Which quotes have meaning to you?

[FunSizedNinja]

Just a musing really. I lost my dad in December and a colleague of mine said to me " It's okay not to be okay". And it has stuck with me. Just Saturday evening musings what quotes help you get through! Another one is "Not my monkeys... not my circus" when at work 🙈 x

The meanest worm will turn when trodden on.

I have quite a few that mean a lot (although quite a few have been written already):

When you're going through hell, keep going (Churchill)

Not my circus, not my monkeys

This too shall pass

When someone shows you who they are, believe them (Maya Angelou)

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts (Winston Churchill)

Ships in the harbour are safe, but that's not what ships are for

If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life thinking it is stupid

The Invictus poem, especially the last 2 lines - I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul

Comparison is the thief of joy

A bit longer than a quote but it sent a shiver down my spine the first time I read this

“I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost... I am helpless.
It isn't my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place.
But, it isn't my fault.
It still takes me a long time to get out.

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in. It's a habit.
My eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault. I get out immediately.

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

I walk down another street.”

― Portia Nelson

Oh these are wonderful! Ive had a little cry at how apt they are. Thankyou those for your kind wishes. I had a wobble today and these words of strength are working wonders. And some have made me laugh! I find it amazing how a few simple words can keep us going even in the darkest of times..

Talk the talk, walk the walk.

Some of my ex colleagues very good at spouting, very poor at actually doing something

"Never eat anything bigger than your head" has been a useful one for me.

Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

What other people think of you is none of your business

You wanna fly? You've got to give up the shit that wears you down. - Toni Morrison

I have a few, but one which has stuck with me since I was a teenager is from the film The Crow. “It can’t rain all the time”

I really love it

Courage is not having the strength to go on.. Its going on when you don't have the strength

This has helped me get out of bed many a morning after losing my dh and being left with a grieving teen

It is what it is, not what it should, not what it could be. It is what it is.

you're only as happy as your least happy child.

Not heard that before ssd - but how very very true!

Should be

What's meant to be won't pass you by.

If it seems too good to be true then it probably is.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

Count your blessings

The early bird gets the worm...but the second mouse gets the cheese

you're only as happy as your least happy child.

Yup- I think this is the truest thing anyone ever said.

Also

‘Do or do not. There is no try’

‘Just keep going’ - I have that engraved on a band around my wrist and I find myself glancing at it a lot.

Still I rise.

What other people think of you is none of your business.

To thine own self be true.

Get out of your own way.

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them"
Also, "Be the change you wish to see in the world" Ghandi
There's also my husbands favourite from the great philosopher Jagger " you can't always get what you want "

Normality is a paved road. It's comfortable to walk but no flowers grow on it. Vincent Van Gogh,

Even the weariest river/Winds somewhere safe to sea

Swinburne, iirc

And
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about
Wilde

Those that matter don't mind and those that mind don't matter.