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18-03-2018, 11:33 PM
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Famous Sayings.

I was just watching something on the Tv about Winston Churhhill,
and he enjoyed painting, although at the time he was never famous for it.
But he had a famous saying about why he kept doing it ........
"Keep going from failure to failure, without letting it get you down".

When i was young these 'thoughts for the day' were always on the bottom of the tearaway page of the calender, i don't suppose they have them now, but all over the Internet they have inspiration thoughts now.
Is there one which inspires you ?
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18-03-2018, 11:41 PM
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Re: Famous Sayings.

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do.'

Eleanor Roosevelt
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19-03-2018, 02:03 AM
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'Famous sayings' or 'Thought of the Day' ?

My Thought of the Day, which I will continue to think about for a loooooong time.

The moon, the sun and the earth are the perfect size. If they were any different in size and distance from each other, we wouldn't have total solar or lunar eclipses.

The moon is the perfect size and distance from the earth to exert gravitational pull that controls the tides. The earth is the perfect distance from the sun to support water and therefore life. Nearer the sun it would be too hot, further away it would be too cold.
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19-03-2018, 02:05 AM
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Favourite , Famous saying :

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.
~Chief Seattle
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19-03-2018, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Puddle Duck ->
Favourite , Famous saying :

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.
~Chief Seattle
Oooh I really like that one
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19-03-2018, 08:24 AM
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Re: Famous Sayings.

Originally Posted by Puddle Duck ->
'Famous sayings' or 'Thought of the Day' ?

My Thought of the Day, which I will continue to think about for a loooooong time.

The moon, the sun and the earth are the perfect size. If they were any different in size and distance from each other, we wouldn't have total solar or lunar eclipses.

The moon is the perfect size and distance from the earth to exert gravitational pull that controls the tides. The earth is the perfect distance from the sun to support water and therefore life. Nearer the sun it would be too hot, further away it would be too cold.
That is a very interesting concept to ponder on PD, thank you!
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19-03-2018, 08:29 AM
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Re: Famous Sayings.

Originally Posted by Puddle Duck ->
Favourite , Famous saying :

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.
~Chief Seattle
A very profound observation from a very wise man.

I have great respect for the native tribes. Thank you.
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19-03-2018, 09:33 AM
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Re: Famous Sayings.

I have a few 'inspirational phrases' of my own creation.
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" Whatever happens to the earth happens to the sons of the earth"
Chief Seattle.

A chilling warning from 1854.
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The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.

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