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Wednesday, November 4, 2009

6 Ironic Grinners! Cheeky Quote Day at The Social Poets - 4 Nov 2009



Ironic funny quotes comin' at ya, hard and fast! :)

From Denny: Found a lot of witty quotes for the Cheeky Quote Day! segment over at The Social Poets today! They will definitely get you thinking while you are laughing, a real two-fer to keep the brain cells in stellar fitness shape. :)

Witty quotes also make great writing prompts as they expose your mind to thinking about a subject from a different angle. Construct your own writing exercises for your blog or journal. Riffing off of quotes really does a lot to improve your writing. Give it a try and see for yourself!



Here are a few funny quotes for your tasty mind candy today (while you are detoxing from your Halloween candy high):

Quotes

* All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

* Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. - Aldous Huxley

* The sinning is the best part of repentance. - Arab Proverb

* Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. - G.B. Shaw, "Maxims for Revolutionists," 1898

* It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious. - Kin Hubbard

* Is a stolen copyright a copywrong? – Anonymous

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Buddha Quote Concerning Life Development



From Denny: So often when people embark upon spiritual development they take with them their same expectations of elevating to self-importance. It's this ego stroking that prevents real spiritual advancement.

The whole point of setting aside the ego as the leader in your life is that it tends to operate out of undisciplined irrational desires that only get us into trouble. Choosing to teach the ego more humility is the way for it to find its place in the greater scheme of things, mainly to follow behind the person's spirit that is the wiser leader. Once the spirit is finally free to lead even the ego is happy because true balance has been achieved.

Quote

One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the messiah?"

" No," answered Buddha.

"Then are you a healer?"

"No," Buddha replied.

"Then are you a teacher?" the student persisted.

"No, I am not a teacher."

"Then what are you?" asked the student, exasperated.

"I am awake," Buddha calmly stated.

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Enjoy these awesome quotations! Many will be familiar to you and many others will be so obscure you didn't know they existed. Sit back, enjoy, get inspired to write or paint, get a mind refreshment from your problems of the day and most of all: get inspired to change your world!

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Beautiful Quotes

  • A compliment is like a kiss through a veil. - Victor Hugo
  • A major part of the meaning of life is contained in the very process of discovering it. - Ira Progoff
  • Courage is knowing what not to fear. - Socrates, Greek philosopher
  • Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is. - Gary Zukav
  • Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. - Francesca Reigler
  • If you smile when you are alone, then you really mean it. - Andy Rooney
  • It is better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. - Alfred Lord Tennyson, poet
  • It's kind of fun to do the impossible. - Walt Disney
  • Kindness in words creates confidence, Kindness in thinking creates profoundness, Kindness in giving creates love. - Lao-tzu, Chinese philiospher
  • Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward. - Soren Kierkegaard
  • More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth. - Napolean Hill
  • Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them. - Orison Swett Marden
  • No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it. - Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich
  • The love we give away is the only love we keep. - Elbert Hubbard
  • The subtle difference in our attitude can make a major difference in our future. It can be as simple as the language we use. - Jim Rohn
  • Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out. - Art Linkletter
  • Those who wish to sing, always find a song. - Swedish Proverb
  • To love abundantly is to live abundantly. - Henry Drummond
  • To love someone deeply gives you strength. - Lao Tzu
  • We tend to judge others by their behaviour and ourselves by our intentions. - Albert F. Schlieder
  • Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. - Anthony J. D'Angelo
  • Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. - Plato (429-347 BC), Greek Philosopher
  • You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. - Zig Ziglar
  • You know you are in love when you see the world in her eyes, and her eyes everywhere in the world. - David Levesque

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