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[susannie]

I would love to hear of your favorite inspirational quotes. From a faith perspective, from a political place, from great people in history ~ any and all would be fantastic!! Or your own snippets of wisdom on this journey to wellness!
I offer this one:
One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. - Andre' Gide
I've launched the boat - 9 1/2 hours and counting into Jenny Craig program and I'm already in the inspiration room - heaven help me
Susan

[carmen electra]

Geneen Roth talks about listening to the small, quiet little voice inside you that tells you you've had enough instead of feeling stuffed...
She's a good read. Check her out!

[susannie]

Boy I sure wish I had read that before I just ate a WHOLE POUND of baby carrots boiled in chicken broth. Now I still have the fajitas and the cheesecake left to go and it is 9:40 pm!!! My voice must have been bugs bunny LOL ~ thanks for sharing about that writer, off to Amazon I go....
Here's another
It is necessary to hope...for hope itself is happiness. - Samuel Johnson

[Simplymoi]

one of my favorite bible verses:
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3
from someone who is an emotional eater, this has helped me a lot get through the rougher times.

[susannie]

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Originally posted by Simplymoi:
one of my favorite bible verses:
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3
from someone who is an emotional eater, this has helped me a lot get through the rougher times.

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I love that! My version reads thus:
Isaiah 26:3
Open the gates! Let the upright nation come in, she, the faithful one whose mind is steadfast, who keeps the peace, because she trusts in you.
Just as you pointed out this will be helpful as I go through my usual passing moods of anxiety and depression - that definitely have me with a draw to eat as a coping mechanism.
This is a keeper
Susan

[Copper*]

One of my all time favorite quotes...

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Let that light shine
Our deepest fear is not that we are not inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves — who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous. Actually who are you not to be — you are a child of God! Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so other people won’t feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us. It’s in everyone. And as we let that light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
– from: A Return to Love by Marianne Williamso

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And another...

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"And the day came, when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk to bloom." - Anis Nin

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[susannie]

Perfect hit again! Somewhere along the way recently I had heard that quote about our light. I think it was my Parish priest in fact. I loved it - but I didn't have it in writing. I love both of these actually. I'd love to match some of these with gorgeous photography (lettin' one of my light shine lol ) to display in fact wait! I've got it - my local Rite Aide pharmacy has a matted huge frame with lots of ? 3x3 windows. They are on clearance for only 12.00!!! I could put a photo in one slot and a quote in the next till all ?30 something photo spots are filled.
Thx so much!
Susan

[kaci9867]

Love life. Take great pleasure in small offerings. Believe that the world owes you nothing. Understand that every gift given to you is exactly that. Realize that people who differ from you can be founts of fun. - Maya Angelou

[susannie]

This spoke to my heart big time. Each and every little section. This thread has been very fruitful ~ Thank you so much - I know the last snippet to be very true - the first parts I really needed to hear
with gratitude!
Susan

[KarenElaine]

Gosh, I have so many favorites!!! Ok, I'll pick 1 or 2 that apply to probably many of us:
My past is nothing more than the path I have left behind. What drives my life today is the energy that I generate in my present moments.
-Wayne Dyer
Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction."
- Charles J. Givens
American Businessman, Author & Trainer
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill

[entropy]

This one is my own:
Success comes from channeling frustration into determination.

[Susie204]

Change is but a thought away.

[cjt62]

Stop pondering...start doing!
This came to me on my way to work, stuck in traffic, one beautiful morning, so it's an original thought. Find it especially fitting for JC! I'm close to retirement, too, and it is very apt. What am I going to do with my life now? I could think it to death, or I could start doing some of those things I've thought of doing for the past 40 years!

[LadyLynda]

"You can't have a better tomorrow if you keep thinking about yesterday."
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

And in my sig line, "The dictionary is the only place where Success comes before Work."

[GetSlim]

"If life gives you lemons, make lemonade!"

[De-La]

A while back I asked the board to share quotes like these and this one really stuck with me: "What you eat in private, you wear in public". How true!

[*LK*]

God don't make no junk!
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From Dr. Phil's "The Ultimate Weightloss Solution".......
Create what you want by doing what you can.
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Change your thinking, to change your weight.
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You can deal with anything as long as you recognize it.
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Know that you are special and your goals are worth having.
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Get up each morning, look at yourself in the mirror, and see yourself not as someone who is over-weight or out of shape, but as the someone you will become, a person with a greater level of dignity and worth who, for probably the first time ever, is finally going to succeed- for a lifetime.
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Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got. - Betty Ford
...and that's all I got.

[*sunshine*]

My favourite quote is from Wynonna Judd...
"I am so much more than a number on a scale."
It's a good reminder for the weeks when I don't lose as I would like to...

[capecodgirl76]

This is one I heard a long time ago that has always stuck with me. I think it is helpful to keep in mind especially when you have one of those "slip ups" or a not so great WI:
"You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there."

[sanibel]

Hi Everyone,
Just wanted to send you all a post to say a great big 'thank you'!!!
I've tried each week to stop by this thread and read what you all have shared as your favorite quotes.
They are all so meaningful, and so inspiring, and uplifting, that it just makes one feel so 'not alone' on this JC journey.
Anyway, thanks to all of you .. and have a great week!!!