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Post by Freedom on Nov 3, 2012 21:50:57 GMT -5
“Looking back you realize that a very special person passed briefly through your life and that person was you. It is not too late to become that person again.”--Robert Brault ^^^^^ Thanks, DDragon
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Nov 4, 2012 0:46:07 GMT -5
"Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on."--Maxwell Maltz"Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others."--Wilfred Peterson"Whoever you are, there is some younger person who thinks you are perfect. There is some work that will never be done if you don't do it. There is someone who would miss you if you were gone. There is a place that you alone can fill."--Jacob M. Braude"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."--e.e. cummings Freedom13 and dayeanu, I am so pleased you liked that quote by Robert Brault. It was one of my personal favorites and I'm glad that it's inspired both of you too.
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Nov 5, 2012 1:44:20 GMT -5
"Every one of us has in him a continent of undiscovered character. Blessed is he who acts the Columbus to his own soul."--Unknown
“Let today be the day you love yourself enough to no longer just dream of a better life--let it be the day you act upon it.”--Steve Maraboli
"Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum."--Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer
“When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.”--Jodi Picoult, Change of Heart
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Nov 6, 2012 7:58:35 GMT -5
I know Election Day here in the United States is stressing a few people out (okay, maybe more than a few), but here are a few lighthearted or thoughful quotes to get you thru it ..."How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?"--Unknown"Politicians and diapers should be changed frequently and all for the same reason."--José Maria de Eça de Queiroz (translated from Portuguese)"An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry."--T.S. Eliot"Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least."--Robert Byrne"There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen."--Unknown"Politics, it seems to me, For years, or all too long, Has been concerned with right or left Instead of right or wrong."--Richard Armour"George Washington is the only president who didn't blame the previous administration for his troubles."--Unknown
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Nov 6, 2012 8:02:36 GMT -5
"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."--Maya Angelou
"There are people who live their whole lives on the default settings, never realizing you can customize."--Robert Brault
"To the question of your life, you are the only answer. To the problems of your life, you are the only solution."--Jo Coudert, Advice From A Failure
"What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.”--Marcus Annaeus Seneca
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Post by Di on Nov 6, 2012 19:14:54 GMT -5
Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate. Orson Wells
And they would probably do just as good a job (or better) than the people they would replace. Di
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Nov 7, 2012 1:42:22 GMT -5
Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate. Orson Wells And they would probably do just as good a job (or better) than the people they would replace. Di Amen, Di! Yes, they probably would...
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Nov 7, 2012 2:05:03 GMT -5
“Never dull your shine for somebody else.”--Tyra Banks
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."--Steve Jobs
"When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn't healthy. This meant people, jobs, my own beliefs and habits--anything that kept me small. My judgement called it disloyal. Now I see it as self-loving.”--Kim McMillen, When I Loved Myself Enough
"It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you're not."--Denis Waitley
"Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have."--Doris Mortman
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Post by dayeanu on Nov 7, 2012 8:28:05 GMT -5
"When I loved myself enough, I began leaving whatever wasn't healthy. This meant people, jobs, my own beliefs and habits--anything that kept me small. My judgement called it disloyal. Now I see it as self-loving.”--Kim McMillen, When I Loved Myself Enough"
I should print out ALL of these and read them once a day!
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Post by ramatama on Nov 7, 2012 10:18:56 GMT -5
“How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em.” ― Shel Silverstein“All The Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas Layin' In The Sun,
Talkin' 'Bout The Things They Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda Done... But All Those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas All Ran Away And Hid From One Little Did.” ― Shel Silverstein
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Post by ramatama on Nov 7, 2012 10:19:45 GMT -5
“Do a loony-goony dance 'Cross the kitchen floor,
Put something silly in the world That ain't been there before.” ― Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic
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Post by dayeanu on Nov 7, 2012 12:37:05 GMT -5
Ramatama - your Shel Silverstein quotes made me smile.
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Nov 8, 2012 11:41:01 GMT -5
“...the big things--how we think, what we value--those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone--or any society--determine those for you.”--Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie"Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself."--Richard Bach"The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow in a herd, or when they cater for their establishment."--Ralph Waldo Emerson"Ride the energy of your own unique spirit."--Gabrielle Roth Dayeanu, I'm so happy you found another quote that really inspires you--and on your birthday, no less! (That one by Kim McMillen is one of my favorites, too.) Ramatama, I always love Shel Silverstein and your smilies were great. (The little dancing smilie was awesome--that alone made me laugh.) Thank you!
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Nov 9, 2012 1:56:59 GMT -5
“Make a pledge to yourself right now, to declare that you are worth your time and energy.”--Deborah Day
"I feel keeping a promise to yourself is a direct reflection of the love you have for yourself. I used to make promises to myself and find them easy to break. Today, I love myself enough to not only make a promise to myself, but I love myself enough to keep that promise.”--Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
"Instead of beating yourself up, negating or denying your sadness and grief, or trying to 'fix' it, simply repeat to yourself the best words anyone ever told me: Be gentle with yourself."--Jeanine Nicole
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Nov 10, 2012 13:01:56 GMT -5
"If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person."--Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers)
“Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.”--Veronica A. Shoffstall
"Don't let what you are being get in the way of what you might become."--Harry Palmer
"If you are ashamed to stand by your colors, you had better seek another flag."--Unknown
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