Author: Mark

“Be the real deal not the dog’s meal.”

Anonymous

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it’s a matter of choice, it’s not a thing to be waited for, it’s a thing to be achieved.” William Jennings Bryan

Wendy, Northamptonshire

“Turn that frown upside down.”

Jane, Mother

“We’ll jump off that bridge when we get to it!”

Daniel, Venture Capitalist

“East, west, home best.”

Anonymous Berliner

“The more you travel, the easier it is to get on with people!”

Ally P

“When things fall apart and we’re on the verge of we know not what, the test of each of us is to stay on that brink and not concretize. The spiritual journey is not about heaven and finally getting to a place that’s really swell.” Pema Chödron, from her book “When Things Fall Apart”

Lucy A

“The Wibbly Wobbly is a bar on a barge, at Greenland Dock, Surrey Quays.”

Anonymous

Driver:  How are you?

Passenger:  Mustn’t complain, but don’t ask me twice or I’ll have to tell you.”

Alan

“Be yourself and don’t try to imitate yourself.”

Olivier, Banking

“Each one stands alone on the heart of the earth. Pierced by a ray of the sun; And suddenly it is evening. – Salvatore Quasimodo …

Anonymous, Italy

“Irren ist menschlich” – “To err is human” “Everyone can be wrong once.”

Sarah, Germany

“Keep your feet warm, keep your head cool, and don’t think so deeply.”

Anonymous, Turkey

“I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.” Winston Churchill

Anonymous

“A little bit of what you like will keep you happy.”

Dan, IT Director

“We had a great long quote but the meter was running so we didn’t have time to write it!”

Sagepub

“Unless you’re the lead dog on the team, the view is always the same.”

Joleen & Joe, North America

“You will have to think positive to make your day/life positive.”

Jesper, 46, Sales, Denmark

“That money talks,

I’ll not deny,

I heard it once:

It said, Goodbye” Richard Armour

Duncan

“Life is a privilege.”

L M

Our hearts and thoughts are with the Japanese people at this difficult time….

“We are all inherently good people, but we are all lost in this neon wilderness.”

“People like this man are diamonds in the rough. Angels do walk amongst men.”

Colin O’Shaughnessy (the above two)

“Make love not war. But clean up afterwards!!!”

Deborah & Gavin, Shelf Stackers

“Drunken mans words are a sober mans thoughts.”

Alex C

“When I turned thirty I was miserable. I wish someone had told me when I was in my twenties, that everything would be alright… because it was.”

Anonymous