Do You Have a Favorite Quote?

Never make someone a priority when they only make you an option.

I am trying to learn to live this one myself.

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My favorite comes from my son's tball coach. It came up after a particular game when my, then five year old, started the game uncooperative. He fussed, he cried, he refused to play. The coach was patient and basically let my kid go through whatever was causing the meltdown until he was ready to play. The second half of the game my son did great. The coach decided to give my son the game ball, which I found surprising. When he gave it to my son he said to the team, "Remember, it's not how you start the game, it's how you finish it." This has become a family motto. We say it to each other often...it helps.

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NEVER GIVE UP!!! NEVER SURRENDER!!!

Yeah, it's from a movie - but when times get tough - I don't give in or walk away. I work through it.

What a good question! Thanks for sharing!

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By the time I realized my mother was right, I had a daughter who knew I was wrong

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"If the whole world followed you, would you be pleased with where you took it?"

- Neale Donald Walsh

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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Plato

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Wonder, rather that doubt, is the root of all knowledge. -- Abraham Heschel

Or

I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your Christ. -- Gandhi

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Loose Lips Sink Ships. We say this a lot. You can take it lots of ways. Don't say anything that you don't need to say. You can ruin a friendship with words. People don't need to know all of your business. Don't talk too much!! Thinking about it has helped me in a lot of situations.

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Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can't eat it or play with it, pee on it and walk away.

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If you're going through hell, keep going... - Winston Churchill

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Maya Angelou:

People will forget what you said, will forget what you did, but will always remember the way you made them feel.

(or something like that)

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For sticky situations: "Begone before someone drops a house on you too!" said by Glenda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz. I don't say this out loud, but I do think it from time to time and it helps me stay calm.

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"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love me some Emerson... :) Have a great day!

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I'm not sure of the exact wording but my favorite is "If a voice inside you tells you that you can't paint then by all means paint and silence the voice."

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"Eat at Moe's"..... okay, just kidding here....

One of my all-time favorites, and probably the one I try to live my life by is "Fake it until you believe it." This covers just about every place in your life where there is something you really want for yourself, but aren't sure you could ever do it..... YEAH YOU CAN!

BTW, Christy D, I LOOOOVVVE your quote.

E.

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''Giving up on today, means you do not care about tomorrow''-Myself

''When the People Lead, the Leader's will have to follow''-Ben Harper

''Is it the life that you lead, or the life that's led for you? Will you take the road that's been laid out before you, will we cross paths, somewhere down the line''-Rise against

And the one that I use now most often.....''Lead, follow or get out of my(our) way''-Not sure who said it.....but I LOVE the power and honesty behind it.

For some reason 28 for me was the year of the favorite ''Quotes'' ......So I am super excited to go through responses now:)

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"No one can make you feel inferior without your permission."
Eleanor Roosevelt

“Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, Grow, grow.'” The Talmud

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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein

I like this one right now as it's one of those thoughts I ponder about.

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Pessimists calculate the odds. Optimists believe they can overcome them. ~ Ted Koppel

“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” W. Clement Stone

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."- Albert Einstein

Never be less than the best - high school motto and to me it doesn't mean that you have to be the best, you just have to try your best,

What comes around goes around & let it go - helps me keep my cool when someone is being a jerk.

Live every day like it;s your last. - reminds me that I could die tomorrow so live today, really live!

We can work it out. - helps remind me that no matter how big or bad a problem seems if you take it apart piece by piece you can find a way to work with it or work through it

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I can't remember exactly who said this (I think it was Mark Twain??), and my wording may not be completely accurate, but it goes something like this:

"Better to remain silent and be thought of as a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

Great question! Happy New Year everyone!

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"It's wonderful not to say something mean about someone, but it's even better not to think it."

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"It is never too late to have a happy childhood" Tom Robbins

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Never, ever give up. This is a family quote and is also posted on my husband's tile in the Sports Museum where he was on the golf team 4 yrs.

Failure is NOT an option.

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Not sure of the origin, 'Life is short'

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"Peace be with you".....

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(Almost) everything is fixable.

I tell my son this all the time. (Cuts down on the meltdowns.)

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"Do or do not...there is no try." ~Yoda

"This too shall pass". ~Abe Lincoln

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I love "It is what it is..." So many people get wrapped up in the little things...if you can simply accept that situations are what they are, people are who they are, fights happen (so does making up), and so forth, then many things that you CANNOT change become understandable, but not necessarily acceptable.

I also love "You cannot out-crazy the crazies!" (thank you Kelle!) Simply put, when someone is acting crazy or unreasonable, you will never be able to out-crazy them so don't get hung up on it.

This was a GREAT question with GREAT answers!!!

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Be the change you wish to see in the world~ Ghandi

Fun question!

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I like a lot of them, this is one i read today that i loved

"Love is the path of least resistance"
~Anonymous

Since I'm always running late... "Better to lose a minute in life than your life in a minute" -- my mom.

This also helps avoid speeding tickets :)

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending"- Maria Robinson

Great ideas/thoughts!

Mine is from my dad-

"don't keep your head down long, because you may miss what's around the next corner."