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Inspirational Quotes!
Inspirational Quotes!
I'm making my mom a desk calendar for Christmas, and I'm thinking of having each month be an inspirational or positive quote, with a picture or decorative border around it. The problem is that I can't find twelve inspirational quotes :( I've made her a desk calendar every Christmas for several years now, and I've kind of exhausted my stock of quotes. Do you guys have any good ones I could use? Thanks!
My favorite from an old friend: "Anything worth doing is worth doing well."
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submitted by Poinsettia, age ?, a sea of crystal waters
(December 3, 2023 - 7:51 pm)
(December 3, 2023 - 7:51 pm)
that's such a cool Christmas gift idea!
one of my favorites is "life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass; it's about learning to dance in the rain," which i believe was said by Vivian Greene. that's got some nice imagery to it, i think :) i'll let you know if i think of any others.
(December 3, 2023 - 8:07 pm)
ooh thanks yes that's a good one :)
(December 3, 2023 - 9:09 pm)
Great gift idea! Hmm, well here's a quote I like: "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." - Wayne Dyer
(December 3, 2023 - 11:52 pm)
Sure! I've got a few.
- "Life is tough, but so are you."
- "This, too, shall pass."
- "Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful." - Hazrat Inayat Khan
- "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - C. S. Lewis
- "You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather." Pema Chodron
You might have heard me say these and other quotes around the CB; they seem generic but when they're applicable to someone's situation I sometimes say them anyway. Also, you can find numerous quotes online - that's where I found most of these.
(December 4, 2023 - 5:53 pm)
Ooh, great idea!! Here's one I've always liked: "let your smile change the world but don't let the world change your smile". And I know I've used this one in an MCU before, but: "Madness is genius, imperfection is beauty, and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring" - Marilyn Monroe. Gl with the quotes! :)
(December 4, 2023 - 7:15 pm)
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” - Oscar Wilde
Okay, so the next one might not be exactly what you're looking for, but I really like it: "... the real world is where the monsters are." -Annabeth Chase, The Lightning Thief (chapter 11)
(December 4, 2023 - 9:29 pm)
"When life gives you lemons, freeze them and drop them on the heads of innocent passerby."
(December 5, 2023 - 12:07 pm)
This is awesome
(December 10, 2023 - 3:41 pm)
"Why try to fit in when you were born to stand out?" ~ Dr. Seuss
(December 5, 2023 - 3:07 pm)
Thanks so much, everyone! I'm definetely going to use some of these :)
(December 8, 2023 - 5:16 pm)
What quotes do you already have/used? I'm just curious- I like inspirational quotes :)
(December 9, 2023 - 8:17 pm)
"Autumn colors remind us we are all dancing in the wind" -Lorin Morgan Richards
-"There are so many great glorious pieces of good in the world." -Dolly Parton
-"Just to be alive is a grand thing." -Agatha Christie (kinda ironic seeing as how she wrote murder mysteries, but oh well)
-"Keep your face to the sunshine, and you cannot see a shadow." -idk
-"Some people look for a beautiful place. Others make a place beautiful." -Hazrat Inayat Khan
That's all I've got so far! My sister's doing the other half of the calendar, so I'm not sure which quotes she's using. I've almost got six quotes!! Just one more to go!
Oh, and are you Hawkstar?? Sorry to ask, I'm just not quite sure :)
(December 10, 2023 - 11:37 am)
Thank you! and yea, thatsa me. If my name can't fit all the way, I'll either do Hawk* or H*
(December 10, 2023 - 3:47 pm)
I have one to complete your list:
"When you do something beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad, for the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle, yet most of the audience still sleeps." - John Lennon
That might be too long so:
Nevermind, you've probably already used the "life isn't a destination its a journey" so:
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” —Walt Disney
(December 11, 2023 - 7:08 pm)
20-minute posting???????? Admins, are you on turbo, and what's your secret to super-speed (if you don't mind divulging)?
Just read and post. No secret. You must happen to submit near a time when I'm posting.
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(December 11, 2023 - 7:29 pm)