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by locrian_lyric

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Loc's law #01 - More of what does not work, does not work.
Loc's law #02 - You can not substitute wishes for reality.
Loc's law #03 - Luck is the residue of industriousness.
Loc's law #04 - Leadership is not waiting to see what people think, but to bring them to your way of thinking
Loc's law #05 - It's only impossible until someone does it.
Loc's law #06 - Only a fool can, or would design something that is foolproof.
Loc's law #07 - Figures can lie and liars can figure.
Loc's law #08 - Right, without might, is useless.
Loc's law #09 - Turning the other cheek gets you slapped twice.
Loc's law #10 - Great men have never striven for the mediocre.
Loc's law #11 - Great governments trust the people. Great people do not reciprocate.
Loc's law #12 - Idiots in large numbers constitute a voting block.
Loc's law #13 - Nobody loves free speech.
Loc's law #14 - Doing nothing is doing something.
Loc's law #15 - Educate a fool, and you end up with someone foolish in many subjects.
Loc's law #16 - Before arguing with an idiot first makes sure he's not doing the same thing.
Loc's law #17 - Avoid arguing with idiots, they drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Loc's law #18 - It's easier to stand against something than to stand FOR something.
Loc's law #19 - Better to live for a cause than to die for one.
Loc's law #20 - It's easier to be liked than it is to be right.
Loc's law #21 - A malicious truth can do more damage than a lie.
Loc's law #22 - Some people are just born with a natural immunity to logic.
Loc's law #23 - The worst oppression has always been done "for your own good"
Loc's law #24 - Liberty is more often eroded than seized
Loc's law #25 - Never trust someone claiming to act in your best interests.
Loc's law #26 - Persistence trumps talent and skill.
Loc's law #27 - When you tell the truth, you don't have to remember the lies.
Loc's law #28 - A suspicious man can't be trusted.
Loc's law #29 - Better to be lucky than good.
Loc's law #30 - Think! It frightens your government.
Loc's law #31 - To forgive and to trust again is two things.
Loc's law #32 - Vengeance is a full time occupation.
Loc's law #33 - A proud soul does not know it's own worth.
Loc's law #34 - Politicians do not have friends.
Loc's law #35 - Ideologues are the most easily corrupted.
Loc's law #36 - Never expect gratitude.
Loc's law #37 - One accuses another of an act one would commit.
Loc's law #38 - People live up to, or down to the standards you set for them.
Loc's Law #39 - Optimism is infectious
Loc's law #40 - Pessimism is infectious.
Loc's law #41 - To be successful, surround yourself with the successful.
Loc's law #42 - Never mistake a lack of inclination for a lack of ability
Loc's law #43 - Anyone can do it better once someone has done it.
Loc's law #44 - Hindsight is the only perfect vision that is useless.
Loc's law #45 - A man with no enemies is no man at all.
Loc's law #46 - Never associate with people who want to be like you.

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by captbilly1eye

Now we'll see how long it stays up.

... someone complained enuf 'bout my De-motivation Poster that I had to remove it.

by nicknielsen

Rule 1. Don't sweat the small stuff.
Rule 2. It's all small stuff.
Rule 3. Even the small stuff is important.

by tony hopkinson

#01 - More of what does work, may not work.
#02 - Reality may not be all you wish it to be.
#04 - Leadership is being in front, not behind.
#08 - Might without right, will get you killed.
#09 - Turning the other cheek is only recomended by those who feel a need to slap you again.
#28 - A trusting person should be viewed with suspicion.

:D

Nice list, we'll be breaking out the collected aphorisms of Lazarus Long next.

by charliespencer

When in a secure area, remember to tell the enemy the area is secure.

No battle-ready unit ever passed an inspection. No inspection-ready unit ever passed a battle.

All briefings should fit on a single page of those little green 'Memorandum' books.

Better to be OPFOR than MOPP-4.

by nicknielsen

If the enemy is within range, so are you.

Professionals are predictable, it's the amateurs that are dangerous.

If you can't remember, then the claymore IS pointed at you.

The enemy invariably attacks on two occasions: when you're ready for them and when you aren't.

Teamwork is essential, it gives them someone else to shoot at.

by puppybreath

1) Respect is something that must be given to be received

2) If you think that you can or think that you can't, you're right.

by tonythetiger

Some of mine.

Forgiveness is not for them, it's for you!

(similar) Grudges are heavy things to be carrying around all the time.

Laurels are not haunches. Don't rest on them.

Look where you want to go. (told to me by my driver's ed teacher when telling us the first thing to do if you get into a skid)

When the light turns green, you have the right to proceed, but that right won't protect you from the crossing truck. (you have the accompanying responsibility to look)

by jdclyde

A lack of planning on your part does not equal an emergency on mine.

Better to learn from others mistakes

by rfink

1. If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.

2. You don't need traffic lights when there's no traffic.

3. A dead computer results from the mother board living up to its name.

4. On a clear disk you can seek forever.

5. The first first point and click interface was a Colt 45.

by jaqui

kill them all, the gods will know their own.

and

you have the right to die, everything else is a privilege that must be earned.

by ontheropes

Nobody looks smart wearing a crooked ball-cap.

Other than that I was thinking, "Rules? I don't need no steenkin' rules. Stay out of my face and out of my space and we'll get along just fine."

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