Quote of the day.

[BrigidMoon]

I thought I'd start a thread of positive quotes to read when to help you get through the day. The only rule is that they have to be positive or motivational and thoughtful!

October6, 2005 Helping Hands and Hugs Quote of the Day:

"I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning."

--J.B. Priestly (1894-1984) English Author


I thought that was a great quote and had to share.

[Philosophia]

I've always loved this quote:
"Someone was hurt before you; wronged before you; hungry before you; frightened before you; beaten before you; humiliated before you; raped before you; yet, someone survived." - Maya Angelou

I don't know how positive it is but its always helped me.

[Kalandriel]

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. ~ Les Brown

[Silver Water]

"My candle burns at both ends
It shall not last the night.
But - oh my friends and ah! my foes
It gives a lovely light!"
~Edna St. Vincent-Millay

[Willow Rosette]

I thought so much of this I added it to my signature.

"Choice not chance, determines destiny" Church bill board sign

[Kalandriel]

Speaking of church billboards... I once read one that said

"Download your worries to God"

And it really threw me off.. because dangit... wouldn't you want to upload them?

[BlackMagicalCat]

Well,mine is a bible verse,in my own words,it says to be carefull and remember to entertain and bless the stranger,for some have entertained angels and were not aware of it.

An angel may come your way,so be carefull how you treat the stranger.

To add to this,by the way,we all have apionted angels to watch over us,and to help us.

[Brenda]

At the center of your being you have the answer. You know who you are and you know what you want.
-Lao-tzu

[BrigidMoon]

I was reading about October 7th...and on this day English explorer, Captain Cook, discovered New Zealand. So with that in mind here is my quote of the day:

"When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves."

William Arthur Ward

[Nova]

I'm pretty sure I had put this on another thread, but it's a favorite!

"Furthermore, we have not even to risk the adventure alone, for the heroes of all time have gone before us. The labyrinth is thoroughly known. We have only to follow the thread of the hero path, and where we had thought to find an abomination, we will find a god. And where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves. Where we had thought to travel outward, we will come to the center of our own existence. And where we had thought to be alone, we will be with all the world."

-Joseph Campbell

:floating:

[Malcolm]

the first quote in my sig is one of my favorites...the other is just me taking a piss..

[BrigidMoon]

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.
H. Jackson Brown Jr.

[BrigidMoon]

Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.
John Wayne (1907 - 1979)

[BrigidMoon]

Well I am behind a day so I better make THIS one pretty good!

Come on and add some inspiring quotes to help us all get through the day!

The moment we begin to fear the opinons of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton

[BrigidMoon]

And Another:

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Tzhebee]

Ohhh, can I add a few? (I have a word document 12 pages long full of my favorite quotes...so please bear with me. :lol: )

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them. Herbert Henry Lehman
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it way from you. B.B. King
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. Joseph Addison
When what we are is what we want to be, that’s happiness. Malcom Forbes
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the bigger things. Robert Brault

OK...I'm done before I cut and paste them all! :lol:

[BrigidMoon]

Ohhh, can I add a few? (I have a word document 12 pages long full of my favorite quotes...so please bear with me. :lol: )

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them. Herbert Henry Lehman
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it way from you. B.B. King
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. Joseph Addison
When what we are is what we want to be, that’s happiness. Malcom Forbes
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the bigger things. Robert Brault

OK...I'm done before I cut and paste them all! :lol:

Those are nice! Thanks!

:spinner:

[BrigidMoon]

Denis Waitley Quotes

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.
Denis Waitley

[BrigidMoon]

A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.
Patricia Neal

[BrigidMoon]

Hope

Hope, like the gleaming taper's light,
Adorns and cheers our way;
And still, as darker grows the night,
Emits a brighter ray.
Oliver Goldsmith (1730 - 1774)

[Salanthos]

ok, here are some of my favorites. some are amusing, rather than inspirational, but I figure it's just as good to begin a day highly amused as inspired.


- Why Be Normal?
. . .seen on a button

- In a single blade of grass, entire universes may exist unseen and unknown...
- And is it so, that somewhere, to someone else, our entire universe is naught but a blade of grass to be plucked and tossed aside?
. . .Alan Dean Foster, from
Carnivores of Light and Darkness

- For my entire life, I've played roles - to fit in, to meet expectations, to act the part, until they almost became part of myself. If I were to drop these roles, to be myself, who is there left for me to be?
. . .Patricia Briggs, paraphrased from
Dragon Bones

- Listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquatiousness, and laryngitis.
. . . Wiliam Arthur Ward

- Build a Better Mousetrap, and the world will build a Better Mouse.
. . .Unknown

- When in danger or in doubt,
run in circles, scream and shout
. . . Robert Heinlein, from The Cat Who Walks through Walls


- Yeild to temptation, it may not pass this way again.
. . . Robert Heinlein, from The Notebooks of Lazarus Long

- When in doubt, deny all terms and definitions.
. . . Bill Watterson

- At night my mind seems not to care,
If what it thinks is here or there.
It tells me stories it invents,
And makes up things that dont make sense.
I don't know why it does this stuff -
The real world seems quite weird enough!
. . . Bill Watterson

[BrigidMoon]

The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.
B. C. Forbes

[BrigidMoon]

ok, here are some of my favorites. some are amusing, rather than inspirational, but I figure it's just as good to begin a day highly amused as inspired.


- Why Be Normal?
. . .seen on a button

- In a single blade of grass, entire universes may exist unseen and unknown...
- And is it so, that somewhere, to someone else, our entire universe is naught but a blade of grass to be plucked and tossed aside?
. . .Alan Dean Foster, from
Carnivores of Light and Darkness

- For my entire life, I've played roles - to fit in, to meet expectations, to act the part, until they almost became part of myself. If I were to drop these roles, to be myself, who is there left for me to be?
. . .Patricia Briggs, paraphrased from
Dragon Bones

- Listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquatiousness, and laryngitis.
. . . Wiliam Arthur Ward

- Build a Better Mousetrap, and the world will build a Better Mouse.
. . .Unknown

- When in danger or in doubt,
run in circles, scream and shout
. . . Robert Heinlein, from The Cat Who Walks through Walls


- Yeild to temptation, it may not pass this way again.
. . . Robert Heinlein, from The Notebooks of Lazarus Long

- When in doubt, deny all terms and definitions.
. . . Bill Watterson

- At night my mind seems not to care,
If what it thinks is here or there.
It tells me stories it invents,
And makes up things that dont make sense.
I don't know why it does this stuff -
The real world seems quite weird enough!
. . . Bill Watterson

These are great!

[BrigidMoon]

"Time is nature's way of preventing everything from happening all at once."

Anonymous

[BrigidMoon]

Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out.
Christopher Reeve

[Shaw]

These are really poems but they are two of my favorites

*Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.

Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition,
So clear, of victory,

As he, defeated, dying,
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Break, agonized and clear.
___________________________________

*A wounded deer leaps highest,
I've heard the hunter tell;
'T is but the ecstasy of death,
And then the brake is still.

The smitten rock that gushes,
The trampled steel that springs:
A cheek is always redder
Just where the hectic stings!

Mirth is the mail of anguish,
In which it cautious arm,
Lest anybody spy the blood
And "You're hurt" exclaim!


These are both Emily Dickinson

[BrigidMoon]

These are really poems but they are two of my favorites

*Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.
To comprehend a nectar
Requires sorest need.

Not one of all the purple host
Who took the flag to-day
Can tell the definition,
So clear, of victory,

As he, defeated, dying,
On whose forbidden ear
The distant strains of triumph
Break, agonized and clear.
___________________________________

*A wounded deer leaps highest,
I've heard the hunter tell;
'T is but the ecstasy of death,
And then the brake is still.

The smitten rock that gushes,
The trampled steel that springs:
A cheek is always redder
Just where the hectic stings!

Mirth is the mail of anguish,
In which it cautious arm,
Lest anybody spy the blood
And "You're hurt" exclaim!


These are both Emily Dickinson

Cool :)

[BrigidMoon]

If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?
Dolores Huerta

[BrigidMoon]

Oooo. I need to catch up on this! I am behind!

Here's one!


A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.


William Arthur Ward



Anyone have any others to inspire us? :)

[BrigidMoon]

Become the change you want to see - those are words I live by.
Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine



I KNOW you have affirmations, quotes and such to share!

[Shaw]

For everything there is a season - The Birds

[Salanthos]

Quotes by Unknown Authors

I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.

Change is inevitable, except from vending machines.

How many of you believe in telekinesis? Raise my hand...

Help Wanted: Telepath. You know where to apply.

Don't question authority..... It hasn't got a clue!!!!!

"Freedom of the press means no-iron clothes!"

Tell the truth........then run!

May all your joys be pure joys and all your pain ...champagne.

"Practice safe eating - always use condiments."

"Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever."

"I've been on so many blind dates, I should get a free dog."


My face in the mirror
Isn't wrinkled or drawn.
My house isn't dirty.
The cobwebs are gone.
My garden looks lovely,
And so does my lawn.
I think I might never
Put my glasses back on.


"I sometimes wonder if the manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things." - Alan Coren

Boycott shampoo! Demand REAL poo! - Steven Wright

[BrigidMoon]

When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.


Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), The World as I See It.

[Malcolm]

"If a problem can be helped there is no use worrying about it. If a problem can not be helped there is no use worrying about it."

can't remember where I heard that...

[BrigidMoon]

"If a problem can be helped there is no use worrying about it. If a problem can not be helped there is no use worrying about it."

can't remember where I heard that...

Mark Twain?

[Malcolm]

Mark Twain?

*shrugs* Couldn't tell ya

[BrigidMoon]

Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all.


Michael Masser and Linda Creed

[Kalika]

True hope dwells on the possible, even when life seems to be a plot written by someone who wants to see how much adversity we can overcome.

Walter Anderson

[Kalika]

"Keep your face to the sun and you cannot see the shadows." - Helen Keller

[Galaxia]

Ω

[Kalika]

"Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time."

:awilly: (<-- I just think he's cute. :) )

[BrigidMoon]

These are awesome people! Keep em coming!


Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Raymond Chandler

[Kalika]

We have some catching up to do... so here's some more. :)

"Be inspired with the belief that life is a great and noble calling; not a mean and groveling thing that we are to shuffle through as we can, but an elevated and lofty destiny." - William E. Gladstone

"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor." - Henry David Thoreau

"Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong" - Winston Churchill

"Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable." - Sydney J. Harris

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. " - Unknown

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." - Unknown

"After awhile you learn
the subtle difference between
holding a hand and chaining a soul
and you learn that love doesn't mean possession
and company doesn't mean security.
And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts
and presents aren't promises and you begin to accept
your defeats with your head up and your eyes ahead
with the grace of an adult not the grief of a child.
And you learn to build your roads today
because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans
and futures have ways of falling down in mid-flight.
After awhile you learn that even sunshine
burns if you get too much so you plant your
own garden and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure
that you really are strong
and you really do have worth
and you learn
and you learn..." <-- One of my favorites.