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amrik · 10-01-2003, 11:27 PM

my dad told me this when i was just in the sixth grade. i have used it throughout life and it stills brings me strength.

"TOUGH TIMES DONT LAST......BUT TOUGH PEOPLE DO!"

IVE NEVER HEARD TRUER WORDS.

Debbie · 10-02-2003, 04:22 AM

I guess I would have to say one of my all time favorite quotes is,

"When one door closes another one opens."

I always think about this when something doesn't go right and it helps me to deal with things just a little better

Zain · 10-02-2003, 12:57 PM

I like so many, but for today I have two

If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence.

There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton restless.

My use of drugs took me away from my family, because I felt shame and guilt, I hid it from everyone... Until now.

**Pony** · 10-06-2003, 08:54 AM

Well, I'd have to say that I have a couple that I like. The first one is one that I hve lived by most of my life:

"If you love something set it free, If it comes back, it was meant to be!"

That has made me remember not to possesive in my relationships reguarding family or friends. Give them love and then the space they need to grow and be themselves and not be smothed or confined.

And the other:

"The sun always rises, and a new day begins."

This one has become important to me in the last few years as I struggle to change my life and myself . Realizing that if I faulter I can start a new day with a new attitude, and put the past where it belongs.

Paulie · 10-06-2003, 10:54 AM

Practice makes better.

Helps me to remember I don't have to try to be perfect.
And -

Keep coming back, it works if you work it, so work it cause you are WORTH it!

jade · 10-06-2003, 12:57 PM

Gaelic Blessing

May those who love us, love us.
And those that don't love us, may God turn their hearts;
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles
So we'll know them by their limping

Jade's favorite saying

Lilya · 10-11-2003, 07:46 PM

I have more than one:

"Use adversity" -(My favorite motto.)

"Sleep of reason creates monsters" -Goya

"If you have a problem and there *is* a solution, why worry?
If you have a problem and there is *no* solution, why worry?" -Dalai Lama

"To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead."
Bertrand Russell.

"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." - Andy Warhol.

"Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend." -Albert Camus.

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems."- Descartes.

"You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand."
Leonardo da Vinci.

Quote:

Use adversity

Petunia · 10-17-2003, 03:00 PM

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."

Helen Keller

thereids · 11-06-2003, 08:55 PM

Being of Native ancestry, my fav is...

Great Spirit, grant that I not criticize my neighbour until I have walked a mile in his moccassins.

Jenny

smoke gets in my eyes · 11-06-2003, 08:56 PM

When I haven't any blue, I use red.

Pablo Picasso

AvieG · 11-07-2003, 03:39 AM

PONY, you beat me to my own favourite "If you love something set it free, If it comes back, it was meant to be!"

If nothing changes - nothing changes

Whenever I have a problem, I ask myself, 'What would an adult do?'

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Was it worth it?

Worry never takes the sorrow out of tomorrow, it just saps today of its strengh.

If your going to worry, there's no need to pray and if your going to pray, there's no need to worry.

A young alateen guy asked me at a convention years ago, "What were you worrying about this time last week?" When I answered, "I have no idea, I can't remember" He said, "Well, there ya go, then - it wasn't really worth worrying about was it?"

blondfury · 11-08-2003, 02:51 AM

A few of mine are:

How important is it?

Just for today.

If He leads you to it, He will help you through it

Kim

2stop · 11-08-2003, 11:54 AM

I enjoy reading all these quotes! here's one of my all time favorites...

When you find the way
others will find you.
Passing by on the road they will
be drawn to your door.
The way that cannot be heard
will be echoed in your voice.
The way that cannot be seen
will be reflected in your eyes.
~Lao-tzu

True Blue · 11-08-2003, 05:08 PM

You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you might find you get what you need. by Jagger & Richards

True Blue

SeekingHope · 11-12-2003, 09:05 PM

Though the road may seem rocky I keep this in mind

I CAN DO ALL THINGS THRU CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENS ME!

PHIPPIANS 4:13

Debbie · 11-13-2003, 03:10 AM

I am just loving all these quotes. I think I am going to make this a "sticky" and hopefully people will keep adding them. Thank you amrik for starting this thread

Great idea!

bikerprincess · 11-14-2003, 11:01 AM

When children learn that happiness is not found in what they have but in who that person is - They will be blessings to those who know them and worthy models for all the world.

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

kwelling5737 · 11-14-2003, 04:23 PM

No longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from

Kim

11-19-2003, 12:11 AM

"We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full."
Marcel Proust

"Reality is a staircase going neither up nor down; we don't move, today is today, always is today."
Octavio Paz

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -- Thomas Alva Edison

"The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable." --James A. Garfield

Captain Morgan · 11-19-2003, 01:31 AM

"He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." - Jesus Christ (John 8:7)

"For in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." - King Solomon (Ecclesiastes 1:18)

"By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day." - Robert Lee Frost

"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils."
- Hector Berlioz

"A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking." - Arthur Block

"I can resist everything except temptation." - Oscar Wilde

"Experience is that marvellous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again." - Franklin P. Jones

"girl phoned me the other day and said .... Come on over, there's nobody home. I went over. Nobody was home."
- Rodney Dangerfield

"Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it." - Max Frisch

"Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac."
- George Carlin

"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night." - Charlie Brown

jewels04_98 · 11-23-2003, 06:26 PM

i saw this posted on a banner at a church close to my home...

I LOVE IT

If god is your co-pilot: change seats.....

LuPac · 11-28-2003, 01:22 PM

You only get a 1/2 a second to do something you will regret the rest of your life--Kevin Costner in "The War"

Art K · 11-30-2003, 12:32 PM

"Reflect upon you present blessings, of which every man has many--not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens-

angelily · 12-07-2003, 08:08 PM

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that there is something else more important than fear.

angelily · 12-07-2003, 08:10 PM

If you end a sentence with I Know, your mind shuts off.. If you end a sentence with I Understand, then you leave your mind wide open to to hear what you need to hear to stay sober..

10-01-2003, 11:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
amrik Paused Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: r.s.m. ca Posts: 1	my favorite quote. plz add yours my dad told me this when i was just in the sixth grade. i have used it throughout life and it stills brings me strength. "TOUGH TIMES DONT LAST......BUT TOUGH PEOPLE DO!" IVE NEVER HEARD TRUER WORDS.

10-02-2003, 12:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
Zain Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Fresno, Ca. Posts: 19	I like so many, but for today I have two If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence. There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton restless. My use of drugs took me away from my family, because I felt shame and guilt, I hid it from everyone... Until now. __________________ Zain

10-06-2003, 08:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
Pony Forum Leader Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: trail of discovery Posts: 2,389	Well, I'd have to say that I have a couple that I like. The first one is one that I hve lived by most of my life: "If you love something set it free, If it comes back, it was meant to be!" That has made me remember not to possesive in my relationships reguarding family or friends. Give them love and then the space they need to grow and be themselves and not be smothed or confined. And the other: "The sun always rises, and a new day begins." This one has become important to me in the last few years as I struggle to change my life and myself . Realizing that if I faulter I can start a new day with a new attitude, and put the past where it belongs. __________________ "Failure is an EVENT, it is not a person – yesterday really did end last night, and today is your brand new day..." .........unknown The sun always rises, and a new day begins.

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Paulie It is what it is!!! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sobriety Posts: 5,778	Practice makes better. Helps me to remember I don't have to try to be perfect. And - Keep coming back, it works if you work it, so work it cause you are WORTH it! __________________ I know more about how to live than I did yesterday, but not as much as I'll know tomorrow. Today, Ill learn something new~JFT, 1/27/06 The difference between a good day and a bad day, is about 2 days~Ann of SR

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Petunia {tap}{tap}...Is this thing on? Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Getting There Posts: 276	"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." Helen Keller __________________ Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow." Mary Anne Radmacher

10-02-2003, 04:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,015	I guess I would have to say one of my all time favorite quotes is, "When one door closes another one opens." I always think about this when something doesn't go right and it helps me to deal with things just a little better

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jade Paused Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: glendale,az Posts: 1	Gaelic Blessing May those who love us, love us. And those that don't love us, may God turn their hearts; And if He doesn't turn their hearts, May He turn their ankles So we'll know them by their limping Jade's favorite saying

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thereids Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: BC Posts: 9	Being of Native ancestry, my fav is... Great Spirit, grant that I not criticize my neighbour until I have walked a mile in his moccassins. Jenny __________________ RJ

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smoke gets in my eyes Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: That's what I'd like to know. Posts: 2,420	When I haven't any blue, I use red. Pablo Picasso __________________ It is better to have loved and lost than to live with a psycho for the rest of your life. 21st century proverb

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AvieG Paused Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Yorkshire UK Posts: 105	PONY, you beat me to my own favourite "If you love something set it free, If it comes back, it was meant to be!" If nothing changes - nothing changes Whenever I have a problem, I ask myself, 'What would an adult do?' Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. Was it worth it? Worry never takes the sorrow out of tomorrow, it just saps today of its strengh. If your going to worry, there's no need to pray and if your going to pray, there's no need to worry. A young alateen guy asked me at a convention years ago, "What were you worrying about this time last week?" When I answered, "I have no idea, I can't remember" He said, "Well, there ya go, then - it wasn't really worth worrying about was it?"

11-08-2003, 02:51 AM	#12 (permalink)
blondfury Paused Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: McKinney Texas Posts: 1	A few of mine are: How important is it? Just for today. If He leads you to it, He will help you through it Kim

11-08-2003, 11:54 AM	#13 (permalink)
2stop ~Author of My Life~ Join Date: May 2003 Location: Doing what I thought I couldn't.... Posts: 4,669	I enjoy reading all these quotes! here's one of my all time favorites... When you find the way others will find you. Passing by on the road they will be drawn to your door. The way that cannot be heard will be echoed in your voice. The way that cannot be seen will be reflected in your eyes. ~Lao-tzu __________________ Many Hugs and Hope too, Tammie "Think of all the beauty still left around you and BE HAPPY." ~Anne Frank~ "Things do not change, WE change." ~Henry David Thoreau~

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True Blue Pray For Our Troops Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,143	You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you might find you get what you need. by Jagger & Richards True Blue __________________ Hope is the companion of power, and mother of success; for who so hopes strongly has within him the gift of miracles." Samuel Smiles

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SeekingHope Paused Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Louisiana Posts: 4	ALL THINGS Though the road may seem rocky I keep this in mind I CAN DO ALL THINGS THRU CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENS ME! PHIPPIANS 4:13

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Debbie I used to work here ;) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: I live in Trevose, PA & collect Barbies :) Posts: 2,015	I am just loving all these quotes. I think I am going to make this a "sticky" and hopefully people will keep adding them. Thank you amrik for starting this thread Great idea!

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bikerprincess Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 189	When children learn that happiness is not found in what they have but in who that person is - They will be blessings to those who know them and worthy models for all the world. Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

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kwelling5737 They call me Kim Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Pgh, PA. Posts: 78	No longer lend your strength to that which you wish to be free from Kim __________________ The Three "C"'s: Didn't Cause It, Can't Cure It, Can't Control It

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Morning Glory Guest Posts: n/a	"We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full." Marcel Proust "Reality is a staircase going neither up nor down; we don't move, today is today, always is today." Octavio Paz "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -- Thomas Alva Edison "The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable." --James A. Garfield

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Captain Morgan member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Boulevard of Broken Dreams Posts: 284	"He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." - Jesus Christ (John 8:7) "For in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." - King Solomon (Ecclesiastes 1:18) "By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day." - Robert Lee Frost "Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils." - Hector Berlioz "A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking." - Arthur Block "I can resist everything except temptation." - Oscar Wilde "Experience is that marvellous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again." - Franklin P. Jones "girl phoned me the other day and said .... Come on over, there's nobody home. I went over. Nobody was home." - Rodney Dangerfield "Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn't have to experience it." - Max Frisch "Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac." - George Carlin "Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night." - Charlie Brown

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jewels04_98 Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: irving, texas Posts: 11	i love this one.. i saw this posted on a banner at a church close to my home... I LOVE IT If god is your co-pilot: change seats.....

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LuPac Paused Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 6	You only get a 1/2 a second to do something you will regret the rest of your life--Kevin Costner in "The War"

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angelily Paused Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Fayetteville, TN Posts: 29	Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that there is something else more important than fear.

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