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[wefNounnyquof]

Good afternoon! I thought it could be fun to share some of
our favorite famous quotes.   I like to use inspiration quotes to get my
through a tough day.   I took these from my favorite  
famous quotes web site, which you can
use to find more if you're a bit rusty on your favorite quotes.  
 
"Only a life lived for others is a life worth while. "
-Albert Einstein
 
"The world belongs to the energetic. "
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
"Give me a museum
and I'll fill it. "
-Pablo Picasso
 
"Happiness depends upon ourselves. "
-Aristotle
 
Please share some more famous quotes!!

[Perfect]

This is pleasant, wefNounnyquof.
@ topic
Future belong to those who plan for it
- Brain Sher
Those who do not plan their life is a victim of those who did
-brain Sher

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You have really made my day with this thread you started as a result I have set it sticky.

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It's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
- Abraham Lincoln

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
- Robert Heinlein

If you think a weakness can be turned into a strength, I hate to tell you this, but that's another weakness
- Jack Handy

[Kodo]

The lead dog gets the best view. The rest of the dog's view is butt ugly.
- Richard Saunders

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"[When] we obtain too cheaply, we esteem [it] too lightly..."
- Thomas Paine

"We choose to go to the moon not because it's easy but because it is hard"
- John F Kennedy

[fruyi]

Here's a couple of my favourites...

"Money likes speed... That's the secret few know about money. Money comes to those who ACT FAST! If you think, wonder, question, doubt, plan, meet, discuss or in any other way drag your feet... Money moves to the next person in line"... Dr. Joe Vitale

"Things may come to those who wait but only the things left over by those who hustle"... Abraham Lincoln

"You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself." ~Andrew Carnegie

"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination" ~ Oscar Wilde

"The person who gets the farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore." ~Dale Carnegie

"Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have." -- Louis E. Boone

"The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible." -- Richard M DeVos

"Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon." -- Denis Waitley

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action." -- Benjamin Disraeli

"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil."--James Allen

"Whatever you are, be a good one." --Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

"Continuous effort--not strength or intelligence--is the key to unlocking our potential." --Winston Churchill

"The walls we build around us to keep out the sadness also keep out the joy." -- Jim Rohn

I used to say, "Things cost too much." Then my teacher straightened me out on that by saying, "The problem isn't that things cost too much. The problem is that you can't afford it." That's when I finally understood that the problem wasn't "it" - the problem was "me."--Jim Rohn

"You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action." -- Anthony Robbins

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Fruyi, this is longest one so far and very educative.

[Kodo]

Never argue with idiot, because it will bring you to his level and beat you with experience.

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"Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant".
- Latin Proverb

"Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world
". - Lucille Ball

[Webmaster]

"I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but [to go] forward”
- Firdtjorf Nansen

"The best love affairs are those we never had"
- Norman Lindsay

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"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other"
-John F. Kennedy

"Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall"
-Stephen R. Covey

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power"
-Abraham Lincoln

[Dqueen]

"The only prayer of an old girl is to found a good husband" (That's me at 90, and feel free to quote me....LOL I hope a bit of humour is not overdone)