Quote of the Day

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"Formula for success: under promise and over deliver." - Tom Peters

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"One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say." - Bryant McGill

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"The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion." - Arnold H. Glasow

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"Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured." - Mark Twain

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"You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six." - Yogi Berra

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"The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it." - Jean Paul

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"You can never change what you avoid - engage your world and make a difference." - Myles Munroe

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"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

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"The best way out is always through." - Robert Frost

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"Life is not like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today might burn your ass tomorrow. " -  Unknown

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"If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France

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"Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow." - Swedish Proverb

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"Apparently, the leading cause of hard drive failure is subpoenas." - David Burge

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“The friendliness and charity of our countrymen can always be relied upon to relieve their fellow citizens in misfortune. This has been repeatedly and quite lately demonstrated. Federal aid in such cases encourages the expectation of paternal care on the part of the government and weakens the sturdiness of our national character, while it prevents the indulgence among our people of that kindly sentiment and conduct which strengthens the bonds of a common brotherhood.” - Grover Cleveland

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"The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators." - Edward Gibbon

[Okanagan]

"The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators." - Edward Gibbon

Man is that ever true.  There are many variations of expressing this truth, but in simple real life, I have a friend who is a superb navigator of the British Columbia coast with its 40 foot tides, myriad channels, fjords and islands that create white water rapids that reverse direction with tide change, etc.  On two different occasions I spent a week with him on that coast, once while moving a 24 foot sailboat 500 miles from Campbell River to Prince Rupert, the other while we led a sea kayak group. 

With the kayak group, in 8 days and 60-70 miles we never paddled once against wind nor tide.  We would ride the tide current for hours.  He would have us start early or sleep in to time the currents and choose routes around islands that would extend our time of going with the flow.  One time in the sailboat a strong current carried us for 10 hours even though the tide changes about every six hours.  Marine charts were merely starting points for him and he knew in detail what currents would be doing around corners and in channel intersections.   Some people are really good  at what they do...

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"It's, 'yea though I walk through the valley'. Not, 'yea though I sit down and whine in the valley.' Keep walking." - Tony Evans

[FinsnFur]

lol!

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“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.” - George Carlin

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"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other." - Abraham Lincoln