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

Neelie

It may already have been mentioned, but I couldn't see the following:-
I not only love you for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you (or something like that) by author Elizabeth Barrett Browning

HistorianChick

I thought that was a line from the poem by Roy Croft... but I could be mistaken...

Recognized it, because it is the definition of love to me...

Love

I love you
Not only for what you are,
But for what I am
When I am with you.

I love you,
Not only for what
You have made of yourself,
But for what
You are making of me.

I love you
For the part of me
That you bring out;

I love you
For putting your hand
Into my heaped-up heart
And passing over
All the foolish, weak things
That you can't help
Dimly seeing there,

And for drawing out
Into the light
All the beautiful belongings
That no one else had looked
Quite far enough to find

I love you because you
Are helping me to make
Of the lumber of my life
Not a tavern
But a temple.

Out of the works
Of my every day
Not a reproach
But a song.

I love you
Because you have done
More than any creed
Could have done
To make me good.
And more than any fate
Could have done
To make me happy.

You have done it
Without a touch,
Without a word,
Without a sign.

You have done it
By being yourself.
Perhaps that is what
Being a friend means,
After all.

by Roy Croft

Clough

"The be-all and end-all of life should not be to get rich, but to enrich the world."

– Bertie Charles Forbes

HistorianChick

It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity. I bet this kind of thing does not happen to heroin addicts. I bet that when serious heroin addicts go to purchase their heroin, they do not tolerate waiting in line while some dilettante in front of them orders a hazelnut smack-a-cino with cinnamon sprinkles. ~Dave Barry

friend4u178

Sorry I just had to post this here

.............as Obi Wan Kanobi says on this day every year.

"May the 4th be with you"

Clough

Thanks for the laugh, friend! I broke out in laughter immediately when I read that! Really needed it right now!

Clough

I really like a lot of the older pop and rock tunes. One song that I started to listen to again recently, is by Dan Folgelberg who passed away not all that long ago. It's the song "Leader of the Band." It is about his father who was a high school band director at a school that is not too far away from my home in the state where I live.

Among the other fine lyrics in that song, a couple that really stand out for me are the following:

"A quiet man of music
Denied a simpler fate..."

(Found at, http://www.lyricsfreak.com/d/dan+fogelberg/leader+of+the+band_20035787.html )

The above quote speaks volumes to me in it's profundity and truth!

If you know how hard it is for any one to make it in the music industry and/or to teach music in some way in schools or privately, I'm sure that you know exactly where I'm coming from with those few words speaking volumes!

friend4u178

Comments on this post
Clough agrees: HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA....!!!! Now, that was good!!!!

Had to spread the rep clough but thanks , its good we can all give each other a laugh once in a while

Clough

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. ~ Victor Borge

I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. ~ Woody Allen

jrebel7