I am always getting a lift from little sayings that seem to say just the right thing. Share a quote that has helped you along the way or find a new one today to give us all a boost!

I found this one this morning..

"When you flee temptations don't leave a forwarding address."

quote:

...I am always getting a lift from little sayings that seem to say just the right thing.

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."

-Oscar Wilde, "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

I took some night classes at a local college years ago and the teacher who used the room before our class (don't know what subject they taught) would have little saying written on the board.
I remember these two:

"A truly contented person can enjoy the scenery(sp?) along the way when forced to take a detour."

and

"To belittle is to be little."

My signature line did not come from there but from a movie.

I've posted this one before. I heard it at a continuing education seminar. The presenter told us that it is his minister's favorite saying. As it's still prominently displayed on my refrigerator door, I'd say it's now become one of mine.

Insanity: Doing the same things the same way and expecting different results.

All my best!

Bill

One of my favorites is:

Problems are opportunities in work clothes.

I actually stole this quote from my auntor agree with her. The book "The Little Engine that Could" is her favorite book she always says. "I think I can I think I can, I Knew I could!!" (or to that effect on what the engine said.) That gives me confidence that I can do what ever is in my way and I will succeed.

My all time favorite is:

"Make the healthiest choices possible for you at all times, in all situations. They may not be the same choices your best friend would make, they may not even be the same choices you would make tomorrow or next week. But make the healthiest ones for you today."

D.I.E.T. is a four letter word that really means:
Disallowing Imperfections Equals Trouble
Dangerously Inadvisable Eating Tactics
Damned Idiots Endorsing Thinness
Deprivation Inevitable Everything Taboo
Don't Imagine Eating Treats
Definitely Inviting Eternal Torment
Deceptive Industry Eating Trap
Desperately Impossible Eating Targets
Doomed Investment Every Time
Determined Initially Enthusiasm Temporary
Done In Every Time
Did I Eat Today
Deny Ingesting Everything Tasty

- Janet & Greata Podleski Looneyspoons cookbook

I read through these whenever I get discouraged and start thinking of a quick fix. They remind me that diets set you up for failure the key is babysteps and changing my habits.

"Unlimited patience leads to ultimate happiness"

I have two that are currently posted. One is my signature at the bottom. The other is this:

"If you have made mistakes...there is always another chance for you...you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'Failure' is not the falling down but the staying down."

--Mary Pickford

My favorite remains:

"Just Do It" - Nike : )

Fall seven times, stand up eight
~ Japanese proverb

Our bodies are our gardens -
our wills are our gardeners
~ William Shakespeare

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.
~ Frank Lloyd Wright

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

And of course ... what is in my sig, which translates: "As long as I breathe, I hope."

Mine aren't quotes that apply to healthy eating per se, but that have meant something to me. I have a listing of these and others on my website:

"The need to be alone and the need to connect are both essential to human happiness." -- Psychology Today

"A room without books is like a body without soul." -- Cicero

"We don't stop playing because we grow old....we grow old because we stop playing!" -- Unknown

"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it." -- John Ruskin

"The miracle is this--the more we share, the more we have." -- Leonard Nimoy

I think that last one is the perfect quote for this board, because you can sit and read posts and gain a lot of information from just doing that but, when you start sharing yourself through posting and interacting with others is when you really have maximized the process.