Mariam Muradian


Mariam Muradian

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Mariam Muradian
March 31, 2008

We ALL need inspiration....

We ALL need inspiration, help, support, a fortune cookie, reinvention, motivation, a hand, an AHAAA moment from time to time…..
These are just a few quotes that carry me through my journey. Perhaps they will inspire you as well. I hope so.
I will continue to add to this list.
I would love to hear some of YOUR favorite quotes! Please share.


Venice, San Lazzaro,
Mekhitarist Library, MS 1635,
Gospel, Skevra, 1193,
artist Konstantine, Baptism.
Armenian Illuminated Manuscripts.
Photo: Dickran Kouymjian

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“Courage is the first among human qualities because it guarantees the others”.Aristotle

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“The faithful are mirrors to one another.” Rumi

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“Choice is will.” ~ C.C. Arshagra

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“It is not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.”
~ Theodore Roosevelt

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“When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”
~ Kahlil Gibran

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“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”
~ Mark Twain

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“Start by doing what’s necessary, then do what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”~ St. Francis of Assisi

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“I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.”
~ Helen Keller

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“Nothing is at last sacred, but the integrity of your own mind.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Never, never, never give up.”~ Winston Churchill

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“Failure is an event not a person.” ~ Tom Thresher, Minister,
Suquamish Church

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“Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.”~ Chinese Proverb

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“Don’t meet trouble half-way.”~ Hindu Proverb

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“The best remedy for those who are afraid, ill, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.”~ Anne Frank

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“When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

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“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”~ Henry David Thoreau

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“Your greatest teachers in life will be patience and humility.”
~ David “Doc” Cote, editor to the first published books of
C.C. Arshagra

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“It is what is unseen that holds our lives together.”~ Unknown

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“Do one thing everyday that scares you.”~ Anonymous

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“As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
~ Nelson Mandela

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“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen…”
~ The Bible KJV, Hebrews 11:1

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“Are you willing to be sponged out, erased, canceled,
made nothing?
Are you willing to be made nothing?
dipped into oblivion?
If not, you will never really change.”
~D.H. Lawrence

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“Well-behaved women rarely make history.” ~ Unknown

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“Life is a grand adventure or it is nothing.” ~ Helen Keller

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“Time passes, essence remains. The body wearies, the love sustains” ~ Crowmanic

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“What does not destroy me makes me strong.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche

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“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
– e. e. cummings

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“Resolve to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her.”
– Louisa May Alcott

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  • C.C. Arshagra

    C.C. Arshagra

    From a translation of a poem by the 15th century poet Kabir
    “If you have not lived through something it is not true”

  • helene ruiz

    helene ruiz

    here’s a couple of mine…
    1. “noone can make us feel inferior without our own consent”
    2. “Big minds discuss dreams, medium minds discuss events and small minds discuss people”

  • Mariam Muradian replied

    Helene,
    Yes, your #1 is Eleanor Roosevelt. I like that one too!
    And of course, Frida Kahlo!
    Thank you so much for sharing your inspirations. You inspire us!
    And what should I say when quoting Helene Ruiz?
    All my love.

  • helene ruiz

    helene ruiz

    and here is my absolute alltime fav quoted by one of my favorite artists Frida Kahlo
    “I used to try and drown my own sorrows and then the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling”

  • drjones

    drjones

    Thank you so much for sharing that with us :)

  • helene ruiz

    helene ruiz

    well u know what i say….always respect the little things because these will be the things you will miss most when they are gone

  • Mariam Muradian

    Mariam Muradian

    “Always respect the little things because these will be the things you will miss most when they are gone.” ~ Helene Ruiz

    Officially recorded in the pages of history!
    A great woman once said…..

  • helene ruiz

    helene ruiz

    lol !!!ur too much mariam…i just love u

  • junjaree

    junjaree

    Thank you Miriam, you are a special person, you create from your believe…..’ -A pessimist is one who looks both ways when he crosses a one-way street.” – Laurence J. Peter…....”The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds,and the pessimist fears that this is true.” -James Branch Cabell….

  • Mariam Muradian replied

    Intriguing quotes, Monika. The first one with a twist of humor.
    I had never heard these two before now.
    Thank you for sharing.

  • cheetaah

    cheetaah

    hmm I like this, I will try with my poor english to translate it, here it is,

    How much a person is worth is not supposed to be measured by how long he lived, but it has to be measured with his good work.

    Hugs to you, Hasmig

  • Mariam Muradian replied

    My Dearest Hasmig,
    The Universal truths stand in ALL languages and for the hearts of ALL people.
    Our “worth” is always an important discussion.
    Thank you for your good work: here on RedBubble, mostly in life.

    Made beautiful pickled lemon rind! My favorite!

    All my love, Koyrig.

  • junjaree

    junjaree

    I have another one,,,,
    ‘I keep six honest serving men/”They thaught me all I knew/ Their names are what and why and when/And how and where and who.”

  • Mariam Muradian replied

    Interesting quote.
    Can there be more than one truth in any given moment?

  • cheetaah

    cheetaah

    I got another one.
    It’s an Armenian saying
    “The angry man ages sooner”

  • cheetaah

    cheetaah

    Anothe Armenian saying
    “One flower does not bring the spring”

    By the way I like the manuscript

  • adgray

    adgray

    Miriam I think I’m being greedy but I love each and every one of these:

    “This too shall Pass” – E Roosevelt
    “Today’s mighty oak is just yesterday’s nut that held its ground!”
    “Laughing is good exercise. It’s like jogging on the inside.”
    “Most beginnings are small, and appear trivial and insignificant, but in reality they are the most important things in life.”
    “Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional!”
    ’It’s frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions!”
    “If you want to know what god thinks of money, look at the people he gives it to” – New England saying
    “Those who give have all things. Those who withhold have nothing.” – Hindu proverb
    “Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet is the humblest imaginable” – Mohandas K Gandhi, Indian spiritual leader (1869 – 1948)
    “I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark burn out in a brilliant blaze than it be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow than a sleepy permanent planet” – Jack London (1876 – 1916)
    “Be nice to those you meet on the way up the ladder of success, for they’ll be there to help you on your way back down!” June Bronhill [Australian Opera Diva]
    Especially :
    “A little of what you fancy does you no harm” – Isobell Maud Ey [my great grandmother]
    [ not that this is inspirational but – “Be’are ye sins’ll find ye out!” – another of Isobell’s fave sayings lo – she lived to 102 by the way :o) ]
    “You know something Mummy? Life is like a slide – you climb up the ladder and that’s hard work, you can go “TA-DA!” At the top and then you get the fun of going fast back down! Then you get to do it all over again! And the higher the slide the harder you climb but the longer you get to have fun!” Thomace Muldoon aged 3 [my son]
    “Freedom is having nothing left to do that needs to get done now!”
    “Today is the tomorrow you waited for yesterday – do it now!” [to defeat procrastination]
    “Being an adult is not an age or a piece of paper, it is when you realise you have the courage to get up and do what you see has to be done first, even if you don’t want to do it.” _ [- me 2007]
    “Smile and the world smiles with you cry and you cry alone, But if you laugh then it is infectious
    Imagine the growth of such an illness sown!”     [the addition is from me for my RB profile lol]

    KEEP HAPPY!!!! ~ adg :o)

  • Mariam Muradian replied

    You have opened the storehouse!
    THANK YOU for the richness shared!
    I will EAT EVERY WORD!
    Your foot is on the path…what a wonderful woman!
    So pleased to have met such a comical and loving soul in YOU!
    ~Mariam

  • adgray

    adgray

    Thank you so much
    So pleased to have met such a comical and loving soul in YOU!
    I blush!
    We like the kindred spirit we find in those around us … or is that “Takes one to know one” [ – local school yard] ? lol
    Love and hugs and smiles to you always my new friend :o) ~ alyssa

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