GBE Rules of Life Code
Quotes
Do your best with what you know
When you know better
do better
The surest way to be late
is to have plenty of time.
Leo Kennedy
The shortest distance
between two points
is under construction.
Noelie Alito
Anyone can hold the helm
when the sea is calm.
Publilius Syrus
The reward for work well done
is the opportunity
to do more.
Jonas Salk, MD
The past should be
a springboard,
not a hammock.
Ivern Ball
Golf without bunkers and hazards
would be lame and monotonous.
So would life.
B C Forbes
If you want truly to
understand something,
try to change it.
Kurt Lewin
Friends come and go,
but enemies accumulate.
Thomas F. Jones, JR.
The man who moves mountains
begins by
carrying away small stones
Chinese proverb
People who say It cannot be done
should not interrupt those who are doing it
G B Shaw
The closest to perfection
a person ever comes
is when he fills out
a job application.
Stanley J Randall
Ability will never catch up with
the demand for it.
Malcolm S. Forbes.
Talent is a flame
Genius is a fire.
Berne Williams.
If you tell the truth
you don’t have to
remember anything.
Mark Twain
Often the impossible
is what has
not been attempted.
Ultimas Noticias
If you take too long in deciding
what to do with your life,
you’ll find you’ve done it.
Pam Shaw
“Knowledge is of two kinds:
We know a subject ourselves
or we know where
we can find information upon it”
Dr. Johnson
“It’s not what you know
it’s who you know”
A Librarian is a great ally
“Knowledge itself is power”
Francis Bacon
“Man prefers to believe
what he prefers to be true”
“What some of us do not know
is very profitable to others”
“Imagination, coupled with judgement,
is responsible for
the creation of most of the great things in this world.”
“There is one form of advertisement
better than making a good show-
that is showing a good make”
Quality Assurance
“QA won’t stop you making mistakes
but it’s there to help you
prevent it happening twice.”
A stumble may prevent a fall
English Proverb
Quality Assurance
“Never let mistakes discourage you.
there is precious instruction to be got
by finding it was wrong.”
Quality Assurance
When you aim for perfection,
you discover
it’s a moving target.
George Fisher
Quality Assurance
Rules are made for people
who aren’t willing to
make up their own
Chuck Yeager & Charles Leerhsen
It’s only eighteen inches
between a pat on the back
and a kick in the pants.
E. Joseph Cossman
“My idea of an optimist
is one who believes that
things will come right if
he works to put them right.”
“It is not the clock
that ticks the loudest
that goes the best”
“The weaker the argument
the louder the words”
Use soft words
and hard arguments.
English Proverb
“Blessed are the ignorant
who know they are ignorant,
for theirs is the
Kingdom of Knowledge.”
Expert: Definition:
X is an unknown quantity,
Spurt is a drip under pressure
If you assume,
you risk making an
ass of u and me
“Blame is for God and for Children”
than knowing who did it”
“Never let mistakes discourage you.`
there is precious instruction to be got
by finding it was wrong.”
“The way to gain a good reputation`
is to endeavour to be
what you desire to appear.”
Socrates
Resource Efficiency
“Do what you can,
with what you have,
where you are.”
you wish to see in the world.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Try not to become a man of success,
but rather try to become a man of value”
Albert Einstein
“I have yet to see any problem,
however complicated,`
which, when looked at properly,
did not become still more complicated.”
Paul Anderson, New Scientist
“failures are the inevitable consequences
of pushing technology into new areas”
New Scientist
If opportunity doesn’t knock,
build a door
Milton Berle
“My idea of an optimist
is one who believes
that things will come right
if he works to put them right.”
“It is a wise man who
looks things over,
instead of
overlooking things.”
“Keep away from people
who try to belittle your ambitions.
Small people always do that,
but the really great make you feel
that you, too, can become great.”
M. Twain
we can only manage ourselves
the logical one
and the real one!
© GBE NGS ASWS Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan *
31st January 2013 – 19th August 2019
GBE Rules of Life Code
Images:
Greta Thunberg Day 3
“We cannot solve a crisis without treating it as a crisis…
I want you to act as if our house is on fire.
Because it is.”
© GBE NGS ASWS Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan *
31st January 2013 – 19th August 2019
GBE Rules of Life Code
See Also:
GBE Rules of Thumb
- Rules of Life (Code) G#729 (this page)
- Sustainability Quotes (Code) G#26092
- Liability Alerts (Code) G#26086
© GBE NGS ASWS Brian Murphy aka BrianSpecMan *
31st January 2013 – 19th August 2019
