Chosen Quotes to Share with (21)

The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself.
-Oscar Wilde

Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)

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once shared, you will know just how big a difference it makes to others. even if it is merely a spur of the moment kind of advice. everything make a change, even a tiny advice. do share your thoughts and speak out. never keep advices to yourself, the more you share, the more you learn in turn. ^^

life's little fact

有句话道：山不转人转。。天无绝人之路。
遇到生命的死角，别怕。。无法继续前进，记得要懂得收放自如，懂得改变，别说“没路走了。。” “完了”。。。别让负面的字眼和想法占据你的脑袋、心灵。。
“留得青山在不怕没柴烧”。。只要健康的体魄依然，继续加油吧！一切还不是结束。人，是万变的。懂得随环境改变生存方式，才是我们的生存之道。

Chosen Quotes to Share with (NINETEEN)

The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.
-Oscar Wilde

Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)

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and to do that, we have to understand our capabilities and how far we can go. from my understanding, human abilities is unpredictable and can go very far, sometimes not even ourselves know we have it in us.

Chosen Quotes to Share with (SEVENTEEN)

The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.
- Evenius

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this happens because your mind and soul as one, knows new actions equals to new beginning and they are putting all their energy in making it possible.

Chosen Quotes to Share with (SIXTEEN)

Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

- Eric Hoffer

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what we see as rude may be a way someone is trying to be defensive of himself, stand firmly to his perception, as a mark of strength.

therefore the more rudeness ones show, sometimes i would feel sorry for them. because i know, deep down, there must be some past that has hurt their "self" / "ego" so much that it's wounded or scarred.

to defend themselves against more hurtful experience, they tend to separate themselves from others. it won't be easy to gain their trust, so until that day, he or she will appear less friendly, more to a rude manner, in order to keep possible threats at bay.

Chosen Quotes to Share with (FIFTEEN)

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

- Audre Lorde

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which type are you? which do you prefer?

i am an observer, most of the times i prefer to just sit around watching...

with my ideas merely forming within my mind, without uttering them.

but nowadays i found that voicing it out feels much, much better.

letting others know what you think is an important thing, don't underestimate your opinion, what you have to contribute might just trigger more interesting ideas.

and what is more, you can compare ideas too!

and so you'll learn more.. ^^

Chosen Quotes to Share with (FOURTEEN)

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

-Josh Billings

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people sometimes lose sight of why they are doing something. Ask yourself, is this important to me? Does it makes me happy? is this what i am looking for? is this taking me a step closer to my bigger goal/ ultimate goal?

sometimes we are too immersed in the struggle to get the good cards, or taking all too seriously about whether the good cards are in hand, that we overlook the more important part of getting to know yourself well enough to play your role well. the good cards here, meaning having everything blissfully good on your side, which helps you reach your goal taking the easier path.

having good cards in hand is a plus, but do you use them well? some people comes from rich and strong background, but how did they turn out to be? they did not play their cards well. On the other hand, some people from a background not as strong who develop his/her interests/talents well, is on their way to a successful/ meaningful life.

Chosen Quotes to Share with (TWELVE)

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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short and simple but the meaning is deeper than ever. the length of the linguistic size never determines and affects its meaning. how well do you live your live?

Quest

today supposed to have a so called "fellowship" hang out time with Just Joe. he named it "fellowship", and the quest for our fellowship is "storm". how lame was that? =P we did nothing that sort this morning, no storm, nothing. needless to say there was hardly any quest. and we hardly got any style of the "fellowship" haha.. but we had a good time "bonding" and "talking".

that's just a side story.

the main topic is "QUEST". so what am i going to write about this?

talking about quest, the thing that pop right into my mind is the kind of quest just like in the movies. with lots of blood pumping moments. who does not like to feel like a hero? haha..

i used to have lots of day dreaming about quests and spies and missions. i day dreamed about space conquests, spy missions, and sword clashing warrior quests.. ^^ (one of my warrior day dreaming quests, is based on Xena's adventurous quests. i was in primary or secondary school i think)

as i have heard not many girls have this kinda day dreaming? oh well.. never mind that.

movies aside, we all have lots of quests in life and they appear in either big or small packages. some are well planned quests, some are sudden quests, whatever it is, we need to tackle them none the less.

whenever i take a task as if it is a quest, instead of dreadful task or boring routine task, i feel more motivated. i feel challenged. race against myself, my abilities, persistence, will, and time and of course, potential competitors, to accomplish the objectives of the tasks. there are always competitors, we cannot be too naive believing that everyone is happy with whatever they have and no one will get envy or green eyed over other's accomplishment. reality shown otherwise, it is human nature.

to name our daily tasks as quest makes it sound more adventurous isn't it? haha... it's like giving it more meaning and giving ourselves more sense of purpose. therefore, at the end of this post, i would love to reemphasize this "your state of mind determines your thoughts and emotions." never let yourself set a mind barrier before starting on anything. ^^ Oh.. I really LOVE this quote. ^^

Chosen Quotes to Share with (ELEVEN)

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures. "

-Oscar Wilde

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you know why? coz illusion is something we can't stand right there and just say "hey, this is an illusion, it is not REAL". it distorts reality.

Illusion can makes us see things we would LOVE to see, feel things the way we HOPE for.

but of coz, it can also makes us see BAD things as well.

but here we talk about "feel good" illusion.

Illusion works, for those believing in it.

It will never work, however, to those who do not prefer to savour even one moment in illusion.

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Chosen Quotes to Share with (NINE)

"Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace. "

-Oscar Wilde

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yea, knowing where to draw lines is always IMPORTANT.

stepping a toe out of line, something unexpected will likely to happen.

okay maybe not that unexpected.. if you are not expecting something out of your control might happen, then why you draw the line in the first place?

it's for prevention.

preventing regretable things.

wait...

why is it always have to be regreatble things to happen when one stepped out of line??

it does not have to be that way, or is it??

*thinking... hard*

if, we see "stepping out of line" as taking risk, that will be totally different.

but for some people, because of their values, for them taking risk is just like doing something against their value system.

something that is very against what they believe.

therefore, for them, the risky behaviour is intolerable and immoral, in some sense.

did i got it right here?

no idea.. lol coz i think i am straying off topic. haha

you tell me.

Chosen Quotes to Share with (EIGHT)

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation."

-Oscar Wilde

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Chosen Quotes to share with... (ONE)

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.. and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility." -Eleanor Roosevelt
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my interpretation...

when someone says he or she believes something, or saying "my philosophy of life is...", do they really mean a thing? they never truly believe in the self proclaimed philosophy of life unless it reflects in the choices they made. what you say you believe in might not be really what you truly believe. sometimes people are too afraid of losing face, that they choose to claim that they believe in something they do not.

as for the choices... the choices we make leads us to situations and consequences we are bound to face according to what we have decided on... therefore we have full responsibility of what we decided to do. no matter how others influence us, it is us alone who carry out the action based on our choice. hence it is unwise to blame others for what you have done. it is also unwise to blame anyone for who you are now. as it is your past thoughts and actions that lead to the YOU today. Blame nobody. Stop blaming and start to make changes by taking immediate actions, if, to you, your present situation is not the one you had hoped to land in, in the past 10 or 20 years.