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You get what you settle for. ...
by Thelma and Louise

You get what you settle for.
- the character Louise in the movie Thelma and Louise

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Quotes by Thelma and Louise

I've always believed that if done properly,
armed robbery doesn't have to be an unpleasant experience.
- the movie Thelma & Louise

You Quotes and Sayings

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
- John Lennon

You are Never Too Old to Give or Get Gold Stars.
Show Your Honest Appreciation - Today.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

I love you just the way you are.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You can't cross the sea merely by
standing and staring at the water.
- Rabindranath Tagore

If you don't know where you're going,
any road will take you there.
- Lewis Carroll
(Alice in Wonderland)

If you do what you've always done,
you'll get what you always got.
- Mark Twain

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.
- Amelia Earhart

It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble.
It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.
- Mark Twain (attributed)

If (s)he's an apple and you're an orange,
celebrate your differences -
make a great fruit salad.
Love isn't about being the same -
it's about being sweet with each other.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

If the only tool you have is a hammer,
you tend to see every problem as a nail.
- Abraham Maslow

When you feel worried and depressed,
consciously form a smile on your face and act upbeat
until the happy feeling becomes genuine.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Footprints in the sands of time...
Where have you been?
Where are you going?
Why are you going there?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

A divorce is like an amputation:
you survive it, but there's less of you.
- Margaret Atwood

Don't Take Anything Personally.
Nothing others do is because of you.
- Miguel Angel Ruiz (don Miguel Ruiz)

Okay, so it's a matter of life and death - now are you happy?
Urgency is never a path to joy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life is like riding a bicycle.
To keep your balance you must keep moving.
- Albert Einstein

Regret is an appalling waste of energy,
you can't build on it - it's only good for wallowing in.
- Katherine Mansfield

The only reason you suffer is because you choose to suffer.
The only reason you are happy is because you choose to be happy.
Happiness is a choice, and so is suffering.
- don Miguel Ruiz

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself.
You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
- Paramahansa Yogananda

Doing an injury puts you below your enemy;
revenging one make you but even with him;
forgiving it sets you above him.
- Benjamin Franklin [attributed]

The WORK
1.Is it true?
2.Can you absolutely know that it's true?
3.How do you react when you think that thought?
4.Who would you be without the thought?
- Byron Katie

If you were a warrior,
you would know that the worst thing
one can do is confront human beings directly.
- Carlos Castaneda

The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
- Henry David Thoreau

You have enemies? Good.
That means you've stood up for something,
sometime in your life.
- Winston Churchill

Life is a game - a game you can never win.
You already know the final score: Life 1, You 0.
Doesn't mean you can't have fun playing.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You will always have habits -
things you do regularly and without conscious thought -
but you do have the ability to CHOOSE your habits.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person,
"Always do what you are afraid to do."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

If your only tool is a hammer,
you tend to see every problem as a nail.
- Abraham Maslow

Give a boy address and accomplishments
and you give him the mastery
of palaces and fortunes where he goes.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Youth, large, lusty, loving -
Youth, full of grace, force, fascination.
Do you know that Old Age may come after you
with equal grace, force, fascination?
- Walt Whitman

Do you feel stuck?
Whether in a project, a job, a relationship,
or some other situation,
there is a time for perseverance,
and a time for letting go and moving on.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

A true friend is someone who
thinks that you are a good egg
even though he knows that
you are slightly cracked.
- Bernard Meltzer

My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you
before you can move on.
- the movie Forrest Gump

Learn to be calm and you will always be happy.
- Paramahansa Yogananda

It is neither wealth nor splendor;
but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
- Thomas Jefferson

You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying about the future.
- Anonymous

When dealing with people, remember you are
not dealing with creatures of logic,
but creatures of emotion.
- Dale Carnegie

Ninety-nine percent of who you are
is invisible and untouchable.
- R. Buckminster Fuller

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
- William Shakespeare

Resenting someone, or hating someone, ensures that
you can never emotionally escape that person.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine.
But you have to forgive yourself.
Let go of what's bitter and move on.
- Bill Cosby

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.
Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
- Oscar Wilde

If you would convince others,
seem open to conviction yourself.
- Lord Chesterfield

Life is pretty simple:
You do some stuff.
Most fails. Some works.
You do more of what works.
- Leonardo da Vinci

Anything that costs you more hours of effort or worry
than it brings you hours of enjoyment
is a candidate for downsizing.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Make sure you never, never argue at night.
You just lose a good night's sleep,
and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.
- Rose Kennedy

People don't care how much you know
until they know how much they care.
- John C. Maxwell

Speak when you are angry -
and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
- Laurence J. Peter

Don't part with your illusions.
When they are gone you may still exist,
but you have ceased to live.
- Mark Twain

Getting old is a fascination thing.
The older you get, the older you want to get.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life doesn't step on your toes when you Dance Lightly.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life is ten percent what happens to you
and ninety percent how you respond to it.
- Lou Holtz

It's a funny thing about life;
if you refuse to accept anything but the best,
you very often get it.
- W. Somerset Maugham

However many holy words you read, however many you speak,
what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
- The Buddha

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase:
if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
- C. P. Snow
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Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying.
- Ram Dass

Oh yes, the past can hurt.
But, you can either run from it or, learn from it.
- the movie The Lion King

Stand Tall, Stand Proud.
Know that you are unique and magnificent.
You do not need the approval of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Unexpected events can set you back or set you up.
It's all a matter of - perspective.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Until you make the unconscious conscious,
it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
- Carl Jung

The power of intuitive understanding
will protect you from harm until the end of your days.
- Lao Tzu

When you dance, your purpose is not to get
to a certain place on the floor.
It's to enjoy each step along the way.
- Wayne Dyer

Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates.
You never know what you're gonna get.
- the movie Forrest Gump

It's not what happens to you,
but how you react to it that matters.
- Epictetus

You can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
- Village People

The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple:
you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities
but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
- Quentin Crisp

Life is greater than you have ever known it.
- Ernest Holmes

What you resist, persists.
- Carl Jung

If you fear making anyone mad,
then you ultimately probe for
the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
- Jimmy Carter

Do you ever question why our educational system
teaches competition rather than cooperation?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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      - Jonathan Lockwood Huie