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Eliisi Active member

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11 years ago

#41

"Happiness is found when you stop comparing yourself to other people."

Gordon Barlow ViP

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11 years ago

#42

Sammy225 wrote:
Many of life's failures are people who didn't realize how close they were to success when they gave up - Thomas Edison

Very true! Early in the last Century, an uncle of mine - a chemist - invented a carbonated drink that he called "two-up" after the Australian coin-tossing game; but he had no luck in marketing it. So he refined the formula and called it "three-up". Still no luck. In succeeding years he invented "four-up", and "five-up", and "six-up" - but then he died of a broken heart without realising just how close he had come to success.

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Fred Indonesia Expert

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11 years ago

#43

Eliisi wrote:
"Happiness is found when you stop comparing yourself to other people."

Or, just maybe, you stop caring what they think of you.

Bob K VIP Member

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11 years ago

#44

"Happiness is found when you stop comparing yourself to other people."

"Or, just maybe, you stop caring what they think of you."

Actually both are true and really work for me.

Bob K

HaileyinHongKong ViP

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11 years ago

#45

"Never trust a quote from me on the internet.聽 I probably never said it."
Mark Twain

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Wistaria_87 Member

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11 years ago

#46

"We鈥檙e all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness鈥攁nd call it love鈥攖rue love.鈥�;-) 鈥� Robert Fulghum, True Love)聽聽;-)

bullsekin Guest

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11 years ago

#47

鈥淭ell me and I鈥檒l forget, teach me and I鈥檒l remember, involve me and I鈥檒l learn鈥� (Benjamin Franklin)

bullsekin Guest

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11 years ago

#48

It always seem impossible until it's done - Mandela

Gordon Barlow ViP

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11 years ago

#49

Wistaria_87 wrote:
Robert Fulghum, True Love)

Good to see somebody quoting Robert Fulghum. The quote of his that I like best is the one he took as the title of one of his books: "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten". And he proved it, in that book.

Mr_Bek Active member

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11 years ago

#50

A good speech should be like a woman's skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.

- Winston Churchill -

syed zee Serial expat

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11 years ago

#51

Sammy225 wrote:
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail - Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away.
(shing xiong)

syed zee Serial expat

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11 years ago

#52

As a prayer, my longing flows through my lips,
May my life be a beacon of light, Dear God!

Let my vigor perish the darkness the world鈥檚 engulfed in,
Let my radiance illuminate the far corners of the world!

Make my country magnificent through my energy,
As a garden beautified through a flower!

Like a moth let me live this life, Dear God!
Fallen hopelessly in love with the flame of knowledge, Dear God!

Make it my duty to serve the poor and needy,
To be a source of comfort to the weak and elderly!

My Allah, shield me from evil and wicked deeds,
And, guide me on a path which is marked by good and piety!
-聽聽聽聽聽 English Translation, Allama Iqbal鈥檚鈥淏achay ki dua鈥� (A Child鈥檚 Prayer)