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Quotes that have influenced your life
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" :) )
Anyway... 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 |
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Originally Posted by LisaB4657
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Quotes and sayings that I have come to reflect on, be inspired by, love to hear and fall short of, from time to time.
"I'm Sorry" "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power" Abraham Lincoln "Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing" Abraham Lincoln "Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in" Andrew Jackson "You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want" Zig Ziglar "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great" Mark Twain "I made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it short" Blaise Pascal "It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them" Ralph Waldo Emerson "Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast" Marlene Dietrich "Without forgiveness life is governed by an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation" Roberto Assagioli "We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears" Francois duc de la Rochefoucauld "Don't be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world" Lesson from Colin Powell "Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard. Learn from the pros, observe them, seek them out as mentors and partners. But remember that even the pros may have leveled out in terms of their learning and skills. Sometimes even the pros can become complacent and lazy. Leadership does not emerge from blind obedience to anyone. Xerox's Barry Rand was right on target when he warned his people that if you have a yes-man working for you, one of you is redundant. Good leadership encourages everyone's evolution." Lesson from Colin Powell "Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it. Too often, change is stifled by people who cling to familiar turfs and job descriptions. One reason that even large organizations wither is that managers won't challenge old, comfortable ways of doing things. But real leaders understand that, nowadays, every one of our jobs is becoming obsolete. The proper response is to obsolete our activities before someone else does. Effective leaders create a climate where people's worth is determined by their willingness to learn new skills and grab new responsibilities, thus perpetually reinventing their jobs. The most important question in performance evaluation becomes not, "How well did you perform your job since the last time we met?" but, "How much did you change it?" Lesson from Colin Powell Just to share a few... |
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These are some I have passed along to my grandchildren, I don't know the origins:
Charity begins at home, with a smile and a kind word. Be open, Be kind, Be careful and take your time. May your words be sweet today for tomorrow you may have to eat them. May you always have a song in your heart and harmony in your life. A stitch in time saves nine. Merry meet; merry part Smile and the world smiles with you; weep and you weep alone. Forgive, as you would hope for forgiveness Righty tite-y; Lefty loosy.(opens and closes everything) Try to stay closes to your family, especially grandmas. |
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This is not a quote but I read this at probably once, twice a week. This is something I think we all need as a gently reminder every so often. For me that... every so often... is once a week (short term memory, maybe? )
Enjoy... To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it's the realization that I don't control another. To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences. To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands. To let go is not to try to change or blame another, I can only change myself. To let go is not to care for, but to care about. To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive. To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being. To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own outcomes. To let go is not to be protective, it is to permit another to face reality. To let go is not to deny but to accept. To let go is not to nag, scold, or argue, but to search out my own shortcomings and to correct them. To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires but to take each day as it comes and to cherish the moment. To let go is not to criticize and regulate anyone but to try to become what I dream I can be To let go is not to regret the past but to grow and live for the future. To let go is to fear less and love more. Author Unknown |
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