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Do you have an inspiring or favorite quote to share?

Posted by Zebra @californiazebra, Jun 21, 2023

I'll start with three quotes from the very inspiring Helen Keller as noted in "Your Year of Healing" book by Amit Sood, MD:

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched -- they must be felt with the heart."

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

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sisyphus | @sisyphus | Jun 22, 2023

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,)

"Sincere?" You ask!
I think he knew that often times people truly believe with conviction, e.g. believing earth is flat because they do have Pictures of ships far away but showing no sinking of the hull. BUT this no-sink phenomena happens due to Light Refraction. Since picture takers don't know the Science behind this illusion, they continue to believe -- Sincerely Believe -- that Earth is flat. In other words they often believe their false ideas because they never get to have Reasonable Discussion with the Other side.

Unfortunately too much waste and fights among us are because we either don't understand or don't TRY to engage with others who think differently.

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Zebra | @californiazebra | Jun 23, 2023

"Getting older is an awakening to be the person you always wanted to become." -- Hallmark movie

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covidstinks2023 | @covidstinks2023 | Jun 23, 2023
In reply to @pml "Correction! Sorry! The correct quote is: "Before you go to bed, give your troubles to God...." + (show)
@pml

Correction! Sorry!
The correct quote is:
"Before you go to bed, give your troubles to God. He'll be up all night anyway!"
PML

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Amen. I love this! Blessings....

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dawnfensterbusch | @dawnfensterbusch | Jun 23, 2023
In reply to @judyingenes "I really enjoy Maya Angelou’s writing. Her books I find interesting and earthy. A well known..." + (show)
@judyingenes

I really enjoy Maya Angelou’s writing. Her books I find interesting and earthy.
A well known quote of hers is “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude!”
My favorite is “People will forget what you said. And people will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.”

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One of My favorite’s is: “I can do all things with ChRIST who strengthens me….Philippians 4:13

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Lagrange 5 | @lagrange5 | Jun 23, 2023

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift. That's why they call it the present.

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annewoodmayo | @annewoodmayo | Jun 23, 2023

Progress, not perfection.

Don't let perfection be the enemy of the good. (It's ok to compromise.)

These have been really helpful as I cope with more physical limitations.

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Miriam, Volunteer Mentor | @mir123 | Jun 23, 2023
In reply to @mir123 "Well, I've always followed the advice in a Janis Joplin song: "Don't turn your back on..." + (show)
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Well, I've always followed the advice in a Janis Joplin song: "Don't turn your back on love."

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I should add about Janis Joplin Don't Turn Your Back on Love that when I was young I thought of it as romantic love but as each year passes that idea of love becomes more and more inclusive. And I still feel encouraged to not turn away.

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pml | @pml | Jun 23, 2023
In reply to @covidstinks2023 "Amen. I love this! Blessings...." + (show)
@covidstinks2023

Amen. I love this! Blessings....

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I'm glad that you liked it! It's an old quote. I've heard it all of my life and I'm 77. Blessings to you too!
PML

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misu | @misu | Jun 23, 2023

My all-time favorite is Winston Churchill's "It's not always enough to do your best -- sometimes you have to do what's required."

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Zebra | @californiazebra | Jun 24, 2023

"Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." -- Marcel Proust

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