Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 323

Ms. Tabitha · 05-14-2011, 06:06 PM

"There is no going back in life.
There is no return.
No second chance."

~Daphne du Maurier

JakeTulane · 05-15-2011, 07:37 AM

"In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for "finding himself." If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence." - Thomas Merton

JakeTulane · 05-15-2011, 07:39 AM

"I want my inner truth to be the plumb line for the choices I make about my life -- about the work that I do and how I do it, about the relationships I enter into and how I conduct them." - Parker J. Palmer

JakeTulane · 05-15-2011, 07:40 AM

"I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be "happy." I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter and to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all." - Leo C. Rosten

Mister Bent · 05-15-2011, 08:06 AM

"Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved
badly, repent, make what amends you can,and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time.
On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean."

- Aldous Huxley

Duchess · 05-15-2011, 08:09 AM

"Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble."
Hugh Prather

Fancy · 05-15-2011, 01:52 PM

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

John Muir

WolfyOne · 05-15-2011, 07:27 PM

You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her. ~ Anonymous ~

Just_G · 05-15-2011, 09:02 PM

'Tis better to be alone for the right reasons than with someone for the wrong ones.

No clue who said it, but it is so freakin' true!!

violaine · 05-15-2011, 10:37 PM

“The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.”

“The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.”

– Ayn Rand

Ms. Meander · 05-16-2011, 07:15 AM

Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility; one is wind-power, and the other water-power; that is all.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table.

Ms. Meander · 05-16-2011, 07:21 AM

I try his head occasionally as housewives try eggs,-- give it an intellectual shake and hold it up to the light, so to speak, to see if it has life in it, actual or potential, or only contains lifeless albumen.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

JakeTulane · 05-16-2011, 08:15 AM

"Don't Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life." - Miguel Angel Ruiz

JakeTulane · 05-16-2011, 08:17 AM

"Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul." - Thomas Merton

JakeTulane · 05-16-2011, 08:19 AM

"Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it." - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Elijah · 05-16-2011, 10:15 AM

"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars."

~Khalil Gibran

jenny · 05-16-2011, 10:20 AM

"It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like 'What about lunch?'" ~ Winnie the Pooh

Janny · 05-16-2011, 12:20 PM

I used to be a hopeless romantic. I am still a hopeless romantic. I used to believe that love was the highest value. I still believe that love is the highest value. I don't expect to be happy. I don't imagine that I will find love, whatever that means, or that if I do find it, it will make me happy. I don't think of love as the answer or the solution. I think of love as a force of nature - as strong as the sun, as necessary, as impersonal, as gigantic, as impossible, as scorching as it is warming, as drought-making as it is life-giving. And when it burns out, the planet dies.
-Jeanette Winterson, "Lighthousekeeping"

jenny · 05-17-2011, 07:48 AM

"Live out of your imagination, not your history." ~ Stephen Covey

Nat · 05-17-2011, 08:01 AM

"You can be gloomy when you're young, when you've got the energy for it and you need to explore the emotional perimeters and so forth and so on. When you get old, the truest reaction to the world, the truest feeling is just pure astonishment at the world in which we live."

- Garrison Keillor

05-15-2011, 08:06 AM	#6445
Mister Bent Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: . Posts: 2,905 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,151 Thanked 5,825 Times in 1,721 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Also makes a good sleep-aid. "Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can,and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean." - Aldous Huxley __________________ Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. - H. L. Mencken

05-15-2011, 08:09 AM	#6446
Duchess Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Absolute Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Toe curling :-) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,382 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,792 Thanked 5,592 Times in 1,521 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	"Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble." *Hugh Prather* __________________ *無料のライブ*

05-15-2011, 07:27 PM	#6448
WolfyOne Magically Delicious How Do You Identify?: Gentle Butch Relationship Status: Single and content Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 6,558 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 22,052 Thanked 15,398 Times in 4,140 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her. ~ Anonymous ~ __________________ Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage --- Lao Tzo

05-15-2011, 09:02 PM	#6449
Just_G Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Butch, Switch, Comedian...G...whichever. Preferred Pronoun?: He....with an e! Relationship Status: I'll take kinky & twisted for $200, Alex!! Tournaments Won: 1 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: in the middle Posts: 2,281 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 874 Thanked 6,165 Times in 1,450 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	'Tis better to be alone for the right reasons than with someone for the wrong ones. No clue who said it, but it is so freakin' true!! __________________ Happy are those who dream and are ready to pay the price to make them come true!

05-16-2011, 07:15 AM	#6451
Ms. Meander Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Femme Relationship Status: Ethical Nonmonogamist Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Mountains Posts: 1,520 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,706 Thanked 5,218 Times in 1,148 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Laughter and tears are meant to turn the wheels of the same machinery of sensibility; one is wind-power, and the other water-power; that is all. - Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. __________________ My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart. - Maya Angelou

05-14-2011, 06:06 PM	#6441
Ms. Tabitha Member How Do You Identify?: Hey Lady Preferred Pronoun?: Female Relationship Status: Married ~ 4-1-13 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 1,440 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 980 Thanked 3,581 Times in 1,040 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	"There is no going back in life. There is no return. No second chance." ~Daphne du Maurier

05-15-2011, 07:37 AM	#6442
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"In the last analysis, the individual person is responsible for living his own life and for "finding himself." If he persists in shifting his responsibility to somebody else, he fails to find out the meaning of his own existence." - Thomas Merton

05-15-2011, 07:39 AM	#6443
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"I want my inner truth to be the plumb line for the choices I make about my life -- about the work that I do and how I do it, about the relationships I enter into and how I conduct them." - Parker J. Palmer

05-15-2011, 07:40 AM	#6444
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be "happy." I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter and to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all." - Leo C. Rosten

05-15-2011, 01:52 PM	#6447
Fancy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: N/A Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NY Posts: 3,742 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,696 Thanked 7,076 Times in 2,316 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. John Muir

05-15-2011, 10:37 PM	#6450
violaine Timed Out How Do You Identify?: atypical Preferred Pronoun?: plague words and phrases Relationship Status: love wise guys of the avian world Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: wekiva springs basin Posts: 3,236 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,934 Thanked 3,293 Times in 1,301 Posts Rep Power: 0	“The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.” “The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.” – Ayn Rand

05-16-2011, 07:21 AM	#6452
Ms. Meander Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Femme Relationship Status: Ethical Nonmonogamist Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Mountains Posts: 1,520 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,706 Thanked 5,218 Times in 1,148 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	One more. I try his head occasionally as housewives try eggs,-- give it an intellectual shake and hold it up to the light, so to speak, to see if it has life in it, actual or potential, or only contains lifeless albumen. - Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table __________________ My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart. - Maya Angelou

05-16-2011, 08:15 AM	#6453
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"Don't Make Assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life." - Miguel Angel Ruiz

05-16-2011, 08:17 AM	#6454
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul." - Thomas Merton

05-16-2011, 08:19 AM	#6455
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it." - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

05-16-2011, 10:15 AM	#6456
Elijah Member How Do You Identify?: Genderqueer Butch Preferred Pronoun?: Masculine ones Relationship Status: Open to healthy possibilities... Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Michigan Posts: 554 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 738 Thanked 1,628 Times in 393 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. The most massive characters are seared with scars." ~Khalil Gibran __________________ "There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness but of power. They are messengers of overwhelming grief and of unspeakable love." ~Washington Irving

05-16-2011, 10:20 AM	#6457
jenny Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme Relationship Status: inquire within Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 956 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 434 Thanked 1,593 Times in 580 Posts Rep Power: 5091118	"It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like 'What about lunch?'" ~ Winnie the Pooh __________________ "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." ~ Anne Frank “Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

05-16-2011, 12:20 PM	#6458
Janny Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: The glass slipper shattered and I can't stop staring at the shards. Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 930 Thanked 223 Times in 92 Posts Rep Power: 6576866	I used to be a hopeless romantic. I am still a hopeless romantic. I used to believe that love was the highest value. I still believe that love is the highest value. I don't expect to be happy. I don't imagine that I will find love, whatever that means, or that if I do find it, it will make me happy. I don't think of love as the answer or the solution. I think of love as a force of nature - as strong as the sun, as necessary, as impersonal, as gigantic, as impossible, as scorching as it is warming, as drought-making as it is life-giving. And when it burns out, the planet dies. -Jeanette Winterson, "Lighthousekeeping" __________________ All the diamonds in this world that mean anything to me are conjured up by wind and sunlight sparkling on the sea. -Bruce Cockburn-

05-17-2011, 07:48 AM	#6459
jenny Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme Relationship Status: inquire within Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 956 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 434 Thanked 1,593 Times in 580 Posts Rep Power: 5091118	"Live out of your imagination, not your history." ~ Stephen Covey __________________ "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." ~ Anne Frank “Life's most persistent and urgent question is: 'What are you doing for others?'” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

05-17-2011, 08:01 AM	#6460
Nat Senior Member How Do You Identify?: bigender Preferred Pronoun?: whatevs Relationship Status: in a relationship Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tx Posts: 3,535 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,042 Thanked 13,967 Times in 2,589 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	"You can be gloomy when you're young, when you've got the energy for it and you need to explore the emotional perimeters and so forth and so on. When you get old, the truest reaction to the world, the truest feeling is just pure astonishment at the world in which we live." - Garrison Keillor __________________ I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl. - Bjork What is to give light must endure burning. -Viktor Frankl