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Babs03 Mon 19-Aug-24 22:08:21

I have had a fav quote for some time.
It is from a poem by Rumi an ancient Persian poet.

‘Out beyond all ideas
Of wrongdoing
And right doing
There is a field
I will meet you there.’

Any other fav quotes?

Jackiest Tue 20-Aug-24 09:18:15

The world is not divided by race, colour, gender, or religion. The world is divided into wise people and fools. And fools divide themselves by race, colour, gender, or religion.

Mohamad Safa

AGAA4 Tue 20-Aug-24 09:24:25

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt.

nanaK54 Tue 20-Aug-24 09:24:38

'sitting in a Church doesn't make you a Christian anymore than sitting in a garage makes you a car'

Babs03 Tue 20-Aug-24 09:29:25

So many gems. A few I think I will put on post it notes on the fridge to either inspire me or make me chuckle.

eazybee Tue 20-Aug-24 10:04:44

Lord, what fools these mortals be! (Puck)

A favourite quote of mine.

Desdemona Tue 20-Aug-24 10:19:57

"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."

Winston Churchill.

grumppa Tue 20-Aug-24 10:32:27

Life is a jest, and all things show it;
I thought so once, and now I know it.

John Gay's epitaph.

JamesandJon33 Tue 20-Aug-24 11:03:17

James Crabtree ‘ You are what you believe yourself to be “

nanaK54 Tue 20-Aug-24 11:16:02

'when someone shows you who they are believe them the first time'
Maya Angelou

Greyduster Tue 20-Aug-24 11:22:33

The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on: nor all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.
Omar Khayyam

mabon1 Tue 20-Aug-24 12:01:01

agree

mabon1 Tue 20-Aug-24 12:04:14

For any Welsh speakers "Araf deg a mesul dipyn mae stwffio bys i dun gwybedyn" - felly - byth.

Annierob Tue 20-Aug-24 12:08:07

‘We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.’ Oscar Wilde

Stella14 Tue 20-Aug-24 12:21:00

Just because you believe something, doesn’t make it true

Adelaide66 Tue 20-Aug-24 12:23:01

Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.
John Milton

lilydily9 Tue 20-Aug-24 12:24:17

'How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach' Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Mouse Tue 20-Aug-24 12:46:45

It’s never too late to be what you might have been. George Elliot

Vintagegirl Tue 20-Aug-24 12:48:11

I like the Julian of Norwich quote but can someone explain the repetition of the first phrase? "All shall be well...."

nexus63 Tue 20-Aug-24 12:49:21

i don't know if you can call this a quote if it's for you it won't go by you, my gran always said this and i have used it all my life, i said it to the irish surgeon when he told me i had cancer, no tears, anger or why me, he said his old granny always said this.

orly Tue 20-Aug-24 12:58:30

With my luck, when my boat comes in I'll be at the airport

MickyD Tue 20-Aug-24 13:19:08

Fool me once, shame on you…
Fool me twice, shame on me.

Seabreeze Tue 20-Aug-24 13:31:04

Babs03
That lovely, brought a tear to my eye.

Thoro Tue 20-Aug-24 13:51:58

I'm not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens
Woody Allen

DanniRae Tue 20-Aug-24 14:10:20

I want to be
What I was
When I wanted to be
What I am now

Graffiti, London 1980

Aldom Tue 20-Aug-24 14:23:45

Forgiving is not forgetting.
It's remembering and letting go.

From a poster on the wall of the waiting area at a therapy centre for abused children.