I'm planning to start a Wisdom challenge next month, to compliment the scripture challenge we have going on. If you'd like to suggest a bit of wisdom from your own religion, or a poem or something else meaningful to you, please share your ideas below!
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"Loving should be as natural as living and breathing."
"Love is no longer love if it is not shared."Mother Teresa; Spiritual Thoughts (2000)
Anything from the Book of Proverbs might be useful.... Ouch - No scriptures - OK - Lets try again
There are tons of Books with quotes out there. Tons of websites as well.
This page looks good!!
https://ebookfriendly.com/most-inspirational-book-quotes/
Wikiquote might be a good source as well.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/List_of_literary_works
I find the website - The Quote Garden is good for finding quotes: https://www.quotegarden.com/
Oh gosh, I'm always collecting quotes and sayings. This is just a smattering of my collection. LOL Sorry if it's too many.
"Family - where life begins and love never ends.""Refuse to lower your standards to accommodate those who refuse to raise theirs."
"Smile bright, babe. Don't let anybody dull your Sparkle."
"They're only teenagers for...2,555 days, 364 Saturdays, 7 birthdays. Sure, the road might be bumpy, but it's a very short road. Don't forget to enjoy the view along the way."
"Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it." George Halas
โChallenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.โโ Joshua J. Marine
"Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God." Leo Buscaglia
"If you can dream it, you can do it." โ Walt Disney
โYou have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. Youโre on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one whoโll decide where to go.โ โ Dr. Seuss
โBe who you are and say what you feel because those who mind donโt matter and those who matter donโt mind.โ Dr. Seuss
โNo one can make you feel inferior without your consent.โ โEleanor Roosevelt"You could be a Princess and wait for someone to save you, or you could be a Queen and ruleโฆ the choice is yours!"
@ Linda - great quotes! Especially ๐ the second one.
Linda - me to, i love especially the second one.
Ne conquiers pas le monde si tu dois y perdre ton รขme car la sagesse vaut mieux que l'or et l'argent. (Bob Marley)
Do not conquer the world if you must lose your soul in it, for wisdom is better than gold and silver. (Bob Marley) (i use translator...!!)
รcouter son voisin, c'est faire preuve de sagesse. Dรฉnigrer son voisin, c'est faire preuve de faiblesse (Andrรฉ Boutin)Listening to your neighbor is wise. To denigrate your neighbor is to show weakness (Andrรฉ Boutin)
La sagesse est fille de l'expรฉrience.(Lรฉonard de Vinci)
Wisdom is the daughter of experience (Leonardo da Vinci)
Apprends la sagesse dans la sottise des autres (proverbe japonais)
Learn wisdom in the foolishness of others (Japanese proverb)
I was a teenager in American Lit. when I read this for the first time. I felt like he was talking directly to me and I have loved it ever since.
"Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." Henry David Thoreau
The mind is enriched by what it receives, the heart by what it gives.Victor Hugo
This has been one that has really spoken to my soul for the past year:
At some point in a woman's life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time. After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is.
--Elizabeth Gilbert, City of Girls
Some other quotes:
You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.--Tich Nhat Hanh
Maybe you're not healing because you're trying to be who you were before the trauma, that person doesn't exist anymore, cause there is a new you trying to be born. Breathe life into that person.
--Boii McCoy
Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.
--Maya Angelou
I have zero interest in being found worthy. My worth just is.--Natasha Helfer
Accepting reality doesn't mean that I have to like it. It means I have to learn to live graciously with it, no matter how difficult.
--Beverly McNeece
Embrace the current season of your life.--Gabrielle Blair
Perhaps the butterfly is proof that you can go through a great deal of darkness yet still become something beautiful.
--Beau Taplin
When fortune comes do not enjoy all of it. When advantage comes do not take all of it.
--Lisa See, China Dolls
Great quotes, ladies! I'm going to add a lot of these to my own collection.
Thank You Marissa!! I love this exercise! I will be back when I have some to offer.
Kaleena, yours spoke to me very honestly. Thank you for offering all the quotes!
"Maybe you're not healing because you're trying to be who you were before the trauma, that person doesn't exist anymore, cause there is a new you trying to be born. Breathe life into that person.
--Boii McCoy"
..... I have been trying to explain this to my Mother - Maybe this will have to be my first page to show her....just thinking outloud ...Thank You Kaleena
I had been collecting quotes for homeschool copywork when we started, since most of the curriculum was, at the time, scripture-based. Here are some we've used:
To prepare for tomorrow, do today's work well.
If you dream of moving mountains tomorrow, start lifting small stones today.
If you cannot be a lighthouse, be a candle.
Never develop an appetite for the fruits of a tree you cannot climb.
The distance from birth to death is experience.
A child who asks questions is not stupid.
Work the clay while it is still wet.
The greatest crime in the desert is to find water and be silent about it.
Dig your well before you are thirsty.
Even though you disagree, do not refuse to listen.
Whoever throws water ahead will step on cool earth.
Only the shoe knows if the sock has a hole.
Not every rainfall must wet you.
A person who has been seen has no further need of hiding.
Perseverance is the mother of good luck.
Beauty does not make the pot boil.
Donโt sell the skin off the bear thatโs still in the forest.
Like soap for the body, so are tears for the mind.
Shrouds are made without pockets.
If you like to sled โ you have to like to drag the sledge.
After the rain, earth hardens.
When you have abundance, build a bigger table, not a higher wall.
Hi Kate
I love that these are scripture based without being scripture quoted. How do you come up with this? Can you give me any hints on your process? I love to put short quips on my photos to make them think a little. I hope this made sense and I hope you can forward some ideas. Thank you so much for your time.๐
Luanne
Hi Luanne! I compiled these about 4 years ago from around the web, searching for "sayings in (country)" or something along those lines. I know many are from different countries in Africa, some are from Yiddish culture (which could account for being scriptural), some are from Ireland, and the rest I have forgotten.
The file got corrupted and I only have these in the recovered document.
Check out Proverbicals! I like how they've organized the quotes. Hope this helps!
Our family is like the branches of a tree; we may grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one :)The most beautiful way to start and end a day is with a grateful heart.
Love that one Poki! I always appreciate new additions to the list. I do check it out each month when I'm looking for a quote.
"Love yourself for who you are."
Throw out the rule book and enjoy being who you are.
"The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people noticing things, paying attention" - john green The Fault in the stars.
If you want to understand any woman you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully...the more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life, the stronger the daughter." -Prologue from The Red Tent by Anita Diamant.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?โ
โ John Green, An Abundance of Katherines
Not sure these are my faves, or if I have any at all. Honestly I have a bit of a time with sayings.. Tho some are absolutely true. Anyways, these are the ones that I heard a lot growing up:
An ounce of protection is worth a pound of cure.
Discretion is the better part of valor.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
God helps those who help themselves.
The proof is in the pudding.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
You canโt have your cake and eat it too.
You can't win'em all.
My shout.
The bigger the hat the smaller the property.
Ten minutes before time make a soldier arrive fine.