CCG: Daily Inspirations

[Scout]

I felt "inspired" to create this thread in the hopes that it will touch someone, when they need it most.
Post to it as often as you'd like.

No act of kindness,
however small,
is ever wasted.~AESOP

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.~Ralph Waldo Emerson

[raiderfanforlife]

"People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing."

-- Andrew Carnegie

"The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary."

--Donald Kendall

[Thelonious Monkey]

Keep Skunks and Bankers and Lawers at a Distance.
-an old farmer.

[Captain Pickles Weaselchomp]

Happiness depends upon ourselves.
-Aristotle.

SM-Nice thread!
~Cosmo~

[Dawggie]

"Not being able to do everything is no excuse for not doing everything you can."

- Ashleigh Brilliant


"Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain."

- Helen Keller


"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope."
- Martin Luther King

[Scout]

A big shot is a little shot that kept shooting.
- Anonymous

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your
own mind.
- Bruce Lee

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower


Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
- Virginia Satir

[Lady Freckles]

"Stuff (insert different word) Happens!"

[Kit T. Kat]

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.
-Arnold Schwarzenegger

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
-Arnold Schwarzenegger

There are some inspirational quotes from the Govenator

[Weeb]

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards. - Benjamin Franklin

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one? - Abraham Lincoln

Is this thing on? - Thomas Alva Edison

[Smirky Preciousmouth]

Words of wisdom after obtaining a learner's permit ... "If someone is dumb enough to pull out in front you .... hit 'um!"
-My Dad

You have two hands. One to help yourself, the second to help others.
-Unknown

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to
what lies within us.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Little Funnysocks]

My favorite one is one that I use often, but the shorten version.

"We could learn a lot from a box of crayons: Some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names but they have learned to live in the same box."

While walking in a toy store the day before today,
I overheard a crayon box with many things to say.

"I don't like red!" said yellow. And green said, "Nor do I!"
And no one here likes orange, but no one knows quite why."

We are a box of crayons that really doesn't get along,"
said blue to all the others "something here is wrong!"

Well, I bought that box of crayons and took it home with me
and laid out all the crayons so the crayons could all see.

They watched me as I colored with red and blue and green
and black and white and orange and every color in between.

They watched as green became the grass and blue became the sky.
The yellow sun was shining bright on white clouds drifting by.

Colors changing as they touched, becoming something new.
They watched me as I colored. They watched till I was through.

And when I'd finally finished, I began to walk away.
And as I did the crayon box had something more to say...

"I do like red!" said the yellow and green said, "So do I!"
"And blue you are terrific so high up in the sky."

"We’re like a box of crayons each of us unique,
but when we get together the picture is complete."

Look what we can learn from a box of crayons………no matter what colour, what differences we have, together we can learn to create a masterpiece and we can do it living in the same community!

Look what we can learn from a box of crayons - Poem by: Shane DeR

[Queen Violet Hulawig]

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time. ~Anthony D'Angelo

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily. ~Zig Ziglar

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. ~Albert Einstein

We must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately. ~Benjamin Franklin

We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be playing Toontown by candlelight. ~Milton Berle (slightly edited by myself, lol)

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. ~Alexander Graham Bell

When you are in it up to your ears, keep your mouth shut. ~Anonymous

While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us. ~Ben Franklin

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work ~Thomas Edison

Never make the same mistake twice or you'll never get around to all of them. ~Anonymous

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised. ~George Will

[Scout]

It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
- J. K. Rowling

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
- Jonathan Winters

One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in.
- Wayne Gretzky

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
- Tom Peters

Be the change you want to see in the world.
-Mahatma Gandhi

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
- Winston Churchill

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience [dreams]: this is the ideal life.
–Mark Twain

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishment toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.
- Anonymous

[QueenFluffyGiggletoes]

"To do all that is possible, we must attempt the impossible;
to be all that we can be, we must dream of being more."
-Unknown (to me)

[Static]

"Boy, If you don't straighten up you are going to get yourself into something I can't get you out of!"
-My Father

"See! I told you."
-My Father (after I had to stay after school the first and ONLY time)

"This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you."
-My Parents (and yes I do see it now)

"Sit here and tell me what you know good. Maybe we will both learn something new today."
-My Grandmother

"Whats wrong with girls? You really will like them one day."
-My Grandfather

"But he is my brother."
-My LITTLE Sister (After beating up some guy at school for picking on me. Dad was called to school and he said to her, "But you pick on him all the time")

These are the ones that will stick with me the rest of my life!