Quotes For Martial Artists To Live By

[William]

This is long, but considering it came from a career military man and President, makes it very interesting and pointed.


William


A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment. Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction. Our military organization today bears little relation to that known of any of my predecessors in peacetime, or, indeed, by the fighting men of World War II or Korea.

Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. But we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense. We have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions. Added to this, three and a half million men and women are directly engaged in the defense establishment. We annually spend on military security alone more than the net income of all United States cooperations -- corporations.

Now this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence -- economic, political, even spiritual -- is felt in every city, every Statehouse, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet, we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources, and livelihood are all involved. So is the very structure of our society.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower: Farewell Address 1961

[William]

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. 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 errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt

With as many posts that are on this thread, it could easily be overlooked...but this quote is all the way back at the start of page three. One of my fav's.

http://www.defend.net/deluxeforums/showthread.php?t=6058&page=3

William

[Juicefree]

" Put it like this : I may fail, but if I do, it won't be for want of me trying " - John McGrath

[osopardo]

"For those of us to whom much is given much is required." - John F Kennedy

"...For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required..."
The Gospel of Luke 12:48

I think Jesus said it before JFK...

[osopardo]

"don't be modest, your not that great" unknown"

Don't be so humble, you're not that great." former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (to a visiting American diplomat).

[JBolton]

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. 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 errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt

[Jiu-fu fighter]

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands in times of trial and controversy"

Martin Luther King Jr.

[Hardball]

"With your mind power, your determination, your instinct and your experience as well, you can fly very high." - Ayrton Senna

Man, you must be proud of this thread that you started very long ago. You are the original thread author and look at it---well above 45k hits.

[chalambok]

"With your mind power, your determination, your instinct and your experience as well, you can fly very high." - Ayrton Senna

[chalambok]

"To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person." - Bruce Lee

[Garland]

I got one...this is how I've been feeling for the past 2 months.

A U Come outside
I'm fed up with you looking
Like the cat who got the cooking
I said A U
You and me outside
You've got the kind of face
The face of a git
And I really want to hit it
I said A U
You and me outside
Coz I've been watching you
Chatting up all the girls
And I'm fed up with you
And I've drunk enough

[Chorus]
Someone's gonna get a slap tonight
Someone's gonna get whacked tonight
Someone's gonna get a smack tonight
From me
And it's gonna be you


A U You look like a poof
How loud do I shout it ?
Tell me what you're gonna do about it ?
A U You and me outside
You're a bloke who's heading for one
A real fist magnet if ever I saw one
A U You and me outside
I saw you kiss that girl
Over in the corner
It's not jealousy
It's just you and me

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
You've got too much dosh, you're everything I hate
You talk all posh, you make me so irate
You're so cock sure, you're a liability
I told you before, it's not jealousy
It's not jealously
It's just you and me

[Chorus]


-Cocksparrer "A.U."

[Garland]

"We already have the means to travel among the stars, but these technologies are locked up in black projects and it would take an act of God to ever get them out to benefit humanity.... Anything you can imagine, we already know how to do."

Ben Rich - former director of Lockheed SKunkworks

You ever feel like you're being followed, Dick? Men in Black and helicopters? Maybe it's a good idea to lay off the stimulants for awhile there...okay pal.

[WildWest.]

"Those who look for trouble will find more than they can handle"

Kelly McCann

[osopardo]

Dum Vivamus Vivimus! - Epicurius
(While we Live, Let Us Live!)

[chalambok]

"We can live our lives sublime
And behind us
Leave our footprints
On the sands of time." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow