INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

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  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #42
    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
  • Glenna M
    Glenna M Member Posts: 1,576
    #43
    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

    Very well said
    I think many of us have felt this way but none of us have put it into words as nicely as you have. It's a shame we don't realize what we have until we are faced with a chance of losing it.

    Take care
    Glenna
  • RE
    RE Member Posts: 4,591 Member
    #44
    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

    CHARMED LIFE
    I totally understand that statement, we tend not to see all that we have until the threat of losing it all is upon us. I refer to my pre-cancer years as my charmed life and my post cancer years as my blessed life. I am blessed because without a doubt I know who truly loves me and who will stand by me no matter what. As you know I am a breast cancer survivor and being on that board for several years it has become abundantly evident that there is a good number of women who lose their spouse when they get this cancer, mine has stuck by me through 3 battles and loves me more today then he ever has. Yes Phil there is some truth to what you stay. Thanks for the post.

    RE
  • Cecile Louise
    Cecile Louise Member Posts: 133
    #45
    Another one I like...
    " Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart." -Henry Clay

    Love,
    Cecile
  • lesvanb
    lesvanb Member Posts: 905
    #46
    and yet another
    "Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced."
    James Baldwin

    Leslie
  • Balentine
    Balentine Member Posts: 393
    #47
    lesvanb said:

    and yet another
    "Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced."
    James Baldwin

    Leslie

    Here is one
    Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it is about dancing in the rain.
    Lorrie
  • RE
    RE Member Posts: 4,591 Member
    #48
    Balentine said:

    Here is one
    Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass; it is about dancing in the rain.
    Lorrie

    :-D
    Wonderful and oh so true!!! Nice to see you here Lorrie, very nice indeed!
  • heidijez
    heidijez Member Posts: 441
    #49
    Marcia527 said:

    Also a pretty long sentence :>)
    When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you,
    till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer,
    never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
    -harriet beecher stowe

    i really like this! am
    i really like this! am posting it on my facebook page! thanks marcia!
  • heidijez
    heidijez Member Posts: 441
    #50
    PhillieG said:

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

    this is a good one too!

    this is a good one too!
  • heidijez
    heidijez Member Posts: 441
    #51
    this is one of my favorites
    Live Simply, Love Generously, Care Deeply, Speak Kindly, Leave the rest to GOD.
  • heidijez
    heidijez Member Posts: 441
    #52
    this was a favorite of friend's daughter who died of leukemia
    Be nice to people, you never know what they may be going through. Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
  • fauxma
    fauxma Member Posts: 3,577 Member
    #53
    heidijez said:

    this was a favorite of friend's daughter who died of leukemia
    Be nice to people, you never know what they may be going through. Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

    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
  • RE
    RE Member Posts: 4,591 Member
    #54
    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

    :-)
    Hi Stef,

    I like all of those, wonderful! I have so enjoyed reading everyone's quotes, it is fun to hear what everyone finds inspiring. Chen and I were just chatting about you (were your ear's burning LOL!) We were in chat with other folks from our state and we were brought you into our convo saying you were also in our state.

    Hope all is going well for you and yours, always wonderful to hear from you!

    RE
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #55
    JC (Joseph Campbell)
    ‎"God is a metaphor for a mystery that absolutely transcends all human categories of thought, even the categories of being and non-being - those are categories of thought. It's as simple as that."
  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159 Member
    #56
    PhillieG said:

    JC (Joseph Campbell)
    ‎"God is a metaphor for a mystery that absolutely transcends all human categories of thought, even the categories of being and non-being - those are categories of thought. It's as simple as that."

    "Happiness is having a
    "Happiness is having a large, close-knit, loving family~~~~in another city."

    George Burns

    "To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world."

    "We do what we have to do, so we can do what we want to do."

    "Even if I knew the world would end tomorrow, I would plant a tree today.

    And , in an old interview with John Lennnon, he said that originally, Paul McCartneys words were:

    "And in the end, the love you get is equal to the love you give."
    It may not be as rhymingly poetic as the "make and take" ending we heard in the song, but I find it actually more poignant.
  • PhillieG
    PhillieG Member Posts: 4,866 Member
    #57
    chenheart said:

    "Happiness is having a
    "Happiness is having a large, close-knit, loving family~~~~in another city."

    George Burns

    "To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world."

    "We do what we have to do, so we can do what we want to do."

    "Even if I knew the world would end tomorrow, I would plant a tree today.

    And , in an old interview with John Lennnon, he said that originally, Paul McCartneys words were:

    "And in the end, the love you get is equal to the love you give."
    It may not be as rhymingly poetic as the "make and take" ending we heard in the song, but I find it actually more poignant.

    The End
    I like "make and take" better.
    And in the end
    The love you take
    Is equal to the love you make.

    Other facts:
    It was the last song recorded collectively by all four of The Beatles, and is the final song of the medley that dominates side two of the LP version of the album.

    All four Beatles have a solo in “The End”, including Ringo Starr’s only drum solo for The Beatles.
  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159 Member
    #58
    PhillieG said:

    The End
    I like "make and take" better.
    And in the end
    The love you take
    Is equal to the love you make.

    Other facts:
    It was the last song recorded collectively by all four of The Beatles, and is the final song of the medley that dominates side two of the LP version of the album.

    All four Beatles have a solo in “The End”, including Ringo Starr’s only drum solo for The Beatles.

    Give, Get vs Take, Make
    I like "take and make" better as far as rhyming goes, but not as an Inspirational Quote!

    Much better for me to know that if I give love, I will get love at least in proportion to that!
    As far as "make -take" is concerned, I like Bob Dylan singing "She makes love just like a woman...she takes love just like a woman....."

    And yeah, I knew that about The End~ I wasn't a teenager in the 60's for nothing! LOL
  • sea60
    sea60 Member Posts: 2,613
    #59
    An old favorite
    Gotta go with the one I always nod in agreement when I hear or read it...

    "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things that I can, and the WISDOM to know the difference"

    (Shortenend version from Reinhold Niebuhr)
  • RE
    RE Member Posts: 4,591 Member
    #60
    chenheart said:

    "Happiness is having a
    "Happiness is having a large, close-knit, loving family~~~~in another city."

    George Burns

    "To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world."

    "We do what we have to do, so we can do what we want to do."

    "Even if I knew the world would end tomorrow, I would plant a tree today.

    And , in an old interview with John Lennnon, he said that originally, Paul McCartneys words were:

    "And in the end, the love you get is equal to the love you give."
    It may not be as rhymingly poetic as the "make and take" ending we heard in the song, but I find it actually more poignant.

    Hahaha I remember George
    Hahaha I remember George Burns using that one I had just forgotten it thanks for reminding me!

    The second and third quote and favorites of mine as well! I agree to you I like the "And in the end, the love you get is equal to the love you give".

    So glad you decided to chime in!

    Hugs,

    RE
  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #61
    sea60 said:

    An old favorite
    Gotta go with the one I always nod in agreement when I hear or read it...

    "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things that I can, and the WISDOM to know the difference"

    (Shortenend version from Reinhold Niebuhr)

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    If I told you once I told you a million times!

    Mother sure liked using this

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