Your Three Best Favorite Quotations

[Bluehawk]

Give the quote, and the person who said it (be careful):

- "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called Sons of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for my sake."
Jesus of Nazareth

- "Find the bastards, and then pile on."
Major General George S. Patton, IV (Son of LtGen George S. Patton, Jr., the second)
39th Commander, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment

- "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."
John F. Kennedy

[AMVET91ALPHA]

it is hard to narrow it down to just three..been thinkin about it for a while..then decided to just give ya'll some of my favorites that ya might not have heard of or heard before:


The test of a first-fate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise- F. Scott Fitzgerald

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. -Vaclav Havel

My goal is simple. It is complete understanding of the universe, why it as it is and why it exists as all -Stephen Hawking

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.-Carl Schurz

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.-Albert Schweitzer

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.-Doug Larson

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.-Clive James

[Betty Boop]

Three, huh??? Hmmmmmmmm ... how 'bout four????

"If it is mechanical, it will break; if it is human, it will fail." Pastor Earl Lee, D.Div.

"If you can dream it, you can do it." Walt Disney

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." James Dean

"Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see." Unknown

[Bluehawk]

Three, four, ten... what's the difference

Nice ones, up there.

[USA11B]

Hell is truth seen too late. H.G. Adams

Impossible is only to be found in the dictionary of fools. Napoleon I

As charity covers a multitude of sins before God, so does politeness before men. Chesterfield

When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone. Sir Walter Scott

[filthybeast]

Wingwiper First let me say Hi. Now One of your quotes has me puzzled.

You see G.S. Patton jr. ended up a Full General. His Son G.S. Patton the IV ended up a Lt. General.
Now with that out of the way

01. If you dont try you will never Know. LTG. James E. Crow USA. RET.

02. I change opinions one bullet at a time. MSG. M.S.Campbell USA. RET.
When asked by a reporter.
03. If you do that again you will make me very happy. Filthybeast

[se0sea]

"You dont win wars by dying for your country. You win wars by making the other bastard die for his country!" (Patton)

"But I never inhaled" (Clinton)

"Custer was a pussy! Your not! (Sam Elliot to Mel Gibson in We were soldiers)