Hey all, I just came across this great quote from my favorite author Terry Pratchett. The words held a special resonance for me, and I thought I'd share.
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What quotes or memes inspire you? Share!
Cheers,
Tegan
P.S. There are more Terry Pratchett quotes here. http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/discworld-quotes-about-life-the-universe-and-everything?sub=2214518_1190548 A wonderful writer and a very wise man.
We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are. One of my favs
Read my sig :p (ok guess thats cheating)
Everybody is a genieus,
But judge a fish by how well it climes a tree,
and it will live out its entire life, beleving it is stupid.
Girls just wanna' have fun. Cyndi Lauper.
First you must understand, there is no spoon.
Little bald boy to Neo
"It's not about forcing happiness. It's about not letting sadness win."
Local Man Ruins Everything by The Wonder Years
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OK a quote from an American poet
They reckon ill who leave me out;
When me they fly, I am the wings;
I am the doubter and the doubt,
RWE
"you only live once". I haven't the slightest idea who started this
Quote from: stephaniec on May 15, 2014, 09:08:24 AM
"you only live once". I haven't the slightest idea who started this
Ah they did :laugh:
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It's also in my avatar.
Great stuff so far! Let's keep this thread going!
Here's another:
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-Teg
Never look down on someone unless you're lifting them back up
Here are some words that George put into Tyrion's mouth. This one hangs in my office.
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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss
"Be yourself, everyone else is already taken." -Oscar Wylde
On a more serious note. Hope this works.
Grrr!!! Ok will type it out.
Forgive yourself for feeling uncomfortable with transitions, for expecting completion, and for fearing your grief.
Forgive others for expecting you to be the old you and for having difficulty accepting the changes you have made in yourself.
Not sure who said it but my ex sent it to me and I like it :)
Mikaela
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This is so true in my case and I thought to share .
I hope I don't break any copyright matters .
Quote from: Claudia_FF on May 15, 2014, 06:14:31 PM
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This is so true in my case and I thought to share .
I hope I don't break any copyright matters .
I wouldn't worry about it, Claudia. Thanks for the share.
Reminds me a bit of this:
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(This probably applies to women, too, but you'll have to ask Al yourself to be sure. ;))
-Teg
"If you want the rainbow you have to put up with the rain." Dolly Parton
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
Arthur Ashe 1943-1993
Here's a good one. I'm not much of a fan of martial arts, but I do respect excellence in all forms, and Bruce Lee was essentially a genius at what he did. I like his take on life.
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Oh, and there's also this one from the wise Bill Cosby. He really knows how to ask the important questions, you know?;)
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-Teg
War never desides who is right, only who`s left.
A Journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Lao-tzu 604BC - 531BC
A couple good ones on fear I ran across the other day:
"Fear is a poison produced by the mind, and courage is the antidote stored always ready in the soul"
— Dean Koontz
"Bless you for your fear for it is a sign of wisdom. Do not hold yourself in fear. Transform the energy to flexibility and you will be free from what you fear."
— Yoko Ono from Ed and Deb Shapiro's book, The Way Ahead
Found a quote in an unlikely place, a comic called Hack/Slash.
"I guess I should stop questioning the whys and hows and just accept that sometimes the experiences that people share, drive them together. And the more alien the experience the less people have to have in common to find they NEED each other."
It's a cheesy comic, but I love kick-ass heroines.
-Teg
This is by Tom Waits.
"My kids are starting to notice I'm a little different from the other dads. "Why don't you have a straight job like everyone else?" they asked me the other day.
"I told them this story:
"In the forest, there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. Every day, the straight tree would say to the crooked tree, "Look at me...I'm tall, and I'm straight, and I'm handsome. Look at you...you're all crooked and bent over. No one wants to look at you." And they grew up in that forest together. And then one day the loggers came, and they saw the crooked tree and the straight tree, and they said, "Just cut the straight trees and leave the rest." So the loggers turned all the straight trees into lumber and toothpicks and paper. And the crooked tree is still there, growing stronger and stranger every day."
My mantra for transition was:
Do or do not, there is no try. - Yoda
When I ask myself why I haven't done this yet, told them yet, completely stopped that now or yet to complete this goal:
"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop"
Confucius
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