inspirational sayings and thoughts

[almaty 19]

just a few thoughtful sayings that are positive in nature...or at least makes one think...

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living;

the world owes you nothing; it was here first."

Mark Twain

You can complain because roses have thorns,

or you can rejoice because thorns have roses."

Ziggy

I had no shoes and complained, until I met a man who had no feet."

Indian Proverb

"To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world."

Author Unknown

The optimist sees opportunity in every danger; the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity."

Winston Churchill

A strong positive attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug."

Patricia Neal

[Nessa 23]

[Yodrak 7]

"All the water in the world cannot sink the smallest boat if it doesn't get inside."

"There is only one person in the world who can control your feelings, and that is you yourself."

Some inspirational speaker whose name I can't remember (and he probably stole them from an inspirational speaker who came before him).

Yodrak

just a few thoughtful sayings that are positive in nature...or at least makes one think...

[almaty 19]

excellent

[Emancipation 2]

Going out to another in love means risk - the risks of self-disclosure, rejection, misunderstanding. It means grief, too, from the temporary separations, psychological or physical, to the final separation of death. Whoever insists on personal security and safety as the nonnegotiable conditions of life will not be willing to pay love's price or find love's enrichments. Whoever shuts himself or herself up in the cocoon of self-protective defenses, keeping others always at a safe distance and holding on tightly to personal possessions and privacy, will find the price of love far too high and will remain forever a prisoner of fear.

John Powell

[almaty 19]

very nice....thanks sis./..

[Krikit 1,164]

Going out to another in love means risk - the risks of self-disclosure, rejection, misunderstanding. It means grief, too, from the temporary separations, psychological or physical, to the final separation of death. Whoever insists on personal security and safety as the nonnegotiable conditions of life will not be willing to pay love's price or find love's enrichments. Whoever shuts himself or herself up in the cocoon of self-protective defenses, keeping others always at a safe distance and holding on tightly to personal possessions and privacy, will find the price of love far too high and will remain forever a prisoner of fear.

John Powell

Interesting quote, Emancipation. I was terrified of falling in love and remarrying because of the possibility of my husband pre-deceasing me and having to live through that devastating grief. (I've been through that situation before.)

All actions carry risks, including adherence to the "nonnegotiable conditions" for "personal security and safety". Those, to me, speak of someone who has chosen to withdraw from life rather than live life. If I'd remained "a prisoner of fear" I would never have known the comparable highs that balance the lows.

On the ironic side.... I was terrified of NOT marrying him and having to live through that devastating grief, too. I love life. There's just so much humour to it.

[Emancipation 2]

Interesting quote, Emancipation. I was terrified of falling in love and remarrying because of the possibility of my husband pre-deceasing me and having to live through that devastating grief. (I've been through that situation before.)

All actions carry risks, including adherence to the "nonnegotiable conditions" for "personal security and safety". Those, to me, speak of someone who has chosen to withdraw from life rather than live life. If I'd remained "a prisoner of fear" I would never have known the comparable highs that balance the lows.

On the ironic side.... I was terrified of NOT marrying him and having to live through that devastating grief, too. I love life. There's just so much humour to it.

Well spoken my friend!! This is the quote that helped me take my Visa journey.. although I hadn't lost a marraige to death, I lost one to divorce and abuse, and it took me years to get over it and allow myself to take that risk again.. I think I learned that only in being open can I truly live, only in allowing myself to be vunerable and take some risk in love can I truly find it. Those moments when I feel most close to B. is when I am brutally open and transparent with him. It's risky, scary but ultimately worth every bit of risk.

[TracyLuis 0]

"A strong positive attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug."

Patricia Neal

I'd have to say that really depends on which drug...

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Hop you don't mind, brother Dean if I quote from Steven Wright...

"Half the people you know are below average."

"For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism."

"If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried."

and from an unknown author...

"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards."

[almaty 19]

Steven Wright... is a man of wisdom and very funny..thanks brother stevie

[almaty 19]

bump....

come on ....let's put some postive sayings in here

[Krikit 1,164]

Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

- Thomas A. Edison

[almaty 19]

thanks...

[almaty 19]

Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own."

Chinese Proverb

"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character."

Albert Einstein