Musings from Brian J. Noggle

Quotes for the Day

As one of the finishing touches of preparing my home office, I am replacing the little scrips of paper and index cards with inspirational quotes upon them to their rightful positions around my desk. For lack of a better topic this afternoon, I shall publish the quotes here, so you can be inspired, too, perhaps even to "ride a century," which contrary to what it sounds, is not sitting in the passenger seat of a Buick on a beer run.

"Caelum non animum mutant qui trans mare current."

"It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out where the strong man stumbled, or where a doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man in the arena whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs, and who comes up short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause. The man who at best knows the triumph of high achievement and who at worst, if he fails, fails while daring greatly, so that his place will never be with those cold timid souls who never knew victory or defeat."

dropbears.com

"Fortune knows
We scorn her most when most she offers blows

Antony and Cleopatra

Act III, Scene XI

Power is only Pain--
Stranded, thro' Discipline

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"love to wyde y-blowe
Yelt bittre fruyt, though swete seed be sowe." (Love too widely blown yields bitter fruit, though sweet seed was sown)

Troilus and Criseyde

"An error made on your own is safer than ten truths accepted on faith."

Atlas Shrugged

"Unlucky the hero born
In this province of the stuck record"

My goodness, I feel inspired and motivated to get up out of this chair and go get another beer!