Sunday, February 21, 2010

A New Life's resolution - Days #43 - 48

If you're just joining us, check out the explanation of my "New Life Resolution"

I fell off the wagon this week...hard!  I was tired and cranky and hungry for REAL food (WAAAY too much sugar in my diet lately) and I didn't get to the gym enough.  So trying to find the time, motivation and material for blog posts was more than I could handle.  In order to make amends of a sort, I thought I'd mix things up and share a few of the inspirational quotes I'm planning to put up around me (#66 on my list).

Physical -

*  "This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act and, in acting, to live."  -Omar Bradley

*  "What lies ahead of you and what lies behind you is nothing compared to what lies within you."  -Mohandas K. Ghandi

Occupational -

*  "Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell’em, “Certainly, I can!” Then get busy and find out how to do it."  -Theodore Roosevelt

*  "There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes."  -William Bennett

Spiritual -

*  "To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to possess a guiding principle. A belief of some kind. A bumper sticker if you will." -Judith Guest

*  "Faith and doubt both are needed – not as antagonists, but working side by side – to take us around the unknown curve."   -Lillian Smith

Intellectual -

*  "An individual without information cannot take responsibility; an individual who is given information cannot help but take responsibility."  -Jan Carlzon

*  "There are no uninteresting things, there are only uninterested people."  -GK Chesterton

Emotional -

*  "What I’ve learned about being angry with people is that it generally hurts you more than it hurts them."  -Oprah Winfrey

*  "Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it."  -Julia Child

Social -

*  "Remember always that you have not only the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one. You cannot make any useful contribution in life unless you do this."  -Eleanor Roosevelt

*  "Not in the clamor of the crowded street, Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat."  -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


An extra for someone (you know who you are):

"So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don’t sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we’ve satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late."  -Lee Iacocca

13 comments:

Nic said...

Heather--what amazing quotes!! Thank you!! Good luck :)

Elizabeth Patch said...

a wonderful collection of inspirational thoughts! thanks so very much for stopping by my blog and helping my SITS day be so special!

Kimberly said...

Here from the Friday Follow. You have a great looking site. Hope to get to know you better soon. Stop on by and follow me so we can comment to each other often.

I love your wheel!

Cakeblast said...

I'm a new follower from Friday Follow. Have a great weekend :) http://cakeblast.com

A very inspiring collection of quotes..and goodness you have a lot of pennies lol.

Debbiedoos said...

Happy Follow Friday! I enjoyed reading your expressive feelings!!~ It took me til now almost 44 to figure things out, and do I really have it figured out/ NO!!~ but it's nice to think I do.
Hope to see you soon!!~

Kel said...

Happy Friday! Thanks for the quotes!

Kel
http://betweenthelines-kam.blogspot.com

Unknown said...

Found you on Friday Follow. I love your blog. A lot of the things you have listed I would love to accomplish! I will follow to see your progress!

http://allergykidmom.blogspot.com

I am Harriet said...

Stopping by from FF to say hello!
Have a great weekend!
http://harrietandfriends.com/

Shelley said...

Great quotes! Visiting from "Friday Follow"..I'm your newest follower! Love for you to come visit me!

Have a great weekend!
~Shelley @ Shelley's Swag

Katie Lane said...

I'm a big fan of these quotes. Such good thoughts to remember and so true. Happy Friday, I'm a follower now!

Unknown said...

Great quotes!

I'm following you from Friday Follow!
Heather
http://www.ratherbechangingdiapers.com/

Anna Lefler said...

Fantastic quotes! Thanks for sharing them and hope you're having a great weekend...

:-D Anna

Claudya Martinez said...

Wonderful quotes. Very inspirational.

Thank you for visiting on my SITs day!

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