Something to think about

[ChrisH]

I thought I would start a thread where we could post those pieces of philosophy that we come across in our daily lives. Sometimes wise, sometimes funny, and usually - as the title says - gives us something to think about.

I'll begin with this one.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether this happens at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young, but becomes constantly more valuable regardless of physical capacity.
- Harvey Ullman


:)

[cmayer31]

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln

[Dorothy39]

That's a great quote, give me a few minutes---( locating old hand written journals...... ;) )

[Dorothy39]

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
You beat me to the quick!!! ;)

[Glacier]

I can't remember where I first saw this, but when I did my first thought was "that's my life." I use it now on my kennel letterhead ect. (Kennel name is Wandering Spirits)


All who wander are not lost. (J.R.R. Tolkien)

[lizbud]

Good idea Chris. :) I like all of these posted. Here's one that I like also.


Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.-- John Evelyn

[finn's mom]

I have many favorites...

the ones in my signature, but, especially "The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world."

"I get up. I walk. I fall down. Meanwhile, I keep dancing."

"No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer it has chosen."

"There is nothing more important than today."

"I cannot change or heal what I do not acknowledge."

"You can tell more about a man in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."

:)

[chocolatepuppy]

Kari, I like the one you have in your siggy, it is so true.

The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world. - Dr. Paul Farmer

[Zippy]

"I have not yet begun to fight"-John Paul Jones

"Girls bored me-they still do.I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman i've ever known."-Walt Disney

[K9soul]

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. -

Confucius

[Zippy]

"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives"-Jackie Robinson

[Zippy]

"I can accept failure.Everone fails at something.But I can't accept not trying."-micheal jordan

[Dorothy39]

Do not be too moral~

You may cheat yourself out of much life.

Aim above Morality.

Be not simply G00D,

Be GOOD for something.

Henry David Thoreau~

[Twisterdog]

I can't remember where I first saw this, but when I did my first thought was "that's my life." I use it now on my kennel letterhead ect. (Kennel name is Wandering Spirits)


All who wander are not lost. (J.R.R. Tolkien)

The rest of the quote is in my signature. It's Aragorn's Song, written by Bilbo Baggins, if you are interested. (Yes, I know, I'm an erormous Tolkien geek.)


"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is facing some sort of battle." Anon.

[Jadapit]

"A thoughtful act or a kind word may pass in a moment, but the warmth and care behind it stay in the heart forever." Marjoien Bastin




Five rules to being happy

1. Free your heart from hatred. 2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply. 4. Give more. 5. Expect less. (Tai Sheridan -ZenKettle)

[CathyBogart]

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

[Glacier]

The rest of the quote is in my signature. It's Aragorn's Song, written by Bilbo Baggins, if you are interested. (Yes, I know, I'm an erormous Tolkien geek.)



I knew I'd seen it in someone's signature recently! I like the whole quote too, which is a little suprising considering I'm not a Tolkien/Lord of the Rings fan!

[Vermontcat]

I've always loved this quote.

There is something about the
outside of a horse that's good
for the inside of a man.

- WINSTON CHURCHILL

[Zippy]

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everwhere."-Martin Luther King Jr.

[Russian Blue]

Great thread idea, Chris! :)

Can we add a poem? I was given this poem a long time ago. I love it and everytime I read it I seem to gain a better understanding and new perspective on events happening in my life.

Desiderata
Written by Max Ehrmann


Go placidly amid the noise and the haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.

As far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons;
they are vexatious to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.

Exercise caution in your business affairs,
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals,
and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love,
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment,
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be.
And whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life,
keep peace in your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.

[cloverfdx]

"Fear less, hope more;
Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more;
Hate less, love more;
And all good things are yours."
-Swedish Proverb

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainty that just to be alive is a grand thing.
-Agatha Christie

[ChrisH]

Thanks for your contributions everyone. I've already pirated some for my files! :D Please keep them coming.


Great thread idea, Chris! :)
Can we add a poem? I was given this poem a long time ago. I love it and everytime I read it I seem to gain a better understanding and new perspective on events happening in my life.
Desiderata
Written by Max Ehrmann

I love that. I used part of it for a JD wallpaper I made some time ago, in fact it is he who first brought it to my attention.

[ChrisH]

Here's my contribution for today.

It is the Law that any difficulties that can come to you at any time, no matter what they are, must be exactly what you need most at the moment, to enable you to take the next step forward by overcoming them. The only real misfortune, the only real tragedy, comes when we suffer without learning the lesson.
- Emmet Fox

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[ChrisH]

It's a strange thing, you have said it thousands of times I am sure...you will never know what you can do until you try. However the sad truth is, that most people never try anything until they know they can do it.
- Bob Proctor

[Zippy]

"I was never lost,but I was bewildered once for three days"-Daniel Boone

[ChrisH]

Good one zippy! :)

[Zippy]

Good one zippy! :)

Thanks :D

"Suppose you were an idiot.And suppose you were a member of Congress.But I repeat myself."-Mark Twain

[Lilith Cherry]

"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a
single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope"
(Winston Churchill)


All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), Scottish writer, physician.

No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is
entirely fat. Without a brain you might look good, but all you could do
is run for public office.” Covert Bailey


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Though she be but little, she is fierce.
- William Shakespeare
(A Midsummer Night's Dream)


Sleep, rest of nature, O sleep, most gentle of the divinities, peace
of the soul, thou at whose presence care disappears, who soothest hearts
wearied with daily employments, and makest them strong again for labour!

--Ovid-metamorphoses

I love quotations!

[Laura's Babies]

"Birds of a feather, flock together!"

" Don't worry, it will all come out in the wash!"



These were two of my mothers favorite sayings.. Both are in refferance to peoples behavior..

[Dorothy39]

Speaking of our Mothers Quotes:

AHEM,


Here's a few she chistled into my brain ;)

A Poor excuse is Better Than none.

We all take our own hide to market.

Beggers can't be choosers.


Tomorrow is another day.


We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Oh, I could write a book about her!!! :o

[ChrisH]

Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something- and it is only such love that can know freedom.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti

[cmayer31]

"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed." - Carl Jung

[flamepony12]

"It's about the journey, not the destination."

[GreyhoundGirl]

"Honesty is someone you can play checkers with over the phone." -Don't know

[Dorothy39]

All these quotations are sensational to read, and re-read,.............. :cool:


Heres a few I remembered:

God Didn't Promise Days Without Pain,

Laughter Without Sorrow,

Nor, ~Sun Without Rain.

But, He Did Promise ~ Strength for the Day,

Comfort For The Tears,

And~ A Light For The Way........... (sorry I don't know the Author :rolleyes: )



I have been driven many times upon my knees- by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go~~ Abraham Lincoln~~

[Rachel]

Can we add a poem? I was given this poem a long time ago. I love it and everytime I read it I seem to gain a better understanding and new perspective on events happening in my life.

Desiderata
Written by Max Ehrmann




That is almost a credo for me. I have a rendition on a cd with music and play it regularly.

[Dorothy39]

Yes, Russian Blue~~ And Rachel~~~

Desiderata really captivated me!!!!!!!! :o That reply was GREAT!!!!!



ChrisH: Your thread is like reading my favorite book!!!!!! Wonderful thread!!!

[anna_66]

"A mutt is couture-the only one like it in the world, and made especially for you."
-Isaac Mizrahi

[ChrisH]

Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.

- Mark Victor Hansen

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.
Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt, crept in.
Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
This new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays...

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

[cmayer31]

Here's one that seems to hit the mark for me this evening:

"In order for people to be happy, sometimes they have to take risks. It's true these risks can put them in danger of being hurt." - Meg Cabot

Back to pondering.

[cloverfdx]

"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes."
Mahatma Gandhi

[Alysser]

I have loved this quote ever since I saw it in a travel magazine.

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take
but by the moments that take our breath away"

[Zippy]

Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask "Why me?"
Then a voice answers "Nothing personal,your name just happened to come up"
-Charlie Brown

[caseysmom]

"if one does not improve the place they live one doesn't deserve to live there"

may not have it exact....anyway John F. Kennedy

[carole]

There are so many but this one comes to mind.

Watch your thoughts ,they become words,
watch your words they become actions,
watch your actions they become habits.
watch your habits they become character.
watch your character,it becomes your destiny.

I also like this one,
To handle yourself,use your head,
to handle others use your heart.

This one is a common one known by many, but i really like it.

Yesterday is history,
Tomorrow is a mystery,
Today is a gift,
That is why we call it the present.

I have a couple of cute cat ones too.Not exactly quotes but still i wanted to include them just the same.

Home is where the cat hair sticks to everything but the cat.

Cats are just children with fur.

Cats are like potato chips, you can't just have one (aint that the truth)

[chrissycat21]

"Worrying is like a rocking chair; it gives you something to do but doesn't get you anywhere."

"You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses." -Tom Wilson

[CagneyDog]

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Robert Frost

[cmayer31]

"With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves." - Eric Hoffer

"One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it."
- Vincent van Gogh

[cloverfdx]

"One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it."
- Vincent van Gogh
:eek: That is how i am feeling at the moment.

[Zippy]

And then she understood the devilish cunning of the enemies' plan. By mixing a little truth with it they had made their lie far stronger."-the last battle C.S.lewis
I love this thread I am so happy it has started up again