DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE QUOTE?

RE
RE Member Posts: 4,591 Member
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Here is one of mine, feel free to share one of yours.

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it. Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it.

-- Mother Teresa
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  • Boppy_of_6
    Boppy_of_6 Member Posts: 1,138
    #2
    here's one
    I have several and several scripture passages I love but this is one of my favorites. Life isn't about waiting for the storms to pass its about learning to dance in the rain. God Bless
    (((Hugs))) Janice
  • CypressCynthia
    CypressCynthia Member Posts: 4,014 Member
    #3
    My favorite quote came from
    My favorite quote came from my 4 year old nephew who was "wrestling" with his dad. His dad asked him if he would give up and he repled, "I will nevah suwwenda" (I will never surrender) in a perfect Elmer Fudd. When Danny or I have a rough patch, we quote little Phillip (now 17) and proclaim, "I will nevah suwwenda"!
  • sparkle1
    sparkle1 Member Posts: 242
    #4
    “Be the change you want to
    “Be the change you want to see in the world.”
    Mahatma Gandhi
  • pinkflutterby
    pinkflutterby Member Posts: 615 Member
    #5
    sparkle1 said:

    “Be the change you want to
    “Be the change you want to see in the world.”
    Mahatma Gandhi

    We all know the right thing
    We all know the right thing to do, the hard part is doing it!
  • Heatherbelle
    Heatherbelle Member Posts: 1,226 Member
    #6
    Be who you are and say what
    Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
    -the great thinker Dr. Seuss
  • cookie97
    cookie97 Member Posts: 200
    #7
    I have a few
    It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber.
    Robert Fulghum

    Don't ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak."
    — William P. Young (The Shack)

    Each relationship between two persons is absolutely unique. That is why you cannot love two people the same. It simply is not possible. You love each person differently because of who they are and the uniqueness that they draw out of you."
    — William P. Young (The Shack)

    Peace and Love,
    Edie
  • Lighthouse_7
    Lighthouse_7 Member Posts: 1,566 Member
    #8
    cookie97 said:

    I have a few
    It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber.
    Robert Fulghum

    Don't ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak."
    — William P. Young (The Shack)

    Each relationship between two persons is absolutely unique. That is why you cannot love two people the same. It simply is not possible. You love each person differently because of who they are and the uniqueness that they draw out of you."
    — William P. Young (The Shack)

    Peace and Love,
    Edie

    Be not afraid of greatness.
    Be not afraid of greatness. William Shakespeare

    Laugh yourselves into stitches. William Shakespeare
  • RE
    RE Member Posts: 4,591 Member
    #9
    HERE ARE A FEW MORE OF MY FAVS
    You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

    -- Stephen King


    Fall seven times, stand up eight.
    - Japanese proverb


    Never, never, never give up!

    ---Winston Churchill

    But sometimes it is necessary to do that which is too much.

    ---Pope John Paul II
  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159 Member
    #10
    LOL RE!!! Most everyone
    LOL RE!!! Most everyone here already knows my favorite quotes~ even though I admit I made the first one up!

    Altogether now! LOL

    Be Stronger Than, Not Angry At

    And yes, from the Great Debaters:

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

    And on some days, I admit that I like the sentiment from George Burns which I have on an embroidered pillow:

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

    I also like, depending on who I am speaking with, or listening to:

    "If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong!"

    :-)

    Chen♥
  • RE
    RE Member Posts: 4,591 Member
    #11
    chenheart said:

    LOL RE!!! Most everyone
    LOL RE!!! Most everyone here already knows my favorite quotes~ even though I admit I made the first one up!

    Altogether now! LOL

    Be Stronger Than, Not Angry At

    And yes, from the Great Debaters:

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

    And on some days, I admit that I like the sentiment from George Burns which I have on an embroidered pillow:

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

    I also like, depending on who I am speaking with, or listening to:

    "If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong!"

    :-)

    Chen♥

    ;-D
    Yes Chen but we never ever tire of hearing your wonderful quotes!

    (¯`v´¯)
    .`*.¸.*RE´
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #12
    RE said:

    ;-D
    Yes Chen but we never ever tire of hearing your wonderful quotes!

    (¯`v´¯)
    .`*.¸.*RE´

    Toto i've a feeling we're
    Toto i've a feeling we're not in kansas anymore!
    It is what it is!
  • turquoisea
    turquoisea Member Posts: 14
    #13
    my new favorite quote
    This is one has helped me this last year..

    "One can choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances"
    Viktor Frankl

    Loved Mother Teresa's wisdom.. thanks RE
  • chenheart
    chenheart Member Posts: 5,159 Member
    #14
    turquoisea said:

    my new favorite quote
    This is one has helped me this last year..

    "One can choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances"
    Viktor Frankl

    Loved Mother Teresa's wisdom.. thanks RE

    Interesting that you would
    Interesting that you would choose Victor Frankl..I had actually forgotten how poignant his words are. When I was first diagnosed in 2003, my then 17 year old daughter was in high school and Victor Frankl's Meaning Of Life was assigned to her. She wrote that we here at CSN are alot like the concentration camp inmates of Frankl's WW11 world...we are at CSN through a set of circumstances we had no control over, the cancer is the SS looking for any way to kill us, we don't know if we will come out of it alive, we are bound because we are related~ "they" through religion, "us" through cancer, we have a strength we never thought possible, and a gallows humor which sees us through the darkest days. I was amazed at her insight...and OMG she was and is sooo right!

    As I courageously battle a recurrance, I thank you for reminding me about Frankl and my daughter and that I can indeed be victorious once again!

    Hugs,
    Chen♥
  • fauxma
    fauxma Member Posts: 3,577 Member
    #15
    chenheart said:

    Interesting that you would
    Interesting that you would choose Victor Frankl..I had actually forgotten how poignant his words are. When I was first diagnosed in 2003, my then 17 year old daughter was in high school and Victor Frankl's Meaning Of Life was assigned to her. She wrote that we here at CSN are alot like the concentration camp inmates of Frankl's WW11 world...we are at CSN through a set of circumstances we had no control over, the cancer is the SS looking for any way to kill us, we don't know if we will come out of it alive, we are bound because we are related~ "they" through religion, "us" through cancer, we have a strength we never thought possible, and a gallows humor which sees us through the darkest days. I was amazed at her insight...and OMG she was and is sooo right!

    As I courageously battle a recurrance, I thank you for reminding me about Frankl and my daughter and that I can indeed be victorious once again!

    Hugs,
    Chen♥

    I know I have said mine
    I know I have said mine before too, but here goes:

    The man at the top of the mountain did not fall there.
    We cannot change the wind, we can only adjust our sails.
    Never borrow trouble.
    I don't care if my glass is half full or half empty, I'm just glad I have a glass.
    When you stumble, make it part of the dance.
    I have others but I can't remember some. Oh that reminds me of one that says, The faintest ink is better than the sharpest memory.
    I love hearing these because then I can add to my favorites.
    Stef
  • Wolfi
    Wolfi Member Posts: 425
    #16
    We are not here to make a
    We are not here to make a living, we are here to make a life.

    (This is one quote that I can't say I have been able to live up to yet - still a workaholic).
  • aysemari
    aysemari Member Posts: 1,596 Member
    #17
    Mark Twain
    Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.


    A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
    Mark Twain

    And here's one by my mom:

    When evaluating words someone says to you, always remember to
    look at the source, who's saying them?

    And another

    who's more crazy? The crazy person or the one who tries to
    argue with a crazy person?

    Another of my favorites by my mom;

    One mother can take care of 5 children but five children can barely take
    care of 1 mother.

    Ayse
  • meena1
    meena1 Member Posts: 1,003
    #18
    aysemari said:

    Mark Twain
    Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.


    A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
    Mark Twain

    And here's one by my mom:

    When evaluating words someone says to you, always remember to
    look at the source, who's saying them?

    And another

    who's more crazy? The crazy person or the one who tries to
    argue with a crazy person?

    Another of my favorites by my mom;

    One mother can take care of 5 children but five children can barely take
    care of 1 mother.

    Ayse

    Cancer sucks
    Be careful what
    Cancer sucks

    Be careful what you wish for
  • creampuff91344
    creampuff91344 Member Posts: 988
    #19
    meena1 said:

    Cancer sucks
    Be careful what
    Cancer sucks

    Be careful what you wish for

    Favorite Saying
    COURAGE, is not always a loud roar. Sometimes, courage is a soft voice at the end of the day that says, I will try again tomorrow. I read this every morning, and it brings me strength. Hugs, Judy
  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #20
    creampuff91344 said:

    Favorite Saying
    COURAGE, is not always a loud roar. Sometimes, courage is a soft voice at the end of the day that says, I will try again tomorrow. I read this every morning, and it brings me strength. Hugs, Judy

    Judy that is great. the
    Judy that is great. the others are too.
    My brother once said "your opinion of me is none of my business" I liked that for all of us people pleasers out there!
  • Tinabug
    Tinabug Member Posts: 158
    #21
    My fave quotes turn my house into a HOME
    My home is full of my favorite quotes. I will try to limit them...

    "All that I am or ever hope to be I owe to my Mother" Abraham Lincoln

    "Journey. The bend in the road is not the end of the road, unless you refuse to take the turn." Don't know who

    "Grow old along with Me! The best is yet to be..." Browning

    "To Be Happy: Don't do whatever you like; Like whatever you do." Mary Englebriet

    "...Life without passion is nothing more than a broken promise." Barbara Raskin

    "If I'm too strong for some people, that's their problem." Glenda Jackson

    "It is the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter." Marlene Dietrich

    "NEVER, EVER, EVER, judge a person, til you've walked a mile in their shoes." My Mom

    "Trouble is a part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you enough chance to love you enough." Dinah Shore

    "You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you." Mary Tyler Moore

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