Photo by Vicky Lorencen
If you’ve ever visited Frog on a Dime, you know I’m a sucker for a crackerjack quote. (I include one with every post to make sure my blog is inspiration-fortified.)
Now through Friday, August 15, visit Frog on a Dime and leave your favorite quote as a comment. You’ll automatically be entered into a drawing for a keen package of fun, schlock-free writing supplies, hand-picked to inspire you. Trust me. You’ll like it–I’ll have a hard time parting with it.
Now, hop to it!
Hold fast to dreams/For if dreams die/Life is a broken-winged bird/That cannot fly. ~ Langston Hughes
Welcome to Frog on a Dime 
“The measure of achievement
is not winning awards.
It’s doing something that you appreciate,
something you believe is worthwhile.”
~Julia Child
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What an inspiring quote–and great reminder. Thank you very much for sharing, Jan!
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Don’t know who said it but I live by it: It is not how much you have but how much you enjoy that makes happiness.
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Good insight. Thanks, Karen.
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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage.”
-Rainier Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
* hi Vicky – I keep trying to follow your blog – I don’t know why it doesn’t come to me, but when I think of it, I visit!!
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What a beautiful thought, Vicki. Thank you for sharing this quote. I love the image it conjures!
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Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’.
Audrey Hepburn
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I love this one, Kristin. It’s new to me and it’s so true. Thank you for sharing.
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“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas A. Edison…Love this one…we all want opportunity to just pull up a chair and give us a cup of coffee. But real opportunity, especially when writing for children, really does wear overalls!!! (And sometime holey ones at that:) Thanks Vicky!
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I love this one–because it’s clever and so very true. Thank you for sharing.
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I have this one on a sticky note by my computer. Unfortunately, I don’t know who said it, but I love it! “My ambition is to be the person my dog thinks I am.”
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I like it! Thank you for adding a new one to my stash of quotes, Lauri.
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“Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.” — Ernestine Ulmer
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I like how you think, Pam! Great quote.
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When I’m really down and worried about what’s going to happen next in my life I remember this one.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11
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I love quote, too, Doris. So encouraging–a hope and a future. Thank you for sharing.
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Receiving my own copy of “Bartlett’s Quotations” was the best Christmas gift ever! One of my favorites:
“Everywhere I go I find a poet has been there before me.”
― Sigmund Freud
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Here’s quote I read everyday by Pablo Picasso: “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” Thanks for the fun giveaway!
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How beautiful and simple. Thank you for adding to my quote collection!
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“…be prepared to fail initially. For no quest is worth pursuing that does not require you to pass many tests, take numerous risks.” – Robert D. Ballard
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That’s a great reminder–especially considering all that Bob Ballard went through to find his “prize.” Thank you for sharing.
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