I am starting a list of some of my favorite quotes. They fall into a number of categories including inspirational, spiritual, humor, ethics, character, politcal, and educational.

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Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. - Ben Franklin

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain unruffled under all circumstances - Thomas Jefferson

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. - Winston Churchill

For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me. - Matthew 25:31-46

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget  how you make them feel. -  Carol Buchner

 Do or do not. There is no try. - Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back

Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself - Unknown

All we have to decide is what to do with the things we are given - Gandolf to Frodo, The Fellowship Of The Ring

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. - Ben Franklin

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first. - Ronald Reagan

Ill Ligitamus Non Carberendum (Don’t let the bastards wear you down)

Hey people lets all have some fun, you only live once and when you’re dead you’re done - B.B. King

We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions. - Ronald Reagan

But I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, his greatest fulfillment of all he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. - Vince Lombardi

Gain is the edge of loss; loss is the heart of gain. Having many difficulties perfects the being; having no difficulties ruins the being. - Lao Tzu

Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first, the lesson later. - Dick Enberg

You give birth to that on which you fix your mind - Antoine de Saint Exupery

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out - John Wooden

It’s hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head - Yogi Sally Kempton