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

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"You'll find that empty vessels make the most sound. " - Johnny Rotten
"It's a dull man that can spell a word but one way" - me
“Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.” - Winston Churchill

 

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"We judge others by their behavior.
We judge ourselves by our intentions."
-- Ian Percy

 

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"Live well. It is the greatest revenge."
-- The Talmud

 

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“Live the present moment.” It sounds so simple, doesn't it? Yet we seem to have a very difficult time doing that, indeed! Right now, right where you are, focus on this moment, and this moment alone. Experience the wholeness of it, the completeness of it. When we are in present moment awareness, we are not worried, we are not stressed - we simple ARE.

-Lissa Coffey

 

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The Innocent and the Beautiful have no enemy but Time. --------Yeats

 

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I drink to your health when I am with you,
I drink to your health when I'm alone,
I drink to your health so often,
I'm begining to worry about my own.

 

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"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and
refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy,
not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babies and sages, with open heart;
to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions,
hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow
up through the common--this is my symphony." -- William Henry Channing

 

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"The dew of compassion is a tear."
-- Lord Byron

 

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"Resentment is like taking poison
and waiting for the other person to die."
-- Malachy McCourt

 

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"Helped are those who create anything at all,
for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception
and realize a partnership in the creation of the Universe
that keeps them responsible and cheerful."
-- Alice Walker

 

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Forgiveness
"When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others,
I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life,
reminding me that I can only have peace of mind
when I forgive rather than judge."
-- Gerald Jampolsky

 

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“Faith makes the discords of the present the harmonies of the future.”

-Robert Collyer (1823-1912)

Just as we have faith that the sun is behind the clouds on a rainy day, we can have faith that whatever problems seems to be presenting themselves at the moment will be resolved. And they will. When we don't know what to do - we can always have faith.

-Lissa Coffey

 

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"I will permit no man
to narrow and degrade my soul
by making me hate him."
-- Booker T. Washington

 

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My favourite quote of all is the one I use in my signature, but I often reread the one below when I feel despondent about the issues I'm trying to raise to the public consciousness.

I am only one,
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something.
And because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do
The something that I can do.

--Edward Everett Hale

 

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Naci-Sey,

I love that one! Thanks fer sharing it!

re: the little train lolll - my kids and I often quote that when we're faced with an obstacle... kind of an inside joke with us ....

 

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My favourite quote of all is the one I use in my signature, but I often reread the one below when I feel despondent about the issues I'm trying to raise to the public consciousness.

I am only one,
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something.
And because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do
The something that I can do.

--Edward Everett Hale[/quote Quite Perfect I Like the Part......"I AM One"

 

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Here's a few that feel relevent to me lately....


There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go.
Robert Frost



The world is ruled by letting things take their course. It cannot be ruled by interfering.
Lao Tsu



Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love?
Leo Buscaglia



Stand up and walk out of your history.
Phil McGraw

 

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"Sweep first before your own door
before you sweep the doorsteps of your neighbors."
-- Swedish Proverb

Mistakes
"We should be lenient in our judgment,
because often the mistakes of others would have been ours
had we had the opportunity to make them."
-- Dr. Alsaker

Forgiveness
"When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others,
I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life,
reminding me that I can only have peace of mind
when I forgive rather than judge."
-- Gerald Jampolsky

Acceptance
"A major advantage of age is
learning to accept people without passing judgment."
-- Liz Carpenter


You've Just GOT to check out this sight VERY enlightning

http://www.hobogirl.com/quotes/HGQ-Judging.htm

 

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"Compassion is not quantitative.
Certainly it is true that
behind every human being who cries out for help
there may be a million or more equally entitled to attention.
But this is the poorest of all reasons
for not helping the person whose cries you hear.
Where, then does one begin or stop? How to choose?
How to determine which one of a million sounds surrounding you
is more deserving than the rest?
Do not concern yourself in such speculations.
You will never know, you will never need to know.
Reach out and take hold of the one who happens to be nearest.
If you are never able to help or save another,
at least you will have saved one.
To help put meaning into a single life
may not produce universal regeneration,
but it happens to represent
the basic form of energy in a society.
It is also the test of individual responsibility."
-- Norman Cousins

 

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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.
Maya Angelou



A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed.
Alexander Chase