INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

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  • AussieMaddie
    AussieMaddie Member Posts: 345 Member
    #102
    fauxma said:

    My mom had these two in her
    My mom had these two in her office wall.
    We cannot change the wind, we can only adjust our sails.
    The man at the top of the mountain did not fall there.

    And my personal one is:
    Don't let worrying about tomorrow rob you of today.
    Stef

    Your atavar/picture
    Since this is one of the Spirituality forums, I don't feel out of place in saying that I am very drawn to the crystal in your picture. Occasionally, I am taken by a particular piece and this one really is stunning.

    Is it something that you own? May I ask (if you do) what part it plays in your life?

    Just drawn to it.

    Thanks,

    AussieMaddie
  • AussieMaddie
    AussieMaddie Member Posts: 345 Member
    #103
    One more favourite
    "Sit in silence for at least ten minutes each day."
    Don't know who first wrote it.

    (The hardest thing in the world and, so like meditation, it's beautiful)
  • mariam_11_09
    mariam_11_09 Member Posts: 691 Member
    #104
    Cecile Louise said:

    Churchill quote
    I love this thread!! here's mine:

    "Never, never, never, never give up!" - Winston Churchill

    Love,
    Cecile

    That is a great one! I


    That is a great one! I would always say 'don't stop until you see the train leaving the station'.

    I was in London, had just moved out of my apartment and was on my way (already late) to catch the last train up north to spend a few weeks with family when the train in the underground stopped. It sat there for more than 45 mins. By the time I arrived at the train station the train should have already left. I ran over to the platform and there was the train! I jumped on it right as it started moving.

    I was about 23 at the time. It has been a very motivating message for me and helped me to develop persistance. Well, maybe I already had it as I was persistently annoying to my brother.
  • mariam_11_09
    mariam_11_09 Member Posts: 691 Member
    #105
    AussieMaddie said:

    By Balentine:
    "Life is not
    By Balentine:
    "Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it is about dancing in the rain.
    Lorrie"
    ................

    Wow!

    Flowers grow in the spaces

    Flowers grow in the spaces where the bombs don't fall.
  • RE
    RE Member Posts: 4,591 Member
    #106
    AussieMaddie said:

    Re:
    my having just arrived here, by your suggestion for this thread, you have become my officially favourite poster :)
    AussieMaddie

    :-)
    So glad I could brighten your day with this thread, many folks came up with some fun, interesting and even a few thought provoking quotes.

    RE
  • Angela_K
    Angela_K Member Posts: 374 Member
    #107
    "If children have the
    "If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell." ~ Lance Armstrong


    "Cancer is so limited...It cannot cripple love, It cannot shatter hope, It cannot corrode faith, It cannot eat away peace, It cannot destroy confidence, It cannot kill friendship, It cannot shut out memories, It cannot silence courage, It cannot reduce eternal life, It cannot quench the Spirit"


    "Each day is a day of steady progress. You may not see it but I do. Persevere. Love and laugh." --Two Listeners

    "Wait in Love with Me. As you wait, courage and hope will flow into your being." --Two Listeners

    "Your need is My chance to help. Faith is all I need to manifest My Power."
    --Two Listeners


    "Wonders are unfolding beyond your dreams and hopes. To everything say "All is well"." ~Two Listeners
  • sea60
    sea60 Member Posts: 2,613
    #108
    Angela_K said:

    "If children have the
    "If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell." ~ Lance Armstrong


    "Cancer is so limited...It cannot cripple love, It cannot shatter hope, It cannot corrode faith, It cannot eat away peace, It cannot destroy confidence, It cannot kill friendship, It cannot shut out memories, It cannot silence courage, It cannot reduce eternal life, It cannot quench the Spirit"


    "Each day is a day of steady progress. You may not see it but I do. Persevere. Love and laugh." --Two Listeners

    "Wait in Love with Me. As you wait, courage and hope will flow into your being." --Two Listeners

    "Your need is My chance to help. Faith is all I need to manifest My Power."
    --Two Listeners


    "Wonders are unfolding beyond your dreams and hopes. To everything say "All is well"." ~Two Listeners

    "There are only two ways to
    "There are only two ways to live your life.
    One is as though nothing is a miracle.
    The other is as if everything is."

    Albert Einstein
    German-born Theoretical Physicist
  • Sj3
    Sj3 Member Posts: 1
    #109
    PhillieG said:

    From a Dear Friend...
    "Sometimes you have to go through things and not around them"

    Yea, though I walk THROUGH
    Yea, though I walk THROUGH the valley of the shadow of death...I shall fear no evil for Thou art with me.

    Doesn't say "though I walk around it". Or "though I skip it altogether..."

    From one apex to the other is always a valley.
  • SamThornton
    SamThornton Member Posts: 4
    #110
    SueRelays said:

    TODAY MATTERS!!
    Life is not
    TODAY MATTERS!!

    Life is not measure by the breaths we take, but rahter by the moments that take our breath away.

    Two of my favorites that I have hanging in my cube at work....to remind me how precious each day is!

    I like this - I also have
    I like this - I also have one which sounds similar. Its:

    “Don’t count the days, make the days count.”

    I always thought it was a great quote and I found out recently who came up with it ! I was surprised to see it was Muhammad Ali.
    Source: breast cancer quotes
  • MayLee12
    MayLee12 Member Posts: 1
    #111
    sea60 said:

    "There are only two ways to
    "There are only two ways to live your life.
    One is as though nothing is a miracle.
    The other is as if everything is."

    Albert Einstein
    German-born Theoretical Physicist

    One which I find myself
    One which I find myself thinking about a lot recently is:

    “Life without faith in something is too narrow a space to live.”

    by George Lancaster Spalding
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #112
    John F Kennedy
    Ask not what Your Country can do for you but what you can do for your Country!

    Kennedy
  • soccerfreaks
    soccerfreaks Member Posts: 2,788 Member
    #113
    mariam_11_09 said:

    Flowers grow in the spaces

    Flowers grow in the spaces where the bombs don't fall.

    "All we are saying is give peace a chance"
    (John Lennon reference)

    I have found this 'Flowers' quote to be profound since the first time I read it, whether here or elsewhere and for some reason, every time I read it I oddly think of Kurt Vonnegut and the images of the bombing of Dresden. It is a curious connection, I know.

    Take care,

    Joe
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #114
    Theodore Roosevelt
    It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
  • catwink22
    catwink22 Member Posts: 281
    #115
    Hondo said:

    Theodore Roosevelt
    It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

    Mother Teresa
    I know it's not a quote, but I love this poem:


    Mother Teresa's Anyway Poem

    People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered;
    Forgive them anyway.

    If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
    Be kind anyway.

    If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
    Succeed anyway.

    If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
    Be honest and frank anyway.

    What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
    Build anyway.

    If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
    Be happy anyway.

    The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
    Do good anyway.

    Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
    Give the world the best you've got anyway.

    You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and your God;
    It was never between you and them anyway.
  • catwink22
    catwink22 Member Posts: 281
    #116
    Hondo said:

    Theodore Roosevelt
    It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

    Robert Brault
    "Enjoy the little things for one day you may look back and realize that they were the big things."
  • soccerfreaks
    soccerfreaks Member Posts: 2,788 Member
    #117
    sea60 said:

    "There are only two ways to
    "There are only two ways to live your life.
    One is as though nothing is a miracle.
    The other is as if everything is."

    Albert Einstein
    German-born Theoretical Physicist

    :)
    This is the wonderful and tragic dichotomy between belief and disbelief, but fails to account for the unknowing.

    Take care,

    Joe
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #118
    MayLee12 said:

    One which I find myself
    One which I find myself thinking about a lot recently is:

    “Life without faith in something is too narrow a space to live.”

    by George Lancaster Spalding

    Hi MayLee
    That is why John said in Hebrews that faith is the substance of things we all hoped for and the evidence of things we have not seen yet but know that they are there.

    Hondo
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #119
    Sir Winston Churchill
    A Pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity: but an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #120
    Henry Boyle
    The most important trip you take in life is meeting people half way
  • Emzalt
    Emzalt Member Posts: 1
    #121
    PhillieG said:

    I've often thought of this.
    "If it weren't for cancer, I'd say I have the perfect life. If it weren't for cancer, would I even realize this?"
    ~me

    This quote is very true. You
    This quote is very true. You really don't realise what you have before cancer changes the way you see things, how you view the world and what you take for granted every day...unfortunately when I was diagnosed I was young and didn't understand what I had in the first place.

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