Best Quotes Poems
Don't dwell on what could have been, better it is to dwell on what can be...
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Never give up trying, or your life book will have pages of regret...
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Use water sparingly because somewhere in the world, there is a drought...
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Don't be disheartened if you lose the race, be happy for the winner...
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Getting old brings aches and pains, but brings experience and wisdom too...
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Good relationships need a firm foundation, plenty of love and trust...
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Always help the unfortunate, one day you may be unfortunate...
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You are responsible for your mind and body, take great care of both...
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We should all treat our earth with respect, its the only home we've got...
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When there are no words, offer a shoulder to cry on, it speaks volumes...
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A gun full of bullets can't kill you, only a person can do that...
Written 25th June 2021.
There are moments in time
Where a comment so profound
Is uttered without thought to the potential
Of its ripple effects - future bound.
If we are introduced to such a quote
At precisely the right time,
We feel something open within ourselves.
Such inspiration can feel divine.
If you feel defeated, depleted of joy
And it seems failure awaits.
Remember this wise old Proverb,
"Fall seven times and stand up eight."
A Latin Proverb to follow
To rouse the inner strength you know is yours,
Don't give up like all is lost,
"If the wind will not serve, take the oars."
We mustn't stay down.
We can't stay stranded on a boat.
In life we have to battle
To keep ourselves afloat.
"Life is 10 percent of what happens to me and
90 percent of how I react to it." Charles Swindoll
This inspirational quote empowers us.
It reminds us of our control.
"Nothing is impossible,' Audrey Hepburn said
'The word itself says, "I'm possible!" "
So however huge our climb might feel,
Deep down, we know we're capable!
Christopher Columbus was a person brave,
For he knew not what was in store.
"You can never cross the ocean until you have
The courage to lose sight of the shore."...
Just pondering these very thoughts,
Amongst so many they are few,
Can motivate us if we feel trapped
Or unsure of what to do.
So friends, I finish off my list
With a little quote from me...
"Soldier on with self belief
And you will gain your victory!"
“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar”
There are too many hypocrites caught with their pants on fire
There is one Honest Abe fan whose words are now gone
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on”
“You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry”
His true colors will always show no matter how spangly
One’s temper can surely put you in an awful fix
Silence can be golden when your opinions don’t mix
“I would rather be a little nobody
then to be an evil somebody”
Never stand on stage to boast or brag
Hold on to your humility, don’t point fingers and nag
Organized religion, I no longer belong
I don’t need a fancy building and membership to keep my faith strong
God knows where my heart is simply by our pidgin
“When I do good I feel good When I do bad I feel bad that’s my religion”
Nothing is impossible; the word itself says, ‘I’m possible!(Audrey Hepburn*)
Her words weren’t just clever; they carried a steady flame,
a truth shaped by a woman who earned her gentle fame.
Audrey—not by glamour, nor the shimmer of the screen,
but by the quiet discipline that lived in every scene.
At thirteen, I met her inside a movie theater’s velvet dark~
she was a fair lady, rising with a fierce, determined spark.
She didn’t play a flower girl; she became her on that stage,
each gesture carved with mastery, each breath a turning page.
As Eliza, her voice was not perfection—it was courage finding form,
a testament that transformation can outlast even the toughest storm.
She climbed from flower girl soot to radiance with a strength both soft and true,
and something in her rising said to me, You can rise up, too.
But Audrey’s greatest brilliance wasn’t bound to scripted art;
it lived within her kindness and her fiercely tender heart.
She carried hope to children when the cameras ceased to roll,
proving that her greatest role was the healing of a young soul.
When she said “I’m possible,” it wasn’t just a line;
it echoed with the power of a life lived by design~
a life that taught a girl like me to challenge every wall,
to trust that even fragile dreams can learn to stand tall.
Audrey’s courage shaped my compass; her grace refined my aim.
She taught me that the impossible is just another name
for every path I feared to take, for every dream I hid~
and that becoming possible begins the moment I did.
So I honor her by rising, by stepping past my doubt,
by choosing every day to let my truest self come out.
For Audrey showed me early—with her life, her art, her voice~
that impossible is only real until we make a different choice.
And to this day I follow her echo, her elegant call:
Nothing is impossible--I'm possible, after all.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
George Bernard Shaw, born in 1856,
Wrote plays and novels,
But for me the most
Important was he wrote many a poem
A quote of his “Write your sad times
In Sand, write your good times in stone”.
My poem ‘From Humble Beginnings’
Just the title mind you, is exactly from
Where Mr Shaw heralded, Dublin
Ireland, his fame was renown, no
University background, yet Literature
For Bernard was just thrilling,
And his quotes, plays and poems,
Always fulfilling.
“A life spent making mistakes is not only
Honorable, but more useful than a
life spent doing nothing”.
His winnings
Were numerous among which,
The Nobel Prize, and even an Oscar.
His quote “Life isn’t about finding
Yourself, Life is about creating
Yourself”. And, as such to be convincing.
His interest in politics was avid, he was
A true Socialist and joined the Fabian
Society, he became popular and
Enjoyed doing theater critics.
Started writing his own plays,
In so many different themes, the class
System, religion and the inequalities
In life. The public responded to his natural
Humor, Shaw's quote “The longer I live,
The more convinced am I that this planet
Is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum”.
For, said this wise poet,
“Progress is impossible without change, and
Those who cannot change their minds cannot
Change anything” and furthermore,
"We don’t stop playing because we grow old,
We grow old because we stop playing”
This famous Literary man George Bernard Shaw,
Was 94 years of age,
When he died in 1950
He wrote famous novels, poems
And plays for the stage,
But I will leave you with one other quote
Of his “Happy is the man who can
Make a living by his hobby”.
Every single time i had looked in your eyes, i just see a world with forever of us built in it.
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
now there's a man who likes his food
"Darkness is just a reflection of
your inner soul.
If you give up,
you will be destroyed.
But if you don’t give up,
you will achieve whatever you want.
I'm not highly qualified
I'm not earning as much as my fellow beings are earning
I'm no sports person
I'm no celebrity
Still I feel happy ,I have passion to write
I have passion to describe
I will describe
I will analyse
I will present to the world
My thoughts are unique
I'm a poet
I can't earn billions
I can write millions of words
What do I get
I get satisfaction in my heart
I'm a poet
I need pen and paper
I forget the world
I forget the competition
I write ,I explain
I'm a poet
I might be poor in terms of currency
But I'm rich in my thoughts and invent new quotes
I'm a poet
I can influence many with my writings
I'm a poet.
WAX & WISDOM
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I carved feathers sharp and white,
This brittle world is mine to mend,
I thought, and leapt beyond the bend
of reason. Sunlit roads unfurled
beneath the wings I built to change the world.
Oh, the height! The thinning air
that tasted like Icarus’ own dare!
Below, the patchwork fields grew small—
The ocean shrank to tarnished tin.
This, I breathed, is how I win.
But wax remembers it is wax;
the first plume slipped—a golden drip—
then molten shame began to strip
my borrowed glory, bit by bit,
the indifferent sun burning my pride.
With shattered quills and cooling wax,
I fell. Not toward forgiving seas,
but onto city streets I’d deemed too low,
where broken things forgotten go.
Hubris? Yes. But deeper still:
the lie that I could bend
the river, star, or human will
with my cleverness alone.
The sun’s fierce kiss
taught me a different kind of bliss:
Now, I mend with quieter hands.
No skyward leap, no bold demands.
I change the vessel, not the tide—
the wax within, not wings outside.
I don't know perfection
But I know happiness.
Turn stress into a driving force
And make yourself stronger.
Don't wait for the best time
Now is the best time to start.
Keep smiling and let positive energy
Fill every corner of your life.
Success lies in persistence
Don't give up when it's nearest to success.
Quote used: “Life is 10% what happens to me
and 90% how I react to it.”
My quote: “Though it seems difficult to be good always,
with mindfulness, in God’s light we can glow."
“Life is 10% what happens to me
and 90% how I react to it.”
I need to let that phrase of inspiration
percolate as for a while I sit.
The more I think about it, I can say
it’s very true because so much we do
is based on our reactions to others.
You’d have to be a monk it were not true
But most of us are always having contacts
at work, at home, or even when we’re out
driving! What if someone cuts you off?
You’re bound to be upset without a doubt.
Do you react with rage? Do you stew and stew?
That one small thing could ruin you afternoon
if all you did was hate that other driver.
More with God we need to be in tune
It is said the way we act sends ripples.
Man kicks his dog when he walks in the house
because his boss had been so mean to him.
A worse scenario would be he kicks his spouse!
People criticize you; people break your heart.
It’s how you take it that will do you in.
The Golden Rule we should be practicing.
To seek revenge is an awful sin.
How peaceful life would be if everyone
would practice kindness everywhere they go.
“Though it seems difficult to be good always,
with mindfulness, in God’s light we can glow."
Written: July 05, 2026, for a contest sponsored by Natasha L Scragg
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“Fall seven times and stand up eight.” — old proverb
“If the wind will not serve, take the oars.” — Latin proverb
“Life is 10 percent what happens to me
and 90 percent of how I react to it.” — Charles Swindoll
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says,
‘I’m possible!’ ” — Audrey Hepburn
“You can never cross the ocean until
you dare to lose sight of the shore.” — Christopher Columbus
Lanterns Borrowed from the Wise
There are evenings when courage burns low,
when doubt arrives like winter snow;
then borrowed words begin to gleam,
rekindling hope where fears scream.
We hear the ancient counsel call:
"Fall seven times and stand up eight."
The heart obeys that quiet fate;
its fractured rhythm learns once more
to rise like tides against the shore.
When tempests gather, fierce and wild,
and every prayer seems unreconciled,
the old Latin voice becomes our guide:
"If the wind will not serve, take the oars."
So hands discover hidden might,
and rowing turns the dark to light;
the sea may test each fragile breath,
yet purpose rows beyond its depth.
Then comes a gentler reckoning:
"Life is 10 percent what happens to me
and 90 percent of how I react to it."
The numbers bloom beyond the page;
they measure neither years nor age,
but how the soul, though bruised and worn,
chooses hope instead of scorn.
And when the summit hides in cloud,
its silence heavy, cold, and proud,
another voice begins to smile:
"Nothing is impossible,
the word itself says, 'I'm possible!'"
The syllables unlock the sky;
they teach reluctant wings to fly.
Across the waves another calls:
"You can never cross the ocean
until you dare to lose sight of the shore."
The beach fades, but faith grows,
Tomorrow awaits with full glows.
Let these proverbs glow sweetly,
Like constellations, we line up neatly.
Not printed pages of artifacts,
But living stars for every fact.
And I will leave one light with you:
Seek the quiet inside when the dark winds blow,
For the deepest of rivers are silent below.
Do not anchor your heart to the shadows you pass;
Write your fears in sand, write your triumphs in glass.
"If the wind will not serve,
take to the oars."
Let the wind swerve and curve,
not sway the way that's yours.
I'll tell you why—
It's up in the sky,
It's in the salmon that defy
the way the rivers ply.
It's in the trees
that bend, not break.
It's in the seeds
that dare to wake,
to an ancient urge
beneath each stem,
not to winter's scourge
that beckons them.
It's in the season
written deep within,
in the seed of reason
where all seeds begin.
It's in the bees
whose waggle tells,
of fields of trees
with flowering dells.
They never wait for chance
to paint perfect skies,
they trust their dance
more than their eyes.
It's in the web
the spider spins and weaves,
not waiting for storms to ebb,
or calm among the leaves.
For what survives the din
is more than what chance buys—
it's the will that lies within
that always yearns to rise.
"For wandering winds will confuse,
and lose direction;
while your oars pick and choose,
each stroke with intention".
Take life for an escalator
Go both through its ups
and downs
Ride it like on an elevator
Expect both smiles and
frowns.
Take life for a suspense
novel
you and I unaware what
the next day will hold
Meditate and muse, or
this book of life just
peruse
Pore over it to watch
life's mysteries unfold.
Take life for the open sea
But pray drown not
yourself in it
lest you lose sight of
God's shore
and thereby lose all
spiritual wit.
Take life for a candle,
let its glow illumine
others too
and in each and every of
its flicker
Try finding a hint or clue
Each soul's life unique as
mazes of one's
thumbprint
And usually for many
life's quite an uphill battle
At times sweet as
molasses, at times bitter
as mint
and life's roller coaster
shakes you like a rattle.
If you let yourself be intoxicated by life
Be prepared for the hangovers
Better taste of the goblet of life
making right choices like wine conneisseurs
Life tis like the rise and
fall of notes
Consoling to find people
in the same boats
Ah on life you can find a
zillion quotes.
Thus ponder over your
life and reflect
how good you've been
to it
and not just how it's
been treating you
Veer around the pit, and
keep your path lit
for darkness of the soul
is for you unfit.
Navigate life's seas with trust in God's plan
Without trust you'll be stuck
too long in earthly ties and clan...
"You can never cross the ocean until you have
the courage to lose sight of the shore." ~ Christopher Columbus