Quotes of Smedley Butler

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War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.

- Smedley Butler

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“ To pay gratitude, sign of generosity. ”

- Shekhar Srivastava

“ Hope is a waking dream. ”

- Aristotle

“ If you suddenly stumble upon the right door, you will not be able to recognize that it is right. ”

- Osho

“ There are times in life which proves life is wife and wife is life. ”

- Fahad Basheer

“ Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truthpenultimate because the ultimate cannot be put into words. It is beyond words. Beyond images, beyond that bounding rim of the Buddhist Wheel of Becoming. Mythology pitches the mind beyond that rim, to what can be known but not told. ”

- Joseph Campbell

“ ...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you. ”

- Anne Lamott

“ I can only think about the past, but I can always design the future. ”

- Davin Ferrigon

“ My mama always used to tell me: ‘If you can’t find somethin’ to live for, you best find somethin’ to die for.’ ”

- Tupac Shakur

“ Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people. ”

- Jhumpa Lahiri

“ In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write? ”

- Rainer Maria Rilke

“ Your big opportunity may be right where you are now. ”

- Napoleon Hill

“ Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is. ”

- Gary Zukav

“ An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. ”

- William Bernbach

“ Mysteries of attraction could not always be explained through logic. Sometimes the fractures in two separate souls became the very hinges that held them together. ”

- Lisa Kleypas

“ Repetition is the mother of skill. (might be someone else who wrote it). ”

- Anthony Robbins

“ That's a misconception, Lennie. The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet. ”

- Jandy Nelson

“ Your environment will eat your goals and plans for breakfast. ”

- Steve Pavlina

“ There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment ”

- Norman Vincent Peale

“ A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided. ”

- Anthony Robbins

“ At the beginning, you need no support other than your pen and paper to write down the ideas that your brain is ready to supply you at any given time. ”

- Godspower Oparaugo

“ Do the best, give the best and leave the rest to run after you! ”

- Garima Yonzon