Wisdom for Daily Living

[aquarius]

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]

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]

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

[ZiaAries]

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

[jinjin]

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

[ZiaAries]

"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]

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

[ZiaAries]

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

[boingo]

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]

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

[jinjin]

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

[ZiaAries]

"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]

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

[jinjin]

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

[ZiaAries]

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