Difference Between Civilian & Military Friends?

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Get upset if you are too busy to talk to them for a week.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Are glad to see you after many years; and will happily carry on the same conversation you were having last time you met.

 CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Never ask for food.
 MILITARY FRIENDS: Are the reason you have no food.

 CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr and Mrs.
 MILITARY FRIENDS: Call your parents Mum and Dad.

 CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Have never seen you cry.
 MILITARY FRIENDS: Cry with you.

 CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back.
 MILITARY FRIENDS: Keep your stuff so long they forget it is yours.

 CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Know a few things about you.
 MILITARY FRIENDS: Could write a book with a shed full of direct quotes from you.

 CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that is what the crowd is doing.
 MILITARY FRIENDS: Will kick the backsides of whole crowds that left you behind.

 CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Share a few experiences.
 MILITARY FRIENDS: Share a lifetime of experiences no civilian could ever dream of.


 CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will talk crap to the person who talks crap about you.
 MILITARY FRIENDS: Will knock the crap out of people who use your name in vain.

 CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Are for a while.
 MILITARY FRIENDS: Are for life.

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will ignore this.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Will forward this to their military mates. (Done)

Basic Military Laws III

1. Tracers work both ways. 
2. When in doubt, empty your magazine.
3. Military Intelligence is a contradiction.
4. Mines are equal opportunity weapons. 
5. The side with the simplest uniforms wins.
6. If enough data is collected, a board of inquiry can prove anything. 
7. Professional soldiers are predictable; the world is full  of dangerous amateurs. 
8. The more a weapon costs, the farther you will have to send it away to be repaired.
9. The most dangerous thing in the world is a Second Lieutenant with a map and a compass. 
10. The complexity of a weapon is inversely proportional to the IQ of the weapon's operator. 
11. Combat will occur on the ground between two adjoining maps   (Not applicable on USA/NATO).

Basci Military Laws - II

1. There is no such place as a convenient foxhole.
2. The quartermaster has only two sizes, too large and too small.
3. The weapon that usually jams when you need it the most is the G-3.
4. Things that must be together to work can never be shipped together.
5. Density of fire increases proportionally to the curiousness of the target.
6. Your bivouac for the night is the spot where you got tired of marching that day.
7. Success occurs when no one is looking, failure occurs when the General is watching. 
8. The bursting radius of a hand grenade is always one foot greater than your jumping range.
9. If you enter CO's office with an idea, most likely, you will leave his office with the CO's idea.
10. If you have a personality conflict with your superior:  he has the personality, you have the conflict.
11. To steal information from a person is called plagiarism. To steal information from the enemy is called gathering intelligence.

Basic Military Laws

1. The easy way is always mined. 
2. Incoming fire has the right of way.
3. If the enemy is within range, so are you.
4. Five second fuses always burn three seconds. 
5. No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection. 
6. Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than yourself. 
7. Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.
8. Teamwork is essential; it gives the enemy other people to shoot at. 
9. If you are short of everything but the enemy, you are in the combat zone. 
10. The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.
11. Try to look unimportant; the enemy may be low on ammo and not want to waste a bullet on you. 

Murphy's Laws III

1. You will always find something in the last place you look.
2. A falling object will always land where it can do the most damage.
3. A valuable dropped item will always fall into an inaccessible place.
4. You cannot successfully determine beforehand which side of the bread to butter.
5. If you are looking for more than one thing, you'll find the most important one last.
6. A shatterproof object will always fall on the only surface hard enough to crack or break it.
7. A paint drip will always find the hole in the newspaper and land on the carpet underneath.
8. It is never in the last place you look. It is in the first place you look, but never discovered on the first attempt.
9. After you bought a replacement for something you've lost and searched for everywhere, you'll find the original.
10. No matter how long or how hard you shop for an item, after you've bought it, it will be on sale somewhere cheaper.
11. Great ideas are never remembered and dumb statements are never forgotten.

Murphy's Laws II

1. The other line always moves faster.
2. When in doubt, mumble. When in trouble, delegate.
3. Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.
4. Everyone has a scheme for getting rich that will not work.
5. Anything good in life is either illegal, immoral or fattening.
6. If it jams - force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
7. Never argue with a fool, people might not know the difference.
8. Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will use it.
9. There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over.
10. Anything you try to fix will take longer and cost you more than you thought.
11. In any hierarchy, each individual rises to his own level of incompetence, and then remains there.

Murphy's Laws

1. Nothing is as easy as it looks.
2. Every solution breeds new problems.
3. Everything takes longer than you think.
4. Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.
5. Whenever you set out to do something, something else must be done first.
6. It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
7. If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
8. When working toward the solution of a problem, it always helps if you know the answer.
9. No matter how perfect things are made to appear, Murphy's law will take effect and screw it up.
10. If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.
11. If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which something can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.

Lessons To Learn From Life - III

1. The best is yet to come….
2. Your children get only one childhood.
3. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.
4. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
5. Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.
6. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
8. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
9. The outside may change but you can still remain young at heart
10. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.
11. Just because you grow older doesn’t mean you grow wiser. Always seek wisdom.

Lessons To Learn From Life - II

1. Believe in miracles.
2. Always choose life.
3. Forgive everyone for everything.
4. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
5. The most important sex organ is the brain.
6. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
7. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
8. Growing old beats the alternative — dying young.
9. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
10. What other people think of you is none of your business.
11. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ‘In five years, will this matter?’

Lessons To Learn From Life

1. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
2. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
3. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
4. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
5. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
6. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
7. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
8. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
9. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
10. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.
11. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

Lessons from Life

1. There’s always hope.
2. You train people how to treat you.
3. The first pancake always turns out badly.
4. You can always be grateful for something.
5. Everything in your life is your responsibility.
6. Most people operate out of selfish motivations.
7. There’s three sides to every story- his, hers, and the truth.
8. If you aren’t making mistakes, you aren’t trying hard enough.
9. You always have at least 2 choices, even if you don’t like your choices.
10. You don’t have to get along with everyone, or make everyone like you.
11. Be kinder than necessary ’cause everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

Quotes from Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

1. God is subtle but he is not malicious.
2. The only real valuable thing is intuition.
3. Imagination is more important than knowledge.
4. Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
5. Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
6. The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility.
7. Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
8. The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
9. The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
10. Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
11. The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

Quotes for All

1. The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common. – George Boardman
2. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. – Joseph Addison
3. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. I sometimes think that God, in creating man, overestimated His ability. – Oscar Wilde
5. Always behave like a duck--keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath. – Jacob Braude
6. Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work. – Al Capp
7. I don't know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. – Albert Einstein
8. Nothing is beneath you if it is in the direction of your life. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
9. Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. – Albert Einstein
10. If Communism goes, I've still got the U.S. House of Representatives. – Robert Novak
11. Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. – Colin Powell

Some Quotes on Happiness

1. Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin. –  John Lubbock
2. Happiness is not in having or being—it is in the doing. – Lillian Watson.
3. There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.  – Countess of Blessington
4. By all means marry: If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. –  Socrates.
5. Happiness comes from appreciating every little thing that God brings to you.
6. Happiness is living in a state of freely choosing to create and exchange one's rational values with others. – 
7. But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads. –  Albert Camus
8. The greatest part of our happiness depends on our dispositions, not our circumstances. –  Martha Washington.
9. Happiness... is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and living.  –  Haim Ginott.
10. Happiness is not merely a life lived by accumulating moments of pleasure. On the contrary, happiness is a long lasting enduring enjoyment of life, it is being in love with living. It is your reward for achieving a good character and personal rational values in life. Some important values are a productive career, romance, friendship and hobbies.  –  Dr. Ellen Kenner.
11. There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lie happiness.  - Gelett Burgess

Letting Go

• To "let go" is not to deny, but to accept.
• To "let go" is to fear less and to love more.
• To "let go" is not to fix, but to be supportive.
• To "let go" is not to care for, but to care about.
• To "let go" is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future.
• To "let go" is not to cut myself off. It's the realization that I can't control another.
• To "let go" is not to try to change or blame another. It's to make the most of myself.
• To "let go" is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.
• To "let go" is not to be in the middle, arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own destinies.
• To "let go" is not to nag, scold, or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.
• To "let go" is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes and cherish myself in it.

Quotes - Action

Action may not always be happiness, but there is no happiness without action. -Benjamin Disraeli.

Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. -Will Rogers.

We call it infectious impatience. That's his hallmark and we are trying to inculcate it in the entire organization. Infectious impatience. So that things not only get done but get done in double quick time. -Mukesh Ambani.

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. -Conrad Hilton.

In spite of your fear, do what you have to do. -Chin-Ning Chu.

If you don't act now while it's fresh in your mind, it will probably join the list of things you were always going to do but never quite got around to. Chances are you'll also miss some opportunities. -Paul Clitheroe.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. -Walt Disney.

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. -Benjamin Disraeli.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The most important action to take is the work within you. When that is done, you will be moved in the outside world to receive what you asked for.-Rhonda Byrne.

Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.

Quotes and Quotes

Compiled by: Abu Shazil

1. Anger can distinctively identify a wise man.
2. A true devotion to achieve some thing does not leave room for disappointment.
3. A scholar is the one who is self example of his teachings.
4. Islam is a treasure and knowledge is the path leading towards it.
5. People having positive thoughts can never be alone.
6. Death is a door through which every body has to pass.
7. Difference between deeds and preaching negates your personality.
8. Accidents are the measurement
9. Success is1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!
10. Difference between deeds and preachings negates your personality.
11. The biggest gap between the ability of actors is confidence.

Friendship

1. A friend accepts us as we are yet helps us to be what we should. - Author Unknown
2. A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. -  Douglas Pagels
3. A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. - Leo Buscaglia
4. Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. - Sicilian Proverb
5. A good friend is a connection to life, a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world. - Lois Wyse
6. With you beside my frien, I have seen my world becoming a beautiful place… My dreams turning into reality
7. The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend – Abraham Lincon
8. A faithful friend is the medicine of life - Apocrypha
9. Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is slow-ripening fruit. – Aristotle.
10. Never explain your friends, they do not need it, and your enemies will not believe you anyways. - Elbert Hubbard
11. Friends are those who nourish the spirit – Cris