Helpful Quotes

[drummer]

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. - Beverly Sills

At least "try" and give it your best. Drumming is difficult at times but don't sit around wishing that you could play like this person or that person. You "can" in fact do it, just like them. Simply give it your best shot... then, if you fail, you may have some disappointment, but you go on to try again. If you don't try at all, you are doomed from the start.

[drummer]

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances. - Benjamin Franklin

We often search for happiness in things, money, jobs, events or other people. What we fail to realize is that happiness starts from within. You must love yourself first and foremost. Strive to be at peace within yourself and you will in turn find happiness.

[drummer]

"Try not to become a man of success but a man of value." - Albert Einstein

It is not as important that we be great drummers as it is to be good human beings. We should not walk on others to get where we're going. We need to grasp ethics and values and stand for something in this world. We need to treat each other with kindness. Treat each other as we ourselves wish to be treated.

[drummer]

"Don't get upset with people or situations. They are powerless without your reactions." - Author Unknown

We often react with great emotion to situations that are in fact under our control. Did the guitar player give you a dirty look? Did you get angry? Why? You had the choice to completely ignore it. That instantly renders him powerless over you.

[pastor_bob]

"Wealth is not in making money, but in making the man while he is making money." - Author Unknown

Just think of all the things that are learned in the course of making a living. All of our wealth can be taken away, but the lessons learned will be with us, and will have shaped us forever.

[Tin Toad]

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.
-The Dalai Lama

and I believe that one is a great precursor for


You Reap what you sow

[Texdrumr]

Discipline is what makes punishment unnecessary.

This could apply to just about any area or segment of growing up.

[Northern Redneck]

You just cant beat the person that never gives up.
Babe Ruth

[Northern Redneck]

Dont cry because its over, smile because it happened.
Dr. Suess.

[iamjohn]

Today I will do what others won't so tomorrow I can do what others can't

Jerry Rice

[Drumbledore]

"K.I.S.S......'Keep It Simple Stupid'....that always leads to L.O.V.E.....'Leave Out Virtually Everything.'....what I prefer to think of is M.U.S.I.C.....'Make Up Something Interesting and Complimentary."

Neil Peart in his video "A Work In Progress"

[kyle102565]

"id never join a club that would have me as a member"
Groucho Marx

[Dad3353]

There's some in the tin on the mantlepiece... - Liz's gran

...and also...

Save the string

[ThePloughman]

"You can't make Apple Pie from a sack of potatoes, and that's all that boy is ever going to be." ......... Sons of Guns

[inthpktplayer]

"Happiness is like peeing in your pants. Everyone can see it, but, only you can feel the warmth." Author-????????

[Balanced for lean]

"It`s not what you've got but where you stick it"

Edmund Blackadder

[markthechuck]

"It's never too late to become what you might have been"

[markthechuck]

"Happiness is like peeing in your pants. Everyone can see it, but, only you can feel the warmth." Author-????????

lol, i'm gonna use that one.

[trickg]

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" -- Wayne Gretzky

this goes along with

"You can't succeed if you don't at least try, and even if you fail, you learn things about what to do or what not to do next time." -- unknown

[MR. G]

women....you can't live with them, you can't live with them. ( Yes, you read it right ) I found this not only helpful, but true.

[pastor_bob]

There is no need for each of us to change the world to make it a better place. Instead, each of us can seek to make our part of the world a better place, and through our combined efforts the whole world will become better.

[Deedubs!]

If at first you don't succeed......keep on sucking till you do suck seed!

[markthechuck]

some good ones here.

[Drumbledore]

"Space", the book says "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the street to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space. Listen...."

Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.

[davewilson]

"doing the right thing seldom requires a long-winded explanation." - Dave Wilson