Miscellaneous Monday - Quotes

[Esme Crutchley]

So it's 24th February, which means it's my turn for #miscellaneous-monday, woohoo! There are plenty more spaces, sign yourself up here!

I went back and read a few #megsmiscellaneousmonday posts, and of course, @Andy B - PTC came up with a corker where @Fernando Bordallo mentioned his favourite quote from his granny “the difficult takes some effort, the impossible a little more” and it got me to thinking about favourite quotes.

We often get quotes from random places (not to mention random people!), and the quotes that we like the most sometimes aren’t the original way it was said. For example, one of my favourites is “done is better than perfect” but this wasn’t the original version. There are loads of variations of it around, but it takes a bit of Google sleuthing to be able to find the first version, which in this case is probably Robert H. Schuller’s “I'd rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed” or it could have been “Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.” Isn’t it funny how these things change? 

Anywho...we all have them, the quotes that make us smile or speak to us at random moments. The Community have seen a couple of mine, including Dumbledore’s “we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy” and “the people that matter are all that matters,”  which is, I assume, a reworking of “the people who matter don’t mind and the people who mind don’t matter” but I can’t remember for the life of me where I found this one! (Please, if you know, put me out of my misery!)

I have others, most of them Sir Terry Pratchett (STP) (and I have no problem with admitting that); “It’s still magic, even if you know how it’s done,” “The pen is mightier than the sword, if the sword is very short and the pen is very sharp,” and a few more: 

And of course, my overall favourite (having changed my name because of STP back in 2001 - honestly!)

Let’s share them around and find inspiration from each other.

So come on, fess up, what are the little motos, sayings and quotes that you live by or love? 

[Jimmy Seddon]

@Esme Crutchley I love this, a number of those made me laugh.  Great way to start the week!  My dad mis-stated one quote and it has forever become a favourite of mine.  The quote should be "Six of one, half dozen of the other." Meaning that both things are essentially the same you can just describe them differently.  My dad said it as "Six of one, Two of the other." which was not the same at all.

Anyway, thank you for starting the week off on the correct foot!

[DPK J]

Super nice @Esme Crutchley 

My favorite are,

• "Folks I don't trust children, they are here to replace us"
• "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." – Abraham Lincoln

[FOOTBALL CRAB]

Fake People Quotes

[Kat]

Mae West is one of the most quotable people of all time!

And for more check out http://www.notable-quotes.com/w/west_mae.html. 

[Kusum Devi]

https://quotesjin.com/fake-friends-fake-people-quotes/

[Dharma Ramos]

I somehow I missed this discussion, I love this topic. I am often intrigued by how there are quotes or sayings that are so similar in different languages. One my mom said often is a good example "Mas vale pajaro en mano que cien volando" is very similar to "A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush".

[Kat]

In English we hit 2 birds with one stone but in Russian it is killing 2 rabbit with one bullet/shot.

I love idioms and looking up their history.

[Dharma Ramos]

LOL, in spanish is a combination of the two, it is 2 birds with one shot, 2 pajaros con un tiro.

[Emily Koch]

A very dear friend of mine shared this quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson. It's really resonated with me, too:

“If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.”

There are so many amazing things out there, but we tend to take them for granted when we're around them for so long. It's nice to take some time and enjoy the beautiful, everyday things. 

[Scott Theus]

You may or may not be surprised, but some of my favorite quotes are from or about pirates...

[Monique vdB]

I just got a necklace with this quote on it and it has been helping me through anxious days:

[Esme Crutchley]

There's a company in the UK called Pia, they make amazing jewellery and my Nan always got me some for Christmas and my birthday.

Some of my favourites are

• drop earrings that say 'in one ear and out the other,'
• a ring that says 'well behaved women never make history,' 
• a bracelet that says 'go confidently in the direction of your dreams - live the life you've imagined'

[Deepanshu Natani]

My favorite quote is "Good is the enemy of great"!

[Kusum Devi]

This is one of the best miscellaneous quotes, rain quotes