[YogaGal08]

"Well behaved women rarely make history" -Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

[Onederchic]

“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.”

[kuhrisuh]

Awesome thread


-Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

-Success is a journey, not a destination.

[GirlyGirlSebas]

"I think I can, I think I can" - Little Engine That Could

"Just Do It" - NIKE

[starfishkitty]

This one reminds me of the body struggles we all are going through on here. Its about drugs... but how many of us will refute that food isn't an addiction... and what we're going through isn't a battle?

"I've wanted to feel pleasure to the point of insanity. They call it getting high, because it's wanting to know that higher level, that godlike level. You want to touch the heavens, you want to feel glory and euphoria, but the trick is that it takes work. You can't buy it, you can't get it on a street corner, you can't steal it or inject it or shove it up your a**, you have to earn it." - Anthony Kiedis, Red Hot Chili Peppers

[Devsmama]

"Go hard or go home" some rapper

“I prepare to win, I prepare to dominate, I prepare to conquer, ... I prepare to win it all, and that's one of the reasons I'm here.” Deion Sanders

"I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it." Gale Sayers

"The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer." John Madden

[Misora]

“It's like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” El Doctorow

And from someone here on the forums whose name I've sadly forgotten
"If hunger isn't the problem, food isn't the solution."

[paisleyprincess]

"Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted" Author Unknown

"Know your limits... but never stop trying to exceed them." Anonymous

"There is no elevator to sucess. You have to take the stairs." Anonymous

"A man who wants something will find a way; a man who doesn't will find an excuse." Stephen Dolley Jr.

"Fall seven times, stand up eight." Japanese Proverb

[CLCSC145]

I'm resurrecting this thread because it's got some great inspiration that I think we all could use going into the new year.

I found another good quote that spoke to me today:

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” -Thomas Edison

It made me think of all the possible life experiences I would be throwing away if I somehow failed to see this weight loss through and beyond (I'm not thinking of giving up, mind you, but I've done it before and it freaks me out to know I've got that potential). And I got to thinking of this because of the thread earlier today that asked if we were scared to lose the weight - scared of not knowing who we'll be once the fat is stripped away. I'm totally scared. And totally excited. But fear wins a lot of the time in my head. But if we give in to the fear, who knows what fabulous life experiences might have been just a breath away that we'll miss out on? Why trade wonderful possibilities for regrets?

[HeyHeyGabby]

Quotes from my heroes: Albus Dumbledore and Sirius Black-

"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." Matthew 6:21 as well as a quote from Albus Dumbledore

"Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy."- Albus Dumbledore

"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."- Albus Dumbledore

"It does not do to dwell on dreams, and forget to live"- Albus Dumbledore

"It is our choices that show what we are, far more than our abilities"- Albus Dumbledore

"Numbing the pain for a while will only make it worse when you finally feel it.- Albus Dumbledore

"The world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters. We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on."- Sirius Black

[denise828]

"Never trade what you want the most for what you want at the moment"...Unknown

Wow! This sure hits home! I am such an impulsive person and I ALWAYS give in when it comes to food. If I see it and want it (and sometimes I don't really want it) I go for it. Then I hate myself and blow my diet. It's time to work on this issue!

Blessings....

[Mommato2]

these are so encouraging =)

[myhaloisintheshop]

You can tell me that you CHOOSE to quit. That you CHOOSE to be less than what you are and LESS than what GOD INTENDED, but don't ever tell me that you CAN'T do it. ~Jillian Michaels

[OhMyDogs]

This is from a song as well, but every time I hear the song it gives me some more resolve to beat this weight!

I'm through accepting limits
''cause someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try, I'll never know!

It's from Defying Gravity (I prefer the Glee rendition personally).

[Sandi]

The two that have stuck me recently are these...

on the wall at the YMCA in the pool area...
"No matter how slow you are going, you have lapped the person at home sitting on the couch!"

And from a friend who saw it in her daughters room...
"Not today? Might as well be never"