The Best “New” Quotes of all Time!
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“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give”. Sir Winston Churchill
Ok, here is your chance to be put into the history books. Quotes can come from anyone, even our friend “anonymous” has his or her share out there. Today it’s your turn. I am going to compile a list of “new” quotes, and they will come from all of you. Anyone who reads this has their chance of being quoted for the rest of time. The 10 best will be listed as “The 10 Best Quotes of the 21st Century” in a future post, and hopefully on tv. Below are the rules.
1) Authentic: This is an opportunity to strut your stuff! Please, no plagiarizing. If you choose to be anonymous, sign your quote as “anonymous”.
2) Submit: Write your new, awesome, soon to be classic quote as a comment to this post on www.mystermoney.com/blog
3) Spread to word: Digg it. Stumble it. Blog it. Email it. Whatever your method, make sure you do your part to increase the number of entries so you can see how you compare to the best of the best.
4) Number of Entries: You may submit one quote per day for the duration of the contest. Contest ends Feb 29th, 2008.
5) Judging: I will be putting together a list of judges to determine the 10 best quotes. The judges will include yours truly, some fellow bloggers, authors, and perhaps even a celebrity or two! (sshh).
Oprah
Ok, I can’t promise this, but we will attempt to get the new “10 Best Quotes of the 21st Century” announced on Oprah. You never know.
To get us started…
“Should we fail to reach any of our hopes and dreams, it will be due to only one reason. All the time we spent trying to find that reason” Richard Ezzo, author, “When Money Talks, Listen!”
Best of luck to you, and here’s to seeing your quote referred to in the 22nd century!
Rich
Rich,
What a wonderful idea! Let’s honor the great words from the past, but let’s also forge ahead!
Got this post Stumbled, Digg, and added to Mixx to help spread the word!
- Aaron
Aaron,
Thanks!
And that’s a nice reminder to honor the great words from the past as part of this too! So send in an old an a new!
Rich
Here we go:
To want is a heavy burden of choice. To need is to lose freedom and voice.
Hi Jon,
Very nice, thanks!
Hi!
Allright, let’s try this.
“Art fullfills a need in all of us, filling a hole, sometimes mending, sometimes validating, always inspiring.”
Peace
Hi Claudia,
Thanks so much for your addition… Please, keep them coming!..
Rich
yes, I can play too….
“Whatever you withhold your love from will return the favor”
- Richard Ezzo
“Economic activity is what we do to live. Culture is why we live”
-Unknown
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……..our life has chapters. Make every given chapter full of writing, and you will see yourself in a book…………..
“TUGS
Life is a beautiful sucky awesome mucky loving trucky thing.
This is all me
Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
Spend each moment of time knowing you will wish you had it back.
“we are all alive, but only some of us are living”
“Love is not a word to be spoken
But a feeling to be expressed
And an Action to be performed”
Thank you, Luz. I think we often forget that love can be an action we take, and rather think of it as something that
we have to just wait to happen to us.
I came into this world with nothing! and i still got most of it…
dont know if its oringinal but my mom likes to say it alot
k let me try this:
are words powerful? one of the greatest countrys in the world was built on the words of the constitution, anyone that ever heard martin luther king’s speach ‘ I have a dream’ knows that words freed an entire race, words can bring the strongest man to his knees in tears,countries have been built on words an someday the world will end because of words, so are words powerful? they are the strongest weapon known to man!…..
thats mine
Hi Thomas…I’m not sure if it is original. I know Seasick Steve came out with an album title “I started out with nothin, and I still got most of it left”. But Mom’s are always right, so we’ll keep it!
They are indeed, aren’t they? Thanks for the quote, and the visit Thomas..
Rich