I just started working in a group home for women w/ mental disibilities. They are darling...the home they live in is boring decor wise. I got someone to donate letter for the wall. I need a killer quote!! Help!!

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This one may or may not be appropriate...."I want to be an outrageous old woman who never gets called an old lady. I want to get leaner & meaner, sharp edged & earth colored, till I fade away from pure joy."

Belstone - I do love that quote. Do you happen to know who it's from?

A friend once told me... "We cannot wait for the train to get to it's destination, we must enjoy the stops along the way"

I told a friend this quote yesterday which she had never heard. . . "even a broken clock is right twice a day!"

I love something more profound. Talking about the inocents of these woman..

I have a son with mental disabilites and I just had this made up for his room.

"Clear your mind of can't" Samuel Johnson

whatever you choose, I suggest making it a simple meaningful statement that the ladies can understand.

Check out: Expressive Walls

Wall Words

Hope you find something wonderful!

You cannot do anything about the length of your life but you can do something about it's width and depth. Shira Tehrani

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LOVE that Shelia D!

"Trees may grow on top of the mountain, but beautiful flowers can be found in the valley.
--------------------------------------------- Regardless of where you are today, something wonderful is awaiting you, you need only to seek it out.
--------------------------------------------- Beautiful things hide in uncommon places."

We've used these all as one quote in a women's shelter in town. We put it at the top of the wall in the form of a border around the room. My friend broke them down into 3 quotes and put them in different rooms of the at-risk adolescence center she works in. We just made it up.

Another I put in the common area of the women's shelter, on a blank wall of cork was "Do you know your own strength?" Each week, the women were required to write something good about themselves on paper, and pin it to the cork wall. They never remove any of the papers. They are layered all over the wall, several pages deep. It's incredible how that one little quote encourages the women to think about themselves in a different way. AND, I can only imagine the encouragement it gives the new women as they come into the shelter, to see all of the positive things that the previous women discovered about themselves while there.

We had a faux painter paint all of it on the walls. Wish I had known about the wall words back then!

ETA: That wall was 41' long x 9' high!

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Geezzzzzzzz, my post got highjacked cause of a trigger word. Honestly! So I am going to repost and if my original shows up I can delete it. I will post without the trigger word and hope you understand whats suppose to go there.

I was just looking for these last night, and came across a couple that I saved. #1, was sooooo me, right now, that's why I saved it. But like the other two cause they were simple and to the point. Rkg

#1. I know _ _ _ won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish he wouldn't trust me so much. Mother Teresa

#2. Dreams are whispers from your soul.


#3. Remember yesterday... Celebrate today... Imagine tomorrow........

"I knew by the smoke that gracefully curled above the green elms, that a cottage was near, and I said if there's peace to be found in the world, a heart that was humble might hope for it here" - Thomas Moore

"Your only treasures are those which you carry in your heart" - Demophilus

"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars." - Henry van Dyke

Quotes that have been handed down in this family:

"Praise, like sunlight, helps all things grow."

"When you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours."

"It CAN be done!"

"If you don't get going, you're never going to get there." (ture, but not exactly inspirational)

oh, yeah, and sometimes: "Cover yours; kick theirs!"

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."—Eleanor Roosevelt

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.— Marcel Proust

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."—Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."—Mark Twain

While faith makes all things possible, it is love that makes all things easy. ~ Evan H. Hopkins

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
George Bernard Shaw

Happiness is a function of accepting what is. ~Werner Erhard

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. ~Robert Brault

You need to learn to be happy by nature, because you'll seldom have the chance to be happy by circumstance. ~Lavetta Sue Wegman

Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response. ~Mildred Barthel

Some see things as they are and ask, why? I dream things that never were and say "why not!

"Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open & land hard like a fist when they are closed"

Whatever women do, they must do twice as well to be thought half as good. Luckily, though it's not difficult. Charlotte Whitton

"it's not the number of breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away"

I've saved hundreds of quotes and posted more but apparently there are trigger words I can't figure out. So they may or may not turn up. One more:

May your troubles be less, May your b_lessings be more, May nothing but happiness come through your door!

Here are some longer in_spirational words which may be useful in another way.

This Day
"This day is a special day, it is yours. Yesterday slipped away, it cannot be filled anymore with meaning. About tomorrow nothing is known. But this day, today, is yours, make use of it. Today you can make someone happy. Today you can help another. This day is a special day, it is yours." Author Unknown
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Tips for a Better Life - 2008

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.

3. Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.

4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, 'My purpose is to __________ today.'

5. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.

6. Play more games and read more books than you did in 2007.

7. Make time to practice med_itation, yoga, tai chi, and P_RAYER. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.

8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.

9. Dream more while you are awake.

10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.

11. Drink green tea and plenty of water... Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.

12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

13. Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.

14. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vam_pires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.

15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.

16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.

17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the energy v_ampires away.

18. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.

23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years, will this matter?'

26. FORGIVE EVERYONE FOR EVERYTHING!

27. What other people think of you is none of your business.

28. G_O_D (or inner truth, for those who aren't rel_igious) heals almost everything.

29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

30. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

31. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

32. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

33. The best is yet to come.

34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, and show up.

35. Do the right thing!

36. Call your family often. (Or email them to D_eath!!!)

37. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: I am thankful for __________. Today I accomplished _________.

38. Remember that you are too b_lessed to be stressed.

39. Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don't want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.

"Joy cometh in the morning"