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share your favourite quote please

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Thekormachameleon · 26/10/2026 23:52

just about to order a personalised journal and would like a lovely quote for the front of it

i’m a bit witchy, bit woo, feminist for added info but open to anything lovely and inspiring - thank you

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Pieceofpurplesky · 27/10/2026 00:14

I have a couple of favourites.

"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me.” Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
"Well-behaved women seldom make history.” Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

rolloverbeethoven · 27/10/2026 00:32

The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.

Probably not what you're looking for OP, but it often comes to mind

ShamrockShenanigans · 27/10/2026 00:37

“Nothing’s so bad that it couldn’t be worse” - My Irish dad 🤣🤣

Thekormachameleon · 27/10/2026 06:49

haha love an irish da 🤣

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Crushed23 · 27/10/2026 06:54

“Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”

LoopingStar · 27/10/2026 06:59

"Don't ask 'why were things so much better in the old days?' It's not an intelligent question"
Ecclesiastes I think, makes me chuckle

ElonAteMyHamster · 27/10/2026 07:00

What’s meant for you will not go by you - love this one! Sounds better in a Scottish accent but I don’t have one of those 😂

Nopenousername · 27/10/2026 07:03

"you did what you could with what you knew, and when you knew better, you did better"

SilverGlitterBaubles · 27/10/2026 07:04

”If it’s for you, it won’t go against you”
and mothers best piece of advice
“Plough your own field”

ItsWoudHaveNotWouldOf · 27/10/2026 07:10

When we understand that every day is not one more day but one less, we start to give more value to things that really matter

In a world obsessed with being extraordinary, there's a deep peace in just being a good human

noeggspleasewerebritish · 27/10/2026 07:15

The way we are living, timorous or bold, will have been our life.

Seamus Heaney

Flannelfeet · 27/10/2026 07:17

ElonAteMyHamster · 27/10/2026 07:00

What’s meant for you will not go by you - love this one! Sounds better in a Scottish accent but I don’t have one of those 😂

Whits fur ye will no go by ye.

Funny, when I read the op thats what came into my head. I am scottish.

EnjoythemoneyJane · 27/10/2026 07:30

We have two lives, and the second begins when we realise we only have one.

Thekormachameleon · 27/10/2026 07:35

love these, writing them all down 😊

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DoesContainNuts · 27/10/2026 07:40

The woman who does not require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet

scoutzx · 27/10/2026 07:44

“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live."

FiveShelties · 27/10/2026 07:44

ShamrockShenanigans · 27/10/2026 00:37

“Nothing’s so bad that it couldn’t be worse” - My Irish dad 🤣🤣

I love that, it reminds me of my Yorkshire Gran😂😂

Cathandkin · 27/10/2026 07:44

Flannelfeet · 27/10/2026 07:17

Whits fur ye will no go by ye.

Funny, when I read the op thats what came into my head. I am scottish.

That requires a belief in predestination.
My Grannie used to say "ye'll no go past yer fate", but it was of no comfort because I didn't believe in a set fate or what's "meant to be". So I carried on getting stressed about my A levels!

Cathandkin · 27/10/2026 07:45

DoesContainNuts · 27/10/2026 07:40

The woman who does not require validation from anyone is the most feared individual on the planet

I really like that one. So true.

Cathandkin · 27/10/2026 07:46

"Do you know why pencils have rubbers on the end?
Because people make mistakes"
I used to say that to my DC when they were teenagers. It's ok to make a mistake.

squashyhat · 27/10/2026 08:06

My current favourite: "Traitors gonna trait" Maya Jama

Sandyfeet101 · 27/10/2026 11:39

When you’re going through hell, keep going.

scoutzx · 27/10/2026 11:42

Sandyfeet101 · 27/10/2026 11:39

When you’re going through hell, keep going.

What for?

Thekormachameleon · 27/10/2026 13:27

traitors gonna trait 🤣🤣

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FMApplicant · 27/10/2026 13:39

The only bad run is the one you didn't do.