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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Hardships often prepare ordinary men for an extraordinary destiny.

A quote from CS Lewis that helped me on my journey.

A few people I've been lucky enough to meet recently have reminded me of this and the struggles I faced in my life.

Are there any quotes you have found solace in?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love Maya Angelou's quote:

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style"

My mantra.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Failure is not an option it's a requirement.

Also

Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not stricktly a quote...Action and reaction are equal and opposite. My favourite is Spike Milligan's epitaph. I told you I was sick.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Was it not Trotter who said,

The worlds yer lobster

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By *ilary and DonaldCouple
over a year ago

chingford

If it smells like shit and looks lime shit then it probably is shit.

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By *roticGoddessXXWoman
over a year ago

Richmond

Also Maya Angelou:

Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Also Maya Angelou:

Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.

I like that one. Apt at times

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What if I fall

Oh but darling what if you fly

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By *exybabyMan
over a year ago

Canterbury....ish

In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst you can do is nothing!

Theodore Roosevelt.

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By *LCCCouple
over a year ago

Cambridge

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm."

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."

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By *ilentgirlWoman
over a year ago

That place in

Life is what happens when your slowly making plans

John Lennon

Have it on a mug also

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By *ackDMissMorganCouple
over a year ago

Halifax

Wanting to be someone else,is a waste of the person you are.

Kurt Cobain

Miss

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A few got me through the years

The only disability in life is a bad attitude. Scott Hamilton

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison

And I love Oprah Winfrey

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Be thankful for what you have, you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never ever have enough.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

Just a few for you all xx

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By *irky_coupleCouple
over a year ago

kirky

In the end,we only regret the chances we didn't take,relationships we were afraid to have and the decisions we waited too long to make

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Charles Caleb Coulton's musings basically sums up why i dress

Its quoted on my profile

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If in doubt ...

Don't!

TM*

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Take ones adversity

Learn from their misfortune

Learn from their pain

Believe in something

Believe in yourself

Turn adversity into ambition

Now blossom into wealth

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By *orum TrollWoman
over a year ago

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“Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.”

? André Malraux

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By *opsy RogersWoman
over a year ago

London

People are on your life for a reason, a season or a life time.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"If in doubt ...

Don't!

TM*"
I prefer.. If in doubt. Leave it out

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No matter where you go, there you are!

So I went, and I was there.......?

There are some daft ones out there don't you think

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.

And

Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick and pull yourself together.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There comes a time when you have to stop crossing oceans for people who wouldn't jump puddles for you.

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By *ragon-tattMan
over a year ago

runcorn

Those who understand humanity seek solitude

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By *ragon-tattMan
over a year ago

runcorn

"There comes a time when you have to stop crossing oceans for people who wouldn't jump puddles for you."

I like this one..where's it from?x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There comes a time when you have to stop crossing oceans for people who wouldn't jump puddles for you.

I like this one..where's it from?x"

I think the author is unknown but there are variations of it on Google.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Those who understand humanity seek solitude "

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach

Don't die with regrets.

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By *idan31Man
over a year ago

ashby

Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You've got two choices.

Learn to live with it, or Do something about it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If superman can get changed in a phone box, I can do anything.

Snoop Dogg lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I will get there.

If one route is blocked I will take another.

But, by fair means I will get there.

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By *ltravioletWoman
over a year ago

In amongst the Unicorns & fairy dust

"There comes a time when you have to stop crossing oceans for people who wouldn't jump puddles for you."
that one is great I apply that almost all of the time

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What if I fall

Oh but darling what if you fly"

This

Yes by Erin Hanson

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A quote we like -

Everyone has different beliefs.

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By *lla_maiWoman
over a year ago

staffordshire

Until you cross the bridge of your insecurities you cant begin to explore the possibilities

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By *rank n BettyCouple
over a year ago

Not meeting

Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick and pull yourself together.

Elizabeth Taylor. This became my mantra 5 years ago when I became suddenly single.

JG x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Though she be but little she is fierce ~ William Shakespeare

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Most of murphies laws for army

And the quote

The avalanche has already started it is to late for the pebbles to vote

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By *W ChapMan
over a year ago

Swindon

'just because you say it, doesn't make it so'

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By *aul DeUther-OneMan
over a year ago

Sussex

Here are a few that have helped me in the past:

"If Britney Spears made it through 2007, I can make it through today."

"May you have double of everything you wish for anyone else."

and, of course:

"Keep calm and carry on"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"This is slavery, not to speak one's thought."

Euripides, The Phoenician Women

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By * Jay69Man
over a year ago

Bridgwater - Somerset

If I agreed with you we would both be wrong.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I like "Cheer up" they said, "it could be worse!!!" So I did. And it was.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Give any one species too much rope and they'll fuck it up"

Roger Waters referring to the human race

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”

John Lennon.

Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the World.

Marilyn Monroe

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By *edangel_2013Woman
over a year ago

southend

Run when you can, walk when you have to, crawl if you must; just never give up.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you don't know whether you want a fart or a shit, have a shit....

My dad

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By *orum TrollWoman
over a year ago

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I know that your own past sufferings may have destroyed you. But don’t love her just so she can carry your emotional baggage with you. Don’t love her if you only want her to fix you. Know that she will, with time, without you even knowing.

Her love and existence will heal every part of you. But if you are with her solely to fill the emptiness inside you, she will know—and it will destroy her.

from an article called 'If you love her, don't destroy her.'

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By *orum TrollWoman
over a year ago

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I don’t want to be human. I want to see gamma rays, I want to hear X-rays, and I want to smell dark matter. Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can’t even express these things properly, because I have to—I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid, limiting spoken language, but I know I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws, and feel the solar wind of a supernova flowing over me. I’m a machine, and I can know much more.

John Cavil, Cylon Model Number One, “No Exit”

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By *ecretlyASoftieWoman
over a year ago

Hull but travel regularly

"If you don't know whether you want a fart or a shit, have a shit....

My dad

I'd change this a bit to:

If you don't know whether you want a fart or a shit, at least make sure you're on a toilet when you find out

Mine is 'life's too short for bullshit and crumbs'. Too many people full of bullshit and offering only crumbs in my experience

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'll take up jogging when I see a jogger smile"

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By *ookingforlustMan
over a year ago

northants

"If you believe, you can achieve "

-Dizzy Rascal

Innit

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

'A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.'

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

£2000 to fix your car

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By *iggles and BeardyCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

"You only know who your true friends are, when your wallet is empty"

My dad, best advice he ever gave me.

"Ther is no such thing as Karma, shit simply happens because shit happens"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've found "Life begins, at the end of your comfort zone" - has helped me do a lot more interesting stuff.

Also like: “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely, in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!” (Hunter S Thompson)

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By *eus n EuropaCouple
over a year ago

louth

There are no problems, only solutions & opportunities

What dont kill you makes you stronger

May your God go with you (Dave Allan)

When your dead your dead (Guy Martins dad)

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales

My own work

When life kicks you hard in the nuts don't get all mopey with the "Why Me?" Think why not you? What makes you so special shit shouldn't happen to you?

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By *utterflyandArtificeCouple
over a year ago

Trowbridge

You can only eat an elephant one mouthful at a time

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

'When everything seems to be against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it'

-Henry Ford-

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By *ny1localMan
over a year ago

READING

don't do today,what someone else can do .

tomorrow

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Come young tiger said the dragon ,I wont hurt you no more than you hurt your self

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Not stricktly a quote...Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

If this is a reference to Newtons third law, it is a common misrepresentation, error, misquote etc

Newton's third law actually states that if body 'A' exerts a force on body 'B' then body 'B' will exert an equal and opposite force on body 'B'.

This is often mistakenly translated to 'every action has an equal and opposite reaction'

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Personally I prefer the wonderful Confucius.

Confucius say 'Man who walk through turnstile sideways going to Bangkok'

Confucius say 'Virginity like bubble. One prick, all gone'

Confucius say 'It take many nail to build crib, but one screw to fill it'

Confucius say 'Man with tool in woman's mouth not necessarily dentist'

Confucius say 'Man who stand on toilet, high on pot'

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By *orum TrollWoman
over a year ago

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"My own work

When life kicks you hard in the nuts don't get all mopey with the "Why Me?" Think why not you? What makes you so special shit shouldn't happen to you?

i like that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Never let the things you want, make you forget the things you have.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't trust anyone on Fab

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

'Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love'.

Mother Theresa

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By *ubSirVient-DefinitionCouple
over a year ago

dukinfield

"I'm too old to grow up" me

"Live fast, die young and leave a good looking corpse"

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By *idnes17ladMan
over a year ago

Widnes

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—

Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—

Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have 2.

You are responsible for your own happiness...

And..

When you know better, do better.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you can lie on the floor without holding on, you need to keep drinking.

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By *aveandSue1Couple
over a year ago

Doncaster

"I like to start everyday off with a smile. And get it over with"

W.C.Fields.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you want things you never had you gotta do things you never done

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