BoS quote of the... err... month or 3 (1 Viewer)

[saladsurgery]

"Remember that an archer, at long distances, must aim higher than his target in order to hit it."


- Unknown

*cough* *cough* *ack*
*dies*

sorry, i think i'm choking on some corn .

i have a vehement hatred of inspirational quotes, but that's not the point.

this quote, it needs refreshing. i'll even find something syrupy and inspiring to replace it with. yes, it bugs me that much.

 

[Christine]

It bugs me too

 

[Lazarus]

I became unmotivated, and never got around to updating it.

I didn't think anyone actually scrolled that far down the page, lol.

 

[Lazy]

How bout this one

If I were asked to enumerate ten educational stupidities, the giving of grades would head the list... If I can't give a child a better reason for studying than a grade on a report card, I ought to lock my desk and go home and stay there.

--Dorothy De Zouche

 

[saladsurgery]

heh

all you need is a database of 52 and a script or something...

 

[utopian731]

I never let my schooling get in the way of my education"

- Mark Twain


There's inspiration

 

[saladsurgery]

you lot are theiven all these out of the smh honour roll, aren't you?

 

[utopian731]

not as far as i know

 

[InfiniteQ]

Originally posted by utopian731
not as far as i know

Ahh well that quote is in the SMH Honour Roll

 

[utopian731]

U serious? They stole it off me the asses!

What a stupid quote to put on the HSC honour role, considering the HSC is just the kind of shit mark twain was talking about

 

[eviltama]

doncha just love quotes... he he

"I have an existential map; it has 'you are here' written all over it."

Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Macbeth. Act i. Sc. 3.


So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do.
Mother Maribel


It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Descartes, Rene

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
Hemingway, Ernest

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.
Herold, Don

The voice of intelligence ... is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance.
Menninger, Karl

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

yah... i just love quotes...dont u? lmao...

 

[flyin']

Originally posted by eviltama
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Descartes, Rene

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

the descartes and confucius ones sound the best to me ...

 

[Christine]

My fave quote:

" Its the worlds only defence that we hurt out of love, not hate "
Randolph Stow

 

[eviltama]

methinks this quote would work very well for during exams...

Come what come may, Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Macbeth. Act i. Sc. 3.