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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It's a Welsh one 'dyfal donc a dyrr y garreg' literal translation, if you strike a stone often enough it will break. I suppose the English equivalent would be If at first you dont succeed, try and try again?
My other favourite is smile more, worry less. |
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"It's a Welsh one 'dyfal donc a dyrr y garreg' literal translation, if you strike a stone often enough it will break. I suppose the English equivalent would be If at first you dont succeed, try and try again?
My other favourite is smile more, worry less. "
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again" Not an English quote, but a Scottish one. Robert the Bruce, before the battle of Bannockburn in 1314 where the Scots defeated Edward II.
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"It's a Welsh one 'dyfal donc a dyrr y garreg' literal translation, if you strike a stone often enough it will break. I suppose the English equivalent would be If at first you dont succeed, try and try again?
My other favourite is smile more, worry less. "
I like this one too. A lady I know who has gone through some difficult times said to me 'why worry and have wrinkles when I can smile and have dimples'. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It's a Welsh one 'dyfal donc a dyrr y garreg' literal translation, if you strike a stone often enough it will break. I suppose the English equivalent would be If at first you dont succeed, try and try again?
My other favourite is smile more, worry less.
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again" Not an English quote, but a Scottish one. Robert the Bruce, before the battle of Bannockburn in 1314 where the Scots defeated Edward II.
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 diolch / thanks. I still prefer the Welsh one though |
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By *quirrelMan
over a year ago
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I have 3 quotes I don't know where they came from but I am always remembering them.
#1 If you add the number of times you get knocked down to the number of times you get back up and the number is even, then you are doing OK.
#2 Don't try, Do.
#3 When I stop correcting you and start ignoring the mistakes you make it means I don't care about you any more. (To my kids) my criticism shows I care. |
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By *NaughtyCouple
over a year ago
St Albans |
I believe in pink. I believe laughter is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything else is going wrong. I believe that happy girls are pretty girls. I believe tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles - Audrey Hepburn |
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By *ost SockMan
over a year ago
West Wales and Cardiff |
"It's a Welsh one 'dyfal donc a dyrr y garreg' literal translation, if you strike a stone often enough it will break. I suppose the English equivalent would be If at first you dont succeed, try and try again?
My other favourite is smile more, worry less. "
Just had a really nostalgic moment reading that. My nan used to say that all the time when I was a kid!
Thanks, Legs |
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"Don't judge my side if the fence, till you have the balls to jump it! "
"I don't sugar coat shit , i'm not Willy Wonka"
"The only reason I would kick you outta bed? Would be to fuck you on the floor"   |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Don't really have any human ones. My fave is this one.
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are
If you entered this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same then everything in between can be dealt with.
'Hard work spotlights the character of people: some people turn up their sleeves, some people turn up their noses, and some people don't turn up at all.' |
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By *eKoopleCouple
over a year ago
Germany / Manchester |
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. - Mark Twain.
Probably one of the funniest and truthful quotes I've read in a while.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It's a Welsh one 'dyfal donc a dyrr y garreg' literal translation, if you strike a stone often enough it will break. I suppose the English equivalent would be If at first you dont succeed, try and try again?
My other favourite is smile more, worry less. "
My infant school headmaster was welsh and that's whst he used to say to us in assembly every morning. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Tomorrow Is Another Day.
Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind. One of my favourite films and a quote I once had aa my status on here at a particularly down moment in my life |
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By *yrdwomanWoman
over a year ago
Putting the 'cum' in Eboracum |
I have loads!:
Its better to regret the things you have done than the things you haven't done. - anon
All things pass - Chinese Proverb
The best revenge is a life well lived - anon
Get busy living, or get busy dying - Andy DuFresne, Shawshank
Everything will be alright in the end. If it isn't alright, it isn't the end. - anon |
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By *ickawitchCouple
over a year ago
Away with the fairies (Liverpool to you) |
"I believe in pink. I believe laughter is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything else is going wrong. I believe that happy girls are pretty girls. I believe tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles - Audrey Hepburn "
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By (user no longer on site)
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Sometimes I think it aint none of us pure crazy and aint none of us pure sane until the balance of us talks him that-a-way. It’s like it aint so much what a fellow does, but it’s the way the majority of folks is looking at him when he does it.
William Faulkner
as it often is apt for my students
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or my personal fav "see I told you I was sick"
Spike milligan's grave stone 
