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Share an inspirational quote

AGrace — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 04:23:30 GMT

Hi All,

Just wanted to share a quote with you that someone shared with me a little while ago. It's certainly helped me see brighter days at times.

You are a person

You are not only your pain

You are not only scars and wounds;

You are also better things.

You are possibility and promise,

Hope and healing and daydreams.

You are favourite books and favourite songs.

You are the people you love, and the people who love you.

You are HOPE and CHANGE

and things worth fighting for.

This is your story

And your story isn't over.

(Jamie Tworkowski)

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Jo3 — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:35:32 GMT

Hi AGrace

Thanks for sharing this quote with us.

It is a beautiful quote.

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Magichope — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 04:15:15 GMT

new here and thisis one of the first things I have read. Thank you for sharing! Magichope.

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AGrace — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 07:15:58 GMT

Hi Magichope,

Welcome to the forums. I was just about to add a couple of new quotes and saw your post. It's great to have you with us.

"Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world, today I am wise so I am changing myself."

"S/he decided to start living the life s/he imagined."

My sister sent these (as cards to frame) over from London, sorry I don't know who the authors are, but thought I'd share them all the same:)

AGrace

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white knight — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 09:49:00 GMT

Love these quotes AGrace.

My fav of all time is from Winston Churchill when in parliament.

Woman member yells "if you were my husband I'd poison you"

Churchill "and if you were my wife I'd gladly drink it"

Another one that I've used myself on one occasion "I am not in this world to live up to your expectations"

"Depression is the disease of the intelligent"

and some of mine

"draw a love heart and some will focus on an inkspot"

"communication doesnt occur in the vicinity of one way signs"

"Beware the expert....that became so upon reading one book"

"polishing a poisoned apple will never make it shine"

"only when one partner leaves does the dice of the game lie idle"

"If you want me to carry you then learn to collapse"

"Fatherhood....my ex wife cannot erase it, my children cannot ever deny it and I will never ever abandon it"

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Jo3 — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:33:33 GMT

Hi WK

Great inspirational quotes

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AGrace — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 05:24:18 GMT

Rather than a quote today, I thought I'd share this little philosophy that I read a couple of weeks ago.

Do you have a problem?

No - Then don't worry

Yes

Can you fix it?

No - Then don't worry

Yes - Then don't worry

It kind of proves that there's not too much that's really worth worrying over:)

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AGrace — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 06:56:44 GMT

HOPE is the little voice you hear whisper "maybe" when the entire world seems to be shouting "no".

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AGrace — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 08:30:35 GMT

Hi All,

Just realised it's been a couple of weeks since I shared something inspiring. In this time we've welcomed a lot of new comers so I thought it might be nice for them to read an inspirational quote, or even look back over some of the one's we've already shared.

Of course I also welcome those of you who are new to the forums to add to our list.

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall" (Confucius)

AGrace

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AGrace — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 22:09:20 GMT

...When life knocks you down, roll over and look at the stars...

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Doolhof — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 00:56:21 GMT

Hi All,

I have always been a little bemused by the question: Is the glass half full or is it half empty?"

I know it represents how we look at life, in a positive view or a negative.

I like to think it doesn't matter if it is half full or half empty, just drink what is in it and fill it up again!

It is a bit like those questions we used to have in maths class. If John is 6, Richard is 12, then how old is Tom? I used to write "Who cares?" Not quite the answer the teacher was after! Ha. Ha.

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AGrace — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 23:34:23 GMT

"Who will tell whether one happy moment of love, or the joy of breathing, or walking on a bright morning smelling fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies?"

Erich Fromm

“Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.”

Unknown

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geoff — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 00:07:30 GMT

dear Amber, I'm sure that there will be plenty more quotes, but I heard this on the radio while driving this morning and it's by Simon and Garfunkel and they sing this:

Silence like a cancer grows

Hear my words that I might teach you

But my words like a silent raindrop fell

And echoed in the walls of silence

as I believe it was WK who raised this earlier before, and the same happened with my ex, 'silence is like a cancer' and I have to admit that it is something which tormented me and if I can say also WK. L Geoff. x

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Doolhof — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:42:59 GMT

Happiness is not the absence of problems;

But the ability to deal with them.

Author unknown

Tears may linger at nightfall,

But joy comes in the morning.

Psalm 126.5

May we all look forward to a brighter tomorrow!

From Dools.

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Daisyv33 — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:15:51 GMT

I made this one up and some people said that this was a pretty good one too:

"Depression and loneliness are the obstacles blocking the path to happiness"

(This is just a meaning) You can't go THROUGH all the pain to get pass the obstacle, you have to go OVER it.

Well, that's my quote!

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AGrace — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 08:19:57 GMT

Thanks Daisyv33, I love the one you made up yourself...Quite the Philosopher!

Ok, so I have a few today that I've come across over the past week.

"If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results"

"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something, and I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do"

"Sometimes when I say I'm ok, I want someone to look me in the eyes, hug me and say 'I know you're not'"

Hope you all have a great weekend, whatever you are inspired to do.

AGrace

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AGrace — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 02:02:02 GMT

Ok, so I just saw this quote and though it was both insightful and motivational.

"Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it."

So I guess in hindsight it's best to focus our attention to how we react to aspects/events in life, rather than what's actually happening.

Wishing you all a touch of Inspiration today.

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AGrace — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 06:01:06 GMT

Ok, so today's quote I have modified from the words of Mother Theresa...

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

Life is beauty, admire it.

Life is a dream, realise it.

Life is a game, play it.

Life is a promise, fulfil it.

Life is a song, sing it.

Life is an adventure, dare it.

Life is luck, make it.

Life is life, fight for it.

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AGrace — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 23:24:50 GMT

Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things it will come and sit comfortably on your shoulder.

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HA1 — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 08:58:37 GMT

"You are not your mind"