Inspirational Quotes...Feel free to add on! :o)

Fitness_Chick

Answer a fool in his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes-- Proverbs 26:5

Do not answer a fool in his folly, or you will be like him yourself-- Proverbs 26:4

Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces. Matthew 7:6

Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 1 Corinthians 15:33

Friends-- these are the verses that most guide me on this board.

Know when to answer the fool, and when not to-- don't bother trying wisdom with the unwise, they'll trample it and try and tear you down-- and most importantly, bad company corrupts could character-- I pick and choose carefully where I go, with whom I interact, what drivel I choose to avoid reading-- recipe for sanity, and I don't get dragged down into the mud with them.

Love to all you wonderful people--

something about the above sounds ever so familiar!:flowerforyou: :bigsmile:

:brokenheart: and this is why we love ya so much Marla ....the wisdom you bestow upon us all!!

I learn, and learn and again still I I do the same thing poke my head into a nasty hornets nest:noway: (angry face at myself there) ...when oh when will I truly learn to be much more cautious with my time, but most of all MY HEART :brokenheart:

Time is irreplaceable, but my heart also can also only take on so much sadness/hurt/dismay.

I simply can't keep subjecting myself to what I have in the past here.....I shall place what you shared near my computer so when I am MFP I will think more clearly each time I pick and chose where I go.:noway: :ohwell:

Thank you for the very wise words indeed My Dearest Marla:flowerforyou: ...you have saved my sanity many a time on this board as have many other dear friends (real friends the type I would actually be friends with OFF the boards as well..kind true friends that don't have a mean spirit in them)...you are a rock and I cherish meeting you on here... :smooched:

FC

Marla64

And I, you, dear friend-- :flowerforyou:

Fitness_Chick

"I just don't understand how someone can completely abandon hope. I woke up everyday for 40 years with hope that something good would happen to me that day. For 40 years, nothing good happened to me. And then one day, something did happen and it made every second of those 40 years worth it."

- With tears in her eyes after I told her one of my friends (whom she'd never met) committed suicide. My dear sweet Grandma .(R.I.P.)

She changed my life. I wish she could see me now.

How very beautiful and heartwarming this post was. It sounds like you had a very very wise and loving Grandma I agree with Samantha.... our loved ones live in hearts forever and I do believe they watch over us:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

FC

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"Vision is the art of seeing things invisible."

Jonathan Swift

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"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. 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 own responsibility."

Eleanor Roosevelt

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"To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail."

Dorothea Brande

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"I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business."

Michael J. Fox

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"If you want the rainbow, you've got to put up with the rain."

Dolly Parton, singer

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"Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price."

Vince Lombardi

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"We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives.not looking for flaws, but for potential."

Ellen Goodman

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"God has put something noble and good into every heart His hand has created. So while living on earth we must always remember to learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow because time will only show what has mattered throughout our journey."

---Melanie Klein

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The full distance

What a shame it would be if the results you have worked to achieve required
just a little longer to arrive than you were willing to wait. How sad it
would be for your ship to finally come in just a few minutes after you had
given up and left the dock.

Success is built upon effort and commitment. Success also requires
persistence and patience.

It is of little use to work for years toward a goal if you give up just a
few days before the goal is reached. There is no point in working through
hundreds of obstacles if you allow the very last obstacle to stop you.

Go ahead, close the deal, finish the work and get yourself all the way to
the goal you've chosen. Take those last remaining steps so that you'll hold
the prize firmly in your hands.

Rest when you are weary but do not quit. Achievement belongs to those who
can go the full distance.

It it's important enough to start, it's important enough to finish. Be sure
to always take the next step, for it could very well be the one that finally
gets you there.

Ralph Marston

Fitness_Chick

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes
it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
~Maya Angelou


The fluttering of a butterfly's wings can effect climate changes on the
other side of the planet. ~Paul Erlich



Flowers and butterflies drift in color, illuminating spring.
~Author Unknown




We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
~Carl Sagan



Love is like a butterfly: It goes where it pleases and it pleases
wherever it goes. ~Author Unknown



Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your
grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
~Nathaniel Hawthorne



There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a
butterfly.
~Richard Buckminster Fuller



"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have
sunshine, freedom and a little flower."
~Hans Christian Anderson

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"Never doubt that a small group of people can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
-Margaret Mead

just snagged this from Violet... another great quote from Margaret Mead:flowerforyou:

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Quotes on Change.........


"Change is inevitable . . .
adapting to change is unavoidable,
it's how you do it that sets you together or apart."
William Ngwako Maphoto

"Change always comes bearing gifts.
Price Pritchett

"By Changing Your Thinking, You change your beliefs...
Author Unknown, from By Changing Your Thinking

'The mind has exactly the same power as the hands;
not merely to grasp the world, but to change it."
Colin Wilson

"When I was a young man,
I wanted to change the world."
Unknown Monk, from I Wanted To Change The World

"If you don't like something, change it.
If you can't change it, change your attitude.
Don't complain."
Maya Angelou

"The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water,
and breeds reptiles of the mind."
William Blake

"How can you change your attitude?
When dealing with a situation try and find the good in it."
How To Change Your Attitudes

"The world hates change,
yet it is the only thing that has brought progress."
Charles F. Kettering

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Winners

Winners take chances like everyone else,
They fear failing, but they refuse to let fear control them.

Winners don’t give up,
When life gets tough, they hang in until the going gets better

Winners are flexible.
They realise there is more than one way and they are willing to try others.

Winners know they are not perfect.
They respect their weaknesses while making the most of their strengths.

Winners fall, but they don’t stay down.
They stubbornly refuse to let a fall keep them from climbing.

Winners don’t blame fate for their failures,
Nor luck for their successes.

Winners accept responsibility for their lives.

Winners are positive thinkers who see good in all things.
From the ordinary, they make the extraordinary.

Winners believe in the path they have chosen even when it’s hard,
Even when others can’t see where they are going.

Winners are patient.
They know a goal is only as worthy as the effort that’s required to achieve it.

Winners are people like you.
They make this world a better place to be.

- Nancye Sims

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Think

If you think you are beaten, you are;

If you think you dare not, you don't;

If you'd like to win but you think you can't,

You can almost be certain you won't.

If you think that you'll lose, you are lost,

For out in the world you will find

Success begins with a person's will;

It's all in the state of the mind.

If you think you're outclassed you are;

You've got to think high to rise.

You've just got to be sure of yourself

Before you can win the prize.

Life's battles don't always go

To a stronger or faster man;

But sooner or later the person who wins

Is the person that THINKS they ca

Fitness_Chick

An obstacle is often a stepping stone. - Prescott

Wow!! This one is awesome!!:drinker: What a great way to think of it!

Fitness_Chick

If you learn only methods, you'll be tied to your methods, but if you learn principles you can devise your own methods.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today’s successes will be few.:flowerforyou:

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Just for Today

I will live through the next 12 hours and try not to tackle all of life's problems at once.

I will improve my mind, I will learn something that requires effort and concentration.

I will be agreeable. I will look my best, speak in a well modulated voice, and be courteous and considerate.

I will not find fault with a friend, relative or colleague. I will not try to change or improve anyone but myself.

I will have a programme. I might not follow it exactly, but I will have it. I will save myself from two enemies:
hurry and indecision.

I will do a good turn and keep it a secret. If anyone finds out, it will not count.

I will do two things I don't want to do, just for the exercise.

I will believe in myself. I will give my best to the world and feel confident that the world will give it's best to me.

Tri_Dad

"Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway"-unknown

"Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings. "-Unknown

"Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers". - Homer Simpson


"When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car. "-unknown

:drinker:

Fitness_Chick

Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.

- Eileen Caddy

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

Aesop~

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As shared by Kelle on the Proud thread... so true!:flowerforyou:

Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you. Plans to give you HOPE and a future."

Can anything beat Hope in this world...nah:noway: :flowerforyou: :happy:

RainbowNtheWaterfall

Love never fails.....Book of Corinthians:flowerforyou:

Marla64

It's not who or what you were, nor who or what you are that matters-- it's who or what you are becoming.

The ultimate joy of living is sacrifice--

Both by Marla's hubby--

Always be sure to entertain strangers, for by so doing men have entertained angels without knowing-- I think somewhere in Hebrews-- a favorite verse of mine.

Hugs, friends!!

Fitness_Chick

Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely
detectable ways it can change someone else's life
forever. ~ Margaret Cho