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SarcasticIntrovert · 28/09/2022 09:51

I'm trying to find a motivational and poignant quote to think about each day. What's your favourite?

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SarcasticIntrovert · 28/09/2022 09:52

It doesn't have to be poignant.... or even motivational!

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InMySpareTime · 28/09/2022 11:41

You learn more from failure than from success. Fail better next time

InMySpareTime · 28/09/2022 11:43

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift. That's why they call it the Present.
~Kung Fu Panda

ParentallyUnprepared · 28/09/2022 11:43

It can't rain all the time.

NuffSaidSam · 28/09/2022 11:44

“There are people who prefer to say 'yes' and there are people who prefer to say 'no'. Those who say 'yes' are rewarded by the adventures they have. Those who say 'no' are rewarded by the safety they attain.”

Keith Johnstone

MessingWithTheBlessing · 28/09/2022 11:45

Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced.

Kierkegaard.

LookItsMeAgain · 28/09/2022 11:45

What is for you, won't go by you.

This too shall pass
(both the good times and the bad - handy to know when you're in bad times that good times are coming, also handy to know in good times so that you appreciate them more)

Both were sayings that my grandmother passed to me.

Squirrelsnut · 28/09/2022 11:45

This too shall pass

VittysCardigan · 28/09/2022 11:45

Don't be a dick

Squirrelsnut · 28/09/2022 11:46

Also, be a radiator not a drain.

OK - I heard it in a primary assembly, but it's still good.

Zott · 28/09/2022 11:47

A dollar short and a day late.

(I wish women had higher standards for themselves with relationships.)

AryaStarkWolf · 28/09/2022 11:54

No idea who first said them but I like these 2 :

A closed mouth gathers no foot

Bitterness is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die

BucketofTeaMassiveCake · 28/09/2022 11:55

You cannot discover new oceans without the courage to lose sight of the shore - Andre Gide

In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing - Antonio Porchia

Jellycatspyjamas · 28/09/2022 11:57

A ship is safe in harbour, but that’s nothing what shops are for.

and

Dont take criticism from someone you wouldn’t ask for advice.

ShinyPikachu · 28/09/2022 11:58

Experience is the name we give to our mistakes.

  • Oscar Wilde
ReneBumsWombats · 28/09/2022 11:59

Never play leapfrog with a unicorn.

SpikeGilesSandwich · 28/09/2022 12:00

Smell my cheese!

RonObvious · 28/09/2022 12:01

"It's never too late to have a happy childhood." - Tom Robbins

SpikeGilesSandwich · 28/09/2022 12:02

(Sorry, just being a idiot, ignore that) Blush

SarcasticIntrovert · 28/09/2022 12:12

Love these - thank you.
Never leapfrog with a unicorn and the radiator/drain one are brilliant!

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PeloFondo · 28/09/2022 12:14

Courage is just fear holding on a moment longer

It really helped when I was struggling with riding confidence, I would be scared and then stay on 1 min longer, and get off feeling motivated and not like I had failed

orchiopera · 28/09/2022 12:14

Remember the mountains and valleys that bought you here - Morgan Harper Nichols

In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed - Sid Caesar

The inferiority of women is manmade.

OneToThree · 28/09/2022 12:15

If you’re a control freak like me, mine is

Let go of the oars

maddy68 · 28/09/2022 12:16

Always try to be the person your dog thinks you are.

Your dog thinks you are the best kindest person in the world be that person

Funkynessa · 28/09/2022 12:17

Before you can be old and wise you must first be young and stupid!

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