Inspirational quotes

[PositivelyBeautiful]

"If you can’t change the circumstances, change your perspective." Unknown

[mr_hopp]

"A problem cannot be solved with the same consciousness that created it." — Einstein

[WCSDancer2010]

People know your name

not your story

They've heard about what you've done

but not what you've been through.

So take their opinions of you with a grain of salt

 

In the end it's not about what other's think

It's about what you think about yourself that counts :)

[cariboo]

Wow, love, love, love this thread. Read the entire thing. It was just what i needed. Made me smile and cry a bit.

One of my favorite quotes is "If you think you can, or if you think you can't, you're right."

[mr_hopp]

"The most dangerous risk of all: The risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later." — Alan Watts from

[cariboo]

Saw this on Facebook and loved it. Please excuse the language...

 

Sometimes you just have to chuck it in the fuck it bucket and move on

[WCSDancer2010]

@cariboo

 

I LOVE that ... going to pass it on on my FB page .... great quote :)

[cariboo]

lol, yeah I actually use that saying a lot these days...

[ihaveittoo]

Common sense is a flower that doesn't grow in everyone's garden.

[cariboo]

Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.

[tired_of_hiding]

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience-Pierre Teilhard de Chardon

 

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

If you want your life to be a magnificent story,then begin by realizing that you are the author and everyday you have the opportunity to write a new page. -Mark Houlihan

 

My personal favorite:

 

Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain. -Vivian Greene

 

[Carlos]

"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely" - Auguste Rodin

 

"A friend is a person who knows all about you and still likes you." -Elbert Hubbard

 

"Freedom and peace of mind are always attained by giving them to someone else." -P.C. March

[Carlos]

and here for a happiness series.

 

"Unbroken happiness is a bore: It should have ups and downs." -Moliere

 

"Happiness is a hard thing because it is achieved only by making others happy." -Stuart Cloete

 

"All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast." -John Gunther

[WCSDancer2010]

“If someone is not treating you with love and respect, it is a gift if they walk away from you. If that person doesn't walk away, you will surely endure many years of suffering with him or her. Walking away may hurt for a while, but your heart will eventually heal. Then you can choose what you really want. You will find that you don't need to trust others as much as you need to trust yourself to make the right choices.”

 

― Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

[WCSDancer2010]

“In order to protect our emotional wounds, and because of our fear of being hurt, humans create something very sophisticated in the mind: a big denial system. In that denial system we become the perfect liars. We lie so perfectly that we lie to ourselves and we even believe our own lies. We don’t notice we are lying, and sometimes even when we know we are lying, we justify the lie and excuse the lie to protect ourselves from the pain of our wounds. The denial system is like a wall of fog in front of our eyes that blinds us from seeing the truth. We wear a social mask because it’s too painful to see ourselves or to let others see us as we really are. And the denial system lets us pretend that everyone believes what we want them to believe about us. We put up these barriers for protection, to keep other people away,”

 

― Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship --Toltec Wisdom Book

[WCSDancer2010]

Never settle for someone who wants you over someone who would do anything to keep you. :)

[WCSDancer2010]

The moment you accept yourself, you become beautiful..

 

Osho

[mr_hopp]

"Use your mistakes to focus. They draw attention to an area that needs more attention, so give it that attention. Forgive yourself easily, but remember the lessons you learn from mistakes. You’ve earned them, after all.”

[mr_hopp]

"Today me will live in the moment unless it’s unpleasant in which case me will eat a cookie." - Cookie Monster

[WCSDancer2010]

You may not be able to control someone else's negative behavior, but you can control how long you participate in it :)

[ihaveittoo]

Your present situation is not your final destination. The best is yet to come.

[Carlos]

"Today me will live in the moment unless it’s unpleasant in which case me will eat a cookie." - Cookie Monster

 

"love this." - Me

 

[Carlos]

Oscar Wilde once said, "Be yourself, everyone else is taken."

[WCSDancer2010]

When you truly don't care what anyone thinks of you, you have reached a dangerously awesome level called FREEDOM :)

[Cam92]

"Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem, first make sure you are not, in fact, surrounded by assholes." -Sigmund Freud

 

"Nothing can dim the light that shines from within."- Maya Angelou

 

"Each one of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm, when we look at each other we must say, I understand. I understand how you feel because I have been there myself. We must support each other and empathize with each other because each of us is more alike than we are unalike." - Maya Angelou

 

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” - Maya Angelou

 

"You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody"

- Maya Angelou