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Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Vanessa Rae — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:52:12 -0000

"I beg you... to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer..." ~Rainer Maria Rilke

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Karryn Ransom — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:40:50 -0000

From Abraham-Hicks: "Make a "career" of living a happy life rather than trying to find work that will produce enough income that you can do things with your money that will then make you happy."

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Beth C. — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:54:33 -0000

The lyrics to the song Forever Young, particularly the lines:

May you grow up to be righteous,
May you grow up to be true,
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you.
May you always be courageous,
Stand upright and be strong,
May you stay forever young.

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Carlo — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:55:14 -0000

"I saw an angel in the stone, I carved, to set it free."
Michelangelo

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Mary — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:37:23 -0000

"Finish every day and be done with it...You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it...serenely, and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense." Ralph Waldo Emerson.

This quote got me through a very rough patch last year. I would read it every night before trying to fall asleep.

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Jane — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:01:36 -0000

"Blessed are thou who has created such as this," roughly translated from the Torah. I like it because it implies that the good and "bad" have value in making us who we are.

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

LeahS — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:52:05 -0000

I'm enjoying all of these, but this was a favorite I'd not seen in a while. As I tend to be risk averse, this is especially inspirational to me.

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Linda Diane — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:40:20 -0000

Good intentions won't hold your butt up. -- Cher

(This short quote has kept me going at times when it would just be easier to give up. It's not just for exercise. It works for all goals).

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Dolly Hopkins — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:17:17 -0000

Life is not sn exact science it is an art - Samuel Butlerlin

You do not get to choose how your going to die or when. You only get to chose how you're going to live. Joan Baez

The power of imagination makes us infinite John Muir

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

MarieLeona — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:53:06 -0000

"Everything has a purpose, even if at times the purpose is not always obvious." My Mom.

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Lee-Anne — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:59:05 -0000

"If you can't fight & you can't flee..... flow" (from As Above, So Below)

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

kristi — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:06:45 -0000

Last night after posting a quote I keep on my fridge, I realized that there are so many others - mostly poetry - that inspire me.

I particularly love this poem from Antonio Machado from a book aptly titled "Ten Poems that Will Change Your Life" - it speaks to the power of forgiveness and so much more.

Last Night As I Was Sleeping

Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that a spring was breaking
out in my heart.
I said: Along which secret aqueduct,
Oh water, are you coming to me,
water of a new life
that I have never drunk?

Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my old failures.

Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that a fiery sun was giving
light inside my heart.
It was fiery because I felt
warmth as from a hearth,
and sun because it gave light
and brought tears to my eyes.

Last night as I slept,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that it was God I had
here inside my heart.

Translation from Spanish by Robert Bly - love it, love it, love it!

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

karen — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:10:41 -0000

when i travel/teach about color i often use your manifesto of style to energize the class and help them wake up to see the beauty all around them, the beauty that only they can create. yes, you are quoted!

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Karel — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:51:29 -0000

"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness." - Dalai Lama

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Shantel — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:01:37 -0000

Change before you have to - Jack Welch

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

kristi — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:15:24 -0000

"Patience in one moment of anger prevents one hundred years of sorrow."

Chinese proverb (Confucioujs?)

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Danielle LaPorte — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:08:58 -0000

yes - his character is under very serious question - so many allegations, and whether they are true or not, the fact that that's circulating around him throws a dark shadow in his good wisdom. The guru-devotee relationship isn't one that works for me, so I didn't invest much energy into tuning into the nasty or glorious stuff around him. But I am curious about many, many teachers, and he was one on my path...a literal path of teachers in India that I checked out.

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

eloquencecomm — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:58:15 -0000

Jeez... frankly, I had never looked up Sai Baba. While I do love the quote - and believe it is rightful - I am horrified at what I found by a simple google search of his name. Maybe there is more than one Sai Baba - but my initial searches reveal a man that should not be celebrated for his guidance. I am so very curious about the "trip" the ashram experience was in light of my new learnings. And how you felt to learn the awful stories. Not that this is inspirational in any way... Sorry everyone!

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Danielle LaPorte — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:39:53 -0000

that's my #2 fav quote of all time.

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Danielle LaPorte — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:39:23 -0000

ooo...groupies unite. I must say, it's a wee thrill to be quoted. feel free, anytime, really.
xo
D

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Danielle LaPorte — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:36:11 -0000

"improving on silence" is a great concept that more of us should consider. BTW, I spent some time at Sai Baba's ashram in India. Quite a trip.

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Danielle LaPorte — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:34:12 -0000

love this. thank you.

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Romana Mirza — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:15:32 -0000

"We have created you male and female, and have made you into nations and tribes, in order that you might come to know one another. In the sight of God the noblest among you is the one who is most deeply conscious of God." Qur’an 49.13

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

Romana Mirza — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:12:40 -0000

"You don't have to be something you're not to be better than you were" -- Sydney Poitier

Re: What’s your favourite inspirational quote?

MelissaM — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:43:45 -0000

Thanks for the clarification! Even better that it was spoken by a good hearted woman :) I will keep an eye out for that book.