Hello all! I've been abundantly blessed by my virtual coffee chats with so many of you in this wonderful forum on Books and Literature! (The Relationship forum is fun too, but this is where inspiration comes from... "the stuff dreams are made of" )

Anyways... We all have favorite quotes, quotes that have touched a chord in our hearts and minds, quotes that have influenced our decisions, inspired us to go that extra mile, give us courage to face the day, and shown us what real living is like.

Lets share these divine inspirations with our little world here - on this little posting. I'll start with one of my all-time favorites....

Being a star-gazer myself and being the proud owner of a tempestuous personal history, this is one of my favorites - it reminds me that no matter what is swirling around me at a given time, I can get through it.

"The most tempestuous wind cannot disturb the quiet of the stars."

Literary wishes and Shakespearean dreams,
HistorianChick

CaptainRich

Here's one from an old guy I've recently read about:
"How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied." ~ Herodotus (440-420 ? BC)

CaptainRich

Regina Brett quotes ~ about growing old (she's 90 years old now) :


Life isn't fair, but it's still good

Your job won't take care of you when you're sick. Your friends and family will. Stay in touch!

It's OK to get angry with God once in a while. He can take it.

Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their hourney is all about.

Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

It's never to late to have a happy childhood. Surely, the second one is up to you and no one else.

Burn the candles, use the nice sheets and wear the fancy lingerie. Every day is special. Including today.

What other people think of you is none of your business.

Time heals almost everything. Give things time.

However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

Don't take yourself too seriously. No one else does.

Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

Your children get only one childhood.

Lilfe isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

CaptainRich

Where's everybody been?!?!
Am I now actually talking to myself.....

Another recent one I really like:

"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." ~Thomas Jefferson

Catsmine

Thou art God - Stranger in a Strange Land

startover22

"Pink eye=hell"
that is all I can think about so....thats all I can give right now

startover22

AND.....you are never alone Captain, I like yer quote!

HistorianChick

Home is where my heart abides, where my story began, where my history lies. It is not a structure, nor a location, but in the souls of my family. It is a charmed place, a lovely ideal, a safe haven. It holds the keys to my personality, the definition of who I am, and the reason for why I smile. I owe my life to those that make up my home; for without them, I would be less of me.
~A HistorianChick Original~

CaptainRich

"Without men, civilization would only last until the oil needed changing."
~~ Fred Reed On Everything

Catsmine

Gun control means using both hands -- Ted Nugent

firmbeliever

We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance. ~Marcel Proust