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

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  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    Quote of the Day
    "We are, each of us, angels with only one wing, and we can only fly embracing each other."
    – Luciano Decrescenzo


    OH! I see the handwritten message in a letter to a friend coming soon!!
    THANK YOU!!!
  • tresa1234
    tresa1234 Posts: 796 Member
    I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
    - Mark Twain
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    Why haven't I visited this thread before?:huh: I have been MISSING OUT!! :bigsmile:


    Here are a couple quotes I have posted at my desk:

    "Argue as though you are right and Listen as though you are wrong."
    Karl Weick



    "It's not that some people have willpower and some don't.
    It's that some people are ready to change and others are not."
    James Gordon, MD



    "Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort."
    John Ruskin




    And my favorite....

    "Sister, there were people who went to sleep last night,
    Poor and rich and white and black,
    But they will never wake again.
    And those dead folks would give anything at all for just
    five minutes of this weather or ten minutes of plowing.
    So you watch yourself about complaining.
    What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it.
    If you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
    "
    Maya Angelou (quoting her grandmother)




    And another...
    "What's the world's greatest lie?" the boy asked, completely surprised.
    "It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie."
    From The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
  • GTOgirl1969
    GTOgirl1969 Posts: 2,527 Member
    Always reach for the stars! Even if you don't get them, you won't end up with a handful of dirt.
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    I'm selfish, impatient and insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control and at times am hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you don't deserve me at my best.

    Marilyn Monroe



    Who knew Marilyn and I were so much alike?!?!?!
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    "Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.
    It turns what we have into enough, and more."

    -Melody Beattie
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    Do not mistake my kindness for weakness,
    for I will not perceive your cruelness for strength.



    (No idea of author but I love this one)
  • MFS27
    MFS27 Posts: 549 Member
    Always reach for the stars! Even if you don't get them, you won't end up with a handful of dirt.

    :laugh: I haven't heard that version before! I think the one I've heard is:

    Aim for the moon - at least if you miss, you will land among the stars.

    - Not sure who said this tho. :wink:
  • GTOgirl1969
    GTOgirl1969 Posts: 2,527 Member
    Always reach for the stars! Even if you don't get them, you won't end up with a handful of dirt.

    :laugh: I haven't heard that version before! I think the one I've heard is:

    Aim for the moon - at least if you miss, you will land among the stars.

    - Not sure who said this tho. :wink:

    My grandma used to say that to us when we were in school.
  • 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:

    Ditto about being a fanatic! I'm recording these to take home and write in my quote journal. It's a big thick journal where I record all my favorite quotes. I've been doing that for about 8 years. I have so many for every occasion. Might have to break that out and post my favorites here!!
    Please Do!:flowerforyou:
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others."

    Cicero
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    "And the day came when the risk
    it took to remain tight inside the bud
    was more painful than the risk it took
    to blossom."

    ~Anais Nin~
  • Nich0le
    Nich0le Posts: 2,906 Member
    "If you want more, you have to give more". Little quote from jillian on biggest loser this season. I know it struck a note with me, I put it on my treadmill as a reminder to give more for me!
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    :heart: Never take away anyone's hope. That may be all they have.:heart:
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    "If you want more, you have to give more". Little quote from jillian on biggest loser this season. I know it struck a note with me, I put it on my treadmill as a reminder to give more for me!

    yea I like this quote as well Nic0le.... powerful stuff....
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    * Laugh when you can, apologize when you should,
    and let go of what you can't change.
    Kiss slowly, play hard, forgive quickly, take chances,
    give everything and have no regrets.
    Life's too short to be anything…but happy *
  • 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.
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    :heart: Only love can be divided endlessly and still not diminish:heart:
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    “You fail, you try, you fail, you try. The only true failure is when you stop trying.”
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    "End your day by privately looking in the mirror and saying
    :heart: "I love you" :heart:
    Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform."

    Mark Victor Hansen

    This is worth sharing again and again......:drinker::happy:
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    "I recommend you take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves."

    Earl of Chesterfield
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    "Wish not so much to live long as to live well."

    Benjamin Franklin
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    "You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him."

    Lou Holtz
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    "We all have fears. Those women (and men) having a measure of success are not overly confident or fearless. They simply take action anyway. I can be scared and broke. Or I can take action anyway and have results! What fear are you letting hold you back?"

    Carrie Wilkerson, The Barefoot Executive

    www.theBossMovie.com
  • GuitarJohn
    GuitarJohn Posts: 64 Member
    Everyone thinks that they have everything under control until just before they say "Oh! $#@!"
    I like to think I made that one up myself, but someone probably said it before me. :laugh:
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    "Obstacles are present, not to block our way, but to show us how badly we want something."
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    "I think the key is for women not to set any limits."

    Martina Navratilova

    YES!!!!:heart:
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    "We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own."
    Ben Sweetland
  • Fitness_Chick
    Fitness_Chick Posts: 6,648 Member
    "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."

    Aristotle
  • kwill23
    kwill23 Posts: 122 Member
    "Love is not what makes the world go round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile." F.P. Jones.
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