Heard a Great Quote?

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

"Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."

~Steve Jobs

Feb. 24, 1955-Oct. 5, 2011~

[NinjaPoodle]

‎"Not all who wander are aimless. Especially not those who seek truth beyond tradition, beyond definition, beyond the image."

Betty Warren~ Mona Lisa Smile

[HQWest]

The most common way people give up their power
is by thinking they don't have any.

~ Alice Walker

[cheerfulgreek]

Whenever I go to church I always jot down notes, the book, and verse, so I can look it up when I get home. I do it just to gain more knowledge that can help me through life and when I interact with other people. Today, my pastor was talking about "foolish people" and how people like that are pretty much right in their own eyes. He said "a discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument is an exchange of ignorance". He told us he couldn't remember where he heard the quote from, so when I got home I looked it up. Here's what I found.


You argue when you want to win
For your views worthy of dust bin
Argument is seldom without facts
Only bitterness that it attracts.


When you discuss you share
When you argue you don't care
Just want to prove you are superior
With your knowledge so inferior.

When you argue you appear like a fool
Like a drop out from a school
Fisting your hand to prove a point
With your behaviour you disappoint.

Bad men argue good men share
Winning or loosing good men don't care
Discussion is for the healthy mind
It's the truth that you strive to find.


There is thin line between discussion and argument. Discussion is sharing knowledge and argument is when you wish to prove that the knowledge you share is the only right thing. You argue when you have half knowledge, you discuss with facts, data and statistics. Anger is never without an argument but never with a good one.

-Robert Quillen

[1stPhiDeltAlpha]

"The difference between style and fashion is quality." - Giorgio Armani

[HQWest]

Unfortunately, when most people land in hot water, unlike the tea bag, they don't produce an aromatic drink for life. Instead, they sully up the water.

- don't know the original author....

[NinjaPoodle]

On a recent outing for a birthday party - I had a sitter for HQJr- but not everyone did. The DJ commented "Oh look - you have a baby, in a bar." The mother's response "Oh no. We have two."

~~HQWest~~

[cheerfulgreek]

My mom sent me a poem in the mail, today. She always sends me "sweet nothings" in the mail to let me know she loves me. She sent me a "Be-Attitudes" poem.

Be-Attitudes

BE humble enough to realize you still have a lot to learn
BE ambitious enough to know you can be anything you want to be
BE easy enough on yourself to enjoy, to laugh, to have fun
BE mature enough to take responsibility for what you do
BE confident enough to see that who you are inside is more important than how you look outside
BE proud enough to take care of your body, your mind, and your spirit
BE wise enough to choose your friends carefully
BE absolutely sure that wherever you go, whatever you do
YOU ARE LOVED.

-Mom

[NinjaPoodle]

^^ That's nice!

[NinjaPoodle]

I miss this thread. I'm going to find some nice ones to add.

[Phrozen Sands]

Didn't know this thread existed. I'll be posting here a lot. I love good quotes, especially ones that I can live by.

[NinjaPoodle]

Please do!

[NinjaPoodle]

"So I always ask the question: What would you like to do if money were no object? How would you really enjoy spending your life? Well it's so amazing as the result of our kind of educational system, crowds of students say 'Well, we'd like to be painters, we'd like to be poets, we'd like to be writers' But as everybody knows you can't earn any money that way! Another person says 'Well I'd like to live an out-of-door's life and ride horses.' I said 'You wanna teach in a riding school?'

Let's go through with it. What do you want to do? When we finally got down to something which the individual says he really wants to do I will say to him 'You do that! And forget the money!' Because if you say that getting the money is the most important thing you will spend your life completely wasting your time! You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living - that is to go on doing things you don't like doing! Which is stupid! Better to have a short life that is full of which you like doing then a long life spent in a miserable way. And after all, if you do really like what you are doing - it doesn't really matter what it is - you can eventually become a master of it. It's the only way of becoming the master of something, to be really with it. And then you will be able to get a good fee for whatever it is. So don't worry too much, somebody is interested in everything. Anything you can be interested in, you'll find others who are.

But it's absolutely stupid to spend your time doing things you don't like in order to go on spending things you don't like, doing things you don't like and to teach our children to follow the same track. See, what we are doing is we are bringing up children and educating to live the same sort of life's we are living. In order they may justify themselves and find satisfaction in life by bringing up their children to bring up their children to do the same thing. So it's all retch and no vomit - it never gets there! And so therefore it's so important to consider this question:

What do I desire?"

- Alan Watts

[cheerfulgreek]

Yay! So happy you bumped this thread.

[Phrozen Sands]

"Laughter is an instant vacation" -Unknown

I saw it on the cover of a book, and liked it.