Thoughts for Today

[Gatlin5]

If you have a phrase or saying that gives you some peace of mind , joy or inspires you, Please share them with us here.

[Gatlin5]

The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you do is who you become.

Heraclitus
535-475 BC (approximately), Philosopher and Author




I truly believe this and I also believe this is what our soul takes back to our creator when we join him again. It is my belief we are here to experience life and take back all of what we have learned and felt back to him.

[Tatonka]

Deep thoughts -- by Joe.

Kinda like "You reap what you sow"...or other variations of the same theme.

This is good Joe, you never know where or when you'll find that little gem that carries you forward.

BV

[Tatonka]

What could Travis Pastrana accomplish in any one sport?

[Tatonka]

"We dance round in a ring and suppose, But the Secret sits in the middle and knows."
- Robert Frost

[Tatonka]

Man consists of two parts, his mind and his body, only the body has more fun.
- Woody Allen

[Tatonka]

OK - wait... :?: What just happened????? :?

Duh,

BV

[Gatlin5]

March 17

"The first step in changing anything is to know and accept that you have chosen it to be what it is. If you cant accept this on a personal level, agree to it through your understanding that we are all one. Seek then to create change not because a thing is wrong, but because it no longer makes an accurate statement of who you are."

[Gatlin5]

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced

[Gatlin5]

Yogi Berra, the great catcher for the NY Yankees summed it up pretty well when asked about going west to play a ball game:

It gets late early out there.
Yogi Berra






a few more of Yogi's words of wisdom:

Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.
Yogi Berra

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.
Yogi Berra

The future ain't what it used to be.
Yogi Berra

It's like deja-vu, all over again.
Yogi Berra

It's Saturday, Relax, the serious stuff can wait until Monday.

[50ccMoM]

"You can't change a man. Unless he's in diapers."

[Gatlin5]

"You can't change a man. Unless he's in diapers."

HA HA!!

Now that's a bunch of BS. :shock: :D You women know how to train us and most of us poor slobs never know what hit us. I know my wife has me trained pretty darn well. :?

[Tatonka]

You're never too old to have a happy childhood............

[50ccMoM]

"You can't change a man. Unless he's in diapers."

HA HA!!

Now that's a bunch of BS. :shock: :D You women know how to train us and most of us poor slobs never know what hit us. I know my wife has me trained pretty darn well. :?


I thought you might enjoy that one..... :lol:

[Gatlin5]

Tues. March 21st

Say what you mean, mean what you say but don't say it mean.

[Gatlin5]

Weds. Mar 22nd

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
- Abraham Lincoln

[Gatlin5]

A good friend and I were talking about this very thing today. I know I have been guilty of this.


Quote: Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve.

Author: Roger Lewin

[Tatonka]

That's a good one Joe - ironically I was talking to a good friend about that same thing today also!

BV

[Gatlin5]

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.




-- Eleanor Roosevelt

[Gatlin5]

"When you change the way you look at things the things you look at change"

Dr Wayne Dyer

[Tatonka]

"The man who never makes a mistake always takes orders from one who does. No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies."

- Daisy Bates

or,

" You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the impotance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it."

- Gustave Flaubert



:wink:

[Gatlin5]

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results



Albert Einstein

[Tatonka]

Yep!!

"If you do what you've always done - you'll get what you've always gotten"

BV

[Gatlin5]

Yep!!

"If you do what you've always done - you'll get what you'll get what you've always gotten"

BV

I like that and in my speak, too. :D

[Gatlin5]

The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else.

-- E. E. Cummings

[Tatonka]

"He who hesitates is lost"

- I don't know?

[Gatlin5]

"He who hesitates is lost"

- I don't know?

My dad use to say that all the time in italian, but the funny thing was the translation back to english was " S#!% or get off the pot" same thing right :roll: :oops: :D

[Gatlin5]

Risk more than others think is safe.
Care more than others think is wise.
Dream more than others think is practical.
Expect more than others think is possible.


Claude T. Bissell

[Tatonka]

There you go Joe - absolutely! Push that envelope! :P

BV

[Tatonka]

Ambition is the path to success.
Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

- Bill Bradley

[Tatonka]

"Life is like a box of chocolates - ya never know what you're gonna get"

- Forrest (Forrest Gump)

[Gatlin5]

May all your mistakes be new ones --- at least then you know you're still learning.

I guess I just love to learn!

[Tatonka]

Today's thought is:

Many of us achieve only the semblance of communication with others; what we say is often not contingent on what the other has just said, and neither of us is aware that we are not communicating.
--Desy Safan-Gerard


When we don't listen fully to each other, when we don't revere the Spirit within others that's trying to talk to us, we destroy the connection that wants to be made between our Spirits. Our inner selves have messages to give and messages to receive for the good of all. Our ego selves often keep us from hearing the very words that would unravel a problem in our lives.

How hard it is, how often, to be still and to fully listen to the words, rather than the person. How much more familiar it is to filter the message with our own ongoing inner dialogue--our own ongoing continual assessment of another's personhood at the very time our higher power is trying to reach us through them.

There really are no wasted words. Messages are everywhere. We can learn to listen.

I will hear just what I need to hear today. I will open myself fully to the words.

Ok - so they are not my words, but this is something I'm trying to work on. Maybe someone else out there can use it too.

Thanks,

BV

[Gatlin5]

Very nice, Bruce.

I sure could use to work on that too. Thanks for sharing that.

[MXJeff]

Wow that is a good one, very philosophical for Monday morning!!!

[Gatlin5]

It's hard to see the Picture when you're inside the Frame

This is an old saying that I found to be so true years ago.

When ever I'm stressed out over a situation (And I bet there has been a couple years worth) I'll wake up in the middle of the night, which always seems to be the time your fears have the greatest power over you and can really take hold. Instead of laying there tossing and turning and thinking how it is all going to come apart on me, I learned this simple trick. I get up and I go some place quiet in the house and I write all my concerns and fears down on paper. Now they are out there in front of me where I can look at them one by one and they can't terrorize me anymore by throwing all these crazy emotions at me at once beating me up. I can take each one dissect it, give it some good thought, get mad, sad or just plain cry over it and by doing so I have taken away it's power over me, it's like I have help within deciding on a plan of attack for each one of them. This has become a great form of goal setting, a forced one at that but it works and by having a plan and acting on it you know you have given it your best shot, no matter how it may turn out, you have stood up and faced that big bully-fear.

This just happened to be one of those nights. Have a great Day!! :D

[Gatlin5]

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

Sally Berger

[MXJeff]

It is many times hard to see the forrest through the trees.

~not sure who said it but it is a staple in what I tell myself when stuck in a problem I can not see the answer too.

[Tatonka]

In this world you must either be anvil or hammer.

- Longfellow

[MXJeff]

Sometimes you are the windshield, sometimes the bug.

~Patty Lovelace

[Tatonka]

Sometimes you eat the bear & sometimes the bear eats you!

- Unknown (?)

[Tatonka]

Thought for the day? Man... have I got a lot of stuff to get done! :wink:

BV

[Gatlin5]

You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live now.


Joan Baez

[50ccMoM]

Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair. ~George Burns





:lol:

[Gatlin5]

Ol'George had some of the best quotes. :lol:

[50ccMoM]

A woman has to work twice as hard as a man to be thought of as half as good. Luckily this is not difficult"




:lol:

[Tatonka]

Hmmmm.....now wait a minute! Yep, I'm pretty sure guys -- we just got dissed! :? :wink:

[Gatlin5]

Hmmmm.....now wait a minute! Yep, I'm pretty sure guys -- we just got dissed! :? :wink:

And very well at that. :oops: :)

[Gatlin5]

I like that John!

[Gatlin5]

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

Will Rogers

[Tatonka]

Will Rogers was full of quotables - a true American icon!

[Gatlin5]

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.

Napoleon Hill

When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

Napoleon Hill

[Tatonka]

Don't talk unless you can improve the silence."

- Vermont Proverb

[Gatlin5]

Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.

Winston Churchill

[Gatlin5]

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.


Mark Twain



Bruce, I bet Amy would attest to this, I know Coco would. :?

[Tatonka]

Yep! :evil: :roll: :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Tatonka]

It's stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.

- Bono

[Gatlin5]

Alright, don't put stuff in these quotes that we have to look up. :lol: :wink: Stasis :? :lol:

I don't remember that one on sesame street.

[Tatonka]

Ok Joe, sorry. While we're dealing with musicians (Bono) how about this one from Pete Seeger. I ran across this one today & it just kind of stuck with me for a while. I'm not trying to make any political statement here at all & no, I'm not going to bring up Neil Young's new album either. Oops. This was always a great campfire song....

Where Have All The Flowers Gone ? By Pete Seeger

Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone?
Taken husbands every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the young men gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone for soldiers every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Covered with flowers every one
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?

?1961 (Renewed) Fall River Music Inc ? All Rights Reserved.

[Gatlin5]

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
- Leo Buscaglia

[Gatlin5]

This one speaks volumes due to the men and women involved in RiderDown, all of you.

There's Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come.

[Gatlin5]

"We are all teachers, and what we teach is what we learn, and so we teach it over and over again until we learn..."

Unknown Author

[Tatonka]

"The hurrier I go, the behinder I get"

- Old Dutch Proverb

[Gatlin5]

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

Eleanor Roosevelt

[Gatlin5]

Dr's Suck, all they say is how great you look then tell you how sick you are

- - Disgruntled Patient

OhOh, Is something Up?

[Gatlin5]

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.


Mohandas Gandhi

[Gatlin5]

I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.

John F. Kennedy

[MXJeff]

There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
William F. Halsey

[Gatlin5]

Very Nice Job people, keep them coming. I know I enjoy them!

[Gatlin5]

One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade.


Old Chinese Proverb

[Gatlin5]

Copied from My Daily Insight newsletter:



Winners vs Losers



A winner is always part of the answer.
A loser is always part of the problem.

A winner always has a plan.
A loser always has an excuse.

A winner says: "Let me do it for you."
A loser says: "That is not my job."

A winner sees an answer for any problem.
A loser sees a problem for any answer.

A winner sees a green near every sandtrap.
A loser sees two sandtraps near every green.

A winner says: "It may be difficult but it's possible."
A loser says: "It may be possible but it's too difficult."

Author Unknown

[MXJeff]

"I have to help myself before I can ask for anybody else?s help.?

Todays press conferance ~ James Stewart

[Gatlin5]

"I have to help myself before I can ask for anybody else?s help.?

Todays press conferance ~ James Stewart

You have to give the kid credit, he's done a lot of growing up this past year.

[MXJeff]

I never Saw him, He has been sand bagging all year then last night he smoked us all

-- RC and Bubba after Chad takes the Number One Plate

ROFL!!!!! yes that would be a good one for sure!!! and it could happin, like in Nascar a couple years ago when my fav driver Matt Kenseth took the title with only one win. and the old turtle and the hair story, really if Chad one it would assist parents in creating a real life example of why it is better to be slow and stead and consistant than flashes of brilliance!

[Gatlin5]

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.


Peter F. Drucker

[Gatlin5]

If you want to be successful, it's just this simple: Know what you're doing. Love what you're doing. And believe in what you're doing.


Will Rogers

[Gatlin5]

Since Angie started the George Burns quotes.

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.


George Burns

[Tatonka]

Whether you think you can or think you can't, you'll be right either way."

I'm not sure who said that first?

[Gatlin5]

Whether you think you can or think you can't, you'll be right either way."

I'm not sure who said that first?


I agree 100%. What ever you truly believe will happen will, whether good or bad.

And fear based belief is one of the strongest emotions.

[50ccMoM]

Since Angie started the George Burns quotes.

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.


George Burns



Sad...but sometimes true....... :lol:

[Gatlin5]

"Every now and again take a good look at something not man made with hands- a mountain, a star, the turn of a stream. There will come to you wisdom and patience and solace and, above all, the assurance that you are not alone in the world"

Sidney Lovett


I love to get on a mountain side or deep in the woods and shut the bike down and just enjoy the quiet and the beauty.

[Gatlin5]

Triumph is just "umph" added to try.

[50ccMoM]

I love to get on a mountain side or deep in the woods and shut the bike down and just enjoy the quiet and the beauty.



I feel the same way !!! It always amazes me the amount of people that just dont get that..... :wink: ..... it's their loss!!

[Gatlin5]

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.

Author: Charles Kingsley




She was one of those women who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.


We all have that special gift, the difficulty is trusting your inner voice enough to find it. The inspiration for that gift will always have the passion to fuel it.

[Tatonka]

You can please some of the people some of the time but you can't please all the people all the time

I have no idea who said it?

[Gatlin5]

http://f5.putfile.com/5/13912483586.jpg


Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born

Author: Anais Nin



Show me a guy who is afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy you can beat every time.

Author: Lou Brock


A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Author: Ovid BC 43-18 AD, Roman Poet

[50ccMoM]

I love it !! Do you know what class they were racing and how old they were in that pic ?? ......



Very Cool .......... :wink:

[MXJeff]

Angie, I had the same question when I saw that pic on Racerxill yesterday but there was no info around it.

[ps91]

One of my favorites in someone's sig on KTMTalk....

If you can walk away from your bike and not look back at it in 30 seconds it's not a keeper!

[Tatonka]

ps91
PostPosted: Mon May 22, 2006 5:18 pm
One of my favorites in someone's sig on KTMTalk....

If you can walk away from your bike and not look back at it in 30 seconds it's not a keeper!

Sandy - that's great! Hmmmm - it might even apply to more than bikes! :wink:

[Gatlin5]

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948

[50ccMoM]

Ok... Something a little different...... My kids like me to read them funny poems. My mom always did this for me also... Here is one of our favorites.



My beard grows to my toes
I never wear no clothes
I wrap my hair around my bare
and down the road I goes !!


-Shel Silverstine

[50ccMoM]

Arise, arise , pull out your eyes
and see the time of day.
When your done, stick out your tongue
and see what you have to say !!


unknown Author




My mom would recite this every morning to wake me up. Just because she knew it drove me crazy !!

[Gatlin5]

This is kind of different but interesting.



Lessons We Learn From Geese
Author Unknown




Fact 1:
As each goose flaps its wings it creates an "uplift" for the birds that follow. By flying in a "V" formation, the whole flock adds 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew alone.


Lesson:
People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.


Fact 2:
When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of flying alone. It quickly moves back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird immediately in front of it.


Lesson:
If we have as much sense as a goose we stay in formation with those headed where we want to go. We are willing to accept their help and give our help to others.


Fact 3:
When the lead goose tires, it rotates back into the formation and another goose flies to the point position.


Lesson:
It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and sharing leadership. As with geese, people are interdependent on each other's skills, capabilities and unique arrangements of gifts, talents or resources.


Fact 4:
The geese flying in formation honk to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.


Lesson:
We need to make sure honking is encouraging. In groups where there is encouragement the production is much greater. The power of encouragement (to stand by one's heart or core values and encourage the heart and core of others) is the quality of honking we seek.


Fact 5:
When a goose gets sick, wounded, or shot down, two geese drop out of formation and follow it down to help and protect it. They stay with it until it dies or is able to fly again. Then, they launch out with another formation or catch up with the flock.


Lesson:
If we have as much sense as geese, we will stand by each other in difficult times as well as when we are strong.

[Tatonka]

I was just reminded about a great quote from the ancient Greek citizen Aesop, that I first read as a kid:

?No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.?

[ltlmac70]

Just because you CAN, doesn't mean you SHOULD!

and of course, our Team Superfly motto...
It's not what you ride, it's how!

[Tatonka]

"It's easier to ride the horse in the direction its going"

- Werner Erhard

[50ccMoM]

Having kids is like being pecked to death by a duck. :shock:







:twisted:

[Gatlin5]

This is a neat concept if you are the type that brings a lot of stress home from work at the end of the day.



Trouble Tree
Author Unknown

I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough first day on the job, a flat tire made him lose an hour of work & his electric drill quit, his ancient one ton truck refused to start. As I drove him home, he sat in stony silence.

On arriving he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands. Upon opening the door he had undergone an amazing transformation. His tanned face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.

Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do at the little tree.

"Oh, that's my trouble tree," he replied. "I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure, those troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and the children. So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home and ask God to take care of them. Then in the morning I pick them up again."


"Funny thing is," he smiled, "when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before."

[TwinTurbos]

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”

-Dr. Suess

[Gatlin5]

"Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but more have fallen by the tongue."

[Tatonka]

J - that's scary, I almost posted that same thing (it was either yesterday or the day before) but then got distracted and never did.

Live by the Sword - Die by the Sword!

[50ccMoM]

“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.”

-Dr. Suess



I like that one !.... 8)

[Gatlin5]

Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.

Ruth E. Renkel

[Gatlin5]

Happy Fathers Day!
A father is neither an anchor to hold us back,
nor a sail to take us there,
but a guiding light whose love shows us the way.

Don't forget to spend sometime with you dad's, even if it's just a call. Have a good one.

[Gatlin5]

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.

William Shakespeare

[Gatlin5]

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.


Charles Swindoll

[Tatonka]

Being Unconscious can be Dangerous

[Gatlin5]

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

Author: Russell Lynes 1910

[Tatonka]

"Until you identify the obstacles that stand between you and reaching your objectives, you are in denial."

Zig Ziglar

[Gatlin5]

Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Saint Francis

[Don M]

Pity sees the problems..
Compassion helps them.

[Don M]

GREAT PEOPLE talk about IDEAS!

AVERAGE PEOPLE talk about THINGS!

SMALL PEOPLE talk about OTHER PEOPLE!

[50ccMoM]

He who laughs last — thinks slowest.

[50ccMoM]

"A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway."



J Cummings

[Gatlin5]

Never, engage an idiot in debate
It will not take long before
No one can see a differance

Isn't that the truth, nice one.

I liked yours too, Angie.

[Gatlin5]

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Author: Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862, American Essayist, Poet, Naturalist

[mxsMom]

"You have never really lived until you've done something for someone who can never repay you"

-Author: Unknown

[50ccMoM]

"You have never really lived until you've done something for someone who can never repay you"

-Author: Unknown



I really like that one.... Thats what it is all about. Just doing something nice for someone without expecting something in return. 8)


Thanks !

[Riding the Metro]

Jeez ladies and gents...you guys are getting me all teary eyed :? :?

"It is better to remain silent and be thought the fool, than to speak and forever remove all doubt"

[mxsMom]

"The only thing in life achieved without effort is failure."

- Author: Unknown :razz:

[Gatlin5]

I can't believe one of the other guys didn't post this next saying it is so cool and fits perfectly with the RiderDown mission. We met this youngman and his wife at the RiderDown tent during the Thunder Valley National MX in Colorado. He was really enthused about RiderDown and spent quite a bit of time talking with us about it. Just before he left he shared with us a saying his mom would always say to him before he went riding.

"Never ride faster than your Angel can fly!"

[Tatonka]

I hope my Angel is on a new 950 SuperEnduro! :shock:

[50ccMoM]

Never put off untill tomarow
What you should had done a few weeks back
That way your wife wont be so ticked off
When the PC finally Blows and all her data is lost.

-- Unknown Cyber Dog House Junkie



:shock: Uh Oh !

[Gatlin5]

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.

Author: Norman Vincent Peale 1898-1993

[Gatlin5]

"Be not afraid of growing slowly, Be afraid only of standing still."

Chinese proverb

[Gatlin5]

"You can fill a man with knowledge and all you will have is a man filled with knowledge, but spark his imagination and he can conquer the universe."

Albert Einstein

[Gatlin5]

Wow John, getting purty deep may be too deep.:rolleyes: :oops: :lol:

[Administrator]

Wow John, getting purty deep may be too deep.:rolleyes: :oops: :lol:

We should start a Hikoo
A Hikoo is a Japanese poe with 5 sylables 7 sylabls and 5 sylibles

Like this

Here I am sad yes
Riding is just a thought! bummed
Why Bruce So Pushy

:awesome:

[Tatonka]

John - you have too much free time on your hands....hmmmm what's another project? Anything to keep you from attempting poetry!!

[Tatonka]

“Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.”

George S. Patton, Jr.

[mxsMom]

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense".

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

;)

[Tatonka]

"A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder… if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it."

- Patton

[Gatlin5]

A friend shared this with me the other day;

FEAR

False
Emotions
Appearing
Real

[Gatlin5]

:) SMILE :)
Author Unknown

A Smile costs nothing, but gives much

It enriches those who receive, without making poorer those who give

It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever

None is so rich or mighty that he can get along without it,
and none is so poor, but that he can be made rich by it

A Smile creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in business,
and is the countersign of friendship

It brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad,
and it is nature's best antidote for trouble.

Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen,
for it is something that is of no value to anyone, until it is given away

Some people are too tired to give you a smile;
Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give.

[Tatonka]

Awwww - now doesn't that just give ya a warm fuzzy?:mrgreen:

[Gatlin5]

Oh well, that's me warm and fuzzy. :roll:

[Tatonka]

"For long you live and high you fly, For smiles you give and tears you cry, For all you touch and all you see Is all your life will ever be."

-- Pink Floyd

:bgutair:

[Gatlin5]

Sitting here in Vegas after 3 hours sleep, no not out gambling, my plane arrived here 5 hours ago and I checked into the Sahara at 2 AM local (5am my time). I'll be picking up the other board members in about an hour at the airport. We are here for the Vegas to Reno Best in the Desert Race. Les Walker # 3 in the desert has been running a special fundraiser for RiderDown, see it under Fundraisers. We will be off to Reno tomorrow to meet up with them there when they finish on Saturday. Wish you were all here, really!

A race horse that can run a mile a few seconds faster is worth twice as much. That little extra proves to be the greatest value.

[Gatlin5]

We are told never to cross a bridge till we come to it, but this world is owned by men who have "crossed bridges" in their imagination far ahead of the crowd.

[Gatlin5]

I believe to accomplish anything worthwhile you must be able to visualize it first. I also believe this is a form of prayer whether we are thinking of helping someone else or ourselves, this energy we create with our thoughts has a great power. This same power that can create so many good things can also create a lot of not so good things too. A good example is where our news media has gone with it and also created some of the problems we have seen over these past years. I refuse to get hung up on all the negative sensationlism the media loves to create to sell advertising space and I would rather concentrate on the good each one of us has the ability to create. Together we can accomplish anything.

"Change your thoughts and you change your world"

Norman Vincent Peale

[Tatonka]

Kinda like - "What the mind can conceive & believe, the mind can achieve"...


Hmmm was that - Norman Vincent Peale or W. Clement Stone, or? :ops:

[Gatlin5]

Ok, since it's a holiday weekend here is a light hearted tribute to the late Rodney Dangerfield.:bounce:

A girl phoned me the other day and said .... Come on over, there's nobody home. I went over. Nobody was home. (Rodney Dangerfield)

If it weren't for pick-pocketers I'd have no sex life at all. (Rodney Dangerfield)

And we were poor too. Why if I wasn't born a boy.... I'd have nothing to play with. (Rodney Dangerfield)

During sex my girlfriend always wants to talk to me. Just the other night she called me from a hotel. (Rodney Dangerfield)

One day as I came home early from work ..... I saw a guy jogging naked. I said to the guy .... Hey buddy .... why are you doing that for? He said .... Because you came home early. (Rodney Dangerfield)

Its been a rough day. I got up this morning .... put on a shirt and a button fell off. I picked up my briefcase and the handle came off. I'm afraid to go to the bathroom. (Rodney Dangerfield)

When I played in the sandbox the cat kept covering me up. (Rodney Dangerfield)

I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio. (Rodney Dangerfield)

My mother never breast fed me.She told me that she only liked me as a friend. (Rodney Dangerfield)

My father carries around the picture of the kid who came with his wallet. (Rodney Dangerfield)

When I was born .... the doctor came out to the waiting room and said to my father .... I'm very sorry. We did everything we could....but he pulled through. (Rodney Dangerfield)

My mother had morning sickness after I was born. (Rodney Dangerfield)

I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof. (Rodney Dangerfield)

Once when I was lost..... I saw a policeman and asked him to help me find my parents. I said to him ..... do you think we'll ever find them? He said ... I don't know kid .... there are so many places they can hide. (Rodney Dangerfield)

On Halloween .... the parents send their kids out looking like me. Last year... one kid tried to rip my face off! Now its different...when I answer the door the kids hand me candy. (Rodney Dangerfield)

My wife made me join a bridge club. I jump off next Tuesday. (Rodney Dangerfield)

I worked in a pet shop and people kept asking how big I'd get. (Rodney Dangerfield)

I went to see my doctor. Doctor, every morning when I get up and look in the mirror... I feel like throwing up; What's wrong with me? He said... I don't know but your eyesight is perfect. (Rodney Dangerfield)

My psychiatrist told me I'm going crazy. I told him .... If you don't mind I'd like a second opinion. He said .... Alright.... you're ugly too! (Rodney Dangerfield)

When I was born the doctor took one look at my face .... turned me over and said. Look ... twins! (Rodney Dangerfield)


Have a great weekend:Powerslide: :bhat: :awesome: :bgutair:

[Tatonka]

Thanks Joe --- Story of my life, I tell ya...............

[Gatlin5]

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

Aristotle

[Gatlin5]

THe Power of Coincidence

Quote: Knowing our personal mission further enhances the flow of mysterious coincidences as we are guided toward our destinies. First we have a question, then dreams, daydreams, and intuitions lead us toward the answers, which usually are synchronistically provided by the wisdom of another human being.

Author: James Redfield Canadian Author, ''The Celistine Prophesy''

[Gatlin5]

Quote: Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.

Author: Henry Miller 1891-1980, American Author

[Tatonka]

“Success is how you bounce on the bottom.”


- GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON, JR.

[Gatlin5]

Quote: In every difficult situation is potential value. Believe this, then begin looking for it.


Author: Norman Vincent Peale

[Gatlin5]

The day a person becomes a cynic is the day he loses his youth.


Marvin D. Levy

[Gatlin5]

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

Carl Jung

[Gatlin5]

This one is dedicated to all the strong women I have had the privilege to know in my life. Guys--CHILL

Barbara Bush:
(commencement address to Wellesley College) And who knows? Somewhere out there in this audience may even be someone who will one day follow in my footsteps, and preside over the White House as the president's spouse. I wish him well.

[TwinTurbos]

I like this one Joe! Hopefully my approval ratings are good.:lol:

Amy

[Gatlin5]

I like this one Joe! Hopefully my approval ratings are good.:lol:

Amy

I'm glad you liked it Amy, you are one of those strong women in my life. I think the other members would be in total agreement, too.

Thank You!

[Gatlin5]

Affirm continously to yourself: I am in the right place, at the right time, for the right purpose


- Ursula Roberts

--

[Gatlin5]

Quote: Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

Author: Norman Vincent Peale 1898-1993

[Gatlin5]

Quote: When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us.


Author: Helen Keller 1880-1968

[Administrator]

Why worry about tomarrow
Today will have enough problems

[Tatonka]

“No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.”

- GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON, JR.


*** I tried posting this one yesterday morning but our servers went down before it took. Get out there & mix it up!:!:

[Tatonka]

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Administrator]

There are admirable potentialities in every human being.
Believe in your strenght and your youth.
Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself,
"It All Depends On Me"

-- Andre Gide

[mxsMom]

"The winners in life think constantly in terms of "I can, I will,
I am". Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking
thoughts on what they should have done or on what they
don't do."

- Denis Waitley

:wink:

[mxsMom]

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that we aim too high
and we miss it, but we aim too low and reach it."

- Michelangelo
_____________________________________________________________

"Courage is not the lack of fear, absence of fear, it is mastery
of fear, control of fear."

- Mark Twain

Just a couple thoughts for today. :cool:

[Gatlin5]

Very nice, mxsMom!

[mxsMom]

My pleasure!
I'm always searching for those perfect words of inspiration. Lord knows we all need some once in a while.

[Gatlin5]

The best things in life aren't things.

Art Buchwald

[mxsMom]

Now that's one to print out and post on the refrigerator door!
...And maybe the bulletin board at work :cool:

[Tatonka]

“If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.”

- GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON, JR.

[Gatlin5]

That best portion of a good man s life? His little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.

William Wordsworth

[Tatonka]

This Body has two speeds
Slow and Fast
I am on Fast Now
-- John Cyber Guru to the Stars


John ---- step awy from the coffee..............:cool:

[char393]

Oh no....TMI!!!!!

[Gatlin5]

Ok How is this one

Riddle me this Batman:

In an effort to bring peace and tranquility to the masses
John Must undergo a transformation once every few years
This consist of 3oz of Fleet Phospho-Soda and 6 feet of tubing

What is about to Happen?



Way....TMI!!!


:comp: :explode: :ops:

[Tatonka]

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other."

- John F. Kennedy

!=!

[Administrator]

There is superstition in avoiding superstitions
-- Francis Bacon Sr

[Gatlin5]

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

Oscar Wilde

[Tatonka]

"Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them, and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on."

- Donald Rumsfeld

[Macho393]

Speak slow I'm left handed.....................

ps thats just funny.sorry

[Riding the Metro]

You guys are too deep for me.......

"Come in, sit down and shut up"

[TwinTurbos]

"Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them, and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on."

- Donald Rumsfeld

To my dear TaTonka,

Just so you know - No matter how many mistakes I make, I'm not moving on anywhere! I'll be damned if your going to trade me in for a new model.:wink: :cheers:

[Macho393]

so I'm guessing your Bruce's better half.......funny he never mention you in Texas..........................J/K

[Tatonka]

Whatchyou talkin' bout Willis?



She's my better 3/4......:wink:

[Gatlin5]

Quote: If I had my life to live over...I'd dare to make more mistakes next time.

Author: Nadine Stair


Darn, I thought I made plenty this time!

[Macho393]

God don't make Junk.............Honda did............God Just made it move!

[Administrator]

In Seven Days God created the hevans and the earth then he rested
Shoretly after that he created man
Then he created woman and no man has rested ever since

[Riding the Metro]

You guys are STILL too deep for me.......

I looked up my family tree and found three dogs using it

[Macho393]

Ankle deep to the tallest man..is my motto!

[Tatonka]

"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."

- Sir Isaac Newton

"If I have seen farther than others, it is because I have been surrounded by dwarves."

- Murray Gell-Mann. professor of Physics


:cheers:

[Gatlin5]

I think this next saying rings true about us dirt biking men and women who still enjoy participating in this sport at an age when most others are on the couch wishing they could still do something like this. But wouldn't it be cool to take the same attitude we have on the track and trails and apply it to other aspects of our lives? GoForIt and hang on it is quite a ride! 0-0


Death is not the greatest loss in life.
The greatest loss is what dies within us while we live.

[Macho393]

Dirtbikers have Brown Boogers

[50ccMoM]

Dirtbikers have Brown Boogers


:pics:




Of course im kidding !!!!!!! Definately, one of those unspoken facts. (until now!)


Thanks for sharing Macho !!


LMAO

[Gatlin5]

Quote: "You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile."



Author: Christopher Reeve

[Gatlin5]

Quote: “We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them.”



Author: Christopher Reeve

[Tatonka]

I owe, I owe,
It's off to work I go...

:neutral:

[Gatlin5]

I have been at this point a few times in my life and I have a number of these people to thank right here. And what better way to get that back, by helping a fellow human being and rider.

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

Albert Schweitzer

[Gatlin5]

Quote: In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

Author: Theodore Roosevelt 1858-1919, Twenty-sixth President of the USA

[Macho393]

Be Honest ...but not stupid



You can't fix stupid

Author: B-Bike

[Gatlin5]

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement.

Woodrow Wilson

[Gatlin5]

This is one I have to remind myself of every so often.

If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.

Rabbi Harold Kushner

[Tatonka]

Business Advice

If you live with sharks,
Don't bleed.

- Glenn R. Jones

[jeremy68]

Just had to comment on the USA TODAY story on Jimmie Johnson after winning the NASCAR championship. He dreamed of a motocross championship. Says he raced from age 5 until age 12 when he had a major knee injury riding. After that is when he was introduced to stock cars. Just another example of being down but not out.

[Tatonka]

You've got it Jeremy! I've often heard the old saying that "when one door closes....another one opens" and the longer I'm on this planet the more I see how true that really is. Of course, our eyes (and hearts & minds) have to be open to those new ideas and opportunities.

:cool:

[Gatlin5]

Not what we give,
But what we share,
For the gift
without the giver
Is bare.

James Russell Lowell

[Gatlin5]

Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious
(proverb)

[Tatonka]

Xmas is coming...........................

[Gatlin5]

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

John Stuart Mill

[Gatlin5]

Until you value yourself, you will not value your time.
Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.

M. Scott Peck

[Administrator]

I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.
- Rodney Dangerfield

[Gatlin5]

Quote: No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness -- or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.

Author: Henry Ward Beecher 1813-1887


Quote: Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

Author: Dale Carnegie 1888-1955

[mxsMom]

"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer too much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. "
-- Theodore Roosevelt

[mxsMom]

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."
--Thomas Jefferson

:grin:

[Tatonka]

yep - either way...

Whether you say you can, or you can not.... you're probably right!!

:wink:

[Gatlin5]

It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are not.

Denis Waitley

[Gatlin5]

People will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Maya Angelou

[crfjedi393]

Well, I made it through the first 10 pages. I'll come back later and try to finish them up and maybe add one or two of my own.
Here's something I have drilled into my son. I haven't read it anywhere. I just learned it the hard way.

"Your choices today will determine where you stand in the future."

And here's the same thing the way I learned it.:roll:
"Where you stand today, is a direct result of choices you made in the past."

Great thread!

[Tatonka]

Jedi - good lessons to keep drilling in... personal accountability. :shock:

Action = Reaction :idea:

[Gatlin5]

This one is about enjoying the moment. We are like kids at Christmas time filled with anticipation of what lies for us under the tree when Christmas day arrives and we can't wait until we see if our dreams will come true. As we get older we realize the real fun was the weeks before Christmas when the excitement of what was to be was still the dream. Don't miss out on your journey or your today by always looking for tomorrow.

"It is good to have an end to journey towards;
but it is the journey the matters in the end."

Ursula LeGuin

[Gatlin5]

A snowflake is one of the most fragile creations, but look what they can do when they stick together!

Unknown

[mxsMom]

"I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."
-Christopher Reeve

[50ccMoM]

A wife lasts only for the length of the marriage, but an ex-wife is there for the rest of your life.


Jim Samuels

[Tatonka]

"Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional
illogical liberal minority & rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous
liberal press which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely
possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

--This definition has been attributed to students at Texas A&M
University.

[mxsMom]

A little holiday fun. And seeing as how it doesn't look like we will have any snow around here for the Holiday, a virtual snowball fight will have to do!

http://www.elfmovie.com/swf/snowball_fight/index.html

[mxsMom]

"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person."


-Mignon McLaughlin

[Tatonka]

I'd like to say Merry Christmas (Season's Greetings) to everyone. Thank you all for everything you do and for all that you are!

Don't forget the cookies & milk tonite! :wink:

[Administrator]

http://www.noradsanta.org/en/default.php

Fr those wh want to track Santa Today Fun for the Kids and Adults

[Gatlin5]

Merry Christmas

and

Happy Holidays!!!

Thanks everyone!!!

[Macho393]

I don't care what the white man says..............Santa Claus was a black man.

[Gatlin5]

Boy, I should heed this one!


People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas.

Author Unknown

[Administrator]

It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.
- Dame Rose Macaulay

[Tatonka]

"Vision without implementation is hallucination."

- Thomas Edison

[Tatonka]

"Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius."

- Elbert Hubbard

[Administrator]

People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.
- Lee Iacocca

[Administrator]

Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.

Laurence J. Peter

[quad17dad]

"Live Fast or Die Slow"
-Anthony Mastrocola

[quad17dad]

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safety.


The Holy Bible - Proverbs 11:14


This summarizes RiderDown in one sentence

[Gatlin5]

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.

Eleanor Roosevelt

[Tatonka]

“Do more than is required of you.”

- Patton

[Tatonka]

"Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born."

- Dr. Dale Turner

[mxsMom]

When somebody tells you nothing is impossible, ask him to dribble a football.

~Author Unknown

:wink:

[Tatonka]

I think I can, I think I can..............

[Administrator]

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
- Thomas Carlyle

[Riding the Metro]

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

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. - Will Rogers

[Tatonka]

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do.
But attitude determines how well you do it."

- Lou Holtz

[Tatonka]

KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) - this formula gets lost way to often these days!

:wink:

[Gatlin5]

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf.

[Gatlin5]

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

Marian Wright Edelman

[xr650rocketman]

The following is a stock response I use when we are out on a Dual Sport ride and I'm getting questioned by other riders....

"No we're not lost, we know exactly where we are and we know exactly where we came from....We just aren't sure where we are going"

Sounds a little like "Life" now I come to think of it.....

[Tatonka]

"If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten"

- I don't recall who said this or even when or where I first heard it but it has always stuck with me. :wink:

[Tatonka]

To succeed as a team is to hold all of the members accountable for their expertise.

- Mitchell Caplan

[Gatlin5]

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Theodore Roosevelt

[Riding the Metro]

Wherever you go, there you are.