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09-05-2011, 12:25 AM #1
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Favourite quotes
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Or just a quote you like for a certain situation or day.
This was on our intranet this morning. I hadn't seen it before, but it was particularly apt on a boring grey Monday with autumn rain coming down in buckets:
“Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night”
- Hal BorlandWinter riding is much less about badassery and much more about bundle-uppery. - malkin
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09-05-2011, 01:05 AM #2
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Help me reach my $8,000 goal for the American Lung Association! Riding Seattle to D.C. for clean air! http://larissaridesforcleanair.org
http://action.lungusa.org/goto/larissapowers
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09-07-2011, 06:56 PM #3
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"I'm in here for insanity, not stupidity."
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09-07-2011, 07:30 PM #4
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"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart."
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09-07-2011, 07:47 PM #5
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"Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall."
--Confucius"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks
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09-21-2011, 06:07 PM #6
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"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power"
LincolnTo train a dog, you must be more interesting than dirt.
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09-22-2011, 02:10 AM #7
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"If I had another $1000, I could solve all the world's problems" - David Rockfeller
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09-22-2011, 02:39 AM #8
In-app purchases
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"Suffering is like a pile of rocks. You can choose to carry the load, throw them at someone, just let it lay there, or you can build an altar."
(Chad Arnold, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40094048...th-health_care)Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
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09-22-2011, 06:21 AM #9
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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
~Buddha
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09-22-2011, 06:33 AM #10
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I gotta remember this one. I get/am SO angry about injustice in my workplace.
Originally Posted by Pax
That Buddha was a really smart guy.
Veronica
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09-22-2011, 08:42 AM #11
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That quote has helped me a lot, even righteous anger and indignation hurt us, it's hard to let go of at times. Originally Posted by Veronica
I gotta remember this one. I get/am SO angry about injustice in my workplace.
That Buddha was a really smart guy.
Veronica
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09-22-2011, 09:44 AM #12
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Ohhmmmmmm. ::sigh::: but it would still feel so good to just up and punch through a wall right now
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09-22-2011, 10:21 AM #13
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I read this on the internet recently, it may have been here or Facebook, who knows . . .
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't--you're right."--Henry Ford (a fellow Michigander!)
DD has been driving me up a tree lately with the negative self-talk: "i can't do this, I can't do that . . . I'm a baby! I'm too little! I'm too weird!" Henry Ford's quote really struck me. I sat down with DD and had a little chat about negative and positive self-talk. And then I had her memorize this quote. And then I had her repeat some positive self-talk . . . hoping, hoping, hoping some of this sticks with her.2005 Giant TCR2
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09-22-2011, 10:38 AM #14
"Ride lots!"
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I think it will stick with her, but you may need to repeat it every day for several years!
Veronica
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09-22-2011, 02:07 PM #15
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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent - Elanor Roosevelt
I used to have a poster with this - had to leave it in CA
