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Started 3 years ago by swaimer
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swaimer
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Being that I am starting this thread, I will dictate the terms. If you run across a great quote, post it. If you feel the need to tell everything that you are thinking (Bates, perron, whitiker), start your own thread. Cheers ks

Here goes-

"This is the true joy in life- the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. Life is no brief candle to me. It's a sort of splendid torch which I've got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to the next generation."
George Bernard Shaw

Posted 3 years ago #
DrJohn
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Hey Swaimer,

I got one, or two:

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miralce. The other is as though everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein

The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail - Nelson Mandela

Speaking of which, I've discovered that with RYFs one challenge that often comes up is....... lol, jk!

Posted 3 years ago #
Anonymous
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Success depends upon desire backed by will, expressed in intelligent and persistent action.
~B. J. Palmer, D.C., Ph. C ~

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.
~Julius Charles Hare ~

Posted 3 years ago #
DrPerron
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Just do it!
~ Nike ~

Posted 3 years ago #
Dr. Tad
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Dr. Perron did you use spell check? Shortest post yet.

"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become your character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny." Frank Outlaw.

Posted 3 years ago #
Ed
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"You can't cross the sea merely by staring at the water" Rabindranath Tagore

"Our lives are shaped not as much by our experience, as by our expectations" George Bernard Shaw

I overheard my daughter Anna who was only aged 5 at the time telling her younger sister Isabel aged 3 1/2 the following: "there is no such thing as can't - you take the T of it and it becomes CAN"

And finally I came across the following from a very learned if dogmatic Doctor!!!

"Total health comes from within. Because the spine and brain control and coordinate EVERY THING THAT HAPPENS IN THE BODY, caring for this master system is the BASIS OF ALL HEALTH. We seek to restore balance and symmetry to you spine and your body so that it can function properly. Without this balance, injury and sickness become unwelcome visitors".

Believe it or not that was our very own Dr Ken Swaim!!

Posted 3 years ago #
DrPerron
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It is my belief that nearly any invented quoatation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive.
~ Following the Equator, Mark Twain ~

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.
~ Mark Twain ~

To the beginner's mind...

Sir, I have been through it from Alpha to Omaha, and I tell you that the less a man knows the bigger the noise and the higher the salary he commands.
~ Mark Twain ~

I am not sure if I believe that one, because if it were true Swaim should own Idaho. :)

You may have noticed that the less I know about a subject the more confidence I have, and the more new light I throw on it.
~ Mark Twain ~

Posted 3 years ago #
DrAnthonyDavis
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The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

Einstien

Posted 3 years ago #
DrPerron
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The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

Einstein

Posted 3 years ago #
swaimer
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I do own Idaho and Virginia is next.

"If you are going through hell, keep going."
Sir Winston C.

Posted 3 years ago #
swaimer
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Chris P, It to took me a second by I got it.

Posted 3 years ago #
DrAnthonyDavis
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Nice, Chris!

Posted 3 years ago #
DrPerron
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"All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure."
~ Mark Twain ~
I am continuing to work on my confidence, the other speaks for itself.

"Behold the fool saith, "Put not all thine eggs in the one basket"-- which is but a manner of saying, "Scatter your money and your attention," but the wise man saith, "Put all your eggs in the one basket and -- WATCH THAT BASKET."
~ Mark Twain ~

So who is still doing alot of therapies and nutrition and stuff?

All this while searching for a quote by Mark Twain that I have written down at home somewhere. Entertaining for part of a lunch.

Posted 3 years ago #
dorian swystun
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'He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how.'

Nietzsche

Posted 3 years ago #
swaimer
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"Stop Selling yourself and start being yourself."
Doug "Flash" Sea, DC
as in flash of insight.

Posted 3 years ago #
Dr. Tad
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For Ed Bates...One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. - Arthur Ashe

Posted 3 years ago #
DrPerron
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"20 years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
~ Mark Twain ~

I got this off a board at a local coffee shop about 2 years ago. It pretty much summed it all up for me. This next one is my close second.

"Excellence is the result of caring more than others think wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming more than others think is practical, and expecting more than others think is possible."
~ Dr. Sovinsky ~

Posted 3 years ago #
Anonymous
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Do not take life too seriously, you'll never make it out alive - Elbert Hubbard

We never know how far reaching something we may think, say, or do today will affect the lives of millions tomorrow. - BJ Palmer

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece - BJP

Posted 3 years ago #
dorian swystun
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Dr. Fitzpatrick,
I love the first quote you gave by Elbert Hubbard "Don't take life so seriously..."

I recently attended a funeral for my brothers father in law, Smokey. Smokey passed away at 92 years of age, and was a world war 2 vet. He was in the Royal Canadian Air Force, and lived through 33 bombing missions into France and Germany during the war. Every one of those missions involved enemy fire which hit their plane to varrying degrees. Sometimes leaving them with only on engine to return. That, combined with exact rations of fuel for their bomber, made for some very nervous rides home over the English Channel back to base. Three of these missions were near fatal, and if not for some very 'creative' piloting would have been tragic.

I had the pleasure of knowing Smokey for many years, and could listen to him tell stories for hours and hours. It made me gain a very profound appreciation for these veterans, and needless to say, because of Smokey I have learned to take every veterans day off and reflect on how lucky we are. After the war Smokey returned to Canada, raised a beautiful family, and became a very successful person touching the lives of many people in his community.

His son (Pat)gave his eulogy, and told a story that relayed how 'down to earth' he was, and maybe how welll he could put things into perspective by shedding light on a particular situation. Pat said that he remembered as as a young teenager being very nervous about his first air plane ride to visit relatives on the east coast. Smokey picked up on his nervousness and asked him what was wrong? Pat explained to his Dad that he was very nervous about flying for the first time, and he wasn't sure if he would be able to get on the plane. Smokey looked at him, paused and said (only as Smokey could) "I don't know what the problem is, it's not like anyone is going to be shooting at you."

I have never heard such a chuckle at a funeral before. That line has really stuck with me, and helps me get through what I perceive as challenges every day. Your quote reminded me of this, thanks!

Posted 3 years ago #
swaimer
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Excellent, Dorian. Thanks for sharing.

Posted 3 years ago #
DrPerron
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WTF!
(with regard to snow this week in Virginia, we got 2+ feet over the weekend and another foot is due tonight and my flight to Florida tomorrow afternoon... well let's just say I am probably taking the kids skiing instead of to Disney)
~ Dr. Chris Perron ~

Other favorite quote came yesterday from a patient that took a cab ride to get to the office because she was too scared to drive herself. As she is laying on the table she tells me that the whole ride to the office the guy is saying, "Oh my God, it is so icy out here, the roads are so slippery." In a very concerned tone. Funny stuff.

Posted 3 years ago #
Ed
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Thanks Tad!

"Our greatest danger in life is in permitting the urgent things to crowd out the important!" Charles E Hummond

"Ability is what you are capable of doing, motivation determines what you do, attitude determines how well you do it!" Lou Holtz

"Dont go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing it was here first!" Mark Twain

"The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts!" Booker Washington

"How said to see a father with money and no joy; the man studied economics but never studied happiness" (I think this was Jim Rohn)

"And in the end it's not the years in your life that count; it's the life in your years!" Abraham Lincoln

"Whatever you condemn, you breed attract or become!" John Demartini

Posted 3 years ago #
Ed
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I love this quote:

“With out passion you dont have energy, with out energy you have nothing.” Donald Trump

Posted 3 years ago #
swaimer
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" I must have really nice ass. Everyone keeps trying to take a bite out of it."
Cheers
Swaimer

Posted 3 years ago #
DrAnthonyDavis
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The best things in life aren't things.

-No Attribution

Posted 3 years ago #
DrPerron
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The more we do, the more we gain; the less we do, the more we lose.

~Master Cheng Yen~ (no idea who that is, but it was on a bumper sticker in front of me yesterday and seemed appropriate in the time of "To open or not to open, that is the question.")

Posted 3 years ago #
swaimer
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Chris, what happened to "Less is more"?

Posted 3 years ago #
DrPerron
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Focus grasshopper. When focused you can get away with doing less being there is more impact behind the action. For all you Core I's you better do alot. :)

Posted 3 years ago #
Dr. Sea
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"Success without adversity would not only be empty; but impossible". Gen. Norman Schwarzkoph

Posted 2 years ago #
DrPerron
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"C's put the C in OCD."
~Dr. Chris Perron~

Inspired by one of my favorite patients. ;)

Posted 2 years ago #