Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Time

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. – Benjamin Franklin

I was reading some trivia last night and the above quote was attributed to Bruce Lee. I had just recently read it on the internet and was pretty sure it was from ol' Ben Franklin and I was right. Regardless of who said it, it's a great quote. When I started this blog I used to put a quote of the day. Quotes are fascinating to me. A good quote is usually a great idea distilled into its simplest parts. There is even a quote about that – Brevity is the soul of wit. – William Shakespeare

I'll leave you with one thought and one more quote about time that I just discovered. My thought is this – I hate being away from family, especially during the holiday season. By the end of this deployment, I will have missed almost 10% of my youngest son's life. Still, I am coming to think of the time I am spending in Iraq as important time. Anyway, here is today's final quote about time:

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time. – Leonard Bernstein

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great quote. What's the donut of freedom say now? Mine says 48.7% done!!

The Bracelet said...

"The later you get to class, the earlier you get to leave."

Bobby Bracelet

"I've got some perforations in my NL colon."

Bobby Bracelet

"Check-raising douchebags"

Bobby Bracelet

"Totally Gay Online Diary"

Bobby Bracelet

Alright, so some of those are just phrases. But I did come up with each of them all on my own like a big boy.

Daddy said...

"Life is just one big session." - PokerChamp


Stay strong, bro.

BamBam said...

"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.”

-Henry Van Dyke

Be safe !

The NL Wife said...

"Daddy, how come in some of my friend's homes, the Dad is the boss?" - Son #1, 2005

:)

Unknown said...

Because Daddy IS the boss!

911siren said...

"We are all just field mice in a field full of mice." -Q-