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Old 23-09-10, 08:40 AM
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“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
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Old 23-09-10, 05:31 PM
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I don't know about 'famous', but one I heard recently that resonated for me was:

"It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty."
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama

HHDL has a twitter feed, @dalailama, which never fails to bring a little bit of peace and serenity to my day.

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Yes, I like that, Mary. I'll check out the twitter feed, too. We all need a bit of inspiration and encouragement at times.
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One of the Mitford sisters ( I think) talking to a drunk Winston Churchill
"SIR YOU ARE VERY DRUNK"
Churchill replied
"MADAM YOU ARE UGLY, BUT IN THE MORNING I SHALL BE SOBER"

Or my own personal business philosophy motto:

LIFE IS LIKE A S--T SANDWICH, THE MORE BREAD YOU GET ,THE LESS S--T YOU EAT.

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That Churchill one is a personal favourite
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This is one I adopted as my own a good few years ago.
It's got me out of no end of trouble.

"I'd rather regret the things I have done than the things that I haven't ." - originally by Lucille Ball

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My all-time favourite is:

Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like no-one's watching.
Sing like no-one's listening.
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