Positive Quote of the Day

Defying · Apr 11, 2011

I remember us having a discussion about power of positive thinking on here, so I thought I would share a quote someone put on facebook today that really got my mind right after a not so great weekend. Maybe it will do the same for others... Also, if yall have some quotes that you like, feel free to post, maybe it can be a daily thing...

"Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have."

:toast:

bigtendominator · Apr 11, 2011

Great quote

Jstack34 · Apr 12, 2011

Once your over the hill, you begin to pick up speed

Willie99 · Apr 12, 2011

"WINNING"

Charlie Sheen

Defying · Apr 15, 2011

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." -John Wooden

SoCal · Apr 15, 2011

"Life is tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."

oh, wait a second ....

Defying · May 7, 2011

"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence." -Vince Lombardi

RobFunk · May 7, 2011

"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another." - Walter Elliott

kermit16 · May 7, 2011

Don't judge each day by the harvests you reap but by the seeds you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson

Rawpimple · May 7, 2011

--- Remember things are never so bad that they can't get worse.

--- Every minute brings you that much closer to death.

----If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

---Borrow money from pessimists - they don't expect it back.

---Ambition is a poor excuse of not having enough sense to be lazy.

---The first step to failure is trying.

---If at first you don't succeed...don't act surprised.

---There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.

---The only consistent feature in all of your dissatisfying relationships is you

Rawpimple · May 7, 2011

Actually my two favorite people to quote are Winston Churchill and Theodore Roosevelt

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Winston Churchill

There is no such thing as a good tax.
Winston Churchill and Rawpimple

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill

You ask, What is our policy? I will say; “It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy.” You ask, What is our aim? I can answer with one word: Victory—victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.
Winston Churchill

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
— Theodore Roosevelt

Bourn · May 7, 2011

“That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.”

"They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel." -- Carl W. Buechner

"Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life." -- Harvey Mackay

"Every noble work is bound to face problems and obstacles. It is important to check your goal and motivation thoroughly. One should be very truthful, honest, and reasonable. One's actions should be good for others, and for oneself as well. Once a positive goal is chosen, you should decide to pursue it all the way to the end. Even if it is not realized, at least there will be no regret." --Dalai Lama

Bourn · May 8, 2011

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky

Bourn · May 9, 2011

"Don't tell your problems to people, eighty percent don't care, and the other twenty percent are glad you have them." - Lou Holtz

Kettch · May 9, 2011

Bruce Lee

Bruce had me up to three miles a day, really at a good pace. We’d run the three miles in twenty-one or twenty-tow minutes. Just under eight minutes a mile [Note: when running on his own in 1968, Lee would get his time down to six-and-a-half minutes per mile].
So this morning he said to me “We’re going to go five.”
I said, “Bruce, I can’t go five. I’m a helluva lot older than you are, and I can’t do five.”
He said, “When we get to three, we’ll shift gears and it’s only two more and you’ll do it.”
I said “Okay, hell, I’ll go for it.”
So we get to three, we go into the fourth mile and I’m okay for three or four minutes, and then I really begin to give out.
I’m tired, my heart’s pounding, I can’t go any more and so I say to him, “Bruce if I run any more,” — and we’re still running — “if I run any more I’m liable to have a heart attack and die.” He said, “Then die.” It made me so mad that I went the full five miles.
Afterward I went to the shower and then I wanted to talk to him about it. I said, you know, “Why did you say that?” He said, “Because you might as well be dead. Seriously, if you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it’ll spread over into the rest of your life. It’ll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.”

Bourn · May 9, 2011

One day, a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, “How was the trip?”
“It was great, Dad.”
“Did you see how poor people live?” the father asked.
“Oh yeah,” said the son.
“So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?” asked the father.
The son answered, “I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden, and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden, and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard, and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on, and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us; they have friends to protect them.”
The boy’s father was speechless.
Then his son added, “Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are.”

jb777 · May 10, 2011

Good thread. Here's my two cents: "He who has small feet wears small socks."-jb777

5teamparlay · May 10, 2011

Great thread - every day us a blessing

Keep the positive quotes coming!!!

Bourn · May 10, 2011

Two Questions.

Question 1:
If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally reatarded, and she had syphilis, would you recommend that she have an abortion?

Read the next question before looking at the response for this one.

Question 2:
It is time to elect a new world leader, and only your vote counts.
Here are the facts about the three candidates.

Candidate A:
Associates with crooked politicians, and consults with astrologists. He's had two mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 Martinis a day.

Candidate B:
He was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.

Candidate C:
He is a decorated war hero. He's a vegetarian, doesn't smoke, drinks an occasional beer and never committed adultery.

Which of these candidates would be our choice?

Decide first... No peeking, then scroll down for the response.

Candidate A is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Candidate B is Winston Chruchill.
Candidate C is Adolf Hitler.

And, by the way, on your answer to the abortion question:
If you said YES, you just killed Beethoven.

Pretty interesting isn't it?
Makes a person think before judging someone.

Remember:

Amateurs... Built the ark.
Professionals... Built the Titanic.

Defying · May 10, 2011

“The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.”

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