When a Quote really hits home

Have you ever come across a quote and have it really hit home? This came up as a random quote on a WEB Site I visited last week. It was one of those things where you stop and stare, then say: “How did they know?”

This may mean different things to different people, but this is something that I really needed to hear. I hope this can inspire you if you have been challenged by something.

“My doctors told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.”

Wilma Rudolph 1940-1994, the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field events at the Olympics

You can overcome anything if you believe

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20 responses to “When a Quote really hits home”

Writerlious | July 13, 2012 at 11:50 am |

Wow. That’s so inspirational. I love it when a short quote like this can make you pause in the hubbub of every day life and really think about things.
- Jennifer M Eaton | July 13, 2012 at 12:16 pm |
  
  Yes
  It was really something I needed to hear
Besma at Life Demiraged | July 13, 2012 at 10:30 am |

Love this!
readinpleasure | July 12, 2012 at 8:08 am |

Great quote! Yes, we can and will
Widdershins | July 10, 2012 at 4:18 pm |

Cool! … that’s why I always put a quote at the end of my posts. You never know when something will resonate with someone out there.
- Jennifer M Eaton | July 10, 2012 at 10:25 pm |
  
  Very true, and they can inspire from so many angles.
robincoyle | July 10, 2012 at 10:30 am |

Moms are so smart.
- Jennifer M Eaton | July 10, 2012 at 10:25 pm |
  
  Yep. I is smert.
kford2007 | July 10, 2012 at 8:24 am |

The mind, body and spirit can do amazing things if given the chance. Miracles happen every day, We simply have to believe.
- Jennifer M Eaton | July 10, 2012 at 10:27 pm |
  
  Yep. I have an Eight year old miracle that the doctors told me horrible things about while I was pregnant. He is a smart, happy healthy miracle child, that one.
Brinda Berry (@Brinda_Berry) | July 10, 2012 at 6:38 am |

It’s a great quote. Believing is half the battle. If we listened to the naysayers, most of us would never achieve the best things in life. There are so many negative people in the world.
- Jennifer M Eaton | July 10, 2012 at 10:29 pm |
  
  This is true, but they are never the ones who suceed. Believe and strive forward.
kathils | July 10, 2012 at 6:36 am |

Ah, yes. Sometimes things appear at just the right moment. Some say coincidence. I say the ever present hand of the Universe giving a little push every now and again.

Doug, I believe the power of the mind is an amazing, untapped resource. It can do amazing things if we allow it. And the collective consciousness. . . even moreso. Good luck!
- Jennifer M Eaton | July 10, 2012 at 10:30 pm |
  
  That ever-present ahnd is always walking at my side, and I am thankful to Him for every day and every blessing.
Douglas MacIlroy | July 10, 2012 at 1:30 am |

Dear Jennifer,

Your post came at the right time for me this cold and airless evening. I am gathering intent as I try to heal a longstanding injury using my mind. (Sounds trite on the surface, but, as the quote shows, there is power in belief, and, in my case, the declaration that I will heal.) I am a believer in the unseen, yet ever-present energy that flows through the Universe. Was your post coincidence? Yes. Synchronicity? Yes. Another sign? Yes. I believe. Thank you for writing.

Aloha,

Doug
- Jennifer M Eaton | July 10, 2012 at 10:36 pm |
  
  It gets cold in Hawaii?
  
  Chin up, Doug.
  
  Interesting, but you just inspired me. I heard a biblical quote this morning that I felt inspired to add to my novel. LA Freeland used a similar quote in her blog post today, and then here you are, using similar words from Corinthians: Believing in the unseen.
  
  You just solidified that hearing that quote, and that little push to add it to my story, was not a coincidence.
  
  Aloha, and may the divine energy that you believe in touch and heal you, my friend.
  - dmmacilroy | July 10, 2012 at 10:41 pm |
    
    Dear Jennifer,
    
    It’s 4:39PM at the House of Stone and I’m about to gather my belongings and head up the hill for the last night of four on the summit. I’ll be thinking of you up there. Thanks for the help and kind thoughts. (In case you haven’t seen this, it will answer your ‘cold in Hawaii?’ question. For me, at least.)
    
    http://ironwoodwind.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/just-another-night-at-the-office/
    
    Aloha,
    
    Doug
    - Jennifer M Eaton | July 10, 2012 at 10:56 pm |
      
      Very cool. Everyone should hop over and read Doug’s post!
writerwendyreid | July 10, 2012 at 1:20 am |

I agree 100%. Belief is paramount to making anything happen.
- Jennifer M Eaton | July 10, 2012 at 10:37 pm |
  
  Yes. Belief drives you forward. Belief makes whatever you desire come to fluition. (Did I spell that right?)