Greatest quotes of history

"I always thought there were two kinds of people in this world, the kind that go to their death screaming, and the kind that go to their death silently, and then, I met the third kind (that go to their death smiling)." 
(From an Indian Movie Rang De Basanti) It really is a good one so I thaught why not to share it with you guys.

A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.
Margaret Thatcher

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
Margaret Thatcher

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
Margaret Thatcher (nice one) 

If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.
Margaret Thatcher

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
Margaret Thatcher

It is unfortunate that most Chinese quotes were hard to translate into English... I will try to translate one by myself, please to laugh

"Worry before the entire world worries, enjoy after the enter world has enjoyed"

- Song dynasty politician Fang, Chuon-Yan

From the Evergetinos (www.goarch.org):

Abba Antonios said: �The time is coming when people will be seized by manias and will behave like madmen. And if they see anyone acting reasonably, they will rise up against him saying: �You are insane.� And they will have accurately said this to him, for he will not be like them.�

A young monk sadly said the following to the holy Poimen: �My body, Abba, has been weakened by ascetic practices, but my passions do not yield.� �The passions, my child,� answered the wise Father, �are similar to tough thorns; in uprooting them, your hands of necessity bleed.�

�I burn with the passion to be martyred for the love of Christ,� a neophyte monk one day said to an experienced elder.

�If you gladly take up your brother�s burden at a time of temptation,� the elder answered him, �it is like being thrown into the furnace with the three Holy Children.�

And see what Abba Moses says of prayer: �Take care to maintain deep in your heart cognizance of your sinful state, that your prayer might be acceptable. When you occupy your mind with your own sins, you will not have time to keep track of the faults of others.�

God requires these three things, which were bestowed in Holy Baptism, from every man: correct belief in his soul, truth on his tongue, and moderation in his body.

�When people honor you, humble yourself all the more at that moment, and say in your mind: �If they truly knew who I were, they would show me no regard at all.� In this way, you will not cause injury to your soul,� a wise elder said.

�If God, in his forbearance, tolerates us when we serve sin,� said a wise elder, �how much more will His mercy strengthen us, when we struggle for what is good.�

Abba Poimen said: �A man may seem silent, but if in his heart he condemns others, he is talking ceaselessly. Yet there may be someone else who talks from morning until night, who, because he says nothing unprofitable, is truly silent.�

�The saints are like various trees, each bearing different fruit, but watered from the same source. The practices of one saint differ from those of another, but the same Spirit works in them,� said one great Father.

One Father says: �The nearer a man draws to God, the more he sees himself a sinner.�

A modern elder said: �Any man who thinks that he can solve his own problems is like a bird which intends to fly without wings.�

�The ancient Fathers,� a certain elder said, �when their spiritual work became known to others, saw this not as a virtue, but as a sin.�

And one of my Favorites:

When Peter was fleeing persecution in Rome he encountered Christ outside the walls. Peter asked "Lord, where are you Going?" To this Christ replied, "I am going to Rome, to be crucified again." Hearing this Peter returned to Rome to be martyred.

-Akolouthos