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?

Your life will be the choices you make

Be the friend you want.

NO it's difficult difficult, lemon difficult

and (when discussion Tories) '6 toed, born to rule pony fuckers'

see also 'I will lamp you ...with a lamp' (often shouted at my teenagers)

The problem with the world is that intelligent people are full of doubt while the stupid ones are full of confidence

So many I love.

"Fall down seven times; stand up eight times" (Japanese proverb) inspired me to keep having hope when I was on my knees in the gutter

"You’ve been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens." – Louise Hay This one actually changed my life

"You'll follow the crows for it yet" (my grandmother when we were being wasteful and it is rapidly becoming my mantra with the cost of living crisis)

"The only way around this is through it" (heard it in a film but don't know where it came from). This one came at a timely period in my life where I wasn't sure whether I could carry on

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars." Khalil Gibran Reminds me to try to be proud of what I have come through and of what I have survived

The problem with the world is that intelligent people are full of doubt while the stupid ones are full of confidence

It’s better to light a candle than curse the dark.

Everything Is Figureoutable
Marie Forleo

On my wall I have 'If you're going to rise you might as well shine'. Generally makes me smile.

Come the fuck on, Bridget!

They tried to Bury me, they didn't know I am a seed.

Grief is the price we pay for love

"I only know one thing, and that is I know nothing"
Or
"I know that I know nothing"

Socrates

'Any idiot can face a crisis, it's this day-to-day living that wears one out'
Anton Chekhov

Not necessarily motivational but always makes me shake my head and smile wryly to myself. Because it's true.

Be still. The present moment is worth everything.

Keep doing what you're doing, you'll keep getting what you get.

Or 'Play stupid games, win stupid prizes' - I've seen that on MN a lot!

To be free is to not know what time it is

The future is not written.

i don’t know where I heard this but it helps me to know that things can change, that sometimes the incredible and the miraculous can happen. We travel in hope.

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

Worry is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do but doesn't get you anywhere.

"Culture belongs to those in power." - Gloria Anzaldúa.

There's two things I don't like about you....your face, so why don't you try shutting them both....

'Pracilla, queen of the desert' 😄

Love all, Trust few, and always paddle your own canoe.

Not my circus, not my monkeys!

Oh, forgot one - from an old boss of mine. It's stood me in good stead over the years:

Faint heart never fucked a pig.

I love this. Thank you x