--Postive Vibrations--

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I really liked that thread over at BMania. So I'm going to steal it from my
friend AZ Snake Fan and start it right here.

(Now all we need is Kap and her cafe.)

Here is the first one:

If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win but think you can't,
It's almost certain that you won't.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger woman or man,
But sooner or later, those who win
Are those who think they can.

-Author Unknown


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[Az Snake]

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Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.
Francis Bacon


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[Jody]

Here's a quote on New Beginnings.....and it's absolutely TRUE!

"Almost everything comes from nothing."
Henry F. Amiel

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Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

-John Wooden


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[Watchthemiddle]

"It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're doing, it's your first attempt at it".

Wally Amos

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The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment
to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

- Vince Lombardi

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[topscribe]

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can - and surely will at times - fail.
Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too.
I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

- Dr. Joyce Brothers

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[Az Snake]

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You want a friend in Washington?
Get a dog.

Harry S. Truman




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[BigBroncLove]

A few from Mahatma Ghandi

"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, always."
-Ghandi

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
-Ghandi

[Watchthemiddle]

"I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards."

- Abraham Lincoln

[topscribe]

The essence of greatness is the ability to choose personal fulfillment
in the circumstances where others choose madness.

- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

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[Reidman]

Here's to alcohol, the cause of - and solution to - all life's problems.

-Homer Simpson

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[Az Snake]

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It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.
C. S. Lewis



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[Cleveland Rocks]

“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”
-Marcus Aurelius

[Watchthemiddle]

"Coersion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him".

---Ronald Reagan---

[Skinny]

"Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity" ~ On a sign outside a church i got in an e-mail!

[BigBroncLove]

The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying.
- Unknown

[topscribe]

Everything you have today is the result of personal goals and plans you had.
Everything you do not have is the result of your failure to plan and set goals.

- my daddy

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[topscribe]

It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say,
'Go away, I'm looking for the truth.' and so it goes away. Puzzling.

- Robert M. Pirsig, American Author

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[BigBroncLove]

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
-Socrates

[Dr Velcro]

Okay, NOT what I'd expected when I saw the thread title:ahhhhh:.

But really good thread.

:beer:

[topscribe]

From what we get, we make a living.
From what we give, we make a life.

- Arthur Ashe


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[BigBroncLove]

All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.
-Martin Luther King Jr.

[Jaws]

Morality means working together, not seeking superiority.

[BigBroncLove]

"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."
-Henry David Thoreau

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I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona.
It says: "Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damnedest." I think that is the
greatest epitaph a man can have.

- Harry S Truman

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[Broncos Mtnman]

Do, or do not. There is no 'try.'

- Jedi Master Yoda

[topscribe]

The essence of greatness is the ability to choose personal fulfillment
in the circumstances where others choose madness.

- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

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[Broncos Mtnman]

Sow a thought - reap an action

Sow an action - reap a habit

Sow a habit - reap a character

Sow a character - reap a destiny

It all begins with a thought

- unknown

[BigBroncLove]

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Az Snake]

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An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
Buddha




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[topscribe]

Character is doing the right thing when nobody is watching.

- J.C. Watts

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Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.

- Thomas Jefferson.

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[topscribe]

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children
of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

- Napoleon Hill


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[Skinny]

"You ain't gonna miss your water until your well runs dry” ~ Bob Marley

[melissAnn]

In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
Albert Schweitzer
and one of my favorites:
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein

[Az Snake]

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As the circle of light increases so does the circumference of darkness around it.
Albert Einstein




--- In your opinion, what do you think Uncle Al meant by this statement ?

--- How do you interpret this quote?


As the circle of light increases so does the circumference of darkness around it.


--- What does it mean to you ?

--- I have been pondering this quote for a while before I decided to post it.

--- Just curious what your take is, then I'll post mine.

--- Thanks,


--- az




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[Az Snake]

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As the circle of light increases so does the circumference of darkness around it.
Albert Einstein




--- In your opinion, what do you think Uncle Al meant by this statement ?

--- How do you interpret this quote?


As the circle of light increases so does the circumference of darkness around it.


--- What does it mean to you ?

--- I have been pondering this quote for a while before I decided to post it.

--- Just curious what your take is, then I'll post mine.

--- Thanks,


--- az




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No takers ?


:rolleyes:




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[melissAnn]

No takers ?


:rolleyes:

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Could this not be just a simple statement not meant to be deep- but to get people to think. I can almost see Einstein grinning as we try to make a simple statement something more :)
BUT
How about the more enlightened or further advanced you are mentally/spiritually the more darkness (ignorance/evil) you can repel?
or
the more he learned (light) the more there seemed to be too learn- the more he understood the more he saw that there was so much more (darkness) to understand
light=understanding dark=ignorance or lack of knowledge/understanding

[Az Snake]

Good response melissAnn !

So true, yet this knowledge often comes with wisdom and experience rather than with bold youth and brashness.


I arrived at the same conclusion via a different process.

I remember reading a quote from topscribe's Daddy, probably wordsmithed before Uncle Al's quote:

"The more that you "know", the more you realize how much more that you don't really know !"
top's Daddy




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You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

- Napoleon Hill


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Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

- Benjamin Franklin

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[GRLSLUVFTBL2]

Life is not measured by the breaths you take rather the moments that take your breath away.

[GRLSLUVFTBL2]

"Do more than exist, live.
Do more than touch, feel.
Do more than look, observe.
Do more than read, absord.
Do more than hear, listen.
Do more than listen, understand.
Do more than think, ponder.
Do more than talk, say something."

-- Author:John H. Rhoades

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What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

- Napoleon Hill

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[schnooks1]

“Children are an essential part of our world. They remind us of our past, become our present and give us the hope we need for the future. We need to take good care of our children.”

M.Irwin

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Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it.

- Author unknown

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Yesterday is a canceled check;
Tomorrow is a promissory note;
Today is the only cash you have -
So spend it wisely.

- Kay Lyons


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[pnbronco]

“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.”

Muhammad Ali

[Watchthemiddle]

"Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle." --- Abraham Lincoln

[Az Snake]

You must give something to your fellow men, even if it's a little thing, do something for others, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.

Albert Schweitzer




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[broncogirl7]

“Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.”

Tom Krause

[Ricky]

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.
Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)