Words to Live By

[Jehoram]

What famous quotes have helped shaped your life?

Here's one I particularly enjoy.


‘When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. Edmund Burke

[dizzyde]

This is one of my favorites:

[Jehoram]

Originally Posted by dizzyde

This is one of my favorites:

I like that a lot.

[dizzyde]

I am huge Emerson fan, he has many quotes that resonate with me. A few are;


"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."


"Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense."


"To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intellingent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one's self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - this is to have succeeded."


"Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old."

[Margies3]

My mom used to say, "Because I am the mother and I said so so you will do it"

That shaped my life a WHOLE lot!

[Timmy]

"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."

[Barb]

I didn't know this quote existed until recently, but it is an axiom I have tried to live by...

The greatest gift you can give to a friend is a piece of your heart.

-Unknown

[Bro-Larry]

Originally Posted by dizzyde

This is one of my favorites:

Churchill: the last of the great statesmen. He's a relative of mine. My first ancester born in The Colonies was named Churchill.

[seguidordejesus]

Diplomacy is the art of telling someone to go to h**l and making them look forward to the trip.

[AmazingGrace]

For anyone who has followed my life since i have been in forum land they know it is full of drama so this is kind of a duh thing... but it was words my mother hung onto for the last 2 years of her life. I remember coming into the house once... my husband was in Dallas preaching a revival and we went to see her and she asked me to go to the fridge and there was something she had typed that was taped to the fridge and she wanted me to Type it to a large piece of paper and hang it above her hospital bed that she had been since confined to in another room of the house.. as she was unable to read the one in the kitchen anymore... I did and then she asked me to bring it to the hospital when she was dying... it simply said...

If God brings you to it... He will bring you through it...

He brought my mom thru a lot of things...no matter how much I miss her I know she is much happier now