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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
1045 Posts
Mary Ann
Illinois
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 Posted - Sep 02 2006 : 05:12:56 AM
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My father always had a favorite that has become my favorite. It's by the 19th century philosopher, James Allen: "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." We become what we think about.
He had another that I love, by Earl Nightingale: "Our rewards in life will always be in exact proportion to our contribution; our service."
And the philosopher Andre Gide: "What another would have done as well, do not do. What another would have said as well, do not say; written as well, do not write. Be faithful to that which lies nowhere but in yourself, and there, be indispensable."
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Edited by - Horseyrider on Sep 02 2006 05:13:46 AM |
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BStein
True Blue Farmgirl
75 Posts
Barbara
Westerville
OH
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Posted - Sep 02 2006 : 3:30:10 PM
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My father used to say (God rest his soul):
"Sometimes you get the bear; sometimes the bear gets you." I just love it when a situation comes along and I can quote him to my children. I also like his, "You draw more flies with honey than you do with vinegar."
I may just stitch that on a pillow!
Barbara in Ohio |
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Muttley
True Blue Farmgirl
67 Posts
Heather
A tiny town
Oregon
USA
67 Posts |
Posted - Sep 05 2006 : 1:40:30 PM
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I am the kind of girl who always comes back with, SO to almost everything my mom says(typical teenage remark)? So, one day my grandma said, Sew Buttons on Ice Cram! So, now I amlways find myself saying that everytime I, or some one els, say SO.
-Heather
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet." -Shakespeare |
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Lynn B
True Blue Farmgirl
113 Posts
Lynn
Derry
NH
USA
113 Posts |
Posted - Sep 05 2006 : 3:39:43 PM
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One of my favorite sayings is something my husband always says when someone asks "what can you do?" (with regards to a situation where you CAN'T really do anything to change it), he replies, "throw rocks at airplanes". In other words, don't waste your time doing something that isn't going to accomplish anything.
Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused.
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