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writes:I know this is a relationship website, but I am getting a quote painted on my wall above the mirror, I want it to be something that when I wake up and look at everyday, I feel inspired by it! Something about either, life, success, our future, chances, that kind of thing. Yet, I can't think of any quotes or sayings that I would want there. I have many I love, but none I really felt were amazing enough...Has anyone got any that they live by, or feel inspired by that maybe they wouldn't mind sharing? Reply to this Question
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reader, eyeswideopen  +, writes (31 March 2013):
 Anything and everything Erma Bombeck ever said. She is my hero.
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reader, anonymous, writes (21 November 2011): Be the change you want to see in the world
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reader, tennisstar88 +, writes (21 November 2011):
 "I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I am out of control, and at times hard to handle. If you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best." -Marilyn Monroe
"Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world."
-Marilyn Monroe
"I like dreams of future better than the history of the past."
-Thomas Jefferson
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reader, Anonymous 123  +, writes (21 November 2011):
 "Speak when you are angry---and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret."
"Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have."
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
- Eleanor Roosevelt
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reader, Miamine +, writes (21 November 2011):
 “Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
And I'm not religious, I'm an atheist, but this one works for me.
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reader, Anonymous 123 +, writes (21 November 2011):
Oh this is a great question!
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by every moment that takes your breath away."
"Accept everything about yourself--I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning and the end--no apologies, no regrets." ~ Henry Kissinger
I sent my soul through the invisible,
some letter of that afterlife to spell;
and by and by my soul returned
and answered,
" myself am Heaven and Hell"
-Omar Khayyam
“One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs,
or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”
.........‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ ... Khaled Hosseini.
"For you, a thousand times over....".....The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
"… I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering with it things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night." ...........The Kite Runner ... Khaled Hosseini.
And the best one:
“He drew a circle that shut me out-
Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout.
But love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle and took him In !
From the poem " Outwitted”
? Edwin Markham
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reader, TasteofIndia +, writes (21 November 2011):
 "If I don't have red, I use blue." I'm pretty sure Picasso said that. That quote helps me roll with the punches and keep an easy going attitude. Surrounding my mirror, I have "The hood does not make the monk." from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. I like to remind myself that it's not the clothes, makeup, jewelry, it's not all that superficial stuff that is going to make me who I am. It's (cliché attack) who I am on the inside that is really going to count at the end of the day.
Those, are at least my two go to quotes. I like 'em!
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reader, anonymous, writes (21 November 2011): well, I can think of something,,,
How about, because it's a mirror and you're inspirations will change from day to day, How about
"Go Ahead, Say something and mean it"
Opportunity for much success.
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reader, Odds +, writes (21 November 2011):
 I got a few. Not sure what you're looking for; they're less about "inspiration" than they are about "sticktoitiveness," but they work for me. I've always found that more traditional "inspirational" quotes lose their luster and seem more vapid the tenth time you read them; these and others like them, on the other hand, have informed my thinking for years.
"Because awkwardness, at its core, is all about believing that everyone else knows exactly how to navigate a social situation, and you're the only one who hasn't figured it out yet." – Daniel O’Brien
"Instincts have consequences, particularly when the circumstances requiring them cease to exist." - Fred
"If you're not perfect, we have something in common." - Source unknown
"A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." - John Stewart Mill
"Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh." - George Bernard Shaw
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reader, aunt honesty  +, writes (21 November 2011):
 Search on google for inspiring quotes and sayings.
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reader, basketball23 +, writes (21 November 2011):
It's not a quote, it's a bible verse, Isaiah 40:31
"but those who hope in the lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, the will walk and not be faint."
I have a tattoo on the back of my neck that is a cross with strength going through the center with isaiah 40:31 underneath of it. This verse gives me so much strength. Everytime I pull my hair up I touch the back of my neck and feel the strength to keep going. Ofcourse if you are not religious or do not believe in god this paragraph was a huge waist of time.
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reader, Xx-Scorpio-xX +, writes (20 November 2011):
 Nikki Sixx in his solo band Sixx:AM wrote a song called "life is beautiful" which is a really inspirational song in itself. It's first lyric though i completely agree with and love...."You can't quit until you try" :)
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reader, CaringGuy +, writes (20 November 2011):
I don't have a specific quote that I look up to. Instead, I have a small book of proverbs and sayings beside my bed. I open it to a random page every day, and take its advice. I figure it's as good as any other thing to lead an interesting life.
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