Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Quotes

You've got a lot of choices. If getting out of bed in the morning is a chore and you're not smiling on a regular basis, try another choice. ~Steven D. Woodhull

Remember, if you’re headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns! ~Allison Gappa Bottke

God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me. ~Author unknown, variation of an excerpt from "The Serenity Prayer" by Reinhold Neibuhr

Never confuse thoughtlessness with malice. ~Robert Charles Whitehead

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. ~Jimmy Johnson

Leaves are light, and useless, and idle, and wavering, and changeable; they even dance; and yet God in his wisdom has made them a part of oaks. And in so doing he has given us a lesson, not to deny the stout-heartedness within because we see the lightsomeness without. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare,Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827

Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed. ~Horace

What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. ~Swedish Proverb

Remedy it, or welcome it: a wise man's only two choices. ~Terri Guillemets

If you're going through hell, keep going. ~Winston Churchill

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. ~Mother Teresa

A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. ~Roald Dahl

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it. ~Confucius

Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. ~Katherine Mansfield

I wish I was a glow worm,
A glow worm's never glum.
'Cos how can you be grumpy
When the sun shines out your bum!
~Author Unknown

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3 comments:

  1. What awesome choices in your quote list! I loved every one of them. Most of them I had not read before either. So thought provoking... and thoughtful!

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  2. Thanks! The last one is my favorite =)

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  3. A song I love... (based on the churchill quote)

    If You're Going Through Hell - Rodney Atkins

    Well you know those times
    When you feel like there's a sign there on your back
    Says I don't mind if ya kick me
    Seems like everybody has
    Things go from bad to worse
    You'd think they can't get worse than that
    And then they do

    You step off the straight and narrow
    And you don't know where you are
    Use the needle of your compass
    To sew up your broken heart
    Ask directions from a genie
    In a bottle of Jim Beam
    And she lies to you
    That's when you learn the truth

    If you're going through hell
    Keep on going, don't slow down
    If you're scared, don't show it
    You might get out
    Before the devil even knows you're there

    Well I been deep down in that darkness
    I been down to my last match
    Felt a hundred different demons
    Breathing fire down my back
    And I knew that if I stumbled
    I'd fall right into the trap that they were laying, yeah

    But the good news
    Is there's angels everywhere out on the street
    Holding out a hand to pull you back up on your feet
    The one's that you've been dragging for so long
    You're on your knees
    You might as well be praying
    Guess what I'm saying

    If your going through hell
    Keep on going, don't slow down
    If you're scared don't show it
    You might get out
    Before the devil even knows you're there

    Yeah, If you're going through hell
    Keep on moving, face that fire
    Walk right through it
    You might get out
    Before the devil even knows you're there

    If you're going through hell
    Keep on going, don't slow down
    If you're scared don't show it
    You might get out
    Before the devil even knows you're there

    Yeah, If you're going through hell
    Keep on moving, face that fire
    Walk right through it
    You might get out
    Before the devil even knows you're there
    Yeah, you might get out
    Before the devil even knows you're there.

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