Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 377

Hollylane · 10-03-2011, 07:19 AM

Each one of here today will at one time in our lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask the same question: We are willing help, Lord, but what, if anything, is needed? For it is true we can seldom help those closest to us. Either we don't know what part of ourselves to give or, more often than not, the part we have to give is not wanted. And so it is those we live with and should know who elude us. But we can still love them - we can love completely without complete understanding.

~Rev. Maclean, A River Runs Through It 1992

Mr.Nobody · 10-03-2011, 07:38 PM

After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference. ~Charlotte Gray

Fancy · 10-03-2011, 08:29 PM

“so even an assassin can make the flowers grow"

David Ives - Variations on The Death of Trotsky

LaneyDoll · 10-03-2011, 09:19 PM

“You - you alone will have the stars as no one else has them. In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing when you look at the sky at night. You - only you - will have stars that can laugh.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Diva · 10-03-2011, 09:48 PM

"Our own life has to be our message."

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Hollylane · 10-03-2011, 11:18 PM

Love is everything it is cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it... It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

~Erica Jong

Arwen · 10-04-2011, 09:25 AM

“Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.
I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others, to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings.
I am going to have kind thoughts towards others.
I am not going to get angry or think badly about others.
I am going to benefit others as much as I can.” – The Dalai Lama

Now that's a life I can live! (Arwen, lol)

purepisces · 10-04-2011, 12:38 PM

It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are. ~ e.e.cummings

purepisces · 10-04-2011, 12:39 PM

Tell me what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? ~ Mary Oliver

JAGG · 10-04-2011, 12:53 PM

You know the proof is in the pudding. So do you keep ordering yogurt?

Fancy · 10-04-2011, 02:48 PM

A while back, at the entrance of a gym, there was a picture of a very thin and beautiful woman. The caption was "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?"

The story goes, a woman (of clothing size unknown) answered the following way:

"Dear people, whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, seals, curious humans), they are sexually active and raise their children with great tenderness.
They entertain like crazy with dolphins and eat lots of prawns. They swim all day and travel to fantastic places like Patagonia, the Barents Sea or the coral reefs of Polynesia.
They sing incredibly well and sometimes even are on cds. They are impressive and dearly loved animals, which everyone defend and admires.

Mermaids do not exist.

But if they existed, they would line up to see a psychologist because of a problem of split personality: woman or fish?
They would have no sex life and could not bear children.
Yes, they would be lovely, but lonely and sad.
And, who wants a girl that smells like fish by his side?

Without a doubt, I'd rather be a whale.

At a time when the media tells us that only thin is beautiful, I prefer to eat ice cream with my kids, to have dinner with my husband, to eat and drink and have fun with my friends.

We women, we gain weight because we accumulate so much wisdom and knowledge that there isn't enough space in our heads, and it spreads all over our bodies.
We are not fat, we are greatly cultivated.
Every time I see my curves in the mirror, I tell myself: "How amazing am I ?! "

1QuirkyKiwi · 10-04-2011, 03:03 PM

Fancy, I love it!

I miss read the title of this thread as Quote, Pimps and Sayings *Blushes* - I'm tired, need new eyes and have a very early start in the morning, so I'll shuffle off to bed...

Happiness:
Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you. (Nathaniel Hawthorne).

sara-bera · 10-04-2011, 03:39 PM

“That which is beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.” -Ninon de L’Enclos

BugsAndKisses · 10-04-2011, 03:44 PM

nice is different then good- little red riding hood

always2late · 10-04-2011, 08:37 PM

The most damaging phrase in the language is: 'It's always been done that way.' - Grace Murray Hopper

Fancy · 10-05-2011, 06:54 PM

Stay hungry. Stay foolish.

-Steve Jobs

rest in peace

JAGG · 10-05-2011, 07:34 PM

"The great hand of Karma shall even the score,
The wronged vindicated,
The manipulative exposed, so all may know their evils acts,
No amount of regret, forgiveness or treading lighty can advert the forces which level.
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly,
Suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
At the moment of recogning no adage shall ring truer,
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

purepisces · 10-05-2011, 07:38 PM

I’m an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals. As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what’s happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don’t seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids. ~ Steve Jobs

greeneyedgrrl · 10-06-2011, 01:44 AM

1. I'm a girl with power

(Power)

2. One girl CAN make a difference

... (Courage)

3. I try my best

(Effort)

4. And maybe someday somehow I will make a change.
(Hope)

written by my little one age 10

greeneyedgrrl · 10-06-2011, 01:47 AM

The time will come

When, after elation

You will greet yourself arriving

At your own door, in your own mirror,

And each will smile at the other's welcome,

And say, sit here, Eat.

You will love again the stranger that was yourself.

Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart

To itself, to the stranger who has loved you

All your life, whom you ignored

For another, who knows you by heart.

Take down the letters from the bookshelf,

The photographs, the desperate notes,

Peel your image from the mirror.

Sit. Feast on your life.

10-03-2011, 07:38 PM	#7522
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10-03-2011, 09:19 PM	#7524
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10-04-2011, 09:25 AM	#7527
Arwen Joy Seeker How Do You Identify?: Smartly-Flavored Preferred Pronoun?: Goddess Relationship Status: Mrs. Syzygy 1/9/14 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Joyville, NM (aka Land of Enchantment) Posts: 10,140 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,636 Thanked 28,123 Times in 6,414 Posts Rep Power: 21474862	“Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others, to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others. I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can.” – The Dalai Lama Now that's a life I can live! (Arwen, lol) __________________ I wrote a book, y'all! *FREE* Tarotscopes Seek Joy, y'all. Eschew hate. 9Words: A Poetry Challenge \| Do you like me?

10-04-2011, 12:38 PM	#7528
purepisces Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Just a girl in love with the world Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Right here, right now Posts: 604 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,477 Thanked 1,607 Times in 491 Posts Rep Power: 9710905	It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are. ~ e.e.cummings __________________ Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow. ~Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros

10-04-2011, 12:39 PM	#7529
purepisces Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Just a girl in love with the world Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Right here, right now Posts: 604 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,477 Thanked 1,607 Times in 491 Posts Rep Power: 9710905	Tell me what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? ~ Mary Oliver __________________ Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow. ~Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros

10-03-2011, 07:19 AM	#7521
Hollylane Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: . Preferred Pronoun?: . Relationship Status: . Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: . Posts: 11,495 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,694 Thanked 26,362 Times in 5,877 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Each one of here today will at one time in our lives look upon a loved one who is in need and ask the same question: We are willing help, Lord, but what, if anything, is needed? For it is true we can seldom help those closest to us. Either we don't know what part of ourselves to give or, more often than not, the part we have to give is not wanted. And so it is those we live with and should know who elude us. But we can still love them - we can love completely without complete understanding. ~Rev. Maclean, A River Runs Through It 1992

10-03-2011, 08:29 PM	#7523
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	“so even an assassin can make the flowers grow" David Ives - Variations on The Death of Trotsky

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Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	"Our own life has to be our message." ~Thich Nhat Hanh

10-03-2011, 11:18 PM	#7526
Hollylane Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: . Preferred Pronoun?: . Relationship Status: . Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: . Posts: 11,495 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,694 Thanked 26,362 Times in 5,877 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Love is everything it is cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it... It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. ~Erica Jong

10-04-2011, 12:53 PM	#7530
JAGG Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: JAGG Relationship Status: =) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tulsa (cat free zone) Posts: 6,093 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,651 Thanked 17,534 Times in 4,137 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	You know the proof is in the pudding. So do you keep ordering yogurt? __________________ I don't want to spend my life with someone I can live with, I want to spend my life with someone I can't live without.

10-04-2011, 02:48 PM	#7531
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	too wonderful not to share... A while back, at the entrance of a gym, there was a picture of a very thin and beautiful woman. The caption was "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?" The story goes, a woman (of clothing size unknown) answered the following way: "Dear people, whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, seals, curious humans), they are sexually active and raise their children with great tenderness. They entertain like crazy with dolphins and eat lots of prawns. They swim all day and travel to fantastic places like Patagonia, the Barents Sea or the coral reefs of Polynesia. They sing incredibly well and sometimes even are on cds. They are impressive and dearly loved animals, which everyone defend and admires. Mermaids do not exist. But if they existed, they would line up to see a psychologist because of a problem of split personality: woman or fish? They would have no sex life and could not bear children. Yes, they would be lovely, but lonely and sad. And, who wants a girl that smells like fish by his side? Without a doubt, I'd rather be a whale. At a time when the media tells us that only thin is beautiful, I prefer to eat ice cream with my kids, to have dinner with my husband, to eat and drink and have fun with my friends. We women, we gain weight because we accumulate so much wisdom and knowledge that there isn't enough space in our heads, and it spreads all over our bodies. We are not fat, we are greatly cultivated. Every time I see my curves in the mirror, I tell myself: "How amazing am I ?! "

10-04-2011, 03:03 PM	#7532
1QuirkyKiwi Senior Member How Do You Identify?: BBW. Unique femininity that does not encompass the western paradigm. Preferred Pronoun?: Anything Respectful! Relationship Status: Single, Happy, not Desparate or Looking, but Open to Possibilities... Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Europe and Aotearoa on a 5:2 ratio. Posts: 2,308 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,003 Thanked 6,035 Times in 1,617 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Fancy, I love it! I miss read the title of this thread as Quote, Pimps and Sayings Blushes - I'm tired, need new eyes and have a very early start in the morning, so I'll shuffle off to bed... Happiness: Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you. (Nathaniel Hawthorne). __________________ What will make the difference to me is your strength of character and what's in your heart...

10-04-2011, 03:39 PM	#7533
sara-bera Member How Do You Identify?: female Join Date: May 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,161 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,687 Thanked 2,859 Times in 739 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	“That which is beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.” -Ninon de L’Enclos

10-04-2011, 03:44 PM	#7534
BugsAndKisses Member How Do You Identify?: ladybug, lover of little things Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: Settled Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: florida Posts: 341 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 278 Thanked 864 Times in 215 Posts Rep Power: 10789160	nice is different then good- little red riding hood

10-04-2011, 08:37 PM	#7535
always2late Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: m'lady Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 2,000 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,834 Thanked 6,231 Times in 1,462 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	The most damaging phrase in the language is: 'It's always been done that way.' - Grace Murray Hopper __________________ Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there ~ Rumi

10-05-2011, 06:54 PM	#7536
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	Stay hungry. Stay foolish. -Steve Jobs rest in peace

10-05-2011, 07:34 PM	#7537
JAGG Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: JAGG Relationship Status: =) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tulsa (cat free zone) Posts: 6,093 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,651 Thanked 17,534 Times in 4,137 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	Rules of Karma "The great hand of Karma shall even the score, The wronged vindicated, The manipulative exposed, so all may know their evils acts, No amount of regret, forgiveness or treading lighty can advert the forces which level. Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly, Suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. At the moment of recogning no adage shall ring truer, Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." __________________ I don't want to spend my life with someone I can live with, I want to spend my life with someone I can't live without.

10-05-2011, 07:38 PM	#7538
purepisces Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Just a girl in love with the world Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Right here, right now Posts: 604 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,477 Thanked 1,607 Times in 491 Posts Rep Power: 9710905	I’m an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals. As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what’s happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don’t seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids. ~ Steve Jobs __________________ Give thanks for what you are now, and keep fighting for what you want to be tomorrow. ~Fernanda Miramontes-Landeros

10-06-2011, 01:44 AM	#7539
greeneyedgrrl Member How Do You Identify?: femme/queer Preferred Pronoun?: she/her Join Date: May 2011 Location: cali Posts: 1,484 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,932 Thanked 3,266 Times in 835 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	1. I'm a girl with power (Power) 2. One girl CAN make a difference ... (Courage) 3. I try my best (Effort) 4. And maybe someday somehow I will make a change. (Hope) written by my little one age 10

10-06-2011, 01:47 AM	#7540
greeneyedgrrl Member How Do You Identify?: femme/queer Preferred Pronoun?: she/her Join Date: May 2011 Location: cali Posts: 1,484 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,932 Thanked 3,266 Times in 835 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	Love After Love by Derek Walcott The time will come When, after elation You will greet yourself arriving At your own door, in your own mirror, And each will smile at the other's welcome, And say, sit here, Eat. You will love again the stranger that was yourself. Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart To itself, to the stranger who has loved you All your life, whom you ignored For another, who knows you by heart. Take down the letters from the bookshelf, The photographs, the desperate notes, Peel your image from the mirror. Sit. Feast on your life. Last edited by greeneyedgrrl; 10-06-2011 at 01:48 AM. Reason: change font size from ridiculously huge to normal (I hope))