Author: Mark

“Eagles may sore, but weasels don’t get sucked into jet engines.”

Mat B, 37, Broker

“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who said it, not even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”  Buddha

Sarah

“Don’t roll up your trousers before you see the river.”

R A, Turkey

“Know your own happiness.”

Charlotte, Writer

“I find the best way to get as much as I can is to give as much as I can.”

“Get a grip.”

Professor Doreen Cantrell (the above two)

“Worry about the things you can control, the rest is all luck.”

Josh, London Banker

“Opportunity in every difficulty, not difficulty at every opportunity.” inspired by Winston Churchill

Carl, Barrister, Canterbury

“Stop f***ing dreaming, get to stepping.  You are the only person who can determine you own destiny.”

Faisaz, Advertising

“Happiness isn’t what you are, it’s what you do.”

Gabriel, University Lecturer

“It’s not what you do but who you are!”

“Always go to the loo if you have the opportunity.”

R, North London (the above two)

“To genuinely smile in my face, is worth more than giving me money.”

Muna, Oman

“You can hide under a tunnel, but the truth will always come out.”

Sue, UK

“When you’re going through hell, just keep going.” Winston Churchill

Olivia, 27, Barrister

“A rich man is someone who celebrates what he has got.”

Anonymous

Special thanks to Monday’s other contributors: Di ,Tim & Suzie.

“Do you do this so you don’t have to talk to your passengers?”

Tim, Barrister

“Love, faith and prayer  … Power through temptation, and people holding you back to get to where you’re trying to get to.”

Malaika, Jonna & friends (pictured above)

“Everything in moderation, particularly moderation.”

“They all laughed when I said I was going to be a comedian. Well, they’re not laughing now.” Bob Monkhouse

Ivor Marshall (the above two)

“Full steam ahead.”

K D, Banker, Lancashire

“Rome wasn’t burnt in a day.”

David, London

“Don’t go down Stepney when it’s dark.”

Q: Do you like Kipling?

A: I don’t know, I’ve never kippled.

Anonymous (the above two)

“May the wind be at your back and the sun upon your face, and may the wings of destiny carry you aloft to dance with the stars.”

Sosso, France & S B, Switzerland (pictured above)

A big thank you to Sophie, Gavin & Mike.

“Bend like the special willow tree, don’t stay stern like the oak tree.”

To the most wonderful pa in the world, love your daughter who misses you very much

Georgie

“Lift up your skirt and find your balls.”

Zoe & Charlotte

“Do you want things on time or well done?”

Anonymous, Columbia and France

“Perfectionism is the bane of my existence.”

Jasmine, 23, Trainee Barrister

Two other contributors that are well worthy of a mention: Amanda from Cheshire, and the anonymous German!

“I would love to love my life, but I don’t. I struggle day to day to make sense of what I do…. I have a family that are everything to me. I strive to provide and I don’t think I can. But when I come home and my baby cries ‘Daddy’, it makes it all worthwhile!”

Steve

“When you’re younger, you don’t know how complicated life is, and when you’re older, you learn how to deal with how complicated life is.”

Anonymous

“Look at yourself first before judging other people.”

Riz, Accountant

“The best is yet to come.”

Simon & Nicole 27

“No woman no cry.”

Johnny & Myra (pictured above)

“Like a bird on a wire,

Like a drunk at a midnight choir,

I have tried in my way to be free.” Leonard Cohen

Anonymous

“I love the London cabbies. It’s one of reasons why I chose London over New York.”

Finn, 40, Auctioneer, London

“What’s for you won’t go by you.”

Theresa, Banker, London

“Five minutes is a long time if you’re hanging off the end of a cliff by your nose.”

Mary, Ireland