Inspirational Quotes...Feel free to add on! :o)
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: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. ~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. ~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. ~Stephen Vincent Benét
Fear not that life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning. ~John Henry Cardinal Newman
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.:flowerforyou: ~Annie Dillard, The Writing Life0 -
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 TIME0 -
"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:0
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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 though0 -
"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!0 -
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 Cash0 -
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
also the 2nd one....exactly what I needed to hear at this very moment...thank you!!0 -
"I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship."
Louisa May Alcott0 -
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
also the 2nd one....exactly what I needed to hear at this very moment...thank you!!0 -
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
also the 2nd one....exactly what I needed to hear at this very moment...thank you!!
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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:0 -
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~0 -
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.0 -
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 Boyd0 -
"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning,
but anyone can start today and make a new ending."
-- Maria Robinson0 -
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:0 -
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:
tee hee hee...that .gif in my folder was just waiting for just this moment:drinker: :bigsmile:0 -
Learn to laugh at yourself and the world will be a brighter place0
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This is one I've always found very powerful....and one I've always cherished
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.0 -
There is no magic escape when we face insurmountable problems.
We often must learn to live with mountains that will not move.0 -
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.0 -
There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.
-Ugo Betti0 -
"Thoughts are energy, and you can make your world or break your world by your thinking"0
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This is my own...
All Good things come to an End..... Only for d better ones to start!!! :bigsmile:
My own ...My own!!!:glasses:0 -
If you woke up breathing, congratulations! :drinker:
You have another chance.
~Andrea Boydston0 -
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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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!
uh huh uh huh ahhhh oK:bigsmile:0 -
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:0 -
Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited
with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.
Anna Julia Cooper0 -
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 Cooper0 -
One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush
of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God.
Anna Julia Cooper0
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