What Is Your Favorite Quote?

United States
February 9, 2008 2:48am CST
What is your favorite quote or perhaps words that you live by? It could be inspirational perhaps, it may be a quote by a famous person, a line from a movie or maybe even something funny. One of my favorites is "Flying is easy, you just throw yourself at the ground and miss". Whats your favorite quote?
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@mummymo (23706)
9 Feb 08
I am not sure who said it but this one I love and try to live by as well as I can " Smiling is infectious so go out and infect the world" another is one my grandad always used to say to me as my hands were always freezing cold " cold hands, warm heart" and I think that describes me quite well!x x x
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@mummymo (23706)
9 Feb 08
Exactly - that is why I always try to remember this quote and follow it - it is amazing the change you can make to someone just by smiling and acknowledging them can make! xxxx
• United States
9 Feb 08
I do wish more people would consider your first quote, me included. When I am walking down the street, I love for someone to say hello and smile. Makes me feel better about my day.
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@Agent001 (242)
• India
9 Feb 08
One on my profile.There is another "We see our bad qualities in others".There are some more too.
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• United States
9 Feb 08
Thats a very good one. Other people do tend to mirror our deficits.
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@Agent001 (242)
• India
11 Feb 08
Ya you understood me correct.
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
9 Feb 08
"The Buck Stops Here" was a motto on the desk of Harry S. Truman. For those unfamiliar with the term, it refers to the practice of "passing the buck" which means transferring responsibility to someone else.
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• United States
9 Feb 08
Thats says alot about you and that you are willing to take on the responsibility that everyone else shirks. Thanks.
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@dstrent (112)
• United States
10 Feb 08
"Some people spend an entire life time wondering if they have made a difference, the MARINES don't have that problem" Ronald Regan
• United States
10 Feb 08
I am very impressed by that quote. Thank you so much for sharing it.
• United States
10 Feb 08
Both well spoken, but I still prefer the first. It really makes a point.
@dstrent (112)
• United States
10 Feb 08
Your welcome. I've always loved that one. There are some more that I like. Here they are: "Panic sweeps my men when they are facing the American Marines" Captured North Korean Major. "The more Marines I have around, the better I like it" Gen. Clark, US Army
@Sungolian (377)
• United States
10 Feb 08
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix "Better to have something and not need it, than to need something and not have it." - I don't know who said this.
• United States
10 Feb 08
I particularly like the second one, and did you change your profile picture?
• United States
10 Feb 08
Yah, I changed it yesterday. lol.
@novataylor (6570)
• United States
10 Feb 08
I just mentioned this in Pola's 60's music discussion. It's from Barefoot in the Park with George Peppard and Jane Fonda. It's "I can't just pick up my fork and dig into a black salad." Now, I can't remember the circumstances surrounding that quote, but I've never forgotten it - who knows why? I just know that I liked it and it tickled me and sort of said something about life in general. I can pick up my fork and dig into a lot of things, but there are some that I just won't go near, literally and figuratively.
• United States
10 Feb 08
Nova, you caught me in a moment. I think I'm going to have to sit on the couch and ponder this one. Things that make you say hmmmmmmm..............LOL.
• United States
10 Feb 08
Oooh, I like that I gave you something to think about....
• United States
10 Feb 08
Sorry I didn't get back to you straight away. I was on the couch. LOL.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
13 Feb 08
My favourite quote is 'If it's not broken, don't fix it!' I have so many times in the past wanted to improve things so I've fiddled around with them and even though they were working before I got my paws on it, afterwards, after meddling and trying to get it to work better, the damn thing doesn't work at all, leaving me totally frustrated and wishing I never meddled or tampered with it in the first place! Will I ever learn, so I put that up on my profile as my personal mantra to remind me NOT to meddle with stuff in future.
@kykidd (6812)
• United States
10 Feb 08
My favorite quote is by Abraham Lincoln "And always remember in the end...It is not the years in your life, but the life in your years." I may be off by a couple words but I am sure you get the just of it.
• United States
10 Feb 08
I do and that is another good quote. Thank you for sharing.
@jpso138 (7851)
• Philippines
11 Feb 08
My favorite is from the movie monte cristo... "life is storm my friend! You bath in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man, is what you do when that storm comes....
@sminut13 (1783)
• Singapore
10 Feb 08
there are quite a lots that i hear but i usually keep these 2 close to my heart you can say. as a sort of encouragement to myself and to be a better person. 1. if they can do it, so can i. hehee this is a simple one. i was always very shy and self conscious so i used this to help myself. though still not there yet, and don't think i'll ever be too as not everyone is same, i have gotten better. 2. a person who learns to forgive is great. a person is who learns to forgive and forget is noble. i had some big quarrels with my hubby when we were first married and always thought badly of him. but reading this, i began to try and forgive him. it's better now you can say. grins
• United States
10 Feb 08
I especially like the first one and I am sure that I have thought it on a lot of occassions.
@sminut13 (1783)
• Singapore
10 Feb 08
thanks. i too use it often.