Thoughts and ideas that hold forever true..........

[johnyrotten]

5 hours ago, bamadon said:

Never light the path in front of you by the glow of the bridges burning behind.

I heard this often when I was young, later on I worked with a guy, turned out to be a junkie who would say " May the bridges I burn light my way". You can guess where he wound up. 

[Ridge Rider]

One that enters my mind when building models. It helps to keep me focused.

The devils in the details.

 

[James2]

"Days are not good or bad, but what you make of them"

[JollySipper]

The glass being half full or half empty depends on whether you are filling that glass, or emptying it out............

[Ace-Garageguy]

“A is A”

[Chuckyg1]

A man is known by the company he keeps.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

[Mark]

8 hours ago, JollySipper said:

The glass being half full or half empty depends on whether you are filling that glass, or emptying it out............

Sometimes the glass isn't half full or half empty...it's too big...

[ranma]

Personal Favorite of mine.. Those who fail to learn from History Are Doomed to repeat it!

Also : A Man who goes to bed with a itchy butt wake up with stinky fingers.

Edited October 19, 2024 by ranma

[Tim W. SoCal]

Wisdom is knowing what to do next. Skill is knowing how to do it. Virtue is doing it

[Tim W. SoCal]

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

[JollySipper]

23 minutes ago, Tim W. SoCal said:

Wisdom is knowing what to do next. Skill is knowing how to do it. Virtue is doing it

I LIKE that one............

 

[slusher]

I remember things my boss would tell me, I miss that man,

Credibility can be great or like a bullet between the eyes..

[slusher]

Resect other peoples rights and choices 

[Chuckyg1]

Sometimes you gotta to do something, even if it's wrong.

[slusher]

No matter how dark it is you will never miss your mouth ? eating..

[TECHMAN]

Growing up, my Grandfather  and Dad always told me,  "Don't settle for being average,  Average is where the 'best of the worst' meet the 'worst of the best'".

DJ

[Hi-Po]

...or you can throw your arms in the air, pee your pants and die!!!

[Ace-Garageguy]

Keep It Simple, Stupid       KISS

[Ace-Garageguy]

"Make yourself a sheep and the wolf will eat you"    Benjamin Franklin 1773

[Ace-Garageguy]

“A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once. It seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come”      Wm. Shakespeare

[Mark]

Knowledge is being aware that tomatoes are by definition a fruit.  Wisdom is knowing you shouldn't put them in a fruit salad...

[ChrisBcritter]

With the rich and powerful, always a little patience. 

[TECHMAN]

Food for thought.......

My son is CONSTANTLY telling me:  "Pop, you're just a 'points and condenser person' living in a 'computer-controlled electronic-ignitioned/fuel injected world'".....

Probably a lotta truth in there somewhere!!!!!!?

DJ

[stitchdup]

if at first you dont succeed, skydiving isn't the hobby for you

[JollySipper]

2 hours ago, TECHMAN said:

Food for thought.......

My son is CONSTANTLY telling me:  "Pop, you're just a 'points and condenser person' living in a 'computer-controlled electronic-ignitioned/fuel injected world'".....

Probably a lotta truth in there somewhere!!!!!!?

DJ

That's pretty much me......... So much so, that some folks here call me 'Old School' as a nic-name.........