Inspirational phrases or quotes

[DarkSkies]

This thing with Gary Hull, Rick Wright, the hurricanes and the suffering I am seeing, sometimes is a downer. Sadness is a part of life. We must go on, but its hard.

So who here has some inspirational stuff that they use to forge ahead when things get ugly, or you think about putting your head in the oven?

I remember early in my recovery, I learned this Sanscrit proverb:


"Yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope."


Kinda gives me hope to focus on when things are at their most desperate.

[DarkSkies]

Heres some other cool ones I found:



No dreamer is ever too small; no dream is ever too big

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, this time more wisely


To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

[dogfish]

Serenity prayer:

[bababooey]

This is good to say when confronted by the arrogance of some people. Found somewhere else.

"The only true impediment to attaining knowledge is thinking you know everything."
Bene Gesserit

[surferman]

"It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves."

Francois De La Rochefoucauld



A wise man learns by the mistakes of others,
a fool by his own.

Latin Proverb

[seamonkey]

Our life's a stage, a comedy: either learn to play and take it lightly, or bear its troubles patiently.

[DarkSkies]

"Being loved deeply by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Lao Tzu

[captnemo]

It is always darkest before the dawn.

[bababooey]

You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844 - 1900)

[dogfish]

Irish blessing:

May the best of your past be the worst of your future...







"A double blind date is like a Wrigley's commercial for losers"

[CharlieTuna]

You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.Friedrich Nietzsche
German philosopher (1844 - 1900)

I like this, the corollary could be that there is no progress in your life without pain.

[surferman]

Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.

[paco33]

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

from Edward Fitzgerald's translation of the poem The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, 1859.





Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime.
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.

(From "A Psalm of Life," 1839, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 - 1882)

[clamchucker]

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny. ~Carl Schurz, address, Faneuil Hall, Boston, 1859

[bababooey]

Tis far better to have loved and and lost, thank to never have loved at all.

[Pebbles]

Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.

[finchaser]

He who pee's into the wind gets wet

[williehookem]

He who pee's into the wind gets wet

[speedy]

He who pee's into the wind gets wet

WTG FIN

[plugcrazy]

He who pee's into the wind gets wet

Man that is funny right there!