What is your favorite random quote?

History is the autobiography of a madman - Alexander Herzen
Just like it. History is sometimes insane. All the things we have done to each over the centuries.

You are what you do, when it counts. - The Masao

From the book Armor, by John Steakley.

This means (for me) that true colors come out when the SHTF.

“In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them.... I destroy them.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

"You should make a point of trying everything at least once, except perhaps incest and folk dancing." - Anonymous, The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, 198-something. I've tried to live my life according to this, though I've tempered it with "anything illegal or immoral, and folk dancing."

For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.

Thomas Jefferson

"I aim to misbehave." - Malcolm Reynolds, Serenity

While its not a serious quote by a real person, I still like it considering the context in which it was said. Plus one of my favorite TV shows/movie.

It is very difficult to follow an inept or incompetent leader, which in itself is motivation to want to lead.
If you don't know something there is no shame in asking for guidance as our knowledge is limited to our own experience or by observing others. You do everyone a disservice by leading in ignorance and showing yourself unfit for the task at hand.
I have always tried to lead by example. I would not ask anyone to do something that I was not willing, able or had done myself so there would be no argument for abuse. I have found that others are more willing to follow those who appreciate the work and position of the ones actually doing the work. Small rewards go a long way.

I find a Clint Eastwood quote very applicable - " A man has got to know his limitations".
Also, a notable Sailor liked to say " I am what I am and that's all that I am"

A quote I've encountered recently that I really liked:

“I do things like get in a taxi and say, 'The library, and step on it.'” David Foster Wallace "Infinite Jest"

I love that someone else would want to hurry to the library. It is fair to not that this line is said by someone in the middle of a mental breakdown, so maybe I should be concerned.