow those first few breaths on a cool Autumn day to freeze your lungs and do not just be alarmed, be ALIVE.”
Kyle Lake
 
 
 
 
“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.”
Vivian Greene
 
 
 
 
“When everything looks like a magical oil painting, you know you are in autumn.”
Mehmet Murat Ildan
 
 
 
 
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.”
Mary Anne Radmacher
 
 
 
 
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald