The Dogmother Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Here are some of my faves: Dreams are answers to questions we haven't yet figured out how to ask the X files 'People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idle dreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill the emptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed to search was within.' Romana L Anderson. Please share yours below Guys: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 " A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others" ~ The great Wizard Of Oz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 'It is never too late to be what you might have been' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Never judge a book by its cover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 If you can't say anything nice comment only on the weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saronne Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 'Dead birds don't fly out of their nests' (Winston Churchill when told his fly was undone) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 'Wherever you go you always take yourself with you" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 "The School of Life is never closed" Warren Buffet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 "we don't stop playing because we get old, we get old because we stop playing..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clur Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." -Winston Churchill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeckyBoo Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Better to regret what you've done rather than what you haven't 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. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. The best bit of that is "And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. " BeckyBoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 I take great comfort from the words of The Desiderata and have done for many years. There are so many quotes that strike a chord with me but Dorothy Parker and Oscar Wilde have to be my favourite authors of the aphorism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Better to wish that you had than to wish that you hadn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorbloodnock Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I have far too many quotes I enjoy to single one out as a favourite, but I think I'll start off with one regarding Sir Thomas Beecham. Firstly, the story goes that, at one point, Sir Thomas was in Fortnums when he was noticed by a lady who he recognised, but whose name he couldn't remember. He continued through some preliminaries about the weather and such like in the hope his memory would come to his rescue, and presently he asked her how she was. "Oh, very well, but my brother has been rather ill lately.", she replied. "Ah, yes, your brother. I'm sorry to hear that. And, er, what is your brother doing at the moment?", asked Sir Thomas. "Well... he's still King", replied Princess Mary. The other involves George Bernard Shaw. Shortly before the opening of one his plays, he sent a brief letter to Winston Churchill stating, "I enclose two tickets to the first night of my new play. Please come, and bring a friend - if you have one." Churchill replied, "Regret impossible to attend first night. Will attend second - if you have one." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 One I seem to be using quite a lot at the moment with the children: Think about what you've got - not what you've not got Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 'You'll never discover new oceans until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.....but you also might get hopelessly lost at sea' - Demotivation poster I saw in someones office! 'Only when the last tree has been felled, the last fish has been caught, and the last river has been poisoned, will you realise you cannot eat money' - Native American Chief type I think. My personal favourite is in my signature, It should read 'weasels' but I thought 'chickens' sounded better! Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 From the words of the great Yoda There is no try, there is only do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I love these,all from the incomparable mr Oscar Wilde: A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. I suppose that I shall have to die beyond my means (upon being told the cost of an operation he needed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbier Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Two by Albert Einstein: A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. One by Eleanor Roosevelt No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. and this one rings all too true, but keeps me busy Programming today is a race between software engineers stirring to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicky Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Shoot for the moon even if you miss your land among the stars. This is my favourite quote, the first I heard of it was I left primary school this was said to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 Aaahhh, so that's what Rosie was up to on Saturday Sent to a friend, who has just lost a much loved pet: There is not enough darkness in the world to extinguish the light of one small candle When sadness might make life seem very dark and empty, other people carry the flame and pass it around. It never goes out, it's just waiting for a new place to shine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorbloodnock Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Another that is rather kitsch and clichéed, but which always rings true to me is as follows: "If you love something, let it go. If it returns, it's yours. If it doesn't, it never was" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 That's a good one Major - I often paraphrase it to Rosie when she's upset by a fickle friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henriette Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Small children, small problems Big children, big problems on the other hand There are no such things as problems, only solutions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Oh I remembered another... 'if you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, there is a very good chance you have misjudged the situation' Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
