What's Your favorite Quote?

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First of all, Happy New Year! 2009 is going to be amazing!

I LOVE Inspirational quotes...I collect them. Here are a couple of my favorites that I read everyday:

"A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
- John Shedd

"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it." - W. Somerset Maugham

"Whatever you are, be a good one." - Abraham Lincoln

What's your fav?
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  • Profile picture of the author Gene Pimentel
    - Never play leapfrog with a unicorn (sorry, couldn't resist)

    - Yesterday is a cancelled check, Tomorrow is a promissory note, Today is the only cash you have. Spend it wisely.
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    • Profile picture of the author Lloyd Buchinski
      Originally Posted by Gene Pimentel View Post

      Yesterday is a cancelled check, Tomorrow is a promissory note, Today is the only cash you have. Spend it wisely.
      I do like that one.

      There are a few that are significant to me. "Remember this -- very little is needed to make a happy life." Marcus Aurelius

      When I was just about 10 or 12 I read that when you are asleep, it doesn't matter much what kind of room it is in. I would certainly prefer clean and comfortable, but the quality or expense of the interior design, decorations, furniture etc don't make the slightest bit of difference. That still seems powerful to me (hundreds of internet years later).

      And how about this one for something to think about. "Maybe when you die you come before a big bearded man on a big throne and you say 'Is this heaven?' And he says 'Heaven? You just came from there'." Kirk Douglas

      I have a quotes page on my simple sig site. I have been collecting them for years and when I first got online it seemed like that was what the net was for. The Kirk Douglas one above is the first one and the whole page does have a perspective.
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      • Profile picture of the author Shannon Herod
        "I'm not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed. And the number of times I succeed, is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep trying." -Tom Hopkins



        I live by the quote above. I recite it almost daily.

        Regards,

        Shannon Herod
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    My favorite quote as of late is: "I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me"
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    "Don't let someone's opinion of you become your reality"

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    Never take a road trip with a kid that just learned to whistle!
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    • Profile picture of the author Mark Kaye
      Originally Posted by Mmfh View Post

      Never take a road trip with a kid that just learned to whistle!
      Just drove from Florida to DC. Stopped at a Cracker Barrel and bought my 2 year old a Kazoo....thought it would be fun...it wasn't.
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    Originally Posted by Mark Kaye View Post

    First of all, Happy New Year! 2009 is going to be amazing!

    I LOVE Inspirational quotes...I collect them. Here are a couple of my favorites that I read everyday:

    "A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
    - John Shedd

    "It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it." - W. Somerset Maugham

    "Whatever you are, be a good one." - Abraham Lincoln

    What's your fav?
    Hi Mark,

    Welcome to the WF. There's a Mind Warriors Section in the forum which is just apt for these inspirational quotes discussion (in fact, a couple of similar threads are already running there).

    Regards,
    Kumar
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    Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.

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    Be better, not bitter
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      "When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
      And the road you're traveling seems all uphill;
      When funds are low and debts are high,
      And you want to laugh but have to sigh;
      When cares are pressing you down a bit,
      Rest if you must - But "damn it" don't you quit!"
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    "Integrity is doing the right thing...even when nobody is watching."
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    Every day I check the obituaries. If I don't see my name there, then I know it's going to be a good day!
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    With focused attention and clear intention, my power to manifest is unlimited. (Unknown)
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    Originally Posted by Richard Odell View Post

    Slartibartfast: Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I think that the chances of finding out what's actually going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say is, "Hang the sense of it and keep yourself busy". I'd much rather be happy than right any day.

    Douglas Adams - The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

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    • Profile picture of the author jmidas
      If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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      "I like a man who grins when he fights."

      - Winston Churchill
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    • Profile picture of the author Hamida Harland
      "Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed." Prov 16 v 3

      "I can do everything through him who gives me strength." Phil 4 v 13

      "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." W. Clement Stone
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        "You cannot do all things perfectly. But you can work to perfect the things you can do." - Bruce Lee
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        • Profile picture of the author myob
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    I like this little whimsical quote:

    "Eat more cheese; it's the food that binds us."
    ~ D. Young
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  • Profile picture of the author oneempowered
    I just found a new favorite:

    "We can't let fear hold us back. Everything we really want is just on the other side of fear."
    ~Farrah Gray (self-made millionaire at 14)
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    " Beyond a wholesome discipline,
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    1 Cor 13:4-8
    Love is patient,
    love is kind.
    It does not envy,
    it does not boast,
    it is not proud.
    It is not rude,
    it is not self-seeking,
    it is not easily angered,
    it keeps no record of wrongs.
    Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
    It always protects,
    always trusts,
    always hopes,
    always perseveres.
    Love never fails.


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    this is my favorite verses in the Bible and it really inspires me. I believe that there is no such person as loveless because Love always exist.
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    • Profile picture of the author Michelle Adams
      When I was quite young and new in my career my manager and I were walking and talking, he was teaching me something or other....I started to lag behind in terms of keeping up with his walking pace...he stopped and turned to me and said:

      "Don't walk behind me I might not lead. Don't walk in front of me I might not follow. Walk beside me and be my friend."

      I loved it and I'll never forget it. Not sure who originally said this but to me it's the quote from the boss that cared.
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    Warren Buffet :" Be greedy when others are fearful and fearful when others are greedy"
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  • "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." (Matthew 24:35).

    This is one of my favorite verse in the Bible.
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