Words of inspiration..add some!

BoonersmomRN · Oct 23, 2005

Honestly the one I repeat to myself again and again and again is just " One Day At A Time".

If I can make it through today- I can make it through tomorrow- as I made it through yesterday.

Some days are worse than others....but one...day...at...a...time

I guess another one I mutter to myself is " Schools a B**** and then you graduate***

:)

RDH-NrsgStudent · Oct 24, 2005

I also use the "one day at a time" mantra....or, similarly, the one about the elephant ("How do you eat an elephant? ONE BITE at a time!").

Here's another inspiring quote:

"Impossible is not a fact. It is an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration it is a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING..."

Angel

Fun2, BSN, RN · Oct 24, 2005

First thing....The quote on my signature!

If what you're working for really matters

you'll give it all you've got.

Nido Qubein

Secondly, my family....soon I want to print out a black and white photo of myself in a white nurse's uniform and morph myself in this pic. :rolleyes: That may sound silly to y'all, but I can't wait.

Thirdly, I have to do this to prove to myself that I am smart enough; I am someone, and I can make something of myself. (Yes a full-time mother is something major, but y'all know what I mean.) I want to know that I can support my children if anything ever happens to my husband. I want to start what I finished back in 1991. I want to fulfill my dream.

crb613, BSN, RN · Oct 24, 2005

First thing....The quote on my signature!
If what you're working for really matters
you'll give it all you've got.
Nido Qubein
Secondly, my family....soon I want to print out a black and white photo of myself in a white nurse's uniform and morph myself in this pic. That may sound silly to y'all, but I can't wait.
Thirdly, I have to do this to prove to myself that I am smart enough; I am someone, and I can make something of myself. (Yes a full-time mother is something major, but y'all know what I mean.) I want to know that I can support my children if anything ever happens to my husband. I want to start what I finished back in 1991. I want to fulfill my dream.

aaah! No that's not silly at all! That would inspire me & good luck to you. Please post your pic when you have fufilled your dream. the quote I think of is by Ghandi (sp)....."Be the change you want to see in the world"

LoriAlabamaRN · Oct 24, 2005

When I felt overwhelmed at what was ahead of me in nursing school, I used to remember this quote (I don't know who its by):

"INCH BY INCH, LIFE'S A CINCH; YARD BY YARD, LIFE IS HARD."

It would remind me to look at what I had to deal with TODAY, such as doing one paper, studying two chapters, etc instead of letting myself stress out over the next three years of work/school.

Lori

Fun2, BSN, RN · Oct 24, 2005

aaah! No that's not silly at all! That would inspire me & good luck to you. Please post your pic when you have fufilled your dream.

Thanks, crb613. :)

Another....childish, but still a good one for all ages, "I THINK I CAN, I KNOW I CAN, I KNEW I COULD!" (The Little Engine That Could.)

"Where there's a will, there's a way"

"Nothing will happen in your life if you don't try."

"No pain, no gain."

decartes · Oct 24, 2005

Here's my inspirational quote:

"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together."

stpauligirl · Oct 24, 2005

:)Im knee deep with Anatomy right now.Im feeling pretty low.:uhoh21: I know I want this,so I thought we could have a thread that would help the pre nurses get through rough times. This quote helped me get an A in Algebra last semester:
"When we consistently give control of our lives to other people and to circumstances, we run the risk of learning to give up,even with abundant opportunity around us."
Anybody have any quotes or small stories that helps them stay focused?
Amber:)

:eek: "Feel the Fear and do it anyway"

Fun2, BSN, RN · Oct 24, 2005

Never give up!

The race isn't over until you cross the finish line.

Even if you have to detour, gather your senses,

and get back on course!

wannabenursetx · Oct 25, 2005

"if you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten!"

love this thread - great idea!!:)

i did a google search and found some more:

"never, never, never give up." winston churchill

that which we persist in doing becomes easier - not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability to do has increased. - emerson

how far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. because someday in your life you will have been all of these. - george washington carver

twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. so throw off the bowlines. sail away from the safe harbor. catch the trade winds in your sails. explore. dream. discover. - mark twain

do not follow where the path may lead. go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - ralph waldo emerson

the first and most important step toward...success is the feeling that we can succeed. - nelson boswell

a rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. - antoine de saint-exupery

sddlnscp · Oct 26, 2005

One of my favorites that keeps me going: Things that are worthwhile do not come easy, that is why they are worth it. (Of course, that is a paraphrase as I don't remember the exact saying, but you get the point. :))