Category: Quote of the Day

"Preparation through education is less costly than learning through tragedy." – Max Mayfield, the director of the National Hurricane Center

"There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance." – William F. Buckley

"Courage is being scared to death, and saddling up anyway." – John Wayne

"For those who are in sovereign control of arms are in a sovereign position to decide whether the constitution is to continue or not." – Aristotle, The Politics

"Willingness is a state of mind. Readiness is a statement of fact!" – Firearms trainer John S. Farnam,

"Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong." – Ayn Rand

“It is perfectly possible to get what you think you want and be miserable. It’s possible too, to never get it but deeply enjoy the process of trying. In this world, there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.” – Oscar Wilde

“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” – Jack London

“Unemployment is capitalism’s way of getting you to plant a garden.” – Orson Scott Card

“I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.” – Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, Aliens (1986)

"The use of solar energy has not been opened up because the oil industry does not own the sun." – Ralph Nader, Loose Talk

"If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own work, instead of sitting idle to envy the luck of others. He must face life with resolute courage, win victory if he can, and accept defeat if he must, without seeking to place on his fellow man a responsibility which is not theirs." – Theodore Roosevelt

p>"Truth is stranger than fiction, but fiction can open an already crowded and busy mind to the wonders of possibility never before fathomed." – SurvivalBlog reader "Cowboy255"

“Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.” – Satchel Paige

“I’ve figured out what those graduation ‘mortar board’ caps are for. They must be designed to keep the graduates’ heads from exploding.” – #2 Son