Wisdom for Daily Living

aquarius · FemaleFirst Guru Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 10428

we've all come across them, the thought provoking, inspirational, motivational statements, some of us even use them in our signatures! This is the thread to pass them on to others...like 'thought of the day' so to speak...I'll start:

Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience. - To realise that it's just an inconvenience, that it's not a catastrophe, but just an unpleasantness, is part of coming into your own, part of waking up.

BeachBall · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:38 am Post subject:

Know the difference between being involved in something, and being committed to it. Think of a plate of ham and eggs - the chicken's merely involved, whereas the pig's committed.

witchy · Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:24 pm Post subject:

take no S*** and give out no S***

ZiaAries · Posted: Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject:

Something is only kinky... the first time you do it. Wink

jinjin · FemaleFirst Guru Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 85315

No woman is required to build the world by destroying herself.

ZiaAries · Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 12:04 pm Post subject:

"I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong." - Leo Rosten

AND

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."
- Confucius

aquarius · FemaleFirst Guru Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 10428

Success is not a destination - Remember, success is a journey, not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

ZiaAries · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:57 am Post subject:

"Beauty is truth, and truth is beauty" - John Keats

boingo · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:41 am Post subject:

What is done to a child, they will do to society.
-Karl Menninger

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they never failed to imitate them.
-James Baldwin

ZiaAries · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:01 am Post subject:

"Speak when you're angry, and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret." - Lawrence J Peter

jinjin · FemaleFirst Guru Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 85315

"A single conversation across a table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books."

ZiaAries · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:45 am Post subject:

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr Seuss

boingo · Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:13 am Post subject:

"Only when all of mankind lives in harmony with nature, can we truly decree ourselves to be an intelligent species."
-Genelle Haldane

jinjin · FemaleFirst Guru Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 85315

"Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it."

ZiaAries · Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:02 am Post subject:

Dance as though no one is watching
Love as though you've never been hurt
Sing as though no one can hear you
Live as though heaven is on earth.

-Souza