Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 319

Fancy · 05-07-2011, 09:00 PM

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
~ Robert Frost

Camo Eagle · 05-07-2011, 09:15 PM

" Do not tell lies, for there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and there is nothing covered up that will not be uncovered."

Gospel of Thomas

msW8ing · 05-07-2011, 11:10 PM

If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I. ~Michel de Montaigne

JakeTulane · 05-08-2011, 04:42 AM

"Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion." - Thich Nhat Hanh

JakeTulane · 05-08-2011, 04:46 AM

Who fed me from her gentle breast
And hushed me in her arms to rest,
And on my cheek sweet kisses prest?
My Mother.
~Ann Taylor

Who ran to help me when I fell,
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make it well?
My mother.
~Ann Taylor

JakeTulane · 05-08-2011, 04:48 AM

"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts." ~Washington Irving

DamselFly · 05-08-2011, 09:59 AM

"The real religion of this world comes from women much more than men-
from mothers most of all, who carry the keys of our souls in their bosoms."
Oliver Wendell Holmes

DamselFly · 05-08-2011, 10:06 AM

we all know the pain of hurt feelings and rejection. but heartbreak isn't only the end: it can be a beginning, too. a heart broken is already transforming.
(one spirit book of days, 2011)

DamselFly · 05-08-2011, 10:11 AM

"If you press me to say why I loved him,
I can say no more than because he was he,
and I was I."
(Michel De Montaigne)

Janstevie · 05-08-2011, 02:16 PM

How lucky I am to have known someone who was so hard to say goodbye to.

JakeTulane · 05-09-2011, 04:47 AM

"It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on Earth and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had." ---Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

JakeTulane · 05-09-2011, 04:49 AM

"The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it." ---Morrie Schwartz

JakeTulane · 05-09-2011, 04:51 AM

"Having a role model in life is a great thing to have; one who provides us with direction and inspiration. However, we will forever be restricted by that person's limitations if we live within their boundaries. Be influenced, but set your own standards and develop your own principals, if you are ever to live beyond someone else's dreams." ---Jason Shahan

Ms. Meander · 05-09-2011, 06:55 AM

Each had his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart; and his friends could only read the title.
- Virginia Woolf

Tommi · 05-09-2011, 07:19 AM

Maybe this world is another planet's hell. ~Aldous Huxley

I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes. ~Author Unknown

always2late · 05-09-2011, 06:30 PM

Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them.

Diva · 05-09-2011, 08:52 PM

They put on a front that appears accommodating, loyal, and yes, even sacrificial. Then, without warning, they raise their knife, and by the time you see the glint of the blade, it's almost always too late.

~ Les Parrott

justkim · 05-09-2011, 09:25 PM

- Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action. -
- Mother Teresa of Calcutta -

justkim · 05-09-2011, 09:26 PM

“I have come to realize more and more that the greatest disease and the greatest suffering is to be unwanted, unloved, uncared for, to be shunned by everybody, to be just nobody [to no one].”
— Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Tcountry · 05-10-2011, 01:07 AM

"Baby there's no mistakin' you're the love I wanna be in"
--Jason Alden song

05-07-2011, 11:10 PM	#6363
msW8ing Member How Do You Identify?: multi-faceted gem, femme, submissive babygirl if the chemistry is there. Preferred Pronoun?: lady Relationship Status: working on myself Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lewiston, Idaho Posts: 920 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,700 Thanked 2,497 Times in 654 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I. ~Michel de Montaigne __________________ *Don't judge me by my past..I don't live there anymore* A lady who knows the ropes..will never be bound. ~Mae West

05-08-2011, 04:46 AM	#6365
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	Happy Mother's Day Who fed me from her gentle breast And hushed me in her arms to rest, And on my cheek sweet kisses prest? My Mother. ~Ann Taylor Who ran to help me when I fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother. ~Ann Taylor

05-08-2011, 09:59 AM	#6367
DamselFly Member How Do You Identify?: QueerStoneFemme Preferred Pronoun?: Ma'am or Damsel Relationship Status: single Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: hovering here and there Posts: 259 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,053 Thanked 771 Times in 199 Posts Rep Power: 396593	mothers "The real religion of this world comes from women much more than men- from mothers most of all, who carry the keys of our souls in their bosoms." Oliver Wendell Holmes __________________ so long as space remains so long as sentient beings remain i will remain in order to help, to serve, to make my own contribution (Buddhist prayer, a favorite of H.H.)

05-08-2011, 10:06 AM	#6368
DamselFly Member How Do You Identify?: QueerStoneFemme Preferred Pronoun?: Ma'am or Damsel Relationship Status: single Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: hovering here and there Posts: 259 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,053 Thanked 771 Times in 199 Posts Rep Power: 396593	open the heart we all know the pain of hurt feelings and rejection. but heartbreak isn't only the end: it can be a beginning, too. a heart broken is already transforming. (one spirit book of days, 2011) __________________ so long as space remains so long as sentient beings remain i will remain in order to help, to serve, to make my own contribution (Buddhist prayer, a favorite of H.H.)

05-08-2011, 10:11 AM	#6369
DamselFly Member How Do You Identify?: QueerStoneFemme Preferred Pronoun?: Ma'am or Damsel Relationship Status: single Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: hovering here and there Posts: 259 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,053 Thanked 771 Times in 199 Posts Rep Power: 396593	why... "If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I." (Michel De Montaigne) __________________ so long as space remains so long as sentient beings remain i will remain in order to help, to serve, to make my own contribution (Buddhist prayer, a favorite of H.H.)

05-07-2011, 09:00 PM	#6361
Fancy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: N/A Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NY Posts: 3,742 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,696 Thanked 7,076 Times in 2,316 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. ~ Robert Frost

05-07-2011, 09:15 PM	#6362
Camo Eagle Member How Do You Identify?: FTM in these communities. Male in everyday & public life. Preferred Pronoun?: He/Him Relationship Status: Unavailable Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 241 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 268 Thanked 328 Times in 152 Posts Rep Power: 2982903	" Do not tell lies, for there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and there is nothing covered up that will not be uncovered." Gospel of Thomas

05-08-2011, 04:42 AM	#6364
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion." - Thich Nhat Hanh

05-08-2011, 04:48 AM	#6366
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts." ~Washington Irving

05-08-2011, 02:16 PM	#6370
Janstevie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Soft Butch Relationship Status: single Join Date: May 2010 Location: England Posts: 1,814 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 112 Thanked 1,331 Times in 411 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	How lucky I am to have known someone who was so hard to say goodbye to.

05-09-2011, 04:47 AM	#6371
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on Earth and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had." ---Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

05-09-2011, 04:49 AM	#6372
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it." ---Morrie Schwartz

05-09-2011, 04:51 AM	#6373
JakeTulane Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Mr. Prickly Porcupine Preferred Pronoun?: Butch - Hy, Hym, Hys Relationship Status: She has softened My quills Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 8/8/2011 Posts: 4,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,221 Thanked 5,264 Times in 2,732 Posts Rep Power: 0	"Having a role model in life is a great thing to have; one who provides us with direction and inspiration. However, we will forever be restricted by that person's limitations if we live within their boundaries. Be influenced, but set your own standards and develop your own principals, if you are ever to live beyond someone else's dreams." ---Jason Shahan

05-09-2011, 06:55 AM	#6374
Ms. Meander Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Femme Relationship Status: Ethical Nonmonogamist Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Mountains Posts: 1,520 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,706 Thanked 5,214 Times in 1,147 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Each had his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart; and his friends could only read the title. - Virginia Woolf __________________ My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. Continue to allow humor to lighten the burden of your tender heart. - Maya Angelou

05-09-2011, 07:19 AM	#6375
Tommi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Usually "Hello" Relationship Status: Married and Bound to Tommi's kaijira (Ts_kaijira ) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Suthun.... California that is. Across the ridge from Laguna Beach. Posts: 8,151 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,621 Thanked 21,338 Times in 5,970 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	Maybe this world is another planet's hell. ~Aldous Huxley I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes. ~Author Unknown

05-09-2011, 06:30 PM	#6376
always2late Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: m'lady Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 2,000 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,834 Thanked 6,231 Times in 1,462 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them. __________________ Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there ~ Rumi

05-09-2011, 08:52 PM	#6377
Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,174 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	They put on a front that appears accommodating, loyal, and yes, even sacrificial. Then, without warning, they raise their knife, and by the time you see the glint of the blade, it's almost always too late. ~ Les Parrott

05-09-2011, 09:25 PM	#6378
justkim Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Me... Preferred Pronoun?: ... Relationship Status: <3 myself Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: ... Posts: 2,023 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,062 Thanked 6,799 Times in 1,553 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	- Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do... but how much love we put in that action. - - Mother Teresa of Calcutta - __________________ Kim "A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success." - Unknown -

05-09-2011, 09:26 PM	#6379
justkim Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Me... Preferred Pronoun?: ... Relationship Status: <3 myself Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: ... Posts: 2,023 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,062 Thanked 6,799 Times in 1,553 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	“I have come to realize more and more that the greatest disease and the greatest suffering is to be unwanted, unloved, uncared for, to be shunned by everybody, to be just nobody [to no one].” — Mother Teresa of Calcutta __________________ Kim "A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success." - Unknown -

05-10-2011, 01:07 AM	#6380
Tcountry Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Country Boi Preferred Pronoun?: call it as u see it Relationship Status: Completely...complete ;) Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Either at the beach or in the pool Posts: 1,665 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,929 Thanked 4,287 Times in 1,181 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	"Baby there's no mistakin' you're the love I wanna be in" --Jason Alden song __________________ "You don't Find life worth living; You MAKE IT that way"