[Sara Arell]

Boy, my little quote book is filling up quickly - I am such a quote geek - I love this one, Theresa!

[Heather09]

Another one from quotegarden...

A smile confuses an approaching frown. ~Author Unknown

[Sara Arell]

I love that one, Heather - will have to add it it my quotes journal - thank you.

[Jster025]

Saw this the other day and REALLY liked it . . .

Friends are the flowers in our meadows
the sunshine in our Heart
~unknown

[Sara Arell]

These quotes are just so awesome - my journal is growing, growing, growing! I love it!

[KatieGrace]

I haven't checked in here for a while and I had lots of quotes to add to my journal. I like to slow down with my grandchildren once and a while and enjoy the beauty of God's creation. Everything is new and amazing to them. Here's a quote I like.

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time. John Lubbock

[Sara Arell]

I love that beautiful quote, Katie Grace - another one for my journal! Thank you for sharing it.

[KFiasco]

Here are 2 that I got from Facebook, Autism Speaks.

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” - Dale Carnegie

“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.” - Thich Nhat Hanh

[KayMitch]

From the time I read this verse ( taken from one of my favourite books of all time " Simple Abundance... A Daybook of Comfort and Joy " by Sarah Ban Breathnach ) I have looked upon house cleaning in a different light. Not that it has encouraged me to do it more often, just to think about it differently when I do.


Time to dust again.
Time to caress my house,
to stroke all it's surfaces.
I want to think of it as a kind of lovemaking
.....the chance to appreciate by touch
what I live with and cherish.

Gunilla Norris

[KayMitch]

Here's another one I used to have in my Massage Room.

Those who can't find time for exercise, will have to find time for illness.

[Sara Arell]

KayMitch, on 15 August 2010 - 10:39 PM, said:

From the time I read this verse ( taken from one of my favoutite books of all time " Simple Abundance... A Daybook of Comfort and Joy " by Sarah Ban Breathnach ) I have looked upon house cleaning in a different light. Not that it has encouraged me to do it more often, just to think about it differently when I do.


Time to dust again.
Time to caress my house,
to stroke all it's surfaces.
I want to think of it as a kind of lovemaking
.....the chance to appreciate by touch
what I live with and cherish.

Gunilla Norris

Oh, Kay - this is a wonderful way to think about house cleaning - I hope I can think that way today as I have much to do to prepare for my daughter's visit who is OCD about house cleaning - funny thing - I USED to be - guess that's where she got it, but lately, my mantra has been "there's always tomorrow" and now I find myself scurrying to get things done before her arrival and the look I know I will get from her and hearing in my ears already the "Mom!" Like - what's up with this? LOL LOL Thanks for the great quote - I will put it to use today and tomorrow and the next day and then she's here!

[Sara Arell]

“You can if you think you can.”



~ George Reeves

[Sara Arell]

Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.



~From the television show The Wonder Years

[Jster025]

Don't know how useful this will be for scrapping, but I just read it in a "forward" and liked it.

Some people try to turn back their odometers
Not me, I want people to know 'why' I look this way.
I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved.

[Sara Arell]

I like that quote - and I think it belongs on a magnet on my fridge!

[Sara Arell]

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can - I KNOW I can!

Remember that kid's book? I still have a copy of it - and I love it - the Little Engine that Could.

[Sara Arell]

Not really a quote - just the lyrics from one of my favorite songs by Josh Groban:


"You Raise Me Up"

When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up... To more than I can be.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up... To more than I can be.

There is no life - no life without its hunger;
Each restless heart beats so imperfectly;
But when you come and I am filled with wonder,
Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up... To more than I can be.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up... To more than I can be.

You raise me up... To more than I can be.

[KFiasco]

Sara, I have a compilation of stories that has The Little Engine That Could from when I was a kid. Also, I think that song that Josh sings is a Hymn. We sing it at Mass.

[Sara Arell]

KFiasco, on 01 September 2010 - 02:38 PM, said:

Sara, I have a compilation of stories that has The Little Engine That Could from when I was a kid. Also, I think that song that Josh sings is a Hymn. We sing it at Mass.

You're right, Karen - it is a hymn - it just says so many things that can be taken in so many ways, I think - when I first heard it I didn't think of it as a hymn until I bought the CD and listened to it again and again and it is definitely a hymn and is speaking of God but I thought it also spoke to so many other things too.

I wish I still had all of my stories about The Little Engine that Could I only have the one book - so many things I wish I had kept or that my Mom had kept for me - I do have a very old book that has lots of the old fairy tales in it - most of them are stories that parents no longer tell children anymore - it's a shame - I grew up on them - young parents today say that some of the nursery rhymes and stories scare their children -

[KFiasco]

Just think, if our parents thought that we would have never seen any of the Disney cartoon movies. It's too bad that people have gone so overboard. I hope you and Rich are getting some rest at night.

[Sara Arell]

That's true - we wouldn't have seen the Disney movies!

Rich woke up at 3:30 am this morning so we are running very slow this morning.....thanks for asking - that was sweet of you - he is progressing slowly.

[Belle]

mimes1, on 22 November 2009 - 05:26 PM, said:

"Many hands make for light work"

I don't know who said this, but it's pretty true and I use this at work alot!

I know this is a year old, but I just say this site now.
In Afrikaans we have a saying: Vele hande maak ligte werk (Many hands make light work) but
Baie bekke maak baie skottelgoed. (Lot of mouths make a lot of dirty dishes)
Sorry does not translate so well but I just had to tell you our one.
So you see, you can't win. LOL

[Sara Arell]

Glad you started this thread up again, Belle - I've missed it and wondered if it was missing! I'm a quote junkie!

[Sara Arell]

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.



~Norman Vincent Peale

[Sara Arell]

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.





~Burton Hillis

[Belle]

Sisters are those special friends with whom we spend a lifetime.

[Sara Arell]

Another Christmas Quote from the Quote Garden:

Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.





~Larry Wilde, The Merry Book of Christmas

[Sara Arell]

I was working on a layout earlier today when I came across this quote amidst the one I was looking for and just thought it said so much in a few words. Not sure if it could be used for scrapping, but it's just a really good quote.


"If you have integrity, nothing else matters."




---Alan Simpson

[Sara Arell]

For Baylee:


"A wee bit of heaven
drifted down from above-
A handful of happiness,
a heart full of love.

The mystery of life,
so sacred and sweet-
The giver of joy
so deep and complete.

Precious and priceless,
so lovable, too-
The world's sweetest miracle,
baby, is you."


Author: Helen Steiner Rice

[tinkerbell11]

"Work your JOB, Not your LIFE" ( A coworker placed this quote on his desk because he works most weekends and later than everyone else almost daily, a reminder of what is important I told him!)