I thought that I would start this new thread. It is sort of like the happy thread, but good relevant quotes could go either way.

Great idea, Marvin! Here are a

few of my favourite quotes:

“The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.” ― Maya Angelou

“The softness of a person's nature doesn't mean weakness, because nothing is softer than water but its force can break the strongest Rocks.” ― Syed Mustafa Faraz Ahmad

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it." - Helen Keller

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” - George Eliot

”When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

“If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.” - E. Joseph Cossman

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” - Zig Ziglar ( :P )

And finally:

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great makes you feel that you, too, can become great.” - Mark Twain

"There is no doubt that healthy-mindedness is inadequate as a Philosophical doctrine, because the evil facts which it positively refuses to account for are a genuine portion of reality; and they may after all be the best key to life's significance, and possibly the only openers of our eyes to the deepest levels of truh." ..................... William James

"If a way to the better there be, it lies in taking a full look at the worst." ...... Thomas Hardy

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life."

Steve Jobs

^ This is such an interesting way to look at the world. If only Steve Jobs was still alive - I'd love to ask him about about this.

I think it's all good. God is love. God is holy. God is Spirit. It requires a lifetime of devotion to Jesus to begin to understand the significance of it all. Sounds like a worthwhile pursuit to me. ‘Other’ - the Ooze


Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. CS Lewis


You don’t have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body. CS Lewis

Do Buddhist stories/proverbs belong in this thread? I think they should. :)


"An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots , each hung on the ends of a pole , which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water , at the end of the long walk from the stream to the house , the cracked pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily , with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water. Of course , the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection , and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.

After 2 years of what it perceived to be bitter failure , it spoke to the woman one day by the stream. "I am ashamed of myself , because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house."

The old woman smiled , "Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path , but not on the other pot's side?" "That's because I have always known about your flaw , so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path , and every day while we walk back , you water them. For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the way you are , there would not be this beauty to grace the house."

“It is a curious thing, but perhaps those who are best suited to power are those who have never sought it. Those who have leadership thrust upon them, and take up the mantle because they must, and find to their own surprise that they wear it well.” - Albus Dumbledore

Three Quotes:

"I have met the enemy at Munich and they are worms." ...... Adolf Hitler

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." ....... George Santayana

"Fanaticism: Redoubling your efforts after you've forgotten your aim." ..... George Santayana

Three Quotes:

"I have met the enemy at Munich and they are worms." ...... Adolf Hitler

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." ....... George Santayana

"Fanaticism: Redoubling your efforts after you've forgotten your aim." ..... George Santayana

Three Quotes:

"I have met the enemy at Munich and they are worms." ...... Adolf Hitler

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." ....... George Santayana

"Fanaticism: Redoubling your efforts after you've forgotten your aim." ..... George Santayana