Inspirational Quotes

[Victoria]

Another favourite and a great purpose to being here.

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The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

- Benjamin Disraeli, British statesman

 

[RWK]

Although I do not recall the exact wording......another quote from a famous florist and the husband of a FC'er...... paraphrased.

" It can be said of us as florists, we command our shops like kings, we work like slaves, but we create like gods "

 

[shannonlovesflowers]

I like these 2....

"SING!! Even the none shall hear thee!"

And

"If you marry for money, you'll earn every penny"

 

[logan]

'A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered' - Emerson

and

'Bloom where you're planted' - ?

 

[wdestar]

The awesome power of a God we merely envision... one we have not seen nor heard. Alas, the substance of faith.

Some of the most brilliant minds of recent generations have been polluted with the thought that there exists no God. And there, but by the grace of God, go I.

Dan Wade

 

[wdestar]

Of my wife...

Should I think of her as common, I become less than common... should I present her as a queen, my blood runs blue with royalty.

Dan

 

[Frank]

Love this Thread!

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It's what sunflowers do."
Helen Keller, author, activist (1880-1968)

 

[Victoria]

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

- Mark Twain, American writer

 

[Brad]

I like these 2....

"SING!! Even the none shall hear thee!"

And

"If you marry for money, you'll earn every penny"

I agree my wife did not marry me for money and the poor thing works for every penny.Think I will bring dinner home tonight.

 

[wdestar]

Houdini

The great Houdini was a master at escaping all entrapments, save one... death.

 

[rewolf]

...
"If you marry for money, you'll earn every penny"

I've heard -
"If you marry money, you'll work for every penny..."

Guess it's the same thing. But I didn't marry money, so I shouldn't have to work...right? I wish...

 

[sweetpeas]

The Law of Attraction,attracting what you want .Work in harmony with your thoughts, being clear about what you want. Mine is pretty simple
"I desire more business" try it ......

 

[Doug Hatcher]

One from the 1300's

"The outward man is the swinging door;
the inner man is the still hinge"


Meister Eckhart (attributed to be by him)

 

[Gary]

Really not a famous quote, but it can be inspirational to the right person at the right time. I had a staff member so completley upset at her boyfriend today, that she could hardly concentrate on the tasks at hand, and I heard one of the other girls say to her.....

"like Clairie told Ouisa" in "Steel Magnolias"

Ya gotta learn to lighten up!

I kinda chuckled, and it did put a smile on my face.