" You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot further brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred.
You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." ù Abraham Lincoln

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

Edmund Burke <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/patriot.gif" alt="" />

Any man can withstand adversity, but to test his integrity, give him power ~A.Lincoln

The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it ~Wm. James

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is not only what we do, but what we do not do, for which we are accountable ~Moliere

You generally deserve whatever it is you're willing to put up with ~ a neighbor, Greg Garrels

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is that we trade what we really want the most for what we want at the moment ~Unknown

The mark of success is very much like the Golden Rule of Camping- always leave a place better than you found it (even if it wasn't your mess) ~ Me

See my sig \/

"I ate what?"

One day, during our department head meeting, when being fed a line of BS sob story about why we weren't on schedule to complete a task, the Commodore told us...

"Well, if you're looking for sympathy, open up a dictionary. You'll find it between sh!t and syphilis. Just get it done."

I'll never forget that day. It confirmed his status as my Sea Daddy. He was hard, but damn, I miss working for that guy.

'minds are like parachutes; they only function when they're open' Thomas Dewar

'I was dead for millions of years before I was born and it never inconvenienced me a bit' Samuel L Clemens

'Now my own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose' JBS Haldane

'Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known' Carl Sagan

'Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. ' Douglas Adams

I could go on, but I'll end with a little poem that's taped to my office door;

'There was a young lady named Bright
Who traveled much faster than light,
She started one day
In the relative way,
And returned on the previous night

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Do something.....even if its wrong. (Don't be lazy)

Your burning up my daylight. (you are wasting my time)

"I can't" never got anything done. (bad attitudes achieve nothing)

You must fly with a positive attitude to stay airborne. (attitude controls success)

You have to put on your O2 mask first before you can assist others. (Responsibility includes helping when you can afford to do so)

A mistake made in the cockpit will kill you. (If you are going to be in charge you better take it seriously)

Go get a belt (I'm kicking your ass)



Capt. Joseph Montgomery (my dad) <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

"It is amazing how much I don't know, and even more amazing how much I know is wrong."

Fast Eddy

"Certainty is the sure mark of a fool"

John Tipton Floyd, my grandfather

If you fail to plan, then your planning to fail.
The 5 p's: Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance.
I'm not sure where the above quotes are from.

"If you don't know where you're going, then you'll end up somewhere else". Yogi Berra