What’s a Quote That Stuck With You?

welbeck

There are 3 or 4 above which I have never heard and do not understand.

Which ones?

If you do what you've always done
You get what you've always got

Life is a series of distractions till you die. From The Sopranos.

There are 3 or 4 above which I have never heard and do not understand.

There are no pockets in shrouds.

Think of this whenever I hesitate on buying something.

I think it was probably made up to say to children Daddima in the age of them being seen but not heard.

Oreo

BlueBelle

GG13 that saying drives me mad it’s all you hear on social media but nobody lives by it
It’s certainly overegged nowadays

I agree BlueBelle it sets my teeth on edge.In practice it would mean going about silently or just spouting pleasantries.

It also means you would never hear other people’s opinions ( unless they were ‘nice’)

Open your eyes, take a look around, see what needs doing, and do it.
From Bono I think.

The one I have on a bangle that I wear is

You can’t change the wind but you can trim the sails.

'You can't turn back the tide, but you can learn to surf the wave'

I'm not sure that is quite right, but it's near enough. Too many people spend ages wishing things were as they used to be, instead of learning to deal with how they are now.

I also like 'every saint has a past, and every sinner a future.'

‘This is something up with which I will not put,’ Churchill, having a go at the extreme pedantry which decreed that you couldn’t have a preposition at the end of a sentence.

I’ll lower the tone by mentioning one of my Dad’s favourites 😀

A bird in the hand will sh*t on your wrist

‘’Work is the curse of the drinking classes’ - probably Oscar Wilde.

'When shows break up what but oneself is sure'.
By Walt Whitman.
These words have always resonated with me.

‘The road to hell is paved with good intentions’.

I think "live and let live" is mine.

If only people would be more tolerant of others, maybe the world wouldn't be in such a mess

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

.... and to admit more freely
that life is the sum of what happened.
Not what should or might have been.

"Happiness is not the absence of problems, but the ability to deal with them." - Steve Maraboli

This too, shall pass. Reminds me to make the most of the good times while they are here, but also to hang on in there during the bad times - because both will pass.

GrannyGravy13

^If you cannot say anything nice, then don’t say anything at all^

Both of my Grans used this, and it has remained with me.

Sorry, GG13 but it’s just too preachy for me.

Give me a witty put down every time… If only I could remember them when needed.

Our world is not divided by race, color, gender or religion. Our world is divided into wise people and fools. And fools divide themselves by race, color, gender, or religion.
By human rights activist and United Nations representative Mohamad Safa.

The number of times I see people quietly excluded because of their race, color, gender, or religion does upset me.

Astitchintime

“Do a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life”!

I like this one😃

BlueBelle

GG13 that saying drives me mad it’s all you hear on social media but nobody lives by it
It’s certainly overegged nowadays

I agree BlueBelle it sets my teeth on edge.In practice it would mean going about silently or just spouting pleasantries.

“Do a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life”!

Be nice to people on your way up. You never know who you might meet on your way down.

The two for me are
“This too shall pass”and “Do as you would be done by”