Do you have a favorite poem or quote, or line?

Sassylassie

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Hello out there, I like collecting poems and quotes does anyone have a poem, quote or favorite line they'd like to share?


Here is one of my favorites, author unknown.

You can do it!

You can do what ever you think you can but you will never acomplish more for if you are afraid of yourself young man there is nothing for you in store.

For failure comes from inside first it's there if you only knew it and you can win though you face the worst if you feel that you can do it.

I learned this poem in high school and I can still recite it from memory 20 years later, not bad for an old broad.
 

Alberta'sfinest

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RE: Do you have a favorit

It is the sign of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle
 

Kreskin

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Too many people miss the silver lining because they're expecting Gold - Maurice Setter
 

#juan

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My Madonna

I haled me a woman from the street,
Shameless, but, oh, so fair!
I bade her sit in the model's seat
And I painted her sitting there.

I hid all trace of her heart unclean;
I painted a babe at her breast;
I painted her as she might have been
If the Worst had been the Best.

She laughed at my picture and went away.
Then came, with a knowing nod,
A connoisseur, and I heard him say;
"'Tis Mary, the Mother of God."

So I painted a halo round her hair,
And I sold her and took my fee,
And she hangs in the church of Saint Hillaire,
Where you and all may see.
 

glossprincess

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I like.....

Shoot for the moon, even if you fail, you'll still end up among the stars.

And I think this is really pretty.....

Je t'aime aujourd'hui plus que hier mais moins que demain.
 

Nuggler

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:? Jees Sassie, nope I don't. Ifn I did, I sure tell ya.

I have a few I hate, such as: When life hand you lemons, make lemonade.

I would really take a 2x4 to the idiot who first thought of that.

Also, "just say no"

Lots of nice poems, and quotes, but if one tries to live one's life reciting a mantra such as "when the going gets tough......etc", well, that's pretty one dimensional. Could lead to delusionary thinking.
(delusionary???, word?)

My fave poem:

Roses is red
Violets is blue
Uggs got a thing
For Sassielassie too.................. :oops: d'oh :!:

Well I gotta go practise my yoga. Last night I got my legs wrapped around my head. Tonight I try to unwrap them.

:lol:
 

Johnny Utah

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"One day you'll know what love truely is....... It's the sour and the sweet and I know the sour, which allows me to appreciate the sweet."
 

Canadian with a hyphen

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Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

What I cannot love, I overlook...

Women are not always equal in the eyes of happiness

If you want an accounting of your worth, Count your friends.


The future has several names. For the weak, it is '' Impossible''.For the fainthearted, it is the ''Unknown". For the thoughtful and valiant, It is the ''Ideal".


Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends. :love8:
 

selfactivated

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The Dalai Lama

There are no dualities, there is nothing outside ourselves. We are all One. Our connection to each other is reflective of our connection with Spirit. There is no beginning, there is no end. It is ever-present and eternal. We are not alone in this life, ever. We are bound together, to learn and grow and help one another. It is our purpose, it is our privilege.