Quotes to Live By....

[Doglover8180]

I am a quote person. Always have been. I always look for the right quote that has just the wisdom someone needs, whether they are going through a hard time or enjoying a joyful one. I'd love to hear some of you alls great quotes to live by, the sad, funny, cute, endearing, quotes about anything....

One of my favorites,

"May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,
enough trials to make you strong,
enough sorrow to keep you human,
and enough hope to make you happy."

[Mama Stu]

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. by Henry David Thoreau

[cpaige]

I have always loved the quotes at the beginning and end of Criminal Minds. B/c of those quotes, I have learned more, read more and understand more, so here are some of my favorites from there:

William Shakespeare wrote, “Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”

Susan B. Anthony said, “A woman must not depend on the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself.”

“The best and most beautiful things in life cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” Helen Kell

“We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch, we are going back from whence we came.” John F. Kennedy

[lmcconne]

Timing is everything.

Contentment is highly underrated.

[Kulis]

This was one of the Cryptoquote puzzles this past summer, and it really spoke to this season of my life:

The work will wait while you show the child the rainbow, but the rainbow will not wait while you do the work.

[3timesoccermom]

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Little things mean a lot.

Neither a borrower nor lender be. Shakespeare

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much. Jackie Kennedy

Cleaning and scrubbing can wait til tomorrow,
for babies grow up, we've learned to our sorrow.
So cobwebs keep quiet, dust go to sleep,
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.

[clippyclippy]

My dad is a quoteaholic! He's used many over the years. Here are some I've saved:

"Bottled anger always leaks."

"Self-discipline is twice as much a predictor of success in school as intelligence"

"You make a living by what you get; you make a life by what you give"

"Common sense is a misnomer; it's not common"

"Some unhappy people pickle it; it's a way to get attention"

"We add value to ourselves by valuing others"

"If you don't think little things matter, try sleeping with a mosquito at night"

"He that is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else." Ben Franklin

"Sometimes I win and sometimes I learn." John Maxwell"

"People who do things that count never stop to count them"

"Sorrows shared are halved; joys shared are doubled"

"Everyone is searching for the state of happiness but they fail to realize that it is in their state of mind"

"A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that are thrown at him" Anon.

"If the bottom drops out of your life you would be advised to check what kind of foundation you are built on - sand or rock" Adrian Rogers

"Consider the rights of others before your own feelings and the feelings of others before your own rights"

"Talent is God given; be humble. Fame is man given; be grateful. Conceit is self-given; be careful"

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do"

"People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care"

"If you fear God (reverent respect) you will fear nothing else" Oswald Chambers

"In the corner of the mind of a genius is an element of a fool" Aristotle

"We make our decisions but then our decisions turn around and make us" F.W. Boehm

[blossomed]

What a wonderful thread...

This one is on my desk at the office:
You never learn anything while talking. Anon

I had to go find this one - I bought this to frame - insert procrasination quote here -

An Irishman's Philosophy
In life, there are only two things to worry about—
Either you are well or you are sick.
If you are well, there is nothing to worry about,
But if you are sick, there are only two things to worry about—
Either you will get well or you will die.
If you get well, there is nothing to worry about,
But if you die, there are only two things to worry about—
Either you will go to heaven or hell.
If you go to heaven, there is nothing to worry about.
And if you go to hell, you’ll be so busy shaking hands with all your friends
You won’t have time to worry!

and the one I'd like to make a sampler of: A year from now, you may wish you had started today. Robert Schuller

And finally:
So, I bought a new cd and I was trying to get it open but couldn’t with all the layers. I mean plastic and then tape and the tape is like government tape. It says open here.. Is that sarcasm?, and buy batteries and they are in there with layers and layers of cardboard and then scissors….you need scissors to get into scissors, what if you were buying them for the first time? you wouldn’t be able to get them open. Then you try and buy a light bulb and it’s this thin thin cardboard …..what are they thinking? “Ohh they’ll be fine”. Ellen DeGeneres

[meggers]

"The worse form of badness is human goodness when human goodness becomes a substitute for the new birth." -Dr. Adrian Rogers

"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." - Jesus Christ

[Doglover8180]

"No One can make you feel inferior without your consent."

"You can be right or you can be happy."

"To handle yourself, use your head;
To handle others, use your heart."