Observations

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When looking at the United States and the World as a whole, there are singular truths that need to be used in everyday life to appreciate what is being observed. These quotes listed below are some of these truths that I use to understand thoughts, words, and actions from others I meet and things that I read read. They may be useful to anyone who reads them, and they may not; take them with a grain of salt or 5 pounds of it if needed. 

 “Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows why will always be his boss. As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.”
―  Harrington Emerson 

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"- anonymous, and no, it was not Einstein.

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people's thinking.” -Steve Jobs

“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one”. -John Lennon

“There are no secrets to success. It is preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”- Colin Powell

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed it ourselves.” — Abraham Lincoln

“Let us not despair but act. Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past – let us accept our own responsibility for the future.” — John Fitzgerald Kennedy   

“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” — General George Patton

“Our rights are purchased with the duties and responsibilities of being a citizen in the United States. You don’t get one without the other two.” — Marshall