Minis On The Edge Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Have you ever heard an saying that just inspired you to do something you would not have done had you not heard it? What was it? How did following those words make you feel? I read a sentence in a book that gave me a push that I needed while I was doubting myself. The Sentence was: "If you have a dream, go after it. Life is too short for cowards". Well since reading that, I have jumped on the band wagon with my husband about an idea he has. I have also been reinspired to do a project that has been sitting waiting for me. What about you? Do you have any words that inspired you to stop something that was reckless or start something challenging? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just One More Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 My Grandmother from Ireland told me years ago when I was five or so, "Idle hands are the Devil's workshop." I think I've kept busy ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAK Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 "Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today!" I live by this...life is much to short, things can happen in and instant and change your life forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 When I'm feeling down,I think of the saying "Stressed is just Desserts spelled backwards"It seems to boost my spirits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southern girl Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Make new friends, but keep the old One is silver, the other is gold. I like this one. southern girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uppitycats Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 "Nothing would be done at all if a person waited until she could do it SO well that no one would find fault with it!" And then there is the quote from Joseph Campbell, which I've carried around in my wallet for years and years: "If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 I learned this poem by Edgar Guest when I was in grade school and live by it. It Couldn't Be Done Somebody said that it couldn't be done, But he with a chuckle replied That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin on his face. If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it. Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you'll never do that; At least no one ever has done it"; But he took off his coat and he took off his hat, And the first thing we knew he'd begun it. With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin, Without any doubting or quiddit, He started to sing as he tackled the thing That couldn't be done, and he did it. There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done, There are thousands to prophesy failure; There are thousands to point out to you one by one, The dangers that wait to assail you. But just buckle in with a bit of a grin, Just take off your coat and go to it; Just start to sing as you tackle the thing That "cannot be done," and you'll do it. Deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missymew Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Christian Missionary and Martyr, Jim Elliott "He is no fool who gives what he canot keep to gain what he cannot lose." My mother "don't cut off your nose to spite your face". -Susanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATBIDLACK Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 "Life is a hard teacher, it gives the test first and the lesson afterward." It made me always look for the lesson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPCullen Posted July 8, 2008 Share Posted July 8, 2008 Life can be so good, if you only let it. Happiness is a choice, love is also a choice. Don't let others dictate your behavior. And my favorite from my mother, be careful what you ask for--you may get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcmorrison Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 I've always loved this one ever since I heard it about 13 years ago...Courage is not the absence of fear. It is going on in spite of it. And here's another one. This one was such a help to me after 1st hubby and I split...the one where there was domestic violence in the relationship all the time. There are worse things than being alone. Thanks to friend Danny for that one. Even though we haven't talked in almost 4 years, I still consider him a friend and will never forget him. Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elicia Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Oh my gosh, Deb.....my daughter learned the very same poem in grade school and was and still is forever reciting it.....small world.... Elicia a-glueing and a pickin' in South Carolina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 Growing old ain't for sissies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what2craftnow Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 "Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself" - I don't think you can ever go wrong on that one. I may not always follow it, but it certainly has always followed me..just something that was ingrained from a very early age and still seems to ring true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what2craftnow Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 oops, sorry, supposed to be motivtional words....hmmm... then it would have to be... SNAP OUT OF IT!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcmorrison Posted July 17, 2008 Share Posted July 17, 2008 I'm going to add a couple of more...Don't sweat the small stuff. I don't mean minis there. LOL And one I learned from my sister...It's a low wall, get over it. Meaning that I was letting something bother me that shouldn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 When I was a little girl my mother would always say, "The cream always rises to the top." But I didn't know what on earth she was talking about! I figured it out after I was twenty-one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlejeannie Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Never judge anyone by the mistakes they make their behavior afterwards is much more important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnieEP Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 "Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value." ~Albert Einstein "You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do." ~Henry Ford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chellebelle Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I live this one every day! I have M.S., M.S. doesn't have me! Montel Williams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnieEP Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. ~Confucious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneck princess Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Not sure if this a true quote, but something I've always believed..."People make mistakes, it's if you learn from the mistakes that's important." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 My newest teeshirt: 4 out of 5 voices in my head say GO FOR IT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneck princess Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 My newest teeshirt: 4 out of 5 voices in my head say GO FOR IT! Holly, I love it! I'm going to have to find one of those t-shirts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 The letters have almost worn completely off the one that says "I do what the voices in my head tell me to do" and I've looked vainly for one that says "You're just jealous because the voices only talk to ME". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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