Tuesday 24 January 2012

Milestones and Encouragement


I can hardly believe I've reached the blog milestone of having 100 friendly followers! Thank you so much to every single person who has ever taken the time to follow, to leave a comment, or to share a little bit of themselves with me online. I couldn't let it pass unremarked, or uncelebrated. So I'd like to offer some encouragement on the blog today, through a few of my favourite quotes. Maybe one or two will touch someone's heart or provide inspiration.

"No one can make you inferior without your consent."   Eleanor Roosevelt

"Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigour of the mind."  Leonardo da Vinci

"A bird does not sing because it has the answer, it sings because it has a song."   Chinese Proverb

"It is never too late to be what you might have been."  Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot)

"Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream."  Kahlil Gibran

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations, Rosemary. It takes a good blog to get 100 followers.
I love your quotations, too, especially the last one. It's today's dream that keeps me writing!

Myra Duffy said...

..and more to come, I'm sure!Well done.

Joanna said...

Congratulations, Rosemary, I really love your blog and thank you for these very inspiring quotes. Exactly what I need to get on with today's writing after a lot of procrastination!

Bill Kirton said...

Great, Rosemary. On now to the next milestone.

Diane Fordham said...

Congrats Rosemary - tho I'm not surprised. Loved reading your blog from the first day I stumbled across it. Enjoyed the quotes, thanks. Just had a look at your page views and nearly fell off my chair. You go girl x

Frances Garrood said...

Oh, well done, Rosemary! You deserve them (us) all! Love, the quotes, too.

Anne Gallagher said...

Yay!!! I love the George Eliot quote.

Teresa Ashby said...

Congratulations, Rosemary - and you'll get many many more I know!
I loved the quotes x

Jean Bull said...

Congratulations on your century (!). Those quotes are just what I need to get me writing, especially the Mary Ann Evans one!

Rosemary Gemmell said...

Aw, I've been out this afternoon and how lovely to come back to all these kind comments. You all make the blogging worthwhile!

Glad the quotes have inspired or encouraged some of you to get on with your writing - me too!

Rosemary Gemmell said...

I like that quote too, Gail!

Thanks, Myra!

Joanna - you encourage me to keep going. Thank you!

Absolutely, Bill!

Rosemary Gemmell said...

Thanks for the encouragement, Diane!

Thanks, Frances - your blog always keeps me entertained!

I've always loved that too, Anne. Did you see I gave you a blog award yesterday (in the post below this one)!

Rosemary Gemmell said...

Thanks, Teresa - you are always so supportive!

Thank you, Jean - it does that to me too!

Patsy said...

I like the quotes - especially the never too late one.

Paula Martin said...

Great quotes, love the one about yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations Rosemary and thank you for those words of enlightenment.

Thanks also for you kind comments on my blog - sorry I seem to be permanently locked out of my comments box, but I can read all your comments.

Janice said...

Congrats on reaching 100 Rosemary - you really don't look it! Te-he!

I love inspirational posts. Thanks for those.

love, Janice xx

Rosemary Gemmell said...

It's a good one, Patsy!

Me too, Paula!

You're welcome, Maggie - I had the same problem with blogger a couple of weeks ago!

Hi Janice - thanks, you've reached well beyond that!

The Pen and Ink Blogspot said...

Congratulations and thanks for all the quotes.