Inspiration

[RunByDesign]

K,

I tried this on another board and it flopped. I will give it a second try.

The rules are as follows. State a quote from a song, poem, person etc, so on and so forth. You will not be limited in that regard. Be sure to give credit for the quote, or provide the information as unkown.

Inspire me.

[RunByDesign]

It takes a million people, to build a good reputation..
But it takes ONE STUPID FOOL,
To destroy everything you've done..
The world knows your people,
As the most violent in the world..
The world knows your nation,
As the most opressive in the world..
Take it upon yourself,
To restore your nation's dignity..
It takes you to teach the world,
That is why, I got to say..
Wherever you go..
Teach The World.

Ernesto "Lucky" Dube

[RunByDesign]

Love, Sweet love, of the Father devine..
Love Shines Brighter than the morning sun!
Love Shines Brighter everyday!

We jump and wake up, in the mornings..
It was love, that caused our first heartbeat..
Judge the green trees..
How they bow their heads, way down low..
To give thanks and praise to the Father!

That's why I sing-say!

Love Shines Brighter than the morning sun!
Love Shines Brighter everyday!

Joseph Hill aka Culture

[RunByDesign]

Thanks for contributing, b.

Let's keep it going, folks!

[RunByDesign]

"Where ignorance is in ubundance, it's foolish to be wise"

Unknown (at least to me)

[2 Minute Warning]

Map out your future...but do it in pencil
Jon Bon Jovi

[2 Minute Warning]

"The early bird always gets the worm"--Unknown
Not very inspirational today.... am I?

[RunByDesign]

"They've taken away our rights and they gave us wrong..they may be strong but it won't be for long.."

Euvin Spencer

aka

Don Carlos

[RunByDesign]

"Let the music heal your pain....turn on your radio"

Euvin Spencer

[broncos_chick]

"Here's wishing you the bluest skies
And hoping something better comes tomorrow
Hoping all the verses rhyme
And the very best of choruses too

After all the doubt and sadness
I know that better things are on their way

Here's hoping all the days ahead
Won't be as bitter as the ones behind you
Be an optimist instead
And somehow happiness will find you
Forget what happened yesterday
I know that better things are on their way"

(Partial quote from the song "Better Things" by the Kinks. Excellent for those times when it seems the rough patches in life will never end)

[BlueDamsel]

"This One's For John!"

[2 Minute Warning]

"So hold me close better hang on tight
Buckle up, baby, it's a bumpy ride
We're two kids hitching down the road of life
Our world, our fight

If we stand side by side (all night)
There's a chance we'll get by (and it's alright)
And I'll know that you'll live
In my heart till the day that I die

Cause you were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man

We got something to believe in
Even if we don't know where we stand
Only God would know the reason
But I bet he must have had a plan
Cause you were born to be my baby
And baby, I was made to be your man "

JBJ

[palehorse]

"Human beings are like that. We want to live by each others' happiness, not by each other's misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men's souls; has barricaded the world with hate; has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want.

Our knowledge as made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these things cries out for the goodness in man; cries out for universal brotherhood; for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world, millions of despairing men, women, and little children, victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me, I say "Do not despair." The misery that has come upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. Soldiers! Don't give yourselves to these brutes who despise you, enslave you; who regiment your lives, tell you what to do, what to think and what to feel! Who drill you, diet you, treat you like cattle and use you as cannon fodder.

Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men---machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are men! With the love of humanity in your hearts! Don't hate! Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural. Soldiers! Don't fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! In the seventeenth chapter of St. Luke, it is written that the kingdom of God is within man, not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people, have the power, the power to create machines, the power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. Then in the name of democracy, let us use that power.

Let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfil that promise. They never will! Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people. Now let us fight to free the world! To do away with national barriers! To do away with greed, with hate and intolerance! Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to the happiness of us all. Soldiers, in the name of democracy, let us unite! Hannah, can you hear me?"

"The Great Dictator" A Charlie Chaplin film


But this one is close:

Originally posted by BeerGirl
"This One's For John!"

[RunByDesign]

Hell's coming to breakfast...

Excellent contribution, palehorse.

[palehorse]

I may be a quiet member here, but I try.

You're Welcome