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Do you have a favourite quote?

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Fentylipgloss · 12/11/2022 11:02

This is definitely mine!

Do you have a favourite quote?
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NannyGythaOgg · 13/11/2022 16:10

MyKitchenRules · 12/11/2022 22:53

My mum's was always
"Que sera sera. what ever will be will be. The futures not ours to see que sera sera" I know its a song but always stuck with me.

My nans was always.
"9 times out of ten. Things work out for the best. 9 times out of ten let things rest.".......

I can't find the author or full from my nans so may be remembering it wrong.

I like Terry Pratchett's version of your Nan's quote
"million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.” 🤣🤣

Rumin8 · 13/11/2022 16:13

My favourite quotes are already on this thread - and I've learned some new ones but I do like

“When you judge others, you do not define them, you define yourself”
― Earl Nightingale

It's a very good reminder!

allthelittleangelsriseupriseup · 13/11/2022 16:19

My favourite has always been:
"All of us are in the gutter- some of us are looking at the stars"
Oscar Wilde

Clawdy · 13/11/2022 16:20

"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose."

Notjusta · 13/11/2022 16:44

A mother is neither cocky, nor proud, because she knows the school principal may call at any minute to report that her child had just driven a motorcycle through the gymnasium.

  • Mary Kay Blakely
WTF1974 · 13/11/2022 18:59

One of my favourites is

You've already survived the toughest day you've ever had...keep going!

userxx · 13/11/2022 19:00

validnumber · 13/11/2022 10:36

'Dig deep and find your fight'

My Dad

He's a wise man.

imscratchingmyheadhere · 14/11/2022 10:24

Not a quote "as such" but a friend just posted this on their FB (they have adopted children). I think it's lovely:

Do you have a favourite quote?
OatFox · 14/11/2022 10:25

"You've received enough words to live by, go live by them"

Freeasabird76 · 14/11/2022 13:05

Karma isnt a bitch..its an elephant and it never forgets.
From my new Harpers candle 😁

StarlightLady · 14/11/2022 13:56

I have 4 favourite quotes. Is that OK? The last 2 are of course lesser known.

  • "The past is a foreign country: They do things differently there". - LP Hartley.
  • "She's just a girl and she's on fire, Hotter than a fantasy, lonely like a highway', She's living in a world and it's on fire, Filled with catastrophe, but she knows she can fly away" Girl on Fire - Alicia Keys.
  • "If someone is doing something to you and it doesn't make you feel nice, stop doing it" - My late mother.
  • "Virginity is a male created concept to control and belittle women" - My sister.
OrdinaryWorm · 14/11/2022 14:14

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

― Maya Angelou

sunflowerdaisyrose · 14/11/2022 14:30

The whole of Desiderata, but particularly the end:

'With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.'

When I need running motivation, a white I heard in my early days of trying to run has stayed with me;

'The body achieves what the mind believes'

Happierwithouthim · 14/11/2022 15:05

The race is long and in the end, it's only with yourself. Baz Luhrmann Sunscreen

Lift your legs they'll fall themselves, old man who used to observe a group of us running

Nothing without effort

LadyEloise1 · 14/11/2022 15:15

I love Baz Luhrman's "Sunscreen"
So wise.
Every teenager should get a copy and listen to it.

Happierwithouthim · 14/11/2022 15:57

LadyEloise1 · 14/11/2022 15:15

I love Baz Luhrman's "Sunscreen"
So wise.
Every teenager should get a copy and listen to it.

Deffo Grin

Softplayhooray · 14/11/2022 16:38

'Dont push your granny when she's shaving'

hookiewookie29 · 14/11/2022 18:12

"Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind" .Absolutely true! I use it a lot.

Baconandcabbage1 · 14/11/2022 18:17

A bird in the hand will shit on your wrist:

Frazzledmummy123 · 14/11/2022 19:13

You don't have to see the full stair case to take the first step.

Ships are safe in the harbour, but that isn't what ships were made for.

aSpanielintheworks · 14/11/2022 19:21

Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

Happierwithouthim · 15/11/2022 11:28

Just read this one
Don't trust everything you see, even salt looks like sugar

Fentylipgloss · 15/11/2022 17:52

Love this one too.

Do you have a favourite quote?
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Strawberrycream1 · 15/11/2022 22:50

Worry never robs tomorrow of it’s sorrow
It only drowns today of its joy

ImustLearn2Cook · 16/11/2022 00:59

@Fentylipgloss I really love that.

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