jam Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Hey all, There's nothing more that really gets me going on a gloomy day than a good quote, from a friend, a song or one of history's great thinkers. Just thought that perhaps people might like to share any quotes they may have tucked behind their ear? My favourite one at the moment is: 'Both faith and fear may sail into your harbour, but allow only faith to drop anchor' Not sure who originally said it, but I found it in Bear Gryll's brilliant autobiography 'Mud, sweat and tears' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckmum6 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 You only live life once, but if you live it right once is enough. Heard it on Cagney and Lacey, but I think it was Mae West? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Life is what happens whilst you are busy making other plans. And I live my life by, don't cry over spilt milk, because what is done is done and it is not worth losing any sleep over it, by all means try to make ammends if that is what is required, but wallowing in self pity just isn't me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rhode Island Red Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you. -Jeremy Clarkson Gravity is a cruel and unpredictable mistress. -Jeremy Clarkson It's all fun and games until the cattle don't have water. -Anon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Life is too short to stuff a mushroom......... Good intentions butter no parsnips....... The curtain of apathy has just been pulled across the window of opportunity........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke and my favourite - I eat my peas with honey I've done it all my life It makes the peas taste funny But it keeps them on the knife. ( Ogden Nash- but WtP or Rabbit said it, I think) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickendoodle Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 A life lived in fear is a life half lived (Anonymous but in Strictly Ballroom ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 My uncle died suddenly a few weeks ago and they read one of his favourite sayings out at his funeral... "Anyone that never made a mistake never made anything" So true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadietoo Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Life is too short to stuff a mushroom......... Good intentions butter no parsnips....... The curtain of apathy has just been pulled across the window of opportunity........ Soapdragon...the first one is I think attributable to Shirley Conran the original Superwoman and I've quoted it forever, the last one sounds like a quote from "I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue"! I like it! My particular favourites are Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good And a couple from Pooh ..... "Promise you'll always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.." A A Milne. " how lucky I am to have somethingthat makes saying goodbye so hard" A A Milne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 The road to hell is paved with good intentions.... I don't actually believe in 'hell' (unless its the middle of a pike block wearing the wrong sized back and breast or in the January sales ) but get the general gist of it!!! The inimitable and rather clever Terry Pratchett mainatains that 'million to one chances happen nine times out out of ten'.......... As for the 'curtain of apathy' quote my ex boss used it frequently (not to me, I might add!! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meezers Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, and expect nothing. No idea where it comes from or who said it, but I must repeat it on a weekly basis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Well, I'd go for the one in my current signature - 'it is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness'. It's a Chinese proverb allegedly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.” ― Will Rogers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 'It will be alright in the end. If it's not alright, then it's not the end' From the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movie... Which I love and Could watch a hundred times. I find it a warm, comforting quote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j00lz_12366 Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 found this somewhere and i couldnt agree more- "Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly", certainly I have never smiled and been as silly as since I've been with my o/h..and I've never been as happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 'It will be alright in the end. If it's not alright, then it's not the end' From the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movie... Which I love and Could watch a hundred times. I find it a warm, comforting quote. My new mantra for life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Marple Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 My favourite (as the boys at school know only too well), is by Edward Young. 'Procrastination is the thief of time.' Closely followed by 'Carpe Diem! Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary.' From the movie Dead Poets' Society. The first quote I now have on a garden wall put there as a moss sculpture by my YS, with a chicken. I have a picture of it that I will upload later when I remember how! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinning Top Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I'm with Sadie about the brilliance of Winnie the Pooh, especially: 'No-body can be uncheered with a balloon' My other current favourite is: 'I was told "Dress for the job you want, not the job you've got". So I'm sitting in a disciplinary hearing wearing my batman costume.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Life is what happens whilst you are busy making other plans.. ....John Lennon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Live every day like it's your last! Greet every morning like it's your first! .......Louise Collins (aka - as me!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 'It will be alright in the end. If it's not alright, then it's not the end' From the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movie... Which I love and Could watch a hundred times. I find it a warm, comforting quote. My new mantra for life I had not seen the film when I posted this. I have just watched it with OH and YD. What an amazing heart warming film, and what a cast. I want to be just like Judy Dench when I grow up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
