Don’t hit at all if you can help it; don’t hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep. - Teddy Roosevelt
Another Teddy fave that should be part of the credo of any T-Man is:
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly…who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
I’m pretty sure churchill said this one as well:
winston:ma’am, would you sleep with me for a million dollars?
lady:of course.
winston:would you sleep with more for $20?
lady: of course not, what do you take me for.
winston: we’ve already determined that, now we’re just discussing prices.
during the crusades after invading a village a commander ordered his men to kill everyone in the village and burn it to the ground. A soldier told the commander that some of the people in the village were christians. The commander paused then replied ,
“KILL EM ALL and let god sort em out,”
Ask anything of men, ask them to achieve wealth, fame, love, brutality, murder, self-sacrifice. But dont ask them to achieve self respect. They will hate your soul. Well, they know best. They must have their reasons. They wont say of course, that they hate you. They will say that you hate them. It’s near enough I suppose. They know the emotion involved. Such are men as they are.
I can accept anything, except what seems to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the almost, the just-about, the in-between. They may have their justifications. I dont know. I dont care to inquire.
“It’s better to be judged by twelve than carried by six.” From the Copland Training article here on T-nation
“JFK said we should never fear to negotiate, but we should never negotiate out of fear.” "Yeah, but LL Cool J said, “Mamma said knock you out!” A bit of back and forth between Carlton and Will Smith regarding the best course of action towrds a school bully.
Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is not daily increase but daily decrease, the removal of that which is not necessary. -Bruce Lee
If we do not change the direction we are headed, we are likely to get exactly where we are going. ? Confucius