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What quotes inspire you? what poems or sayings?
Anything that you try to keep in the back of your head each and every day?


I have two...I'll start....

"People will forget what you say, they will forget what you do, but they never will forget how you make them feel." -- Maya Angelou ...


and.................



"Pay it Forward".

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"Always behave like a duck -- keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath."
-- Jacob M(orton) Braude


Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away" ~ Oahu - Honolulu

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
-Thomas Jefferson

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Lately this quote is at the top of my mind.


Human Bondage

“There is nothing so degrading as the constant anxiety about one’s means of livelihood. I have nothing but contempt for the people who despise money. They are hypocrites or fools. Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. Without an adequate income half of the possibilities of life are shut off. The only thing to be careful about is that you do not pay more than a shilling for the shilling you earn. You will hear people say that poverty is the best spur to the artist. They have never felt the iron of it in their flesh. They do not know how mean it makes you. It exposes you to endless humiliations, it cuts your wings, it eats into you soul like a cancer. It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one’s dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank, and independent. I pity with all my heart the artist, whether he writes or paints, who is entirely dependent for subsistence upon his art.”

Somerset Maugham

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"I could be dead" ~ me

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Be the change you wish to see in the world.

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.

if your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.

there are those that talk about things, and those that DO things...

pain is a weakness leaving your body. (well, i say this when i'm working out, but thats only like 2 times a year)

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A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
enough money within her control to move out
and rent a place of her own even if she never wants
to or needs to...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
something perfect to wear if the employer or date of her
dreams wants to see her in an hour...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
a youth she's content to leave behind....

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to
retelling it in her old age....

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .....
a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black
lace bra...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
one friend who always makes her laugh... and one who
lets her cry...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone
else in her family...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a
recipe for a meal that will make her guests feel honored...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
a feeling of control over her destiny...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to fall in love without losing herself..

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
How to quit a job,
Break up with a lover,
And confront a friend without ruining the friendship...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
when to try harder... and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that she can't change the length of her calves,
the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents..

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that her childhood may not have been perfect...but its
over...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she would and wouldn't do for love or more...

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Be the Change you want to see in the world.

There can be no such thing as strength without Fear.

Dream as if you'll live forever, Live as if you'll die today.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.-Plato

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and,

Great ambition and conquest without contribution are without significance.

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Your lifestyle with either fulfill or forfeit your destiny.

Never make permanent decisions based on temporary circumstances.

By perseverance even the snail reached the ark.

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Don't Dream It, Be It - Rocky Horror Picture Show
Never Mess With A Sicilian - The Princess Bride

Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick - Teddy Roosevelt

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"Death is not the greatest loss in life.
The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live."
-- Norman Cousins

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I absolutely love this poem:

Comes the Dawn
Veronica Shorffstall, 1971

After a while you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and chaining a soul,

And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning
And company doesn't mean security,

And you begin to understand that kisses aren't contracts
And presents aren't promises.

And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head held high and your eyes open,

With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child.
You learn to build your roads

On today because tomorrow's ground
Is too uncertain for plans, and futures have

A way of falling down in midflight.
After a while 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 can really endure,
That you really are strong

And you really do have worth
And you learn and learn ... and you learn

With every goodbye you learn.

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Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut.

~Goodfellas~

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"and to thine own self be true"

When I moved to College, everytime I called my dad, he would end the conversation by saying this

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"and to thine own self be true"

When I moved to College, everytime I called my dad, he would end the conversation by saying this

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If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be
greater and lesser persons than yourself.

-passage from Desiderata

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I have been Rich and I have been Poor....Richer is better~ Dorothy Parker

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Posted by Bxgell2

"and to thine own self be true"

When I moved to College, everytime I called my dad, he would end the conversation by saying this

Thats great. My dad just told me to not fail another class

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Sometimes I go about in pity for myself and all the while a great wind carries me across the sky
(this was in The Sopranos but it is a Native American saying)

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Live and Let Live

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"A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, and always with the same person." -~Mignon McLaughlin


"Love doesn't make the world go round, love is what makes the ride worthwhile." ~ Elizabeth Browning


A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
~Sir Winston Churchill

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.
~ Bernard Meltzer


Too bad that all the people who really know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair. ~George Burns



Forgot one:

You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince..

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LIfe's a Bed of Roses.......gotta watch out for the P ricks!