What Are Your Favorite Quotations?
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What Are Your Favorite Quotations?
Don't you sometimes feel "stuck" to a problem or a no-win situation and you find yourself very depressed and unable to do anything? It even gets worse when you find nobody to talk to.
Well, I had gone through this a lot. One of the things that helped me is reading these lines every time I feel depressed. They're a part of a novel called" Robinson Crusoe" written by Daniel Defoe. It's a story of a sailor who was desolated in an island alone and with nothing to help him survive. Believe me! It will help you to see the bright side of any problem.
"I had now brought my State of Life to be much easier in it self than it was at first, and much easier to my Mind, as well as to my Body. I frequently sat down to my Meat with Thankfulness, and admir'd the Hand of God's providence, which had thus spread my Table in the Wilderness. I learn'd to look more upon the bright Side of my Condition, and less upon the dark Side; and to consider what I enjoy'd, rather than what I wanted; and this gave me sometimes such secret Comforts, that I cannot express them; and which I take Notice of here, to put those discontented People in Mind of it, who cannot enjoy comfortably what God has given them; because they see, and covet something that he has not given them; All our Discontents about what we want, appear'd to me, to spring from the Want of Thankfulness for what we have."
From "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe
Well, I had gone through this a lot. One of the things that helped me is reading these lines every time I feel depressed. They're a part of a novel called" Robinson Crusoe" written by Daniel Defoe. It's a story of a sailor who was desolated in an island alone and with nothing to help him survive. Believe me! It will help you to see the bright side of any problem.
"I had now brought my State of Life to be much easier in it self than it was at first, and much easier to my Mind, as well as to my Body. I frequently sat down to my Meat with Thankfulness, and admir'd the Hand of God's providence, which had thus spread my Table in the Wilderness. I learn'd to look more upon the bright Side of my Condition, and less upon the dark Side; and to consider what I enjoy'd, rather than what I wanted; and this gave me sometimes such secret Comforts, that I cannot express them; and which I take Notice of here, to put those discontented People in Mind of it, who cannot enjoy comfortably what God has given them; because they see, and covet something that he has not given them; All our Discontents about what we want, appear'd to me, to spring from the Want of Thankfulness for what we have."
From "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe
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Chet Baker wrote:"If I lose my freedom, I would rather die."
This is my famous quotation and also my dream.
There is a quote on the vehicle plate from the state of New Hampshire says "Live free or Die". It's my famous quote too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Free_or_Die
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Thank you Vince90. Unfortunately, how many people can live free? If you are an office clerk, you have to stay in office for more than 10 hours a day, you may have 1.5 days off if you are lunck. :? "Free" is too expensive for someone who don't have money to support themseleve and their family.vince90 wrote:Chet Baker wrote:"If I lose my freedom, I would rather die."
This is my famous quotation and also my dream.
There is a quote on the vehicle plate from the state of New Hampshire says "Live free or Die". It's my famous quote too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Free_or_Die
At least you are free to choice to be an office clerk and work for the company you like. There are many people in this world don’t even have a basic human right. You’re lucky buddy. :DChet Baker wrote:Thank you Vince90. Unfortunately, how many people can live free? If you are an office clerk, you have to stay in office for more than 10 hours a day, you may have 1.5 days off if you are lunck. :? "Free" is too expensive for someone who don't have money to support themseleve and their family.vince90 wrote:Chet Baker wrote:"If I lose my freedom, I would rather die."
This is my famous quotation and also my dream.
There is a quote on the vehicle plate from the state of New Hampshire says "Live free or Die". It's my famous quote too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Free_or_Die
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Yes Vince90, there are many people still living in the living hell, they may suffer from war or personal health condition. let's pray.vince90 wrote:At least you are free to choice to be an office clerk and work for the company you like. There are many people in this world don’t even have a basic human right. You’re lucky buddy. :DChet Baker wrote:Thank you Vince90. Unfortunately, how many people can live free? If you are an office clerk, you have to stay in office for more than 10 hours a day, you may have 1.5 days off if you are lunck. :? "Free" is too expensive for someone who don't have money to support themseleve and their family.vince90 wrote:
There is a quote on the vehicle plate from the state of New Hampshire says "Live free or Die". It's my famous quote too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Free_or_Die

Best of all he loved the fall
The leaves yellow on the cottonwoods
Leaves floating on the trout streams
And above the hills
The high blue windless skies
Now he will be a part of them forever
Ernest Hemingway - Idaho - 1939
This may not be my favorite quote but this author besides is one of the best riders ever born his history was full of turbulent episodes...
"Many of his works are now considered canonical in American literature"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway
The leaves yellow on the cottonwoods
Leaves floating on the trout streams
And above the hills
The high blue windless skies
Now he will be a part of them forever
Ernest Hemingway - Idaho - 1939
This may not be my favorite quote but this author besides is one of the best riders ever born his history was full of turbulent episodes...
"Many of his works are now considered canonical in American literature"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway
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13 aphorisms about life
1.I don’t love you for who you are, but for that who I am when Im with you..
2.No person in the world deserves ur tears &but who deserves, will never make you cry..
3.Only for the reason that someone doesn’t love u as u want,doest mean that he doesn’t love u by all his heart..
4.The worst way of missing someone is to be with him & to realize that he will never be yours..
5.Never stop smiling,even if u you are sad,coz someone will fall in love with ur smile..
6.A real friend is who will hold your hand & feel your heart..
7.Maybe in this world you are merely a person,but for someone you are the whole world…
8.Dont waste ur time on the person who doesn’t srive to spend it with you..
9.Dont cry that all have passed,but smile that it happened..
10.Always there exist people who hurt u…You must continue trusting people,but be a little bit careful..
11.Become better & u urself first understand who u r ,untill u meet a new one & hope that he will understand u..
12.Dont make so much efforts, all the best happens suddenly..
13.Maybe God wants us to meet not that person until we meet that sole person,in order we should be grateful,when we meet him..
p.s.my favourite ones!
13 aphorisms about life
1.I don’t love you for who you are, but for that who I am when Im with you..
2.No person in the world deserves ur tears &but who deserves, will never make you cry..
3.Only for the reason that someone doesn’t love u as u want,doest mean that he doesn’t love u by all his heart..
4.The worst way of missing someone is to be with him & to realize that he will never be yours..
5.Never stop smiling,even if u you are sad,coz someone will fall in love with ur smile..
6.A real friend is who will hold your hand & feel your heart..
7.Maybe in this world you are merely a person,but for someone you are the whole world…
8.Dont waste ur time on the person who doesn’t srive to spend it with you..
9.Dont cry that all have passed,but smile that it happened..
10.Always there exist people who hurt u…You must continue trusting people,but be a little bit careful..
11.Become better & u urself first understand who u r ,untill u meet a new one & hope that he will understand u..
12.Dont make so much efforts, all the best happens suddenly..
13.Maybe God wants us to meet not that person until we meet that sole person,in order we should be grateful,when we meet him..
p.s.my favourite ones!
"Here I am. Not there. Not where I used to be or where I will be someday or where I wish I were. But here. In this place. Amid this specific circumstances. Here I am. Not as I was yesterday, or as I will be tomorrow or as I wish I were. But as I am. In this condition, this shape. With this particular thoughts and feelings.
Here I am, GOD."
This was shared to me. And I love it. I'm sharing this to all.
This has touched the very core of my heart and has given me a meaningfull life.
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10 things GOD won't ask on doomsday:
1...GOD won't ask what kind of car u drove,HE'll ask how many people u drove who didn't have transportation.
2...GOD won't ask the square footage of ur house,HE'll ask how many people u welcomed into ur house.
3...GOD won't ask about the clothes u had in ur closet,HE'll ask how many u helped to clothe.
4...GOD won't ask what ur highest salary was,HE'll ask if u compromised ur character to obtain it.
5...GOD won't ask what ur job title was,HE'll ask if u perfomed ur job to the best of ur ability.
6...GOD won't ask how many friends u had,HE'll ask how many people to whom u were a friend.
7...GOD won't ask in what neighbourhood u lived,HE'll ask how u treated ur neighbours.
8...GOD won't ask about the color of ur skin,HE'll ask about the content of ur character.
9...GOD won't ask why it took u so long to seek Salvation,HE'll lovingly take u to ur mansion in the Heaven,and not to the gates of Hell.
10...GOD won't ask how many people u forwarded this to,HE already knows ur decision.
1...GOD won't ask what kind of car u drove,HE'll ask how many people u drove who didn't have transportation.
2...GOD won't ask the square footage of ur house,HE'll ask how many people u welcomed into ur house.
3...GOD won't ask about the clothes u had in ur closet,HE'll ask how many u helped to clothe.
4...GOD won't ask what ur highest salary was,HE'll ask if u compromised ur character to obtain it.
5...GOD won't ask what ur job title was,HE'll ask if u perfomed ur job to the best of ur ability.
6...GOD won't ask how many friends u had,HE'll ask how many people to whom u were a friend.
7...GOD won't ask in what neighbourhood u lived,HE'll ask how u treated ur neighbours.
8...GOD won't ask about the color of ur skin,HE'll ask about the content of ur character.
9...GOD won't ask why it took u so long to seek Salvation,HE'll lovingly take u to ur mansion in the Heaven,and not to the gates of Hell.
10...GOD won't ask how many people u forwarded this to,HE already knows ur decision.
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"What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so."
"Hamlet" by William Shakespeare
"Hamlet" by William Shakespeare
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I love a quotation from Hamlet. I will look for it.illusion wrote:"What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so."
"Hamlet" by William Shakespeare
EDIT: Can't find it! Anyway it's the one that starts with Gertrude saying something like: "Hamlet, you have thy father much offended"...
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Dixie wrote:I love a quotation from Hamlet. I will look for it.illusion wrote:"What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! how infinite in faculties! in form and moving, how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension, how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? Man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so."
"Hamlet" by William Shakespeare
Once upon a time, there was a nice curious uncle. He wanted to know about Hamlet. Then he bought a DVD entitled "Hamlet". It contained 3 compact discs. Then he watched the movie. He almost cried in the middle of the movie. Not because of the story but .... he needed more than 4 hours to watch it through. Finally he just watched the first 20 minutes, then 20 minutes in the middle, and 10 minutes at the end.
After that he put the DVD under his cupboard in the hope that he would never find it.
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OH my dog! Please read the book.bambang wrote: Once upon a time, there was a nice curious uncle. He wanted to know about Hamlet. Then he bought a DVD entitled "Hamlet". It contained 3 compact discs. Then he watched the movie. He almost cried in the middle of the movie. Not because of the story but .... he needed more than 4 hours to watch it through. Finally he just watched the first 20 minutes, then 20 minutes in the middle, and 10 minutes at the end.
After that he put the DVD under his cupboard in the hope that he would never find it.
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Found it!
Act 3, Scene 4
HAMLET
Now, mother, what's the matter?
QUEEN GERTRUDE
Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended.
HAMLET
Mother, you have my father much offended.
QUEEN GERTRUDE
Come, come, you answer with an idle tongue.
HAMLET
Go, go, you question with a wicked tongue.
I just loved this part. Note that when Gertrude says "thy father" she means Claudius, and when Hamlet says "my father" he means his real father.
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Act 3, Scene 4
HAMLET
Now, mother, what's the matter?
QUEEN GERTRUDE
Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended.
HAMLET
Mother, you have my father much offended.
QUEEN GERTRUDE
Come, come, you answer with an idle tongue.
HAMLET
Go, go, you question with a wicked tongue.
I just loved this part. Note that when Gertrude says "thy father" she means Claudius, and when Hamlet says "my father" he means his real father.
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Dixie wrote:OH my dog! Please read the book.bambang wrote: Once upon a time, there was a nice curious uncle. He wanted to know about Hamlet. Then he bought a DVD entitled "Hamlet". It contained 3 compact discs. Then he watched the movie. He almost cried in the middle of the movie. Not because of the story but .... he needed more than 4 hours to watch it through. Finally he just watched the first 20 minutes, then 20 minutes in the middle, and 10 minutes at the end.
After that he put the DVD under his cupboard in the hope that he would never find it.
I don't even like dogs.
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Dixie wrote:Found it!
Act 3, Scene 4
HAMLET
Now, mother, what's the matter?
QUEEN GERTRUDE
Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended.
HAMLET
Mother, you have my father much offended.
QUEEN GERTRUDE
Come, come, you answer with an idle tongue.
HAMLET
Go, go, you question with a wicked tongue.
I just loved this part. Note that when Gertrude says "thy father" she means Claudius, and when Hamlet says "my father" he means his real father.
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yeah, I know what you mean. I've read Hamlet more than 10 times. I nearly know it by heart in English. It's the best tragedy that Shakespeare has ever created...I am so in love with Hamlet, his intelligence and wicked sense of humour. He was a very sensitive character and I couldn't stop crying when I read the scene of his death... "the rest is silence"
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bambang wrote:Dixie wrote:How about books? ;)bambang wrote:
I don't even like dogs.
C'mon Dixie. I don't like books on dogs.
It's not Shakespeare's era any more.
It's Steven Spielberg's and Steven Hawking's.
For Shame! Shakespeare's era was, is and will be forever because the truths contained in his works are immortal and despite the huge amount of time that has passed since he wrote, the things he wrote about and emotions he exposed are simply timeless!
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about ...Sheakspeare.
Hello :)
During his lifetime he was a successful author/actor in times where theatre was extremely popular. Many reasons of it.
Then he was forgotten for long, long times as far as I know.
Finally his compatriots found him to have someone who could beat all what ancient Rome has left till today.
Doth Brits have always been sure they happened to be the best people in the world.
Well... did they really beat all ancient big poets with one Sheakspeare?
But... but... they did the best business on his plays. That is rather no doubt to me. Rome's poets performances must have been not half as expensive as Sheakspeare's have always been! :(
LM
I would like to suggest one thing. My nickname is what it is but I would never ever tried to ...overestimate meaining of Sheakspeare in the world of biggest world's literature.For Shame! Shakespeare's era was, is and will be forever because the truths contained in his works are immortal and despite the huge amount of time that has passed since he wrote, the things he wrote about and emotions he exposed are simply timeless!
During his lifetime he was a successful author/actor in times where theatre was extremely popular. Many reasons of it.
Then he was forgotten for long, long times as far as I know.
Finally his compatriots found him to have someone who could beat all what ancient Rome has left till today.
Doth Brits have always been sure they happened to be the best people in the world.
Well... did they really beat all ancient big poets with one Sheakspeare?

But... but... they did the best business on his plays. That is rather no doubt to me. Rome's poets performances must have been not half as expensive as Sheakspeare's have always been! :(
LM
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Re: about ...Sheakspeare.
LadyMacbeth wrote:Hello :)
I would like to suggest one thing. My nickname is what it is but I would never ever tried to ...overestimate meaining of Sheakspeare in the world of biggest world's literature.For Shame! Shakespeare's era was, is and will be forever because the truths contained in his works are immortal and despite the huge amount of time that has passed since he wrote, the things he wrote about and emotions he exposed are simply timeless!
During his lifetime he was a successful author/actor in times where theatre was extremely popular. Many reasons of it.
Then he was forgotten for long, long times as far as I know.
Finally his compatriots found him to have someone who could beat all what ancient Rome has left till today.
Doth Brits have always been sure they happened to be the best people in the world.
Well... did they really beat all ancient big poets with one Sheakspeare?
But... but... they did the best business on his plays. That is rather no doubt to me. Rome's poets performances must have been not half as expensive as Sheakspeare's have always been! :(
LM
oh yeah, why did you ever choose that nickname? Do you want to follow your nickname's character's path?
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hello illusion :)
Hello all Sheakespeare's fans :)
Well... I would never ever tell anyone from Warsaw what should be done! Never ever indeed!!!
But what I like much more than my own gory personality are - for example - nice, fresh and sound Celtic poems...
I would rather cite them than my own words here or there (still not a single word about my deeds )! :ups:
So one of my favourite cites if anyone cares... :)
A Celtic Blessing
May the road rise up
To meet you.
May the wind be always
At your back.
May the sun shine warm
upon your face.
May the rain fall soft
upon your field,
And until we meet again.
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
A Celtic Prayer
Deep peace of the
running waves to you.
Deep peace of the
flowing air to you.
Deep peace of the
quiet earth to you.
Deep peace of the
shining stars to you.
Deep peace of the
Son of Peace to you.
LM
Well... I would never ever tell anyone from Warsaw what should be done! Never ever indeed!!!
But what I like much more than my own gory personality are - for example - nice, fresh and sound Celtic poems...
I would rather cite them than my own words here or there (still not a single word about my deeds )! :ups:
So one of my favourite cites if anyone cares... :)
A Celtic Blessing
May the road rise up
To meet you.
May the wind be always
At your back.
May the sun shine warm
upon your face.
May the rain fall soft
upon your field,
And until we meet again.
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
A Celtic Prayer
Deep peace of the
running waves to you.
Deep peace of the
flowing air to you.
Deep peace of the
quiet earth to you.
Deep peace of the
shining stars to you.
Deep peace of the
Son of Peace to you.
LM
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I didn't mean to let the Shakespeare's fans down. However, let's analyse one of his "spectacular" work of art namely Romeo and Juliet.
At the end of the drama, we could see that finally the couple commit suicide in the name of love.
What kind of lesson can you give to the next generations? Commiting suicide is the best solution?
I would say that it's stupid instead of dramatic and touching ending.
Today's generation thinks that loving the opposite sex is everything. Life will be empty without that love. In some extent it's correct. But it's not totally correct.
Why not watch or read movies or books which can encourage us to face this life optimistically.
This is good advice:
DARE TO LIVE
instead of
LET'S DIE.
Ohhh... more advice:
Watch FEAR FACTOR or SURVIVAL. You'll be more realistic and optimistic in facing this beautiful life.
At the end of the drama, we could see that finally the couple commit suicide in the name of love.
What kind of lesson can you give to the next generations? Commiting suicide is the best solution?
I would say that it's stupid instead of dramatic and touching ending.
Today's generation thinks that loving the opposite sex is everything. Life will be empty without that love. In some extent it's correct. But it's not totally correct.
Why not watch or read movies or books which can encourage us to face this life optimistically.
This is good advice:
DARE TO LIVE
instead of
LET'S DIE.
Ohhh... more advice:
Watch FEAR FACTOR or SURVIVAL. You'll be more realistic and optimistic in facing this beautiful life.
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Since I have read "David Copperfield" I can consider an attitude of "humble" as mean, disgusting, cunning slimy Uriah Heep only... it is more a negative characteristic of a person for me nowbambang wrote:krisi wrote:Proverb:
"A great man is always willing to be little."
by: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Yes, be a humble person.
but I love krisi's posted quote
Re: What Are Your Favorite Quotations?
[quote="Miss. Ladybird"]Don't you sometimes feel "stuck" to a problem or a no-win situation and you find yourself very depressed and unable to do anything? It even gets worse when you find nobody to talk to.
Well, I had gone through this a lot. One of the things that helped me is reading these lines every time I feel depressed. They're a part of a novel called" Robinson Crusoe" written by Daniel Defoe. It's a story of a sailor who was desolated in an island alone and with nothing to help him survive. Believe me! It will help you to see the bright side of any problem.
[b][i] "I had now brought my State of Life to be much easier in it self than it was at first, and much easier to my Mind, as well as to my Body. I frequently sat down to my Meat with Thankfulness, and admir'd the Hand of God's providence, which had thus spread my Table in the Wilderness. I learn'd to look more upon the bright Side of my Condition, and less upon the dark Side; and to consider what I enjoy'd, rather than what I wanted; and this gave me sometimes such secret Comforts, that I cannot express them; and which I take Notice of here, to put those discontented People in Mind of it, who cannot enjoy comfortably what God has given them; because they see, and covet something that he has not given them; All our Discontents about what we want, appear'd to me, to spring from the Want of Thankfulness for what we have." [/i] [/b]
From "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe[/quote]
I like this quote too. It teaches us to be thankful for what we have rather than to covet others' possessions. Looking to the bright side of anything is definitely good. It is our human nature though to keep looking for more and more. If someone just got an old car instead of his bicycle, this person would be really happy. But then, he'll want a newer car. If someone got an average salary, then later he would want a bigger one and so forth. Unless we reach this resolution of being thankful, this 'want' process could be indefinite.
Well, I had gone through this a lot. One of the things that helped me is reading these lines every time I feel depressed. They're a part of a novel called" Robinson Crusoe" written by Daniel Defoe. It's a story of a sailor who was desolated in an island alone and with nothing to help him survive. Believe me! It will help you to see the bright side of any problem.
[b][i] "I had now brought my State of Life to be much easier in it self than it was at first, and much easier to my Mind, as well as to my Body. I frequently sat down to my Meat with Thankfulness, and admir'd the Hand of God's providence, which had thus spread my Table in the Wilderness. I learn'd to look more upon the bright Side of my Condition, and less upon the dark Side; and to consider what I enjoy'd, rather than what I wanted; and this gave me sometimes such secret Comforts, that I cannot express them; and which I take Notice of here, to put those discontented People in Mind of it, who cannot enjoy comfortably what God has given them; because they see, and covet something that he has not given them; All our Discontents about what we want, appear'd to me, to spring from the Want of Thankfulness for what we have." [/i] [/b]
From "Robinson Crusoe" by Daniel Defoe[/quote]
I like this quote too. It teaches us to be thankful for what we have rather than to covet others' possessions. Looking to the bright side of anything is definitely good. It is our human nature though to keep looking for more and more. If someone just got an old car instead of his bicycle, this person would be really happy. But then, he'll want a newer car. If someone got an average salary, then later he would want a bigger one and so forth. Unless we reach this resolution of being thankful, this 'want' process could be indefinite.
SMILE
Keep SMILING . It makes everyone wonder what you've been up to.
Progress is nothing but the victory of SMILE over anger.
Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of hero and the SMILE of a conqueror.
SMILE is a slight curve which can set all things straight.
What's the use of worrying?
It never was worthwhile,
So, pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,
and SMILE, SMILE, SMILE....
Progress is nothing but the victory of SMILE over anger.
Meet everybody and every circumstance on the battlefield of life with the courage of hero and the SMILE of a conqueror.
SMILE is a slight curve which can set all things straight.
What's the use of worrying?
It never was worthwhile,
So, pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag,
and SMILE, SMILE, SMILE....
Re: What Are Your Favorite Quotations?
"I cried because I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet."
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How creepy! I read this sentence this morning, somewhere, and now at the end of the day!krisi wrote:"I cried because I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet."

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I like this.krisi wrote:"I cried because I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet."
We're all friends, right?
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Thanks, Uncle Bambang... ( This really struck a vibrating chord in my heart.)bambang wrote:I like this.krisi wrote:"I cried because I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet."
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I know the feelings, Miss. Ladybird... (I really cried when I had no shoes!Miss. Ladybird wrote:How creepy! I read this sentence this morning, somewhere, and now at the end of the day!krisi wrote:"I cried because I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet."


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Re: What Are Your Favorite Quotations?
hi! i was having a lot of probleme and i was very sad
but when i have been remebering this quote i feel so happy
after any distress there is an affluence
allah
but when i have been remebering this quote i feel so happy
after any distress there is an affluence
allah
Re: What Are Your Favorite Quotations?
My two most favorite quots are:
"Life is not measured by the breath you take but rather by the moments that take your breath away" un-known
&
"What gose around comes around"

"Life is not measured by the breath you take but rather by the moments that take your breath away" un-known
&
"What gose around comes around"

Re: What Are Your Favorite Quotations?
Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.
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"Most of the good that is done in this world is the direct result of somebody's sensitivity."
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If you were given a lemon, make a lemonade. :P
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“Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.”
a very optimistic view to death
a very optimistic view to death

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Who said that?WALID wrote:“Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.”
a very optimistic view to death
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Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.
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"There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so."
-Shakespeare-
-Shakespeare-
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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
-Abigail Adams-
-Abigail Adams-
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"Carry on, no matter what happens.
Hide your private sorrows under a smile and carry on."
Hide your private sorrows under a smile and carry on."
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Quotation confesses inferiority.
=Ralph Waldo Emerson=
Stop quoting me!
=Jimmy Henderson=
What's the use of a good quotation if you can't change it!
=Robert Holmes=
Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.
=Samuel palmer=
Don't ever quote me!
=Uncle B.=
=Ralph Waldo Emerson=
Stop quoting me!
=Jimmy Henderson=
What's the use of a good quotation if you can't change it!
=Robert Holmes=
Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.
=Samuel palmer=
Don't ever quote me!
=Uncle B.=
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Proverb:
If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well.
If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing well.
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Proverb
Many friends, many problems
Many friends, many problems
As you sew, so shall you reap
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I like this. Who told you that?Sunnypk wrote:Proverb
Many friends, many problems
We're all friends, right?
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I don't agree with that..Bambang wrote:I like this. Who told you that?Sunnypk wrote:Proverb
Many friends, many problems
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Because you have only few friends. :PXkalibur wrote:I don't agree with that..Bambang wrote:I like this. Who told you that?Sunnypk wrote:Proverb
Many friends, many problems
We're all friends, right?
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Taking things apart is the result of knowledge; wisdom is putting them back together again.
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I like this Ohad. That includes the unclean thoughts right?ohad wrote:"The entire purpose of our existence is to overcome our negative habits."
- Rabbi Eliyahu ben Shlomo Zalman (Vilna Gaon)
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"Ultra poss nemo obligatur"
"No one can be obliged beyond one's opportunities"
"No one can be obliged beyond one's opportunities"
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in Spanish is "La vida sin música sería un error".
In English " Life without music would be a mistake"
8) I don't remember who said it,eventhough I love it.
In English " Life without music would be a mistake"
8) I don't remember who said it,eventhough I love it.
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"There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle."
-Albert Einstein-
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle."
-Albert Einstein-
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Tennyson:
"It is better to have loved and lost than never to have losed at all."
"It is better to have loved and lost than never to have losed at all."
As you sew, so shall you reap
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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-
Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel
that you, too, can become great.
-Mark Twain-
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"We can do no great things, only small things with great love."
-Mother Teresa-
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Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.
-Abigail Adams-
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"We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing."
-Mother Teresa-
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"Most of the good that is done in this world is the direct result of somebody's sensitivity."
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"I wish none of this had happened."
"So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
British scholar & author(1892 - 1973)
"So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
British scholar & author(1892 - 1973)
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"I long to accomplish great and noble tasks,
but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble."
-Helen Keller-
but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble."
-Helen Keller-
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Re: What Are Your Favorite Quotations?
What do you do when the only person who can make you stop crying is the person who made you cry
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Be Fair In Your All Dealings, People Will Be Okey With You Automatically
As you sew, so shall you reap
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"Be nice to people, then they'll be nice to you".
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"We are all pencils in the hand of God."
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