Dave’s Daily Quotes

“To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.” ~ Abraham Maslow

“The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority.  The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority.  The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.” ~ A.  A.  Milne

“You can do anything, but not everything.” ~ David Allen

“Complete possession is proved only by giving.  All that you are unable to give possesses you.” ~ Anonymous

“A good teacher is like a candle; it consumes itself to light the way for others.”

“It is the very mind itself that leads the mind astray; of the mind, do not be mindless.”

“You might as well stand and fight because if you run, you will only die tired” ~ Vern Jocque

“Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.” ~ Franklin P Jones

“War is not about who is right, it is about who is left.”

We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training. ~ Archilochus

“That which doesn’t kill me, will make me stronger!”

“Act like a man of thought; think like a man of action.” ~ Thomas Mann

“Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.” ~ Abraham J. Heschel

To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or…

“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

“Are you there?  Say a prayer for the Pretender / Who started out so young and strong only to surrender.” ~ Jackson Browne

“The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.” ~ Albert Schweitzer

“I’ve been imitated so well I’ve heard people copy my mistakes.” ~ Jimi Hendrix

“This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway.” ~ Bob Dylan

“Take care of all your memories. For you cannot relive them.” ~ Bob Dylan

“He not busy being born is busy dying.” ~ Bob Dylan

“Chaos is a friend of mine.” ~ Bob Dylan

All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die. ~ Bob Dylan

“A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.” ~ Emo Philips

“I would imagine that if you could understand Morse code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.” ~ Mitch Hedberg