To ask for your favourite quote....

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

Attributed to Hemingway

The first draft of anything is shit.

I haven'thad time yo read the full thread yet ( I will go and sit on the naughty step )
So they may of already been mentioned

'See I told you I was ill '
On Spike Milligan's grave stone

'It's better to keep you mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and prove the point'
In other words keep quiet unless you are very sure of what you are talking about

Everything will be ok in the end. If it's not ok, it's not the end.

Ooooo I have loads (Irish mother!)
Age is a privilige denied to many
Health is wealth
There's nothing so bad that it couldn't be worse
It takes time to build castles
Tomorrow is another chance to make things better
You're as poor as you want to be

Etc etc etc

How I miss my mum xx

"Do not judge me by my successes.
Judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again"
Nelson Mandela

Least said, soonest mended.

The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything.

Sometimes you win.
Sometimes you learn.

Be with a man who ruins your lipstick not your mascara.

Chill - You might as well be angry with the rain for being wet. ( it will do as much good )

If stress burned calories I'd be a supermodel.

Do not regret growing older.
It is a privilege denied to many.

Sometimes it's just the fickle finger of fate.

I forgot one I learned on Mumsnet that's brilliant and sooo true.
Comparison is the thief of joy.

a couple of my Irish mammies favourites

Hunger is the best sauce
A dumb priest never gets a parish

Life's disappointments are harder to take if you don't know enough swear words.

You are as unique as everyone else.

When your dreams turn to dust, Hoover up.

Not enough cowbell.

Leap, and the net will appear.

“There’s raisins for everything and currents for buns.”

“Raisins” in an Irish accent meaning reasons - said in a resigned dismissive tone - it’s about being bored listening to peoples multiple excuses

“You’re never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream”
CS Lewis

”Children are not little for long so pay attention and enjoy it, or it’ll be gone before you really understand what you’ve missed”
My grandma

”Keep both your legs in one stocking”
My great grandma 😂

A woman should be two things: classy and fabulous - Coco Chanel
Be the change you want to see - Gandhi

"I remembered that the real world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitments, awaited those who had the courage to go forth into it's expanse, to seek real knowledge of life amidst it's perils"

From Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë

Laugh and the world laughs with you. Fart, and you stand alone.

Life is tough but it's even tougher when you're stupid.

I am actually Irish too not just my mammy :p

“If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”

Terry Pratchett

Love it 😂

"Onward. Forward. " - Ted Lasso

Oh and also:

"It is possible to die". Virginia Woolf as imagined by Michael Cunningham - helps me keep going when I'm depressed.

LOVE this.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Without problems there can be no growth.

It actually an essay title from my college days but it's stuck with me.

He who seeks revenge should dig two graves.

Attributed to Confucius

Wasn't the last one Dennis Thatcher, aka Mr Margaret?