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Post by disorganizeddragon on Jan 13, 2013 23:25:23 GMT -5
"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil."--James Allen, As A Man Thinketh
"The greatest thing about man is his ability to transcend himself, his ancestry and his environment and to become what he dreams of being."--Tully C. Knoles
“Cherish your vision and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.”--Napoleon Hill
"Dreams are...illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you."--Marsha Norman Ramatama, thank you so very much...Knowing that someone cares about you and how you are feeling is the best medicine in the whole world.
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Jan 15, 2013 17:11:06 GMT -5
"Have the courage to follow your dreams. It's the first step towards attaining your destiny."--Nikita Koloff
"We were not sent into this world to do anything into which we cannot put our heart."--John Ruskin
"If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all."--Anna Quindlen
"You simply cannot give to the world all that you have to give to the world if you do not remain true to your own 'selfish' desires. You have a unique set of precious values that can only be fulfilled by pursuing what drives you the most: your passions and dreams. Could Thomas Edison have tended to the downtrodden as Mother Teresa did? Could Albert Einstein have preached salvation as Martin Luther King, Jr. did? Could Abraham Lincoln have built cars like Henry Ford? Always, the masses benefit from the individuals who insist on marching to the beat of their own drummer."--Mike Dooley
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Jan 16, 2013 20:09:34 GMT -5
“It’s strange how dreams get under your skin and give your heart a test for what’s real and what’s imaginary.”--Jason Mraz
“To be no longer content to pick up what is floating on the surface of life, and to want only the pearls at the bottom of the sea, this is grace, welling up from deep inside.”--Eknath Easwaran
"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new end."--Unknown
"No amount of security is worth the suffering of a life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams."--Unknown
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Jan 17, 2013 22:00:13 GMT -5
"Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them."--John Updike
"Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret--curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy--and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicity and unquestionable."--Walt Disney
"Remember today, for it is the beginning of always. Today marks the start of a brave new future filled with all your dreams can hold. Think truly to the future and make those dreams come true."--Unknown
"Anyone who has lost track of time using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch."--Tim Berners-Lee
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Post by Freedom on Jan 18, 2013 3:53:15 GMT -5
No amount of security is worth the suffering of a life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams Hugs, DearDD
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Jan 18, 2013 22:23:34 GMT -5
And now, for a bit of a change, a little poetry... "Bring me all of your dreams, You dreamers... Bring me all of your Heart melodies That I may wrap them In a blue cloud-cloth Away from the too-rough fingers Of the world."--Langston Hughes"All people dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind, Wake in the morning to find that it was vanity."
"But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people, For they dream their dreams with open eyes, And make them come true."--D.H. Lawrence "Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly."
"Hold fast to dreams For if dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow."--Langston Hughes Thank you, Freedom! That quote really made me stop and think as well. Here's to hoping all of us break free of any and all of our dream-deadening routines...
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Post by ramatama on Jan 19, 2013 7:21:39 GMT -5
First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
---Napoleon Hill
A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.
---Rita Mae Brown
Don't go through life, grow through life.
---Eric Butterworth
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Jan 19, 2013 21:00:29 GMT -5
“A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.”--Dennis Waitley
“Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it's a small price to pay for living a dream.”--Peter McWilliams
“We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who hope that their dreams will come true.”--Woodrow Wilson
"If you dream it, have faith in it, and struggle for it--as long as it takes."--Marian Wright Edelman Ramatama, thank you so much for the great quotes! I love the one by Rita Mae Brown--it's pitiful just how much that one describes my approach to housework (which explains a lot about why I am here : .
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Post by wynken on Jan 19, 2013 21:33:37 GMT -5
'Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth.' JUNG
'You see things and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were and say, "Why not?"' GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
'I do not know whether I was a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.' CHUANG-TZU 396-289 B.C.
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Post by CourageouslyLion SeeksSerenity on Jan 20, 2013 7:23:14 GMT -5
'I do not know whether I was a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.' CHUANG-TZU 396-289 B.C. [/b][/quote] "We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience."Paraphrased variant: "We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey."(This is translated from the original French -- I'd love to see it in its original form) Quoting: Teilhard de Chardin Priest, paleontologist, and philosopher.He said this in the 1930's in his writing Le Phénomène Humain (The Phenomenon of Man) which was published posthumously in 1955. [ Stephen Covey and Wayne Dyer have quoted Teilhard de Chardin -- and given attribution to him ... but sometimes people misunderstand and erroneously assume that it's Covey or Dyer that originated the quote.] [note that Teilhard de Chardin was an interesting fellow, a christian who was open-minded and was into paleontology and believed in the evolution of species] More fascinating quotes from him here en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pierre_Teilhard_de_Chardin
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Post by CourageouslyLion SeeksSerenity on Jan 20, 2013 7:40:19 GMT -5
"Hope is a powerful drug, and I work very well under its influence."
-- written by a friend of mine who texted it to me yesterday
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Post by CourageouslyLion SeeksSerenity on Jan 20, 2013 17:58:34 GMT -5
"We must rapidly begin the shift from a 'thing-oriented' society to a 'person-oriented' society." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"When I speak of love, I am not speaking of some sentimental and weak response. I am not speaking of that force which is just emotional bosh. I am speaking of that force which all of the great religions have seen as the supreme unifying principle of life. Love is somehow the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"As long as the mind is enslaved, the body can never be free. Psychological freedom, a firm sense of self-esteem, is the most powerful weapon against the long night of physical slavery." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let us remember that there is a creative force in this universe, working to pull down the gigantic mountains of evil, a power that is able to make a way out of no way and transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows. Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Jan 20, 2013 21:21:39 GMT -5
"All men and women are born, live, suffer, and die...What distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, whether they be dreams about worldly or unworldly things, and what we do to make them come about...We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents. We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time and conditions of our death. But within this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we live."--Joseph Epstein
"Choose to make imagination your ally. You do have a say about what pictures live in your head--and you can choose the most positive images to shape your life."--Jane Seymour
"What we think, or what we know, or what we believe, is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do."--John Ruskin Wynken and Lioness, thank you so very much for all the marvelous quote contributions! Lioness, I love the quote your friend texted to you about hope being a drug--that's definitely going in my collection. And since you were so kind as to add some great quotes by Dr. King in honor of his birthday, I thought I would share one of his quotes that has always meant quite a lot to me (and has much in common with your friend's recent text): "We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope."--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Post by CourageouslyLion SeeksSerenity on Jan 20, 2013 22:30:45 GMT -5
"You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Post by disorganizeddragon on Jan 21, 2013 20:27:46 GMT -5
"Capture your dreams and your life becomes full. You can, because you think you can."--Nikita Koloff
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."--Mark Twain
"People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it."--Unknown
"For those who dare to dream, there is a whole world to win!"--Dhirubhai Ambani Lioness, that's also an excellent quote by Dr. King. Thank you for sharing it.
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