quotes Inspirational Quotes

[TalonRider]

"The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing."

Elisabeth Foley

[deville]

“ To give away yourself, keeps yourself still” - Shakespeare , Sonnet XVI. 

Edited January 12, 2018 by deville

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If people are good only because they fear           

punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a

sorry lot indeed.                                                        

 

-Albert Einstein                                                                                     

 

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So many people have touched my heart and    

made an impact on my world. I'm thankful for 

every lesson and learning experience.              

-Bindi Irwin                                                                                                 

 

 

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[TalonRider]

"Jumping at several small opportunities may get us there more quickly than waiting for one big one to come along."

Hugh Allen

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A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to

and did.                                                                                                                         

 

-John Burroughs                                                                                  

 

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[TalonRider]

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."

David Brinkley

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“Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.”
 

-Benjamin Franklin Wade                                                                                                  

 

 

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(one guess where I'm going)

 

[TalonRider]

"You know you're old when you've lost all your marvels."

Merry Browne

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“A prison becomes a home when you have the key.”

-George Sterling                                                                                             

 

 

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[ReaderPaul]

On 1/11/2018 at 4:17 AM, TalonRider said:

"The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing."

Elisabeth Foley

The way I heard it, the word "apart" was added after the word "growing."

Edited January 19, 2018 by ReaderPaul

[ReaderPaul]

“Never underestimate the healing power of silliness and absurdity.” ~ Steve Maraboli

[sandrewn]

 

 

“Don't just write a "To Do" list. Write a "To Be" list.”

-Karen Salmansohn                                                                                   

 

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[ReaderPaul]

“A hard fact is that the truth isn't always nice and pretty.  Sometimes it reveals something ugly or unflattering.  It isn't as comfortable as a pretty lie, but the truth helps you to know who you are….” ~ David Fox-Schreiber

[ReaderPaul]

“Silence is the only successful substitute for brains.” ~ Unknown 

[TalonRider]

"In matters of principle, stand like a rock, in matters of taste, swim with the current."

Thomas Jefferson

[sandrewn]

 

 

“Advice to my younger self:                        

1 Start where you are with what you have
 2 Try not to hurt other people                     
 3 Take more chances                                   
 4 If you fail, keep trying”                             

 

- Germany Kent                                                                   

 

 

 

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Edited January 21, 2018 by sandrewn

[ReaderPaul]

“Just because my path is different doesn't mean I'm lost.” ~ Gerard Abrams

[ReaderPaul]

“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”

~ Mason Cooley

[ReaderPaul]

You can't be stuck in the past, or you'll lose the future. ~ P. R. Lawrence

[ReaderPaul]

“You have to enjoy the moment, because you can’t recreate it.” ~ Mark Arbour

[TalonRider]

"A grandmother pretends she doesn't know who you are on Halloween."

Erma Bombeck

[Parker Owens]

I teach my sighs to lengthen into songs.

Theodore Roethke

[sandrewn]

 

 

“Any day above ground is a good day. Before you complain about    

anything, be thankful for your life and the things that are still going

well.”                                                                                                              

 

-Germany Kent                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

 

 

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Edited January 23, 2018 by sandrewn

[TalonRider]

"To me old age is always fifteen years older than I am."

Bernard Baruch