Inspirational Quotes/Saying

Hi All -

Thanks for all the quotes! They are all terrific....and inspiring. It is amazing how strong the power of words and thoughts are. And I feel refreshed when I read the wisdom of others. Sometimes the simplest truths are the ones we overlook most often.

You guys are all great...and each and every one of you has provided me with inspiration and courage.

All the best - Melissa
 
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There are no stupid questions -- only stupid people.
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There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots.
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Until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore, you will not know the terror of being forever lost at sea.
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If you find yourself struggling with lonliness, you're not alone. And yet you are alone. So very alone.
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If you never try anything new, you'll miss out on many of life's great disappoinements.
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Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
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It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.
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Oh Jimmy -

How did I know that your post would make me giggle instead of giving me inspiration? Actually...in a way...that is better sometimes.

I needed a good giggle. Thanks for always being you!

Melissa
 
Melissa Herndon said:
Oh Jimmy -

How did I know that your post would make me giggle instead of giving me inspiration? Actually...in a way...that is better sometimes.

I needed a good giggle. Thanks for always being you!

Melissa
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I couldn't think of anything inspirational. ;)

I'll see you in Orange County this weekend if you play!
 
Jimmy M. said:
I couldn't think of anything inspirational. ;)

I'll see you in Orange County this weekend if you play!
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Orange County? What, where, when, how, huh????

Gimme details...I have been out of touch with the local tournament scene...so I am obviously clueless about what you are referring to....

DOH!

Melissa
 
Melissa Herndon said:
Orange County? What, where, when, how, huh????

Gimme details...I have been out of touch with the local tournament scene...so I am obviously clueless about what you are referring to....

DOH!

Melissa
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That might be the Pechauer tourney at Hot Shots in Cypress west on Ball past Knott Ave. this Saturday and Sunday. $2 or 3K added 9 ball. Good fortune anyways.
 
LAMas said:
That might be the Pechauer tourney at Hot Shots in Cypress west on Ball past Knott Ave. this Saturday and Sunday. $2 or 3K added 9 ball. Good fortune anyways.
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Yep, that's the one. :)
 
Melissa Herndon said:
Orange County? What, where, when, how, huh????

Gimme details...I have been out of touch with the local tournament scene...so I am obviously clueless about what you are referring to....

DOH!

Melissa
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What is DOH?
 
Ok, so I'm glad to see I'm not the only crazy one out there that collects quotes. I have a huge collection. So here are some that I think of every once in awhile.

"How could I lose to such an idiot?" -Aaron Nimzovich...chess champion

"It's not good enough to be good if you have the ability to be better" -Alberta Lee Cox

"In order to be a champion, you must believe you are the best. If you're not...pretend you are." -Muhammad Ali

"When luck calls, offer it a seat." -Yiddish Proverb

"Remember, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent." Eleanor Roosevelt

"You may be disappointed if you fail but you are doomed if you don't try." Beverly Sills

"We're all a little bizarre, some of us are just better at hiding it." The Breakfast Club

"No one else in the world is like you. Ain't that amazing?" Muhammad Ali

Ok, I could go on forever because I seriously have a huge notebook full of quotes. So I'm going to stop proving what a dork I am now. If you ever need any more you know who to talk to!

Take care,
Sarah
 
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

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I'm going to pick myself up, dust myself off, and start all over again.

and

When I die, don't cry for me
for I am with the Lord, where I want to be.

And on my tombstone: "I told you I was sick".

Jake
 
When Life Gives You Lemons.......Throw the damn things back....VERY HARD!!
When Life Gives You Lemons.......Spit the damn seeds at life......VERY HARD!!

Terry (works for me) :cool:

EDIT:reason-because I can ....( well beddy bye time, maybe I'll go over to FLAME thread and throw some lemons at Landshark before I go)
 
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Some more for you...

"Never grow a wishbone where your backbone ought to be." - Clementine Paddleford

"It never occurs to fools that merit and good fortune are closely linked." - Goethe

"In the long run you hit only what you aim at. Therefore, though you
should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high." - Thoreau

And lastly a couple specifically for Pool players ;)

"I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind.
Being broke is only a temporary situation" - Mike Todd

"Ever notice that 'what the hell' is always the right decision?"
- Marilyn Monroe
 
Inspiration...

Melissa Herndon said:
Hi everyone -

One thing I like to do is give inspirational cards or notes to my friends and family. I don't even have to have a reason...sometimes I just feel like letting them know I am thinking of them...sometimes I just feel like spreading some wisdom (even though it isn't mine).

So I thought I would post one of my favorites....and ask you all to post one of your favorites, too. Any quote or saying that makes you feel good, or reflect on life, or makes you think.

It may be cheesy...but my thought is that we can all share and maybe help inspire one another!

Here's a few of mine...

to enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites - Robert Heinlein

be the change you wish to see in the world - Gandhi

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. - Thoreau

to the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world - unknown

D'oh! - Homer Simpson

Looking forward to hearing some of yours! - Melissa
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:) In todays world we need more peole with these thoughts and outlooks ! Thanks for sharing them! :)
 
I liked this quote so much that I have placed in 4 out of 5 of my books.

It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, How good or how bad am I? That's where courage comes in. - Erma Bombeck
 
Blackjack said:
I liked this quote so much that I have placed in 4 out of 5 of my books.

It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, How good or how bad am I? That's where courage comes in. - Erma Bombeck
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Here's some of my favorites:

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. --William Hazlitt


Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.--Orison Swett Marden


Victory belongs to the most persevering.-- Napoleon Bonaparte


Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.--
Savielly Grigorievitcyh Tartakower


Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. --Theodore Roosevelt

A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. --
Arthur Golden


If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.--Sun-Tzu


There is no substitute for victory.--Douglas MacArthur


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 and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, 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 he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.--Theodore Roosevelt, “Man in the Arena” Speech given April 23, 1910

SF
 
Here's another....and it isn't a song!!!!! OMG! Do I get a prize??? LMAO!

"The mistakes we make in life are not as important as the lessons we learn from them."- from an episode of The Outer Limits
 
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Here is one:
You cant win if you dont play! Is that inspirational? how about this one I think I just made it up:
Goals cant be met if they are not set!
and it rhymes too! man I am freakin' Genius!!
 
This past spring saw the 50th aniv of Bannister's 4min mile. Oft quoted is McWirter's race result announcement the end of which is lost as no one was able to hear it anyway:

"Here is the result of event No.9, the one mile: No. 41, R G Bannister, of the Amateur Athletic Association and formerly of Exeter and Merton Colleges, with a time that is a new meeting and track record, and which, subject to ratification, with be a new English native, British National, British all-comers, European, British Empire and World Record. The time is 3…."

A few others from various sorts of sources that I've enjoyed:

"If you want to build a ship, then don't drum up men to gather wood, give orders, and divide the work. Rather, teach them to yearn for the far and endless sea." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery

My brain wishes my ego had call-waiting. - Calvin (and Hobbes)

"We shall never cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time." - TS Elliot

"With all their energy, everybody tries to do their best. This struggle, it stays very deep in your mind. And it produces great respect among adversaries...It is really what I have high esteem for, this friendship in sport." - Emil Zatopek

"I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great." -- Ray Charles.

"To have a last minute change in fortune you have to take your fortune to the last minute. And if that doesn't work? Then we did what we could until we could not." - Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

oh and this of course ;)

"Smokey, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules." - Walter, "The Big Lebowski"
 
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