07-19-2004, 15:32
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What's your philosophy?
What philosophy or code do you try to live by?
I am partial to these:
"Be professional, be polite, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet." — USMC Rules for Gunfighting #21
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"Don't be late, don't be light and don't be last."
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Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you. He is training with minimal food or water, in austere conditions, training day and night. The only thing clean on him is his weapon and he made his web gear. He doesn't worry about what workout to do - his ruck weighs what it weighs, his runs end when the enemy stops chasing him. This True Believer is not concerned about 'how hard it is;' he knows either he wins or dies. He doesn't go home at 17:00, he is home.
He knows only The Cause.
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07-19-2004, 15:39
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I've always liked,"Always Cheat, Always Win" Personally
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07-19-2004, 16:34
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Kia ora, bro
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"It never hurts to be polite to a man, especially when you intend to kill him."
"Keep your friends close, and your enemys closer"
"Don't give way to buses."
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07-19-2004, 16:51
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"My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute."
-- Ayn Rand
That just about sums it up for me.
I also like:
"I swear by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."
-- John Galt
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07-19-2004, 17:04
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Quote:
Originally posted by D9
"My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productivite achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute."
-- Ayn Rand
That just about sums it up for me.
I also like:
"I swear by my life and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."
-- John Galt
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I am suprised, Nothing at all about the persecution of heavy equipment  LOL
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07-19-2004, 17:11
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Least he isn't a cheater.
TR
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
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07-19-2004, 17:16
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Quote:
Originally posted by The Reaper
Least he isn't a cheater.
TR
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True
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07-19-2004, 17:34
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Not quite the original, but the meaning comes out the same:
"You are better off keeping your mouth shut and just letting people think you are a fool, than opening your mouth and removing all doubt"
"Think before you talk yourself into stupidity"
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07-19-2004, 17:39
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Know what you are capable of, realize you are capable of more and learn something every day.
Kill them with kindness......I have learned that works like a charm.
Remember where you came from, don't shit on the little guy, because he will remember that on the way past you on the ladder.
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We must always fear the wicked. But there is another kind of evil that we must fear the most, and that is the indifference of good men - Boondock Saints
Iraq was never lost and Afghanistan was never quite the easy good war. Those in the media too often pile on and follow the polls rather than offer independent analysis. Campaign rhetoric and politics are one thing - the responsibility of governance is quite another.
- Victor Davis Hanson
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07-19-2004, 20:14
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"To every man, there comes in his lifetime, that special moment when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered a chance to do a very special thing, unique to him and fitted to his talents;
What a tragedy if that moment should find him unprepared or unqualified for the work which would be his finest hour."
-Sir Winston Churchill
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07-19-2004, 20:15
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My philosophy about golf: I do not see any reason to expend any energy hitting anything with a club unless it screams or bleeds.
My philosophy when being interviewed to become a general's aide: I didn't go to school to be anyone's boot black.
My philosophy when querried about my lack of desire to serve on the Pentagon Joint Staff to enable me to be competitive in achieving general officer rank: The only time I would ever willingly wear a star is if I pumped gas for Texaco.
Jack Moroney 
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07-19-2004, 20:19
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What Would NDD Do?
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07-19-2004, 20:22
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Be nice, until its time not to be nice.
From a former team mate;
What comes around goes around, and when its coming around for the second time, its usually moving a lot faster....
Team Sergeant
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07-19-2004, 20:34
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Words of wisdom right here!
Quote:
Originally posted by Team Sergeant
Be nice, until its time not to be nice.
From a former team mate;
What comes around goes around, and when its coming around for the second time, its usually moving a lot faster....
Team Sergeant
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My first trip was not "all of that".
My second trip was for keeps!
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07-19-2004, 21:19
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Re: What's your philosophy?
[after falling or hurting myself my mom would always ask me, when I was young] "Can you move it? ...you'll live"
that phrase shapes my life and outlook on how I get through shitty times.
another
Be patient and hit your objective when the time is right for you.
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