Do you have an inspiring or favorite quote to share?

Worrying is a useless waste of energy.

FEAR is simply a product of the imagination and, being an idea, IS NOT REAL!

Once, when I was a child, I remember wanting two dolls for Christmas. It was during WWII, so not many stores sold toys; people had to make them. So my uncle made me a doll house, and my grandmother repurposed an old doll for me,
On Christmas Day, I was so excited when I found my doll.
But, I was a little spoiled and asked my grandmother if there was “anything else for me.” My grandmother grew up on a S. Texas, so she never minced words. “My dear sweet one,” she said. “You’ve gotta to take the tail with the hide.”
I’ll never forget those words. So true.

Helen Keller was absolutely wonderful. And amazingly powerful and inspiring. There are images and some video clips of the actual Helen Keller.

Here's a link to quotes by Helen Keller:
https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/helen-keller-quotes

I believe this also. But, we have to balance everything. As they say, "everything in moderation."

Then some add a caveat..."everything in moderation, including moderation."

And that is how I believe.

But, I think our society has been sold on being "gung ho."

And it is, I think, too much of a kind of fall back position.

I do not believe that being gung ho is the solution to all problems.

And I also think that being gung ho tends to overshadow other kinds of experiences in life.

The analogy is that, you can run through the Louvre and experience 1000 paintings in just 2 minutes. Or, you can sit with one painting and actually delve into the depth of what is there.

I was sold on being gung ho.

I did a range of extreme things.

Generally, I paid a price, often a big price for them.

I hitchhiked across the country, alone. Had many amazing and wonderful experiences, but two different folks tried to murder me.

I hiked in a bunch of the national parks, but did not do my research and prep. Encounter rattlesnakes and grizzlies. Miracle I am still alive. I think the grizzlies and the snakes give a pass to the excessively stupid.

On and on and on.

Until in my early 40s I became permanently disabled.

re quotes...

Generally, the website Brainy Quotes has some good ones.

I like quotes by Emerson, Whitman, Emily Dickinson and more.

I like this quote by Whitman:

“Do I contradict myself? / Very well then I contradict myself, / (I am large, I contain multitudes.)”

And here's a link to a collection of 6700 quotes, from Bartleby:
https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/quotations/

When Plato said, 'Part cannot be well unless the whole is well.' he was not, methinks, just playing with the words; he did mean we cannot simply lose weight if we're overweight, be active if been too sedentary, stop fretting endless hours...., we need to address a Bunch of Areas All at Once even if it means doing less in each area of concern.

This is how it seems to have helped me for a fairly long time (80 yrs)-- despite too many curves in my way. I tried to find friendship in two social groups in the last two days, both I'm afraid. were mostly misfires. But I've two more this week. Sometimes it looks life is a but a ceaseless pursuit of just over-the-horizon promises. If so, so be my lot. I will still try to cherish my time. After all what's the alternative?

“The longer a tea bag stays in a cup the stronger the tea gets. The longer you sit in God’s word, the stronger your faith.”

I’m not sure who penned that. Just live/love it!

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.
-Pythagoras

If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not recognize it when it arrives.
-Heraclitas

Okay, maybe you are wondering what is with these Greek God quotes.
I am reading a fantastic book by Evy Poumpouras, a former secret service agent to the president, now teaching criminology in NYC. The book. "Becoming Bulletproof" is a highly recommended read for all. Not only does she teach one to be more aware of their surroundings while out and about, but she also has strategies that can be used in one's personal life/personal relationships. I am already instituting some of her wisdom into my life, and it works.

THINK ABOUT THIS!

Trivia/Quote
Trivia re: quote often attributed to Edmund Burke - 'All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" actually was from Philosopher John Stuart Mill, who delivered an 1867 inaugural address at the University of St. Andrews and stated: “Let not anyone pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without a protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means which he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject.”

in reply to @speechless623 Kind of like, " If you can do no good, do no harm."
-Kurt Vonnegut