Looking for a fitting quote...
Then the bird said 'Nevermore'
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Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
- John 8:32
“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart... Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” -Carl Jung
“Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” -
Ralph Blum
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage.” - Lao Tzu
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” - Sir John Lubbock
“The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.” - Charles Du Bos
"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us.” -Joseph Campbell
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the things you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain
“There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.” - unknown
“Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.” - Dr. Dale Turner
- John 8:32
“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart... Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” -Carl Jung
“Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” -
Ralph Blum
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage.” - Lao Tzu
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” - Sir John Lubbock
“The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.” - Charles Du Bos
"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us.” -Joseph Campbell
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the things you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain
“There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.” - unknown
“Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.” - Dr. Dale Turner
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Or, if you are feeling like a killing machine, got plenty of those!
Kinda feeling like that right now wicked!
Janet threw a great scripture my way not too long ago that I loved. I thought I'd saved it but can't find it. This is gonna be on my LIVING ROOM wall, so I want it to be meaningful to all who enter. Thanks guys.
Kinda feeling like that right now wicked!
Janet threw a great scripture my way not too long ago that I loved. I thought I'd saved it but can't find it. This is gonna be on my LIVING ROOM wall, so I want it to be meaningful to all who enter. Thanks guys.
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Live posted one of my favorite Helen Keller quotes and here are a couple more:
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
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I have a document of 18 pages of quotes that resonated with me over the past few years. As I ran across them, I always added them to my list. My goal was to start hand-painting them in a room in my house (a goal I have not accomplished!). I can't seem to stop finding quote after quote for you Callie. Here are some that I think might be short enough and perhaps meaningful to you, or at least to others reading this thread!
Sorry for the long list...it was hard to stop
“Your vision will become clear when you look into your heart… He who looks outside, dreams. He who looks inside, awakens.” ~Carl Jung
Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
You can either run from it, or learn from it. -Lion King
Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. –
-George Bernard Shaw
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. – Kahil Gibran
Doing is never enough if I neglect being.
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.--Henry David Thoreau
The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
Maya Angelou
"The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn."
--- David Russell"
"Forgiveness is the best revenge....."
Replace your fears with faith.
And then let go.
Life is the only treasure.
We are the custodians of it, it is our sacred trust.
Life is wondrous, awesome and holy, a burning glory
and its price is simply this: Courage….We must be brave enough to love.
"Experience is that thing you get right after you need it."
"Experience is the hardest teacher. It gives the test first and then the lesson."
Growing Old Is Natural .... Growing Up Is Spiritual
There are no great deeds; only small deeds done with great love. ~Mother Theresa
“You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.”
- Alan Alda
“As you go the way of life, you will see a great chasm. Jump. It is not as wide as you think.”
-Joseph Campbell
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
-Picasso
“Broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.”
“Turn compassion around and embrace yourself.”
“The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations” - Julie Cameron
Hope is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops... at all.
~Emily Dickinson
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.
~Mother Teresa
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
~Soren Kierkegaard
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
~Victor Frankl
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
~e.e. cummings
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone. ~Johann von Goethe
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Max Ehrmann
The strong give up and move on. The weak give up and stay.
-Hall and Oates
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
- Kahlil Gibran
What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the rest of the world calls butterfly. - Richard Bach
“One day in retrospect the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful”
- Sigmund Freud
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
-E.M. Forster
Sorry for the long list...it was hard to stop
“Your vision will become clear when you look into your heart… He who looks outside, dreams. He who looks inside, awakens.” ~Carl Jung
Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
You can either run from it, or learn from it. -Lion King
Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous.
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. –
-George Bernard Shaw
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. – Kahil Gibran
Doing is never enough if I neglect being.
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.--Henry David Thoreau
The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
Maya Angelou
"The hardest thing in life to learn is which bridge to cross and which bridge to burn."
--- David Russell"
"Forgiveness is the best revenge....."
Replace your fears with faith.
And then let go.
Life is the only treasure.
We are the custodians of it, it is our sacred trust.
Life is wondrous, awesome and holy, a burning glory
and its price is simply this: Courage….We must be brave enough to love.
"Experience is that thing you get right after you need it."
"Experience is the hardest teacher. It gives the test first and then the lesson."
Growing Old Is Natural .... Growing Up Is Spiritual
There are no great deeds; only small deeds done with great love. ~Mother Theresa
“You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.”
- Alan Alda
“As you go the way of life, you will see a great chasm. Jump. It is not as wide as you think.”
-Joseph Campbell
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
-Picasso
“Broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.”
“Turn compassion around and embrace yourself.”
“The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations” - Julie Cameron
Hope is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops... at all.
~Emily Dickinson
I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.
~Mother Teresa
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.
~Soren Kierkegaard
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
~Victor Frankl
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
~e.e. cummings
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone. ~Johann von Goethe
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Max Ehrmann
The strong give up and move on. The weak give up and stay.
-Hall and Oates
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
- Kahlil Gibran
What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the rest of the world calls butterfly. - Richard Bach
“One day in retrospect the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful”
- Sigmund Freud
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
-E.M. Forster
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I personally like the serenity prayer. Growing up, it was all over my house as my father was a recovering alcoholic. My brothers and sister and i would roll our eyes at it and joke about it all of the time....making up new verses etc. About 3 years ago, I was having the toughest day. Crying, awfulizing...you name every bad codie trick in the book, I was doing it. Somebody here asked me if I tried saying it. I thought back to my treatment of it as a child...and thought, nah...this won't work. About an hour later...with things looking bleak, I thought what the heck...let me try. I felt immediate peace.
p.s. laughing my head off at the suggestions...reminds me of why I love this place! You guys are the best!
p.s. laughing my head off at the suggestions...reminds me of why I love this place! You guys are the best!
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"Let go or be dragged" is a good one!
I found this one on an AA site:
"Remember: It's ok to look back but don't stare."
What about something from the 23rd Psalm? That always helps me when I'm stressed.
"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want."
or the words from "Amazing Grace." "Amazing grace how sweet the sound."
I found this one on an AA site:
"Remember: It's ok to look back but don't stare."
What about something from the 23rd Psalm? That always helps me when I'm stressed.
"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want."
or the words from "Amazing Grace." "Amazing grace how sweet the sound."
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I've always been fond of that thar Latin-ese type o' talking - makes people think that I am purty smart...
Well, smart enough at least to look things up on the Internet! Anyhow, here are some quotes I found for you that you might like.
Nec aspera terrent - And they fear not hardship
faber est quisque fortunae suae - every man is architect of his own fortune
ipsa scientia potestas est - Knowledge itself is power
nil desperandum - Never despair
perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim - Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you.
per aspera ad astra - Through difficulties to the stars!
candor dat viribus alas - Sincerity gives wings to strength
possunt quia posse videntur -They can because they seem to be able to
(they can do it because they think they can do it - the power of positive thinking)
dum vita est spes est - While there's life, there's hope
amor vincit omnia - Love conquers all
Well, smart enough at least to look things up on the Internet!
Anyhow, here are some quotes I found for you that you might like.Nec aspera terrent - And they fear not hardship
faber est quisque fortunae suae - every man is architect of his own fortune
ipsa scientia potestas est - Knowledge itself is power
nil desperandum - Never despair
perfer et obdura; dolor hic tibi proderit olim - Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you.
per aspera ad astra - Through difficulties to the stars!
candor dat viribus alas - Sincerity gives wings to strength
possunt quia posse videntur -They can because they seem to be able to
(they can do it because they think they can do it - the power of positive thinking)
dum vita est spes est - While there's life, there's hope
amor vincit omnia - Love conquers all
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Originally Posted by summer017 
Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
- John 8:32
“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart... Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” -Carl Jung
“Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” -
Ralph Blum
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage.” - Lao Tzu
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” - Sir John Lubbock
“The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.” - Charles Du Bos
"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us.” -Joseph Campbell
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the things you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain
“There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.” - unknown
“Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.” - Dr. Dale Turner
- John 8:32
“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart... Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” -Carl Jung
“Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.” -
Ralph Blum
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage.” - Lao Tzu
“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.” - Sir John Lubbock
“The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.” - Charles Du Bos
"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the life that is waiting for us.” -Joseph Campbell
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the things you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain
“There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen.” - unknown
“Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.” - Dr. Dale Turner
Thanks and God bless us all,
Coyote
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