Favorite Quotations

"It is not easy to tell the bad luck from the good luck, and sometimes things that look about as bad as they can be when they first happen, turn out to be good luck after you've lived with them awhile." from Some Men Are More Perfect Than Others by Merle Shain

Here is something rather lovely.

For Sylvia by Marcia Kasabian

I found you warmed and white and peaceful in the sunlight

your world increasingly private, unreachable;

And you smoothed by brow the way you used to

And you remembered the children, their father, and

asked if I'm well, how it goes with me now.

I shared  my joy and pain, my confusion and fears

weary of struggles and changes.

Your small chuckle came from deep within

and you reminded me, "It's not over."

Ancient old woman laughing

shooing me away to new beginnings....

still.

lovemyfamily-  Ahhh the romantic breakups.  Can't even count how many I had before I met my perfect match.  Thank God I waited. That was 1991.  We've been happily ever after since.  So here are my thoughts:

It only takes meeting the right person ONCE.

" Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers" Garth Brooks

(I am not a fan of Communist China, but here is a good quote by Mao Tse Tung.)

"Do not let too much sorrow break your heart. Keep the whole world always in your far-sighted eyes."

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So happy to find this thread!

I have been collecting quotes that have meaning to me for quite sometime!

Probably one of my favorites (and, forgive me, I don't remember the origin but I think it may have been from a signature of one of the ladies here on BC.org).

Nothing is IMPOSSIBLE, the word itself says "I'm Possible" - Audrey Hepburn

Lol, ruthbru!  I've used that one myself!

Another one I like..

Though no-one can go back
and make a brand new start,
anyone can start from now
and make a brand new end.   - Author unknown

 And one more...

People are like stained-glass windows.
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,
but when the darkness sets in,
their true beauty is revealed
only if there is a light from within. ~ Elizabeth Kubler-Ross ~

May you all be surrounded by people who 'sparkle in the darkness'!

I lost a high school friend to bc last year.  Her emails all ended with the quote,

"Living in fear is just another way of dying before your time." 

Mike Cooley, "The Drive- By Truckers" 

"The best things in life aren't things." Art Buchwald

"To three Possessions

Thou Shouldst Look,

Aquire a field, a friend, a book."

Just saw one this on a plaque:

It Is What It Is......But it will become what you make it.

Just found this topic. I love quotes. I write them down for my kids. I love the ones I've read here. Here's one, but I'll be back with more.

'I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back...'

Maya Angelou