Inspirational quotes

I was very flattered when on Skype the other day my DGD (4) said 'I like your top very much Grandma!', spent all day feeling good about myself, and then I thought about it later and wondered why I was so delighted at this praise from a small person whose favourite colour is pink, and who prefers clothes with glitter, rainbows and unicorns on and plastic jewellery!

Three of my favourites.

We were lost in the car one day and three of us were looking at the map.
Suddenly youngest son (about 4ish) pipes up "we're not lost we're here"
I love kids logic.

Another one -This from the radio 4 Programme " The Archers"
Phil Archer used to say .
"Don't postpone your happiness"

"This life is not a rehearsal." Words to remember when opportunities present themselves.....

My personal mantra:

In this life you can choose to laugh or cry. I have chosen to laugh.

But the one that touches my soul is from a poem by Aldous Huxley:

'From quiet homes and first beginning
Out to the undiscovered ends,
There's nothing worth the wear of winning
But laughter, and the love of friends.'

"Never complain. Never explain."
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
This quote has kept my mouth from running away from me and i say nothing.

When it feels scary to jump, that is exactly when to jump, otherwise you end up staying in the same place your whole life...

This doesn’t fit the bill as an inspirational quote but it did fill my heart with love.
My 4 year old grandson had a one day sickness bug last week and I looked after him. He was sick roughly every half hour for 11 hours and was so patient and sensible. Nearly at the end of the day, pale and exhausted, throat sore and eyes pink, he said sadly, “This is the worst day in the whole of my life”. By the next morning of course he was quite recovered.

My mum used to say that you should keep a good man blind in one eye and a bad one blind in both.

“There, but for the grace of God, go I” said by my Mum many times about those less fortunate or in any sort of trouble. My children can now be heard saying “There but.....” to themselves, and the whole thing to their own children.

That's an excellent thought Krazykat.
But going back to children, my DGS, then aged about 3, would greet me with 'I love you too much Granny' which used to slightly puzzle me until I realised it was a mixture of 'I love you so much' and 'I love you too', both of which he'd had said to him many times.

A smart person knows what to say, a wise person knows whether to say it or not

A mind is like a parachute - it doesn't work if it isn't open

We’re short of nothing we’ve got (from my Nan).

DD and DGD1 took me to lunch at a place with an antiques centre attached. 'I'd better keep moving' I said, 'Somebody might buy me if I stand still.' 'No-one could afford you, Grandma' said DGD, 'You're priceless'. Nicest thing anyone's said to me in weeks. ?

My mum, who was generous to a fault despite never having much spare cash, always used to say “There's no pockets in shrouds” when we remonstrated with her for spending money on us/her GC. I'm reaching the point where I feel the same way.

From the film with Julie Walters, Ahead of the class, Hold your nerve. Often I panic about things, then that makes me stop and think.

If you cant change something, change the way you think about it

The smallest good deed is better than the best good intention.

'This too, shall pass' (be it good or not so good).

Make new friends, but keep the old.
One is silver, the other gold.

On a glorious sunny day a friend and I were waiting at a bus stop in Ireland. My friend, who has poor sense of direction, was asked by a fellow traveller where she was going to which she replied that she didn't know. The response in a broad Irish accent was "And what a beautiful day it is to not know where you're going." A motto for life. ☘️

My gd lives with us, she is now 18 when she was young I remember so many things she would say, that were so sweet
One was always I love living with you nana and grandad.
And also love you to the stars nana. Still get a cuddle now and then.

If there is righteousness in the heart there will be beauty in the character
If there is beauty in the character there will be harmony in the home
If there is harmony in the home there will be order in the nation
If there is order in the nation there will be love and peace in the world ......

My GD aged three recently said to me "It makes me happy when you come to my house Grandma". What a delightful thing to say. I was smiling for the rest of the day