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Please share your favorite quotes with us. :)

Maybe you have a favorite from a book you are currently reading or read in the past? Please share it with us.

Perhaps you have come across a quote that is inspirational. If so share it with the group. :)

Gladstone's is a good quote. I can't tell you how many times i visit an historical museum (president's home or classroom sorts) and smile as i look at the books on the shelves. They bring back many of having read them or hearing about them...or even thinking of little Jimmy Carter reading it.

For the last 40+ hours i've had trouble getting the threads to stay here, when i did, it ate my posts. At this point today i've posted 6 or 7 times, so i think the problem is resolved. I hope so, as i'm quite behind.

I guess it's a sign that i've been on Facebook too much this week, i tried to "Like" the Mandela quote!

Alias Reader wrote: ""

I love this post. I talk to strangers all the time and try to be complimentary when it is applicable. This world is rough and everybody needs a lift once in awhile. Yes, I agree!

Julie wrote: "Alias Reader wrote: ""

I love this post. I talk to strangers all the time and try to be complimentary when it is applicable. This world is rough and everybody needs a lift once in awhile. Yes, I a..."

I try to do this, too, Julie.

Same here. I know that when someone compliments me, i walk away smiling and inclined to share the joy. Although i'm trying to remember if i think to do this toward men. Surely i do, right?

There are thousands of quotes I've read that give me a sense of purpose. But I love these:

1. "Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

2. "We spend our youth chasing wealth, and our wealth chasing youth."

3. "Long term consistency trumps short term intensity."

Three good ones, Tanima. I'm particularly drawn to the last one. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent quotes, Tanima ! Thanks for sharing.

The first one reminds me of Gandhi's words.
"Be the change you want to see."

Ah, Maugham. So many fine quotes from him. The guy loved books.

And wrote some real classics!!!

I'll say! The Razor's Edge is my favorite by him, although i've enjoyed others. His short stories can be very good, too.

Maya Angelou

Wonderful Angelou quote, especially on this day that we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King.

I love the quilt with Maya Angelou!

Mmmm, i like that Les Brown quote. I was unfamiliar with his name but see he has a good following.

I didn't know who he was either. Thanks for the GR link.

I like the quote a lot.

I love this humorous quote.

Ha ha ha. I really like this.

Good plan. And make it a thick book, so it appears we were planning to live much, much longer. Heck, we probably don't even have to be actually reading it, just leave it in a comfy reading spot. :-)

:)

Alias Reader wrote: ""

true ..
fear is the worst enemy
it might not kill you..
but it will make you live a deadly life..
and it's all the same ..

It reminds me of a quote from FDR's first inaugural address.

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"

I love Roald Dahl quotes!

Great Dahl quote, Megan Elizabeth!

S... wrote: "

true ..
fear is the worst enemy
it might not kill you..
but it will make you live a deadly life..
and it's all the same .."


Love this one. Thanks for sharing.

Megan, I love the image and the quote !

Nice. Maugham is one of my favorite authors.

C.S. Lewis

I love this picture :)

We lost NASA's Challenger crew as they were "reaching for the stars" on this date in history (January 28, 1986)



No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon

Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration

Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon

Buzz Aldrin

Very touching tribute. Those of us who saw that tragedy will never forget it.

The visual was awful to witness, wasn't it. Thanks for the reminder.

This week also marked the anniversary of the deaths of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee who died in a fire during a pre-flight test in 1967.

Barbara wrote: "I love this picture :)"

I was watching TV when this happened-what a devastating loss. So sad!

“There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.”

~ His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

Nice.

Good thought, although difficult to keep in perspective sometimes.

Great quote

Sometimes i feel exactly like that Georgia O'Keefe quote. Well, maybe not terrified but nervous, timid, a tad more calm than her quote. Still!

On a lighter tone, this Steve Martin quote always makes me laugh.

Love it!

ha ha ha