~Daily Inspirational Quotes.....

[Believe51]

I thought I would start a thread that includes daily quotes for inspirational purposes. Ed is a trivia freak and I am a person who quotes alot. You may have gathered that information on your own reading the "quotes" in all my posts. I hope that I could get some feedback with quotes to inspire us, to make us ponder, to give us a new outlook on everyday things and feelings. Sometimes I will find myself revising quotes from someone famous or at times things you girls have mentioned. I really hope that I can get this thread going with the help of my friends but if not I will supply you all with some of my special ones. Hopefully they will give you a warm feeling when you read them. I will get the party started:

"The Future Belongs To Those Who Believe In The Beauty Of Their Dreams" By Eleanor Roosevelt

Believe51

[PinkGirl]

WHEN YOU ARE ARGUING WITH AN A$$ HOLE, MAKE SURE HE ISN'T DOING THE SAME THING......source unknown

Seriously Believe, I think it's a great idea. I often hear or read things and wish I had written them down. This way, we can go back and read them
whenever we want. Obviously, if I am going to be allowed to participate,
you will have to broaden the scope of the quotations you will accept!!
I never mean to offend anyone... I just have a strange sense of humour.

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

Great idea, Marie!

I have learned to habitually live with a firm belief in a positive future. I could see my misfortune as enduring, but I consciously choose instead not to get bogged down in the grip of such a pessimistic view. That would cause me to feel miserable and to accomplish less than is possible. I KNOW on the deepest of levels that pessimistic prophecies are self-fulfilling!

As is positive thinking!

YES IS A WORLD

& IN THIS WORLD OF

YES LIVE
(SKILLFULLY CURLED)

ALL WORLDS

ee cummings

*Yes* is a mentality. It is a whole world, full of all possibilities. Where miracles are born. I chose to live in the LAND OF YES. (I know this place exists midst a sea of No. I chose to ignore this, and move forward happily anyway.) And, quite miraculously, HERE AM I! Still...

I could live with the constant drone of uncertainty, stepping on a land mine and have my life explode any instant, but that is a very sad place to be.

Instead of living overwrought with worst case scenarios, I revel that I have awakened each morning not surrounded by a velvet coated box. I AM ALIVE! I am humbly grateful, full of LOVE and AWE. I live with an open heart and feel deluged with Universal Love (that's the only way I can describe this experience, this new way of *being* that blessed me after bc)!

I live each day as if what I want ALREADY EXISTS. Not in denial, but with my Spirit wrapped around the joy and sublime serenity of BEING. I release all anger, remorse, fear, anxiety, hurt feelings daily, INTENTIONALLY. I experience my emotions and then I push them off a cliff. I expel them slowly, as I exhale. I take in new life-affirming air deep in to my body. I hold on to it, to The Now of it. And then, I release it through my pursed lips, letting the breath and all that is unwanted escape from me, leaving me in harmony. I have learned to stop struggling, through my resisting of what is. Allowing me to live in the LAND OF YES.

Sorry for going on, but this is the crux of my new improved philosophy of Life, that came w/the traumas of breast cancer. It is an insidious disease, not a beast, not a monster. I refuse to give it that power. It is a mindless dysfunction of the body that can be dealt with. I plan on living to be 100 and dying of something entirely different.

KNOWLEDGE IS OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR INTELLIGENCE.
THIS IS LIKE MISTAKING A CUP OF MILK FOR A COW.
Andi http://cdn-cf.aol.com/se/smi/0201e05fca/06

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

Forgive me for being honest but -- I fail to see how INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES are considered among THINGS TO KEEP YOUR MIND OFF BC...

Seems to me we need surgery, chemo, radiation, counseling, pre meds, anti nausea meds, anti d's, anti anxiety drugs, sleeping aids and all the inspiration we can find!

Discussing our failing self-esteem due to baldness and the loss of a breast is ON TOPIC, though... So very important to our morale!

Discussing relationship issues that arise, where husbands become depressed and temporarily out of reach, where relatives and/or friends view us as a lost cause and write us off in a myriad of ways -- these are all ON TOPIC, yet... In need of being addressed realistically! Advice is understandably sought and many of us have similar experience and valuable input.

So why did I have so much trouble locating this ESSENTIAL thread? Only to find it having slipped in amongst Tiptoe's adventures, which you all know touch my heart and gladden my heart, as well as many others!
Andi

[hutchibk]

"Beware what you read in medical books, you might die of a misprint..."

Oh, you said inspirational. Sorry. I'll get back to you.

[chrisy]

Brenda you are cracking me up! I'm going to start quoting YOU!

[Believe51]

Hello My Dear Friends I woke up this morning to find me loving you even more than yesterday, nothing strange though because I find this has happened every day since I have known you. In all of the many words I communicate none are sufficient enough to describe my feelings for you all. Hopefully this thread can begin to give back a small part of the inspiration, strength and love you all provide to me today and every day!!!

"I Have Always Believed, And I Still Believe, That Whatever Good Or Bad Fortune May Come Our Way We Can Always Give It Meaning And Transform It Into Something Of Value." By Hermann Hesse

Loving You All A Lifetime>>Believe51

[Believe51]

Gasp. LOL. Your warped sense of humor has made me laugh just thinking of you sometimes. Ed and I have an extremely warped sense of humor, sometimes dark to the average JoeBlow. So PinkGirl, all avenues are open. Brenda, maybe we can bend the rules for you too, forget inspirational....for you I will say your job is to make us laugh by being Brenda. And Chrissy, revising her quotes will be a full time job that I hope you are up to!! LOL.>>Love and giggles>>Believe51

[Believe51]

Good One for 'ya all:

"The Future Is Not A Gift-It Is An Achievement" By Harry Lauder

Believe51

[PinkGirl]

Cancer is a word, not a sentence...........some guy in Britain

[lilyecuadorian]

who need a phicologist here with all this support GENIUS you all just the right quote one better then other or vice versa

[Believe51]

"Cancer Is So Limited, It Cannot Corrode Faith, It Cannot Shatter Hope, It Cannot Kill Friendships, It Cannot Cripple Love, It Cannot Destroy Peace, It Cannot Silence Courage, It Cannot Suppress Memories, It Cannot Conquer The Spirit" By Unknown Author

Believe51

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

WHAT WOULD YOU ATTEMPT TO DO IF YOU *KNEW* YOU COULD NOT FAIL? I believe that once your Spirit KNOWS a thing, it becomes a reality. May you BELIEVE in your dream to the point of KNOWING you are calling it to you... Beyond all doubt or indications to the contrary!

THE TROUBLE WITH DOING SOMETHING RIGHT THE FIRST TIME IS THAT NOBODY APPRECIATES HOW DIFFICULT IT IS.

To all who are continuing on in their quest to find the perfect recipe just for you -- the Magic Bullet with YOUR name on it -- I want you to know I am standing, my hands in the air, applauding you and absolutely admiring you and your herculean efforts! You are my heroes and sheroes!!
With love, Andi

[Believe51]

Wanted to write this because it has been in my head all day. Mighty Oak this one is for you:

"Believe That Life Is Worth Living, And Your Belief Will Help Create The Fact" By William James

Believe51

[Believe51]

"In Order To Be A Realist You Must Believe In Miracles" By Henry Christopher Bailey

Enough playing Marie, time to make din din!!>>Believe51

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

This amuses me... DO NOT ATTRIBUTE ANY ACTION TO MALICE THAT CAN BE EXPLAINED BY STUPIDITY. I'm just saying...

Dont' take every thing personally.
Your Sister -- Andi http://cdn-cf.aol.com/se/smi/0201e05fca/06 ABB @ BFl

[fauxgypsy]

There are so many things to see, unwrapped gifts and free surprises. The world is fairly studded and strewn with pennies cast broadside by a generous hand. But- and this is the point-who gets excited by a mere penny? If you follow one arrow, if you crouch motionless on a bank to watch a tremulous ripple thrill on the water and are rewarded by the sight of a muskrat paddling from its den, will you count that sight a chip of copper only, and go on your rueful way? It is dire poverty indeed when a man is so malnourished and fatigued that he won't stoop to pick up a penny. But if you cultivate a healthy poverty and simplicity, so that finding a penny will literally make your day, then, since the world is in fact planted in pennies, you have with your poverty bought a lifetime of days. It is that simple. What you see is what you get.

Annie Dillard
from "Pilgrim at Tinker creek"

[chrisy]

ANDI I Love that quote! That should be the title of the "people say the darndest things" thread!

I've got a quote on the shirt I'm wearing today. I don't know the original origin, but I read a version of it in Anne Lamott's book Traveling Mercies...

This may take a minute since I'm reading it off the shirt and it's upside down to me.

"When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, FAITH is knowing that one of two things shall happen:
Either you will be given something solid to stand on, or
You will be taught how to fly"

Chris

[Believe51]

Although there has been many times of fear and doubt during this entire journey I STILL BELIEVE. Deep down these fears are lessened because I BELIEVE. There have been times when I thought that it may be denial, this 'Believing' I do. It certainly is not since I know the repercussions of what 'could' be. I am a firm believer that My Warrior Angel shall conquer, shall succeed. So to all MY WARRIORS whom I see trying to conquer, remember this:

"For They Conquer Who Believe They Can" By John Dryden

I love you all with all of my very big heart!!!>>Believe51

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

So lovely, lovely Leslie! The gems in Life are so often unseen. The bigness of the little things simply go underappreciated. Since bc I have come to witness the sublime in the ordinary. The experience has elevated me (kicking and screaming along the way...). It has all served to lift me up to previously unfathomed heights. Joseph Campbell has observed -- "IT IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ABYSS (where) COMES THE VOICE OF SALVATION. THE BLACK MOMENT IS THE MOMENT WHEN THE REAL MESSAGE OF TRANSFORMATION IS GOING TO COME. AT THE DARKEST MOMENT COMES THE LIGHT."

Campbell refers to the Polynesian saying -- You are 'STANDING ON A WHALE FISHING FOR MINNOWS'. He goes on to explain, "We are standing on a whale. The ground of being is the ground of our being, and when we simply turn outward, we see all of these little problems here and there. But, if we look inward, we see that we are the source of them all."

In searching within our psyche we discover our past and present pain. Then, we find that we have the power to *consciously choose* to LET IT GO. This act is the hero's deed. The sheroe's dance with obstacles that lead the way to triumph. We become freed, to say --HERE AM I! I am ready to move forward. In to a new normal. And I have chosen to embrace it, seeing that being alive has fresh worth, unimagined zest and so very much previously unseen *bling*...! The experience of The Thrill Of Living transcends all adversities set before us to endure. Rather than mourn the unwanted we come to feel the joy and serenity of simply being. We come to rejoice over our good fortune, shedding the weight of the Not Bargained For. We come to *know* we have the power to call desired dreams to us -- with our carefully scripted inner dialogue and our newfound ability to reject odious thinking. Thus we release horrid emotions and welcome gladness. We *own* our knowing and are filled with faith and belief and jubilation over our mastery of control. Having risen to a plane of consciousness that directly links us to divineness...

Sorry. Just got home from my Vit H treatment. A half hour infusion which took two hours in the chemo room. I musn't complain. I first began Herceptin 9 years ago, on November 11, 1998... In August of '98, diagnosed with multiple metastases throughout my liver, I thought I would surely die. The statistics I read were dire and pierced my heart. Slowly, midst Taxotere and its ravaging effects (on my body, yet including my cancer cells) I came to regain my footing. I began to KNOW that I was on a gravel-filled and winding roadway -- barefoot and stumbling -- but slowly being led to survival! I became able to reach out and OWN that knowing. To learn to control my mind, and therefore my outcome, to a far greater degree than I had ever thought possible. With intense focus and impassioned certainty I tread toward what one doctor eventually would call -- cautious remission. From December of '98 I began to reclaim my joy and serenity, *knowing* I was on the right path and precisely where I was headed.

So I am especially thoughtful at this moment. Moved by Leslie's post of beauty, remembering the radiance of her Spirit, these words are what came out of me...
I wish every one of my Sisters and Brothers REMISSION with all my heart! Much loving energy to you all...
Pinkie and Flori and Ed and Marie's Mom seem to be most in need at this moment of my prayers, but I pray for you ALL...
Andi

[hutchibk]

Maybe not inspirational, but a quote that responds to Pink's husband's family:

"Do you know that you are pathetic little people AND morons?" - hutchibk

[hutchibk]

"I wanted to be the first woman to burn her bra, but it would have taken the fire department four days to put it out." ~Dolly Parton

Oh and...

"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live." ~Jim Rohn

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

"TAKE YOUR LIFE IN YOUR OWN HANDS, AND WHAT HAPPENS? A TERRIBLE THING: NO ONE TO BLAME." Erica Jong

"THE ONLY REAL VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY CONSISTS NOT IN SEEKING NEW LANDSCAPES BUT IN HAVING NEW EYES." Marcel Proust

I know I personally is oxymoronic, but all the same -- I personally love these two.

For me, when I began to see the world through the eyes of my Soul
-- EVERYTHING CHANGED! Revelations emerged.

This is my new favorite thread! Thank you soooo much, Marie. What a fab idea...
Andi

[PinkGirl]

EACH FRIEND REPRESENTS A WORLD IN US,
A WORLD POSSIBLY NOT BORN UNTIL THEY ARRIVE,
AND IT IS ONLY BY THIS MEETING THAT A NEW WORLD IS BORN

Anais Nin

[PinkGirl]

Inspirational photo :)

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[hutchibk]

I LOVE the cartoon!

[Believe51]

This completes my thoughts on Thanksgiving and what it means to me, today & always:

"True Thanksgiving Means That We Need To Thank God For What He Has done For Us, And Not To Tell Him What We Have Done For Him" By George R Hendrick

Believe51

[hutchibk]

I love that too! Thanks Marie.

[PinkGirl]

AVOIDING DANGER IS NO SAFER IN THE LONG RUN THAN OUTRIGHT EXPOSURE. THE FEARFUL ARE CAUGHT AS OFTEN AS THE BOLD.
Helen Keller

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO TRY TO BELITTLE YOUR AMBITIONS. SMALL PEOPLE ALWAYS DO THAT, BUT THE REALLY GREAT MAKE YOU FEEL THAT YOU, TOO, CAN BECOME GREAT. Mark Twain

Andi

[PinkGirl]

Roger Bannister Broke The Four-minute Mile Record
On May 6, 1954. It Had Been Deemed An Impossible Feat.

The Record Was Broken Again On June 21, 1954 And Upon Knowing That It Was No Longer Impossible, 3 Years Later, 16 Other Runners Also Cracked The Four-
Minute Mile.

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

SINCE WHEN DO YOU HAVE TO AGREE WITHPEOPLE TO DEFEND THEM FROM INJUSTICE? Lillian Hellman

WISE SAYINGS OFTEN FALL ON BARREN GROUND; BUT A KIND WORD IS NEVER THROWN AWAY. Arthur Helps

ALWAYS DO RIGHT; THIS WILL GRATIFY SOME PEOPLE AND ASTONISH THE REST. Mark Twain

HE WHO ALLOWS OPPRESSION, SHARES THE CRIME. Erasmus Darwin (grandfather of Charles Darwin)

[PinkGirl]

I'M NOT A VEGETARIAN, BUT I EAT ANIMALS THAT ARE.
Groucho Marx

[Believe51]

Just some proverbs and thoughts to celebrate yet another holiday with family and friends..

"Gratitude Is The Heart's Memory" French Proverb

"Let Us Be Thankful For The Fools; But For Them The Rest Of Us Could Not Succeed" Mark Twain

"Some People Grumble Because The Roses has Thorns. Be Thankful Instead That The Thorns Have Roses" Unknown

I will be gone from the site until atleast Monday so I needed to send a few thoughts your way to hold you over until my return, LOL!! Of course I always send love, prayers, positive thoughts and hope to you also. Thanks for this unbreakable, unconditional bond of friendship for it is priceless!!>>Believe51

PS I said Monday I will see again but today is not over yet!!! Talk to you momentarily!! Hehehe!!>> MarieG

[PinkGirl]

My life is but a weaving
between my Lord and me,
I cannot choose the colours
He worketh steadily.

Oft times, He weaveth sorrow
And I in foolish pride
Forget He sees the upper
and I, the underside.

Not till the loom is silent
And the shuttles cease to fly
Shall God unroll the canvas
And explain the reason why.

The dark threads are as needful
In the weavers skillful hand
as are the threads of gold and silver
In the pattern He has planned.

author unknown

[PinkGirl]

Another inspirational(?) cartoon


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[PinkGirl]

THE JOY OF A SPIRIT IS THE MEASURE OF ITS POWER.
Ninon de Lenclos

[Becky]

Not all who wander are lost.

Tolkein

[fauxgypsy]

When I was in graduate school another student and I had a place in our office where we put inspirational quotes. We called it our "profundity" corner. We decided to rearrange the office and asked one of the other students who shared the office if he would mind. He said,"I don't care where you put my desk, as long as you don't put me in the fecundity corner." We thought about this for a moment. Then we laughed and decided that it might be appropriate, since it did keep multiplying. I LOVE quotes.

Leslie

[hutchibk]

"Try everything twice... and love it both times!"

"Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. (Keep this in mind if you are one of those grouches.)"

[PinkGirl]

THE LONGER WE DWELL ON OUR MISFORTUNES, THE GREATER IS THEIR POWER TO HARM US.

Voltaire

[fauxgypsy]

The message is to choose life in this moment, not to try and live forever. Someday, when you're tired and sore and want to leave your body, your death will be a healing--not a failure. You will have been an example of how to deal with adversity and leave a legacy of love.
Bernie S. Siegel

Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist.
David Ben-Gurion

But in the mud and scum of things
``There alway, alway something sings.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

" There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with."
Harry Crews

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.
William James

I have learned from experience that
the greater part of our happiness or misery
depends on our dispositions
and not on our circumstances.
Martha Washington

I don't want anyone to believe that I am a Pollyanna, always chirping about goodness and light. But neither do I want to be a victim, of other people or of circumstance. I rarely manage to be as positive as I wish that I could be. I do aspire to overcome ill health, bad moods, and anger. I am often far from successful. But quotes like these have always inspired me and given me the urge to try to create life the way I would like for it to be. To respond versus react. To deal with whatever comes into my life the best that I can.
Y'all keep the quotes coming.

Leslie

[PinkGirl]

THE BEST REMEDY FOR THOSE WHO ARE AFRAID, LONELY OR UNHAPPY IS TO GO OUTSIDE, SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY CAN BE QUIET, ALONE WITH THE HEAVENS, NATURE AND GOD. BECAUSE ONLY THEN DOES ONE FEEL THAT ALL IS AS IT SHOULD BE.

Anne Frank

[Believe51]

"If Someone Is Too Tired To Give You A Smile, Leave One Of Your Own, Because No One Needs A Smile As Much As Those Who Have None To Give" By Unknown

Love You All>>Believe51

[hermiracles]

Wow - I just found this thread - how lovely! Thanks for sharing sisters. My contribution for today:

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen." Elizabeth Kubler Ross

Blessings all
Hermiracles<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

We have three choices in life: to do good, to get better or to give up...

The power of choice is yours.

Andi http://cdn-cf.aol.com/se/smi/0201e05fca/06

[PinkGirl]

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF


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[Joy]

from, yes, hot soccer boy David Beckham via Kris Carr's Crazy, Sexy Cancer Tips:

"Impossible is a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is an opinion not a fact. Impossible isn't a declaration it's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."

[PinkGirl]

GIVE KISSES EVERYDAY


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[Believe51]

couldn't remember word for word until now...hehehe!

"This I Believe: That The Free, Exploring Mind Of The Individual Human Is The Most Valuable Thing In The World. And this I Would Fight For: The Freedom Of The Mind To Take Any Direction It Wishes, Undirected. And This I Must Fight Against: Any Idea, Religion, Or Government Which Limits Or Destroys The Individual."
By John Steinback

Believe51

[PinkGirl]

JOY CAN BE REAL ONLY IF PEOPLE LOOK UPON THEIR LIFE
AS A SERVICE AND HAVE A DEFINITE OBJECT IN LIFE OUTSIDE
THEMSELVES AND THEIR PERSONAL HAPPINESS.

Leo Tolstoy

[Believe51]

Hey...I like that, PinkGirl you come out with some great ones. And by the way, the picture with the cats in the mirror.....my Maine Wave long haired cat Mookie looked just as cute as the kitten. If I didn't know better I would think that was Mook Man!!>>Believe51

[PinkGirl]

These are from Cynthia's post of the Survivor Movie


SET BACKS ARE ONLY OPPORTUNITIES TO REVIEW THE LESSON.



I WILL NOT BE ASHAMED OF MY SCARS. MY SCARS ARE THE BRUSH STROKES IN THE MASTERPIECE THAT IS MY LIFE.

[fauxgypsy]

"Everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Always be a little kinder than necessary... "
-J.M. Barrie

Leslie

[PinkGirl]

I've always liked that one Faux. Whenever I try to write it down, I always get it all garbled up. Here's mine for today:

I'VE LEARNED THAT PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU SAID, PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU DID, BUT PEOPLE WILL NEVER FORGET HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.

Maya Angelou

[fauxgypsy]

I got this one in an email today.

“All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness within."

Horace Friess

Leslie

[hermiracles]

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Blessings
Hermiracles

[PinkGirl]

YOUR DAILY LIFE IS YOUR TEMPLE AND YOUR RELIGION.
WHEN YOU ENTER INTO IT, TAKE WITH YOU YOUR ALL.

Kahlil Gibran

[PinkGirl]

Three Wise Women
would have ...

ASKED FOR DIRECTIONS,
ARRIVED ON TIME,
HELPED DELIVER THE BABY,
CLEANED THE STABLE,
MADE A CASSEROLE,
BROUGHT "PRACTICAL" GIFTS AND
THERE WOULD BE
PEACE ON EARTH

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

trouble Knocked On The Door, But Hearing Laughter, Hurried Away...

[GemmaG]

I love this thread! I'm so glad for this. Great idea!

<DT><DT> <DT>"I am here and you will know that I am the best and will hear me". <DD class=author>Leontyne Price (http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Leontyne_Price/), O Magazine, December 2003

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[hermiracles]

It's great isn't it Gemma? I love it too!http://her2support.org/vbulletin/images/icons/icon7.gif

"A hero does not have to win. A hero does not have to be larger than life. A hero can be an ordinary person who overcomes extraordinary events with dignity and grace." -- Soraya

Blessings all
Hermiracles

[mimiflower07]

both are so beautiful and true.
i would love to use hermiracles quote as a part of my signature. would that be ok?
suzanne

[PinkGirl]

NO JOURNEY CARRIES ONE FAR UNLESS, AS IT EXTENDS INTO THE WORLD AROUND US, IT GOES AN EQUAL DISTANCE INTO THE WORLD WITHIN.

Lillian Smith

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

THIS ONE SPEAKS TO ME:

THE BRAVEST ARE SURELY THOSE WHO HAVE THE CLEAREST VISION OF WHAT IS BEFORE THEM, GLORY AND DANGER ALIKE, AND YET, NOT WITHSTANDING, GO OUT TO MEET IT" Thucydides (Greek historian)

[PinkGirl]

LET A JOY KEEP YOU. REACH OUT YOUR HANDS AND TAKE IT WHEN IT RUNS BY.

Carl Sandburg

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.
C. S. Lewis

[hermiracles]

Its fine with me Suzanne if you want to use the quote I posted from Soraya. I got it from her website - and Im not sure if its OK to post here links to other websites? Can someone let me know if its OK?

Anyway her website is: http://www.soraya.com/index.php (http://www.soraya.com/index.php) I'm sure you'll love her story and beautiful music.

On her website it says:
Soraya: A life of music. A legacy of hope. Read the story of a woman who gave so many courage in the midst of her own life-and-death struggle with breast cancer.
And I got this quote from Leslie! :-))
I don't want anyone to believe that I am a Pollyanna, always chirping about goodness and light. But neither do I want to be a victim, of other people or of circumstance. I rarely manage to be as positive as I wish that I could be. I do aspire to overcome ill health, bad moods, and anger. I am often far from successful. But quotes like these have always inspired me and given me the urge to try to create life the way I would like for it to be. To respond versus react. To deal with whatever comes into my life the best that I can.
Y'all keep the quotes coming.

Leslie

and I just want to say Leslie I love your courage - what you say makes a lot of sense to me. I don't want to be a victim either in life - blaming others for my problems - don't know that I'm there yet though... getting there... oops getting off topic...

I do love this thread - thanks so much friends.
Blessings
Hermiracles<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

[PinkGirl]

MANY PEOPLE WILL WALK IN AND OUT OF YOUR LIFE,
BUT ONLY TRUE FRIENDS WILL LEAVE FOOTPRINTS IN YOUR HEART.

Eleanor Roosevelt

[hermiracles]

Dear God, As I rise up, I thank You for the opportunity to be on this earth. I thank You for my mind and body. I thank You for my life. Please bless my body and use it for Your purposes. May I rise up strong today, and may my body and soul radiate Your love. May all impurities be cast out of my mind, my heart, my body. May every cell of my being be filled with Your light. May my body and mind both be illumined for Your sake and for the sake of all the world.
~ Marianne Williamson ~ Illuminata: A Return To Prayer

Blessings
Hermi

[hermiracles]

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[Kathy S in Tokyo]

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
Confucius

[Believe51]

"Prayer Is More Than Meditation. In Meditation The Source Of Strength Is One's Self. When One Prays He Goes To A Source Of Strength Greater Than His Own" by Madame Chiang Kai-Shek

Believe51

[fauxgypsy]

Hermi, Thank you so much. I don't know that I've ever been quoted before. I have had a busy month or so and haven't been here much. This year around the Holidays I did too much and ended up tired and sick. Just a cold but it is taking its sweet time to leave. I have been in a bad mood, trying to deal with anger. It is just part of being, I guess.

Leslie

[lilyecuadorian]

I got this in my email ......from my mother in law
The New Motto for 2008!! Start it early!!!



http://e1.f529.mail.yahoo.com/ya/download/e1/ShowLetter?box=Trash&MsgId=7049_7629041_295047_1567_337034_0_312903_464 171_2777636819&bodyPart=1.2&YY=69494&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&Idx=21
A POEM ABOUT OUR GIRLFRIENDS
Someone will always be prettier.
Someone will always be smarter.
Some of their houses will be bigger.
Some will drive a better car.
Their children will do better in school.
And their husband will fix more things around the house.
So let it go, and love you and your circumstances.
Think about it!
The prettiest woman in the world can have hell in her heart.
And the most highly favored
woman on your job may be unable to have children.
And the richest woman you know,
she's got the car, the house, the clothes~~~~
might be lonely.
And the word says, "If I have not Love, I am nothing."
So, again, love you.
Love who you are.
Look in the mirror in the morning and smile and say,
"I a m too Blessed to be Stressed and too Anointed, to be Disappointed!"
"Winners make things happen~~
Losers let things happen."
Be "Blessed" Ladies~~~~~
and pass this on to encourage another woman.
"To the world you might be one person,
but to the one person you just sent this to,
it could mean so much."
SEND THIS TO YOUR FAVORITE WOMEN ~~
I JUST D I D!


Fight For A Cure! -

[TriciaK]

I just found this thread and love it! You have all added such great thoughts. I like this one, too:
At 111 degrees water is just quite warm. Add just one degree more, and it becomes steam. Steam can accomplish amazing things. Imagine how much more we could also accomplish if we would put forward just one degree more effort!

[Believe51]

I have an Oncologist friend who is now my Mother's doctor. We went to her visit today and I seen a giant sign in his office. I loved it because when I read it I was moved by the impact of the simplicity of the message. When asked by a patient how can he do this for a living, it must be sad. His reply she sent back on a 6' x 6'' foam board and very professional too.

His reply to that question...

"I Cry But I Do Not Get Depressed" By S. Sambandam

Believe51

[lilyecuadorian]

My husband likes to note Macbeth:

"Why should I play the part of a roman fool, and die by my own sword, when I see lives; the gashes do better upon them." He say that is Macbeth's last wisdom.

[Bill]

One of my favorites, and I've noticed it's marked in Nikki's book, so it's really from her. "If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he had imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." Thoreau

[lilyecuadorian]

Sit down for what you believe in.
Rosa Parks.

[PinkGirl]

IF PEACE IS IMPORTANT TO YOU, ASK YOURSELF,
WHAT STRUGGLE CAN I LET GO OF TODAY?
Robert Holden

[Marlys]

I really like this.
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
<SMALL>O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love. </SMALL>
<SMALL>For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life."</SMALL>
<SMALL>St. Francis of Assisi</SMALL>

[Believe51]

PinkGirl sent me this and I am all warm & fuzzy, it's cute.....

"Today's Mighty Oak Is Yesterday's Nut That Held Its Ground" Sent From PinkGirl

Believe51

[lilyecuadorian]

Sometimes "courage" mean that little voice on the end of the day saying "I will try again tomorrow" ...
Dont remenber the name of who said this ...but this one I really like ....and I like to keep on my mind all the time ...

[PinkGirl]

There is no better exercise for the heart
than reaching down and lifting someone up.

[Believe51]

"Success Is Getting What You Want. Happiness Is Wanting What You Get" By Dale Carnegie

Believe51

[PinkGirl]

WE ARE NOT AT OUR BEST WHEN WE ARE PERCHED AT THE SUMMIT;
WE ARE AT OUR BEST CLIMBING - EVEN WHEN THE WAY IS STEEP.

[Believe51]

...and I have been saying it alot lately.......

"So Easy A Caveman Can Do It" Geico commercial

.........guess I just do not have the patience for some people!! LOL>>Believe51

[Believe51]

When giving him a pep talk she will always say...

"Keep On Rolling Until Your Wheels Fall Off!!" By Mighty Oak's Mommy

[Becky]

After the end of the game, the King and the Pawn are put in the same box. (Italian Proverb)

[PinkGirl]

Adopt the pace of nature;
her secret is patience.

Emerson

[chrisy]

This is one of my favorites. I copied if off a sign at a lookout on the Tioga Pass road leaving Yosemite. The view from there looks out over Lee Vining Canyon, then Mono Lake, then the Owens Valley, then the White Mountains...

CLIMB THE MOUNTAINS AND GET THEIR GOOD TIDINGS. NATURE'S PEACE WILL FLOW INTO YOU AS SUNSHINE FLOWS INTO TREES.
THE WINDS WILL BLOW THEIR OWN FRESHNESS INTO YOU, AND THE STORMS THEIR ENERGY, WHILE CARES WILL DROP OFF LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES...john muir

[Believe51]

"Miracles Aren't Limited To The Holidays" My Dove Candy Bar Wrapper

Believe51

[Mary Jo]

Sometimes we stare so long at our balloon in the sky we forget our ice cream is melting on our plate.

Enjoy your ice cream...................http://her2support.org/vbulletin/images/icons/icon7.gif

[lilyecuadorian]

Most people don't know
there are angels
whose only job is to make sure
you don't get too comfortable
and fall asleep and miss your life.


© Brian Andreas
American Artist and Storyteller

[lilyecuadorian]

We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us
so that we become increasingly resentful and afraid,
or we can let them soften us, and make us kinder.
We always have the choice.


Dalai Lama

[PinkGirl]

Be nice without reason.

[Believe51]

This one is for you, Mighty Oak...

"There Will Come A Time When You Believe Everything Is Finished. That Will Be The Beginning." Unknown Author

[hutchibk]

Dost thou love life?
Then do not squander time,
for that is the stuff life is made of.
--Benjamin Franklin

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
--Helen Keller

[hutchibk]

One of my favs:

...boogie oogie oogie till you just can't boogie no more...
- A Taste of Honey
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[PinkGirl]

Not everything that counts can be counted.

Dr. Denis Burkit

[Mary Jo]

The wise man carries his possessions within him.

Bias of Priene (whoever the heck that is) :-)

[PinkGirl]

If a man speaks
in the middle of
a forest and there
is no woman
around to hear him,
is he still wrong?

[hutchibk]

LOL. And the answer is still yes.

[PinkGirl]

Patience and wisdom
480

[harrie]

That was FUNNY Pinkgirl!!

[schoolteacher]

I like the picture Pinkgirl. My dog would never do that. She would be after the skunk.

Amelia

[Believe51]

To All Of Our Family:
"Courage Doesn't Always Roar. Sometimes Courage Is The Quiet Voice At The End Of The Day Saying, I Will Try Again Tomorrow." Author Unknown

Believe51

[Believe51]

"Talk Low, Talk Slow, And Don't Talk Too Much." by John Wayne

.........cause Marie has a splitting headache right now...>>Believe51 http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/29/29_4_41.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=_undefined)

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[Believe51]

"Out Of Difficulties Grow Miracles." by Unknown

[Believe51]

"The Most Important Words In The English Language are not 'I Love You', But 'It's Benign'." Woody Allen

[vickie h]

Reach out to every child you pass with a smile....their trials are no less than ours....author unknown

[chrisy]

I found this on an email I got from Joy in 2007...

"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand"

Woodrow Wilson

[vickie h]

"I learned that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. " Nelson Mandela

[StephN]

HOPE is the thing

with feathers,

That perches in the soul,

And sings the tune

Without the words,

And never stops at all.

~ Emily Dickenson ~

[WomanofSteel]

"A hero does not have to win. A hero does not have to be larger than life. A hero can be an ordinary person who overcomes extraordinary events with dignity and grace."

[Believe51]

"Leave The Guns, Take The Cannolis" by Peter Clemeza~Godfather Movie '1972'

Funny how the mind thinks when stuffing a fresh cannoli down one's throat!

[PinkGirl]

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

John Lennon

[vickie h]

We though we had the answers...it was the questions we had wrong. Bono

[PinkGirl]

Booze is the answer but I've forgotten the question ..... My Mother in Law

[Believe51]

"Believe That Life Is Worth Living, And Your Belief Will Help Create The Fact" By William James

[Believe51]

"Never Bend Your Head. Always Hold It High. Look The World Straight In The Face" By Helen Keller

I usually do not read my horoscope but every now and again I will peek. Seems like those times there is something I can use. This is the first time that my horoscope had a quote. Today it was the one I will use.

[Believe51]

"Success Is Determined By Those Whom Prove The Impossible, Possible." By James Pence

[PinkGirl]

Someone I loved once gave me
a box full of darkness.

It took me years to understand
that this, too, was a gift.


Mary Oliver

[Elke]

"When someone loves you , the way they say your name is different.You just know your name is safe in their mouth."
Billy (age7)

[Elke]

The thing you are ripening toward is the fruit of your life. It will make you bright inside , no matter what you are outside.It is a shining thing.
Stewart E. White

[Elke]

Yesterday is a canceled cheque;forget it.Tomorrow is a promissory note;don't count on it.Today is ready cash;USE IT!

[Alaska Laura]

"If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again." ~ Flavia Weedn

[vickie h]

There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them.
- Phyllis Battome

[Alaska Laura]

"Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known." ~ Winnie the Pooh ;)

[PinkGirl]

Be Discerning: Don't believe everything you think.

[Paula O]

"When a thought of anxiety comes knocking on the door of your mind you must refuse it entrance. If you invite it in, it will have dinner with you, and if it has dinner with you it will quickly move in and want to spend the night."

[Jackie07]

Then make an 'anxiety soup' http://www.mtoomey.com/soup.html and drink it down... :)

"Fear of ourselves and of our fear of fear is so paralyzing nothing can move until we are free of the grip fear has on us."

[Paula O]

That "Anxiety Soup" is cool stuff, Jackie. :)

-----------------------------

"If you want what you do not have, you must do what you have not done."--Unknown

Paula

[Paula O]

Sage advice from a bumper sticker...


"Wag more. Bark less."

[NEDenise]

Hi Friends!
I just stumbled across this thread, and I think it's ripe for "bumping up"! Here are a few that I like.
Denise

"That which does not kill us makes us stronger." (http://www.great-quotes.com/quote/1141532)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (http://www.great-quotes.com/quotes/author/Friedrich+Wilhelm/Nietzsche)



"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition." (http://www.great-quotes.com/quote/291446) :)
- Timothy Leary (http://www.great-quotes.com/quotes/author/Timothy/Leary)



"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." (http://www.great-quotes.com/quote/7)
- Albert Einstein (http://www.great-quotes.com/quotes/author/Albert/Einstein)

[Paula O]

“Have you surrendered to despair because of your past or the inevitable situations in your life? Stop it! The greatest days of your life are before you. The past is over. Stop living life looking in the rear view mirror. Look forward. Press on! The best is yet to be, God never consults your past to determine your future.”–Hagee

[Paula O]

"Cancer is a word, not a sentence."
(Unknown)

[Paula O]

Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts - it's what you do with what you have left. ~Hubert Humphrey

[Paula O]

<TABLE style="MARGIN-TOP: 5px" cellSpacing=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD class=sqtdq colSpan=2>“Women agonize over cancer; we take as a personal threat the lump in every friend's breast. (http://thinkexist.com/quotation/women_agonize_over_cancer-we_take_as_a_personal/215655.html)”</TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2>http://thinkexist.com/i/sq/as0.gif Martha Weinman Lear quotes (http://thinkexist.com/quotes/martha_weinman_lear/)

Anybody have any quotes that are meaningful to you that you'd like to share?

Paula
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[margaret]

I just got out of a pool with about 6 kids in it.
I splashed, jumped around, did flips, made dolphin sounds, spun and sank and jumped up again.
What a blast!
I highly recommend it :)

[Paula O]

“Be Discerning: Don’t believe everything you think.” http://jpoliver.com/wordpress/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif Ha. Good one.

[Paula O]

"Once you choose hope, anything's possible. " ~Christopher Reeve

[Paula O]

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s320x320/428245_313142955408449_158912044164875_866627_1950 391008_n.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=313142955408449&set=a.158915227497890.33414.158912044164875&type=1&ref=nf)

[Jackie07]

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[Paula O]

I like that one, Jackie--a good reminder for me. :) Thx.

Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway. ~Emory Austin

Paula

[Jackie07]

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[Paula O]

Here's a thought from Andi's sig line that I like and have quoted as a part of my running-list arsenol of "Cancer Fightin' Words" in my blog http://jpoliver.com/wordpress/archives/688

"EVERY DAY I BEAT MY PREVIOUS RECORD FOR # OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS I'VE STAYED ALIVE.."
--Andi

http://www.buckcash.com/cancerisland/images/toons2/liquid11_350_comp.jpg

[Paula O]

From the excellent book, “When God and Cancer Meet” by Lynn Eib:
“I hate the term ‘cancer victim’ . It somehow implies cancer is the victor. It wins; we lose… While we can do little to choose whether we get cancer, we can do a lot to choose whether we are it’s victims. I don’t just mean whether we live or die. I mean how cancer affects us in the deepest parts of who we are. I believe cancer cannot conquer our spirit unless we choose to become victims .”

[Jackie07]

Inspire = Breathe?

[Marlys]

"And acceptance is the answer to all my problems. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation-some fact of my life unacceptable to me and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God's world by mistake."

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

YES Marlys! All our pain comes from our struggling.

Once we accept, we can move on. Free. Open to feel and live with joy and serenity. From day one of dx, I have lived AS IF. As if what I wanted was already making it's way to me.

I knew I was exactly where I needed to be, though surely bc was never what I bargained for. And, as it is, I found myself on the most wondrously miraculous pathway that I would never have begun to imagine otherwise. I've met the most incredible people I would never have encountered otherwise. I've learned so much and become so much more...

Nothing is a mistake. Well the docs' prognoses were -- ill-informed. I chose to survive, despite the dismal stats.
To dance with predetermination. To alter my outcome.
And you can quote me on this...

[Paula O]

"Some things are so important to God that they are worth interupting the circumstances and health of His children in order to accomplish them."

[Paula O]

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s480x480/523681_283276958446185_1762499969_n.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=283276958446185&set=a.270326646407883.59726.270321286408419&type=1&ref=nf)

[Sandra in GA]

Sent to me today by my minister~
"Blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by heat or worried by long months of drought. Their leaves stay green, and they gto right on producing delicious fruit" (Jeremiah 17:7-8).

[Paula O]

Wooohoo on four years NED, Sandra! That's a happy milestone and I'm glad for you. :) Thank you for sharing that verse--what a lovely word picture and truth to ponder.

Here's a poem that has been a blessing to me in my battles:

“Sometimes on the Rock I tremble
Weak of heart and faint of knee,
But the Steadfast Rock of Ages
Never trembles under me.”

Paula

[Sandra in GA]

Thank you Paula. I love your poem. I had found strenght to go on in Winston Churchill's quote that was at the bottom of my signature. I decided this quote from Jeremiah was so inspirational I just had to change.
Sandra

[Marlys]

Sheila posted this on Facebook. I thought it was great!

"When you can't put your prayer into words, God hears your heart."

[Paula O]

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/s480x480/557426_330885113672178_1110215743_n.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=330885113672178&set=o.372637742809380&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf)

Photo taken at a Relay For Life event by a friend of mine.

Paula

[Paula O]

"Being diagnosed of cancer comes with a lot of uncertainties. It comes with a baggage that is bound to test your very character. Cancer is not the end of your life; it actually marks a new beginning. You should not let this disease rule over your life. It has to be fought, not feared. It can be handled and it can be battled with. Many people have done it, many people have survived it, and so can you...you are not alone in this fight."

---Unknown author

[Paula O]

"No one can go back and make a brand new Start. Anyone can start from now and make a brand new Ending."

[Paula O]

“Live every day like its your last . . . one day you’ll be right.”
http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/images/rsgallery/original/HopeButton.jpg (http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/)

[Paula O]

“God loves to bless you. He has even declared that ‘blessings shall come upon you and overtake you.’ This means that you can’t run fast enough to escape them! When you turn one corner, there is a blessing waiting for you. When you turn another corner, you run smack into another blessing!"
---From a Bible devotional thought a friend sent me, unknown author

“There are things known
and there are things unknown
and in between are the doors.”
Jim Morrison

"Be yourself. Everyone else is taken."

[Paula O]

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize
they were the big things.
Robert Brault

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[Paula O]

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/c22.0.403.403/p403x403/644465_443341072374654_1647691067_n.jpg
(http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=443341072374654&set=a.165409560167808.28902.145537805488317&type=1&relevant_count=1)

[Paula O]

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/s480x480/299444_4581471702631_1773865760_n.jpg


.....or too sick either....let's keep setting goals and dreaming dreams!


(http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4581471702631&set=a.1278666734571.42846.1467117152&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf)

[Paula O]

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[Paula O]

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[Paula O]

Free printable at:
http://www.aholyexperience.com/2012/10/one-of-the-key-secrets-about-joy-free-printable/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HolyExperience+%28Holy+Experi ence%29
http://www.aholyexperience.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/46575-INRL5-postimg.jpg

Quote from the site below the poster:
“Choose Joy.
The universe works this way: you can choose joy like your weather, like your very own sky.
Like your very own oxygen.”


I have a different perspective on references to the Universe. My personization of the quote to fit it for me would be:

“Choose joy, moment by moment, Paula...the kind that has nothing to do with circumstances and emotion and everything to do with God and His goodness. Because the joy of the Lord is my strength: I can choose joy like my weather, like my very own sky. Like my very own oxygen.”


Some of you guys might enjoy poking around the website. I love the music and photography there: http://www.aholyexperience.com/ and there are some treasures and wonderful quotes on the site as well as in the book the author of the website has written "1000 Gifts: A dare to live fully where you are". That book spurred me on to write down a 1000 gift gratefulness list in my blog through the storms of cancer and continues to do me a world of good.

[Paula O]

"Impossible is a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is an opinion, not a fact. Impossible isn't a declaration, it's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."

--David Beckham in Kris Carr's Crazy, Sexy Cancer Tips




"For with God NOTHING will be impossible.”
Luke 1:37

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[Paula O]

War Strategies That Can Apply to Fighting Cancer
<HR style="COLOR: #990066" SIZE=1><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->1. “Wars are fought strategically. one battle at a time.
2 . Wars are fought on more than one front.
3. We must expect setbacks and defeats along the way.
4. When we lose a battle, we must get back on track immediately, so we don’t lose the war.
5. We will not win if we refuse to fight.”
——Carole Lewis

[Paula O]

"If you can't fly, then run.
If you can't run, then walk.
If you can't walk, then crawl.
But no matter what, just keep moving forward."

---Unknown Author

[Paula O]

Attitude
By Charles Swindoll

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of
attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important
than facts. It is more important than the past, than
education, than money, than circumstances, than
failures, than successes, than what other people think
or say or do. It is more important than appearance,
giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a
company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is
we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we
will embrace for that day. We cannot change our
past... we cannot change the fact that people will act
in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing we can do is play on the string we have,
and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is
10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And
so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes."

[Paula O]

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

[Paula O]

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[Paula O]

"I lost twenty pounds. Unfortunately, I was in England at the
time."

[Paula O]

“If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so.”
– Eric Bentley

[Paula O]

"You can't make your candle burn brighter by blowing out the
other fellow's."

[Paula O]

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." - emerson<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
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[Paula O]

"My Journey Has Never Defined Who I am, It’s Just Another Chapter in My Story."

[Cat]

This thread seemed to have stopped in 2007. Thought I'd add to it and see what happens.
My refrigerator magnets...

Get on your knees and thank God you're still on your feet.

Each day I make my To-Do list and the only thing I cross off is "lose mind."

We plan God laughs

smiles to everyone

[Cat]

Saw this stopped in 2007 and thought I would post my refrigerator magnets and see where it goes.

Get on your knees and thank God you're still on your feet

Each day I make my To-Do list but the only thing I cross off is "lose mind."

We plan, God Laughs

Smiles to everyone at least once a dayhttp://her2support.org/vbulletin/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Paula O]

Hi Cat,

I really enjoy quotes. Thanks for sharing yours! :)
Paula

"Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen, even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind."
- Leonardo Da Vinci

[Paula O]

Cat, if you look on the left side, right above the member's name, you can see the date of the last post. Believe51 started this in 2007 and it's kept going with some breaks in between. There's an interesting collection of quotes if you look back. Believe51, PinkGirl, Andi, Fauxgypsy, Chris, Jackie, and anybody else who used to post quotes in this thread or others who also enjoy quotes---you guys have any new ones you'd possibly want to add to the thread? Who else has some quotable quotes they want to share?

I took a look back a ways and saw Brenda (Hutchibk) posted quotes periodically too. Here's one she passed along:

"Beware what you read in medical books, you might die of a misprint..."

Oh, you said inspirational. Sorry. I'll get back to you.
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Brenda

[Paula O]

"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right."

[Paula O]

"There is a wisdom of the head...and a wisdom of the heart."
Charles Dickens

[Paula O]

Some quotes from Oct 2012 Prevention Magazine:

"They told me I had Stage 4 breast cancer.
They told me there was little hope.
They clearly don't know me."
--Bridget Spense (who is still fighting 7 years later)

"...instead of a midlife crisis, I was having a midlife opportunity."
--Lisa DePaul

[Paula O]

"What you think you can’t handle — might actually be God handing you a gift."
"...Giving thanks isn’t a pollyanna game — but a powerhouse game-changer...."
"...And a gravelly voice speaks of cancer and a grave and a child whose name she wears around her neck, and we finger that name together and fiercely believe in a Father who knows and holds and cups like relief, like a lung, when we can’t breathe."
"And I think of everything I have chaffed against and railed about and howled to the heavens and who am I to know what is best or not — but when you bow and surrender to the sovereignty of God then you are in the posture to receive all as a gift."
Direct quotes above copied and pasted from: http://www.aholyexperience.com/2012/11/the-holiday-that-could-become-all-of-our-days-change-our-lives/ This book referred to in the link , "One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to live Life Fully" was what spurred me on to keep a Gratefulness List of some of God's ordinary and extraordinary treasures for me has been such a rich blessing.

[Paula O]

"Not everyone should have a front row seat in our lives. There are some people in your life that need to be loved from a distance. It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go of or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible, not-going-anywhere relationships. Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention. Which ones lift and which ones lean? Which ones encourage and which ones discourage? Which ones are on a path of growth uphill and which ones are going downhill? When you leave certain people do you feel better or feel worse? Which ones always have drama or don't really understand, know, or appreciate you? The more you seek quality, respect, growth, peace of mind, love and truth around you, the easier it will become for you to decide who gets to sit in the front row and who should be moved to the balcony of your life."
---Unknown Author

[Paula O]

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or
actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities - always see
them, for they're always there.
--Peale

[lasarles]

" I want to be be the kind of woman, that when my feet hit the floor in the morning, the devil (cancer) says, " oh crap!" She's up!

[Paula O]

“Most of us miss out on life’s big prizes.
The Pulitzer.
The Heisman.
Oscars.
But we’re all eligible for life’s small pleasures.
A pat on the back.
A kiss behind the ear.
A four pound bass.
A full moon.
An empty parking space.
A crackling fire.
A great meal.
A glorious sunset.
Enjoy life’s tiny delights.
There are plenty for all of us.”
–Source unknown

[Paula O]

“God loved you before you were born
His arms were around you before you ever knew your mother’s embrace
You are in His thoughts a thousand times over
He loves you from the heights and from the depths of His being
His love covers you today with grace
You live in the atmosphere of His love and inhale it with every breath of your spirit”
–Roy Lessin

[Paula O]

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[Paula O]

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[Paula O]

"Never, never be too proud to say, "I'm sorry" to your child when you've made a mistake."

[Paula O]

"A sweater is a garment a child wears when his mother is cold."
--Barbara Johnson

Been there, done that. :)