What you live by

Okay so i just want to keep this contest short and simple. I want you to give me one phrase, quote, sentence....even a word...that describes life.

OR

A word, phrase, quote, or sentence that you live by.

...

yeah thats basically it.

Theres not really any rules for this so...

have fun with it.

don't make it really long though okay?

LISTEN!!!! IF YOU DO NOT PUT YOUR FAVORITE BAND, AND SONG AT THE END THEN I WON'T READ IT. I ASKED YOU TO DO ONE SIMPLE THING AND ALREADY 17 PEOPLE COULDN'T DO IT.

please don't make me hate you. it's so simple. takes 2 seconds, so get it right.

♥much love♥

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on August 21, 2007
  • Rewards: Gold: 120, Silver: 60, Bronze: 30, Honorable mention: 10 people
  • Final notes:
    WOW, there were a lot of good quotes entered, and I'm glad I had such a variety of them to choose from. I judged this specifically on quotes that people COULD live by. You all did a wonderful job. For the ones that won, Excellent work, for the ones that didn't quite make it, theres always next time, everyone deserved 1st.
    Always keep writing.

    Thanks everyone for entering!

    ♥ Much Love ♥

    Kayla

Contest Winners

  1. When one door closes, another door opens; but we often look so longingly and so regretfully upon the door that closed that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.1 / ~Helen Keller♥
    by Siby Anan <100 words, 7 comments, on Aug 9 6:49 PM 2007. In
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. Death waits for no one.
    by perfect paradox <100 words, 7 comments, on Aug 17 12:05 AM 2007
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Shoot for the moon, and if you miss, you will always land amongst the stars.
    by sly fox <100 words, 2 comments, on Aug 9 4:55 PM 2007. In Contest
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. The world just finds simple too complicated and complication they find simple. And that is why I hate the world, for I, unlike the world, know that love is the most simple thing of all, yet it holds the most value of all the
    by JuliaAlexandrovna <100 words, 7 comments, on Aug 9 5:34 PM 2007
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  5. "It is what it is til it ain't that no more!"
    by AllOuta <100 words, 2 comments, on Aug 9 11:20 PM 2007. In , Humor, Inspirational, Other
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  6. Live Fast, Die Young, Leave a Beautiful Corpse.
    by CasperQueenofHoochie <100 words, 1 comment, on Aug 10 2:08 AM 2007
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  7. The Motto I try and live by.
    by EmeraldDreams <100 words, 11 comments, on Aug 10 3:11 AM 2007. In Inspirational, Life, Quote
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  8. Error: Unable to find finalist item 102987, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  9. the end of a speech that everyone should know!
    by katiefran 100 words, 1 comment, on Aug 10 6:26 PM 2007
    Honorable mention
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]
  10. by plurangel 100 words, 10 comments, on Jun 2 9:48 AM 2007. In , Drama, Hope, Spiritual, Young adult
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  11. Error: Unable to find finalist item 103153, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  12. "Accept what you cannot change, and change what you cannot accept."
    by CelesteSanford <100 words, 5 comments, on Aug 15 12:16 PM 2007
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  13. I gotta be me! Everybody else turned down the job!
    by Dawnerth <100 words, 2 comments, on Aug 20 1:40 PM 2007
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

Entries [22]

1 - 22 of 22
  • If you can't be good be good at it.
    by Rosemary <100 words, 4 comments, on Aug 9 5:22 PM 2007
    • Commented on by judge.
  • This is my saying in life.
    by SaitoKojima <100 words, 11 comments, on Aug 9 5:41 PM 2007. In Inspirational
    • Commented on by judge.
  • I have the will, but not the power, where there's a will theres a way, but you need the power to find your way...
    by EnemyOfAll <100 words, 5 comments, on Aug 9 6:52 PM 2007. In , Inspirational, Quote
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Life... / So much is there, yet only one thing matters. All the stuff, achievements, good works, and more will fade away, and what is left? The only one that stood there all along-God, The veil of the material makes on
    by Artemis Gem 100 words, 3 comments, on Aug 9 8:44 PM 2007. In God, Life, Musing, Other, Prayer, Spiritual, Thoughts
    • Commented on by judge.
  • I stay silent when I need to. I don’t cry. My dreams are peculiar. My faces peel off to reveal hardened echoes of blood and plaster. My friends flicker in the wind. My obsessions drive me forward, and my fears hold me back. I
    by Xineph 600 words, 9 comments, on Jul 22 10:28 PM 2007. In Personal
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • "Everything's plastic, we're all going to die sooner or later, so what does it matter" / quoted from a book, Prozac Nation, by Elizabeth Wurtzel. /
    by pisangkuning <100 words, 3 comments, on Aug 11 2:11 AM 2007
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each, is to succeed.
    by Arla <100 words, 1 comment, on Aug 11 10:25 AM 2007
    • Commented on by judge.
  • by Mel-the-Believer <100 words, 3 comments, on Aug 12 11:30 PM 2007. In
    • Commented on by judge.
  • A Ralph Waldo Emerson quote.
    by The First Snow <100 words, 2 comments, on Aug 14 10:59 PM 2007
    • Commented on by judge.

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