"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, they make them" George Bernard Shaw
"Youth is wasted on the young"- George Bernard Shaw
"A fool and his money will soon part" - Chinese proverb
"A government who robs Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul"- George Bernard Shaw
i love all of these but my favourite is a native american proverb
We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.
I think it is very profound and I try to keep the idea in my head whenever I am too lazy to walk to the recycling bin or washing line to hang up clothes.
I was watching our little guy sleep tonight and thinking there must be a quote out there about looking into the face of a sleeping child - so pure and peaceful ... I'm sure someone said it better!
Alright - ain't no way the Abraham Lincoln I know said that second quote. LOL There's either another Abe, or you're just checking to see if we're paying attention. heee!!
"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space."
Johnny Cash
Do you have a favorite quote you wish to share? Here's one I like today!
"If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking."
Zen Proverb
And another one...
"I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it."
Charles M. Schulz
Anyone have a quote to share?
I love to save inspiring quotes and these are both great Susan.
Here's one of my favs.....
To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.
---- Fred Rogers
Those who don't believe in magic will never find it
- Ronald Dahl
Found on Pinterest
I'm loving the Holstee Manifesto right now.
"You do not have a soul.
You are a soul, you have a body"
All time favorite. And I have yet to find the author - but whoever they are is my hero.
"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, they make them" George Bernard Shaw
@sillypea - I believe that quote is by C.S. Lewis - it's one of my favorites.
i like this one, although it's not very uplifting haha. but it seems too true for me at times.
"...if people were rain, I was a drizzle and she was a hurricane"
from "Looking for Alaska" by John Green. You should read that book:)
Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
Eleanor Roosevelt
"Youth is wasted on the young"- George Bernard Shaw
"A fool and his money will soon part" - Chinese proverb
"A government who robs Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul"- George Bernard Shaw
i love all of these but my favourite is a native american proverb
We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.
I think it is very profound and I try to keep the idea in my head whenever I am too lazy to walk to the recycling bin or washing line to hang up clothes.
here's my favorite quote! :)
longtime favorite quote: We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. - Dolly Parton
Wow! I am lovin all these quotes! Keep 'em coming!
That love is all there is, Is all we know of love. Emily Dickinson
Oh Trisha - I needed that. I might have to put it on my wall.
beth ann, i'm glad you like it!! :) that quote really helped me a lot!
I was watching our little guy sleep tonight and thinking there must be a quote out there about looking into the face of a sleeping child - so pure and peaceful ... I'm sure someone said it better!
I still love, "there is nothing to fear but fear itself"....Franklin D Roosevelt
Here's two I have posted in my classroom:
1. "If you're going through hell, keep going." WInston Churchill
2. “The trouble with quotes on the internet is that it’s difficult to discern whether or not they are genuine.”
Abraham Lincoln
Alright - ain't no way the Abraham Lincoln I know said that second quote. LOL There's either another Abe, or you're just checking to see if we're paying attention. heee!!
I came across this one today that I liked-
"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space."
Johnny Cash