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Posted 1/5/2008 7:25 PM (GMT 0)
I think that everyone has at least one saying/motto that helps them get through the tough times. So what is yours?

I'll begin!

Mine is, when something goes wrong, you pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and move on!

It kinda just reminds me that life goes on and not to dwell on the things that go wrong...

Posted 1/5/2008 7:54 PM (GMT 0)
I have heaps of them, a couple that come to mind right now are,

onwards and upwards,
Your a long time dead. (always a good motivator that one.)
Posted 1/5/2008 8:13 PM (GMT 0)
"Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope." ~ Turkish Proverb

Posted 1/5/2008 9:48 PM (GMT 0)
Oh, I like that Kitt!
Posted 1/6/2008 4:45 AM (GMT 0)
"The goal of life is not to arrive at the grave in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting holy s*!% what a ride!"
Posted 1/6/2008 6:07 AM (GMT 0)
"This too shall pass."
Posted 1/6/2008 7:59 AM (GMT 0)
life sucks and then you die.....
Posted 1/6/2008 8:35 AM (GMT 0)
"You must do the thing you think you cannot do." Eleanor Roosevelt.
Posted 1/6/2008 10:12 AM (GMT 0)
My grandfather used to say if he was on the road to hell, there would be someone riding his ass trying to get there ahead of him....

hrm that may work better in a traffic forum :P

Although I gotta tell ya, the one that sticks in my mind I picked up from Seinfeld....

"Serenity Now!"

I find myself saying that silenty in my head alot :)
Posted 1/6/2008 5:54 PM (GMT 0)
"I refuse to go through life kicking and screaming"


Have you ever seen a kid in the grocery store being pulled by the arm by his Mom as he is kicking and screaming. Well I wont do that life is what it is. I will tackle it with my head held high and fight. God is on my side he is all I need.

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Posted 1/6/2008 10:16 PM (GMT 0)
I always say, "Lord, give me strength!"
Posted 1/7/2008 2:55 AM (GMT 0)
I do some deep breathing and say "Breath out Pain, Breath in Love." Sounds kind of hippie-ih but it works.
Posted 1/7/2008 2:57 AM (GMT 0)
Hang Tough!
Posted 1/7/2008 5:19 AM (GMT 0)
"When I stand before God at the end of my life...I want to be able to say that I used every gift that you bestowed upon me!"

Posted 1/7/2008 6:33 AM (GMT 0)
When life hands you lemons, squirt life in the eye.
Posted 1/7/2008 6:19 PM (GMT 0)
Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming
Posted 1/7/2008 7:56 PM (GMT 0)
I'm with Gumby, my saying is "this too shall pass", and it's gotten me thru some pretty rough times. A good friend told me that a few years ago when I was going thru a divorce, it was great advice then and still is.
Posted 1/7/2008 9:08 PM (GMT 0)
The best is yet to come!
Posted 1/8/2008 10:39 PM (GMT 0)
I can do all thing through Christ who strengthens me - Phil 4:13 I use that for everything from going on a important sale call or jumping out of a airplane. I say it everytime I don't want to get out of bed. I truly can feel the Lord giving me strength
Posted 1/8/2008 11:41 PM (GMT 0)
Apparently my mom told my cousin once, "even if the rocks hurt your feet, if you don't stand you will float down the river!" The funny thing about this is that it was said in a literal manner, but I also see it as a way to remind myself that life can sometimes be difficult and painful, but if you do not find a way to deal with it or move on than life will take you away before you know it!
Posted 1/9/2008 12:57 AM (GMT 0)
Play the cards dealt to you.

:)
Posted 1/9/2008 1:32 AM (GMT 0)
There is no try. There is only do, or do not - Yoda

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Inside the ring or out, ain't nuttin wrong with going down, it's staying down that's wrong" - Muhammed Ali

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If you can't beat em'...arrange to have em' beaten. - George Carlin

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'Can't' is a weed in the garden of words - mom


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and he said:

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.

Kahil Gibran - from "The Prophet"


and of course, some Eminem for all y'all:

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo,

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime.....
Posted 1/9/2008 10:36 AM (GMT 0)
hey gladbag, is that from those m&m commercials? never heard those guys sing!
Posted 1/9/2008 2:25 PM (GMT 0)
I have always related to words in different songs. Like "I'm a survivor" and my latest is from Kanye West, "If it don't kill me, it can only make me stronger".
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