Al’s Quotes & Quips for July
“One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at kindness.” (Anon)
“We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.” (James Freeman Clarke, quoted in the Westcoast Fitness Monthly Newsletter)
“Organization and good planning are just crutches for people that can’t handle stress and caffeine.”
“False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces.” (Richard Burton, quoted in the London Independent)
“When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.” (John Ruskin, quoted in The Buffalo News)
“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.” (James Oppenheim, quoted in Beliefnet.com)
“There is a reason ‘Congress’ begins with the word ‘con.’ ‘Con’ is the opposite of ‘pro,’ so ‘Congress’ must be the opposite of ‘progress.’”
“Those who think they have time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for physical illness.”
“The word aerobics came about when the gym instructors got together and said, ‘If we’re going to charge $10 an hour, we can’t call it jumping up and down.”
“To catch a husband is an art… to hold him is a job.” (Simone de Beauvoir, quoted in the London Guardian)
“Spoon-feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.” (E.M. Forster, quoted in United Press International)
“The metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.” (Dave Barry)
“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” (Douglas Adams)
“Vision without execution is hallucination.” (Thomas Edison, quoted in The Wall Street Journal).
I’d like to close this month’s batch of quotes with a couple from the late John Wooden, college sports’ most decorated coach…
“Success travels in the company of very hard work. There is no trick, no easy way.” (UCLA Basketball Coach, John Wooden, quoted in World Magazine).
“There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior.” (John Wooden, quoted in World magazine)
