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[mouse007]

Okay, I am starting a new topic...This is the "quote of the day-hour-minute" thread...


I like browsing for quotes to match my mood; I feel that it keeps my life and feelings in perspective. I am not the first person to have a great day, or a bad one, or have a rough spot in life...but I find that searching out quotes to express how I am feeling helps me to to deal with what is going on in my life. It is comforting to know that someone has "been there, done that", you know?
 
Post anything you want....as long as it is a true QUOTE (with an author other that yourself)


Please no "hi-jacking","low-jacking" ,or "jacking" of any sort...


Here it goes.....

 "The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny ... it is the light that guides your way."
~Heraclitus

[keasy]

"The man who strikes first admits he has run out of ideas"
- Chinese proverb

[gudreian]

  "Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heartache when we read those lines written by the hand of a master and recognize them as our own, as the tender shoots which we stifled because we lacked the faith to believe in our own powers, our own criterion of truth and beauty. Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths. We all derive from the same source. there is no mystery about the origin of things. We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, only to discover what is already there."
— Henry Miller

[Thermalsig]

My favorite, but not actually a quote.
''Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann, "Desiderata"

[keasy]

"The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks"

J.Christ.



"2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other for a change."

Douglas Adams.

[Ctulu]

Did Jesus speak English?  Wow, then he was truely before his time!


OT:

“Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.”
J.Dean

[Ctulu]

a funny one by Mikael Akerfeldt

"What? You want my guitar? .. ok here ya go *makes gesture to throw into croud* .. Haha. This is like my second wife, you don't wanna know what I do with this""

[Jerseygirl]

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.  Catch the trade winds in your sails.  Explore.  Dream.   Discover.
Mark Twain


Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring.
Oscar Wilde


Believe in love.  Believe in magic.  Hell, believe in Santa Clause.  Believe in others.  Believe in yourself.  Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who will?
JBJ

[mouse007]

An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do.
Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953)

[Condor Baggins]

Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become character.
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.

—Lao-Tze

[mouse007]

I have faith in God. But maybe the U.S. government could help a little more too.

CORINNA LANKFORD,
one of the 10 American Baptists who are detained in Haiti on child-trafficking charges


Read more: http://www.time.com/time/quotes#ixzz0f47SFPZw

[Vasco]

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill

[mouse007]

I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken - and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.
- Margaret Mitchell

[gudreian]

After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party?  Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.  ~P.J. O'Rourke

[gudreian]

Whoever said nothing was impossible never tried slamming a revolving door. - Unknown