Help with suggestions for quotes/ sayings/mottos, etc

[bohuntr]

Hi folks,
   I am looking for some suggestions for a short quote that could be hunting related but could also just be life related. Can be inspirational but I am not looking for anything overtly religious for this particular purpose. This quote will be displayed in a room I have remodeled in my basement. So give me your best quotes whether they be hunting related or otherwise.  Thanks!
          Dan

[Sharpster]

Dan, man am I glad you asked... I've been meaning to update my signature for a while but kept forgetting.

I'm a proud right wing whacko BTW but I love JFK's quote below and recite it to my boys often.    

Ron

[Doc Nock]

Someone on here (sorry, old memory can't cite reference) said "You can't hit what you're trying NOT to miss!"

I personally love that one in anything to do with shooting!

On life, I like Ron's quote.  

Mining the many "signatures" on people's posts, like Ron's, might give you a lot of choices!

[awbowman]

I have always liked

"Poor is the man who's life is filled with nothing but things"

[centaur]

The history of the bow and arrow is the history of mankind.
Fred Bear

[Mike Vines]

I have so many.  Here are just a few...

The man that says "I can", and the man that says "I can't" are both correct...self quote

Life is like a giant "Crap" sandwich.  The more bread you have, the less crap you have to eat...self quote

2 rules to a great meal...1-Something has to die, and 2-just spicy enough to make the back of your head wet...Friend's quote

Salad...that's what "Food" eats...self quote

It will stop hurting when the pain goes away...my Drill Sargent

Aim small and you'll miss small.

Life is to short to shoot ugly arrows...self quote

You can't drink all day if you don't start first thing in the morning...self quote back when I drank years ago.

If you want to be happy the rest of your life, make a woman who understands hunting your wife...self quote
Your success is equivalent to the amount of your effort...friend's quote

[KentuckyTJ]

Something I try and relay to everyone that enters my man cave.

On these walls you simply see trophies...I see the culmination from hours of preparation and hard work that gave me an experience afield from a day I'll never forget!

Or one of my favorites.

"No such thing as luck. Luck is a moment in time where preparation meets opportunity."

Great thread, this should be a good one for years to come that many of us will benefit from.

[ronp]

From Witchery of Archery:

So long as the new moon returns in Heaven a bent, beautiful bow, so long will the fascination of archery keep hold of the hearts of men.

[Sam McMichael]

From an old Ray Stevens song - "There is none so blind as he who will not see."

From John Wayne - "Life is tough. It's tougher if you're stupid"

From John Wayne - "Talk low, talk slow, and don't talk too much."  (Wish I could do better on this one in my life.)

From Dan Quillian - "Don't fall in love with your arrows. You ain't gonna have them that long." (after seeing me stressing over shooting an arrow into the grass while testing out one of his bows))

From my dad - "If a man's word is no good, the man is no good."

[Jeff Strubberg]

The more stuff I have,the more time I spend taking care of my stuff!

[chinook907]

There ain't a horse that can't be rode,
And there ain't a cowboy that ain't been throwed.

[JMG]

My dads quote, take the cotton out of your ears and stick it in your mouth and listen!!    :rolleyes:

[Sam McMichael]

JMG, when my dad used that quote, he didn't refer to cotton.

[Bud B.]

Ever since I came into this world the force that has guided me seems to have been the urge to Go and See.

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The idea of re-living his life if it were possible has occurred to almost everyone, I am sure. My own has been enjoyable, thrilling, frightening, and many times one false move would have caused sudden death, but I would not change my path if I had it to travel again, except I would perhaps spend even more time with nature than I have done. All over the world there are some who will understand, while others cannot.

Howard Hill


or my quote at the bottom from Fred Bear

[britt]

"Only a spiritually mature man can master the bow"

[Mudd]

"There just ain't any point in being stupid or ignorant if you don't show it"....Mudd's daddy "Pete" aka Herman Roy Williams.

God bless,Mudd

[Bladepeek]

One my boss had on his wall years ago: "It's hard to remember your initial objective was to drain the swamp when you're up to your ass in alligators"

And another I like is "If two people always agree on everything, one of them is superfluous".

[goingoldskool]

"We are what we repeatedly do; excellence then, is not an act, but a habit" Aristotle

"If you strive for perfection, you will attain excellence and you will meet the standards, which are bare minimum"  PLDC (sgt training)saying: Camp Shelby, MS

[joe skipp]

My all time favorite that I never forgot...

"Work at something until it becomes EASY. Then work harder until it becomes SIMPLE. Then work harder until it becomes SECOND NATURE"

[bowhuntingrn]

Being an ER nurse, one of my personal favorites: lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.
Another that I often tell other staff on those days that I happen to be in charge: If you have issues that need to be settled,  close the door behind you. What I don't see, I can't testify to in a court of law (this applies to issues with other staff and unruly patients / family members).