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

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  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    :flowerforyou: One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon - instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today:flowerforyou: . ~Dale Carnegie

    If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you don't wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb

    For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way. Something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. :heart: ~Fr. Alfred D'Souza

    And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.:wink: ~Abraham Lincoln

    Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.:cry: ~Stephen Vincent Benét

    Fear not that life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. :cry: ~John Henry Cardinal Newman

    How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.:flowerforyou: ~Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    I'm a quote fanatic! In case it's not been apparent yet.:laugh:

    So glad so many of you have jumped in and joined up and shared as well...please continue...so many are inspiring, though provoking, often times exactly the one we need at the very moment we pop on!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

    you guys ROCK big TIME:heart:
  • EJWoolcock
    EJWoolcock Posts: 60
    "Choose your attitude" - this reminds me that it is up to me how I react. I can choose to let it get me down, or I can choose to learn, grow, and find the positive. I choose to be strong, I choose to be determined, I choose to find the good in things!!:happy:
  • pettmybunny
    pettmybunny Posts: 1,986 Member
    It's probably not very inspirational, but I love it anyways...

    A happy ending is still an ending.... Gregory Maguire, Son of a Witch

    Here's one that we used in our wedding favors (pens)...

    Right in the middle of an ordinary life, love happens and creates a fairy tale... I don't know who said it though
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    "Choose your attitude" - this reminds me that it is up to me how I react. I can choose to let it get me down, or I can choose to learn, grow, and find the positive. I choose to be strong, I choose to be determined, I choose to find the good in things!!:happy:

    I love it....so TRUE too!
  • peej76
    peej76 Posts: 1,250 Member
    Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while, I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds.
    Ojibway Indian expression


    You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
    Johnny Cash
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while, I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds.
    Ojibway Indian expression


    You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
    Johnny Cash
    Beautiful!:flowerforyou:

    also the 2nd one....exactly what I needed to hear at this very moment...thank you!!:heart:
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    "I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship."
    Louisa May Alcott
  • peej76
    peej76 Posts: 1,250 Member
    Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while, I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds.
    Ojibway Indian expression


    You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
    Johnny Cash
    Beautiful!:flowerforyou:

    also the 2nd one....exactly what I needed to hear at this very moment...thank you!!:heart:
    You're welcome!! The quotes here are awesome....I've decided to visit this post every morning to read them!!
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while, I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds.
    Ojibway Indian expression


    You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
    Johnny Cash
    Beautiful!:flowerforyou:

    also the 2nd one....exactly what I needed to hear at this very moment...thank you!!:heart:
    You're welcome!! The quotes here are awesome....I've decided to visit this post every morning to read them!!
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    It's a really positive place.... so many great quotes are shared by some pretty aweome MFP'ers here!

    I find quotes so empowering, whether they be humorous, deep, moving etc....they all have something to say to someone!:flowerforyou:

    Glad you're checkin in each day...:happy: :happy: :happy:
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    To love a person is to learn the song
    That is in their heart,
    And to sing it to them
    When they have forgotten.
    ~Anonymous~
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets
    So love the people who treat you right,
    forget the ones who don't,
    and believe that everything
    happens for a reason.
    If you get a change, take it;
    If it changes your life, let it,
    Nobody said it would be easy,
    They just said it would be worth it.
  • EvilPIB
    EvilPIB Posts: 334 Member
    Dance like no one is watching. This is my farvorite

    We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another.

    Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough
    and we'll be more content when they are.

    After that we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage.

    We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire.

    The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now.

    If not now ... when?

    Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway.

    One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D Souza ...

    "For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin.
    But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."

    This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.

    So, treasure every moment that you have. And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time ... and remember that time waits for no one ...

    So stop waiting until you finish school ... until you go back to school ... until you lose ten pounds ... until you gain ten pounds ... until you have kids ... until your kids leave the house ... until you start work ... until you retire ... until you get married ... until you get divorced ... until Friday night ... until Sunday morning ... until you get a new car or home ... until your car or home is paid off ... until spring, until summer ... until fall ... until winter ... until you are off welfare ... until the first or fifteenth ... until your song comes on ... until you've had a drink ... until you've sobered up ... until you die ... until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy ...

    Happiness is a journey ... not a destination!!

    Thought for the day:

    "Work like you don't need money,
    Love like you've never been hurt,
    And dance like no one's watching."

    Author:
    Crystal Boyd
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    "Nobody can go back and start a new beginning,
    but anyone can start today and make a new ending."
    -- Maria Robinson
  • happy_feet
    happy_feet Posts: 175 Member
    This one's for all d ladies... :happy: (Sorry guys!!:frown: )

    A woman needs a man as much as a fish need a bicycle!! :flowerforyou:
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    This one's for all d ladies... :happy: (Sorry guys!!:frown: )

    A woman needs a man as much as a fish need a bicycle!! :flowerforyou:
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    tee hee hee...that .gif in my folder was just waiting for just this moment:drinker: :bigsmile:
  • 9726172000
    9726172000 Posts: 428
    Learn to laugh at yourself and the world will be a brighter place
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    This is one I've always found very powerful....and one I've always cherished:heart:

    People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
    When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person.
    When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.
    They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support,
    to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are.
    They are there for the reason you need them to be.
    Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time,
    this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.
    Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away.
    Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.
    What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done.
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    There is no magic escape when we face insurmountable problems.
    We often must learn to live with mountains that will not move.
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    Today is my day...it is a sacred trust.
    It will be neither good nor bad.
    It may hold sadness, it may hold joy.
    It will always hold the freedom for me to choose.
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.
    -Ugo Betti
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    "Thoughts are energy, and you can make your world or break your world by your thinking"
  • happy_feet
    happy_feet Posts: 175 Member
    This is my own...

    All Good things come to an End..... Only for d better ones to start!!! :bigsmile:

    My own ...My own!!!:glasses:
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    If you woke up breathing, congratulations! :drinker:
    You have another chance. :heart:
    ~Andrea Boydston
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    Ok it is Friday and I must say

    " That is the way uh huh, uh huh, I like it uh huh uh huh!"

    KC and the Sunshine Band!
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  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    Ok it is Friday and I must say

    " That is the way uh huh, uh huh, I like it uh huh uh huh!"

    KC and the Sunshine Band!
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    uh huh uh huh ahhhh oK:bigsmile:
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    I can't worry about what I can't control.

    My goodness but this thread has become quite theraputic...who'd a thunk? Oh who am I kiddin...I knew quotes had that effect on me:laugh: :heart:
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited
    with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.
    Anna Julia Cooper
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    It is not the intelligent woman v. the ignorant woman; nor the white woman v. the black, the brown, and the red, it is not even the cause of woman v. man. Nay, tis woman's strongest vindication for speaking that the world needs to hear her voice.
    Anna Julia Cooper
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush
    of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God. :heart:
    Anna Julia Cooper
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