Usefull phrases

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READ EACH ONE CAREFULLY AND THINK ABOUT IT A SECOND OR TWO.

 

1. I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.

 

2.No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.

 

3.Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

 

4.A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.

 

5.The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.

 

6.Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.

 

7.To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

 

8. Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.

 

9.Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.

 

10.Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.

 

11.There's always going t be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.

 

12. Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.

 

13. Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.

 

REMEMBER: WHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS FOR A REASON.

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My favorite is #8!

 

The only problem I have in #13. So far in my life, the "best things" haven't just happened. I have had to try very hard and put in quite a bit of effort to get the "best things". But maybe my case is an exception.

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Hi Seaphan

 

I agree with you on that one too. I worked and still working so hard but haven't recieved the best thing yet. But I am guessing I am still young hopefully I will get the best thing one day.

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Here some poems just for fun

 

Never let a problem to be solved become more

important than a person to be loved.

~Barbara Johnson

 

The greatest good you can do for another

is not just to share your riches, but

to reveal to him his own.

~Benjamin Disraeli

 

To the world you may be one person,

but to one person you may be the world.

~Author unknown

 

Life

The adventure of life is to learn.

The purpose of life is to grow.

The nature of life is to change.

The challenge of life is to overcome.

The essence of life is to care.

The opportunity of life is to serve.

The secret of life is to dare.

The spice of life is to befriend.

The beauty of life is to give.

The joy of life is to love.

~William Arthur Ward

 

Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others

cannot keep it from themselves. ~Sir James Barrie

 

Do not wish to be anything but what you are,

and try to be that perfectly. ~St. Francis de Sales

 

Hold On Tightly To What Is Truly Important In Life

 

Hold on to faith; it is the source of believing

that all things are possible. It is the fiber

and strength of a confident soul.

Hold on to hope; it banishes doubt and enables

attitudes to be positive and cheerful.

Hold on to trust; it is at the core of fruitful

relationships that are secure and content.

Hold on to love; it is life's greatest gift of all,

for it shares, cares and gives meaning to life.

Hold on to family and friends; they are the most

important people in your life, and they make

the world a better place. They are your roots

and the beginnings that you grew from;

they are the vine that has grown through time

to nourish you, help you on your way,

and always remain close by.

Hold on to all that you are and all that you have

learned, for these things are what make you unique.

Don't ignore what you feel and what you believe

is right and important; your heart has a way

of speaking louder than your mind.

Hold on to your dreams; achieve them diligently

and honestly. Never take the easy way or

surrender to deceit. Remember others on your way,

and take time to care for their needs.

Enjoy the beauty around you.

Have the courage to see things differently and clearly.

Make the world a better place one day at a time,

and don't let go of the important things that

give meaning to your life. ~Kelly D. Caron

 

The most important trip you may take in life

is meeting people halfway. ~Henry Boye

 

If nature has made you a giver, your hands

are born open, and so is your heart.

And though there may be times when your hands

are empty, your heart is always full, and you

can give things out of that.

~Frances Hodgson Burnett, A Little Princess

 

It is better to be hated for what you are,

than loved for what you are not.

~Andre Gide

 

Online Friendship

 

Online friend I have never seen you before,

but I know you are really there.

I click you into reality, like magic in the air.

Your voice is like an angel, though I really do not hear.

Your hug as warm as any, of the loved ones I hold dear.

You are always there for comfort, or a word of cheer.

Though you are very far away, I always have you near.

You are a very special friend, like none I have ever known.

As long as you are in cyberspace, I will never be alone.

~Author unknown

 

The heart has reasons

that reason does not understand.

~Author unknown

 

Nothing but the heart can change the heart.

~Carroll O'Connor

 

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

~Goethe

 

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

~Addison

 

A smile is a curve that sets things straight.

~Phyllis Diller

 

The Making of Friends

 

Life is sweet because of the friends we have made

And the things which in common we share;

We want to live on, not because of ourselves,

But because of the ones who would care.

It's living and doing for somebody else

On that all of life's splendor depends,

And the joy of it all, when we count it all up,

Is found in the making of friends.

~Edgar A. Guest

 

Joy is a net of love that captures souls.

~Mother Teresa

 

Some people, no matter how old they get,

Never lose their beauty --

They merely move it from their faces

Into their hearts.

~Martin Buxbaum

 

A diplomat is a man who...

always remembers a woman's birthday

but never remembers her age.

~Robert Frost

 

The ultimate lesson all of us

have to learn is unconditional love,

which includes not only others,

but ourselves as well.

~Author unknown

 

To accomplish great things,

we must not only act, but also dream,

not only plan, but also believe.

~Anatole France

 

If you put truth above your own desires

And value those as friends who feel the same

If you take pride in things that you've accomplished

And when you're wrong, stand up and take the blame

If you can understand your limitations

And not waste time on tasks beyond your scope

But take the future as a brand new challenge

That you can meet with confidence and hope

If you can listen to those who would advise you

And then judge for yourself just what is right

If you can keep in touch with all about you

And settle differences without a fight

If you can find delight in simple pleasures

And see the rainbow, not the falling rain

If you can lose and never give up trying

Believing that there's nothing done in vain

If you can staunchly stick by your convictions

And not let others set your goals for you

If you can be as practical as need be

And still remember sometimes dreams come true

If you can live the life that you believe in

And trust your judgment and maturity

Then you'll be not just happy and successful,

But the worthwhile person you are meant to be.

~E. M. Gerus

 

Time is too slow for those who wait,

Too swift for those who fear,

Too long for those who grieve,

Too short for those who rejoice,

But for those who love,

time is eternity.

~Henry VanDyke

 

Dream as if you'll live forever.

Live as if you'll die tomorrow.

~James Dean

 

Try to remember to forget

Anger, worry and regret.

Live while you have life to live.

Love while you have love to give.

~Author unknown

 

No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.

~Robert Blake

 

Dance like no one is watching

and love like it will never hurt.

~Author unknown

 

Winners

Winners are people like you.

Winners take chances. Like everyone else, they fear

failing, but they refuse to let fear control them.

Winners don't give up. When life gets rough, they hang

in there until the going gets better.

Winners are flexible. They realize there is more

than one way and are willing to try others.

Winners know they are not perfect. They respect their

weaknesses while making the most of their strengths.

Winners fall, but they don't stay down. They stubbornly

refuse to let a fall keep them from climbing.

Winners don't blame fate for their failures

nor luck for their successes.

Winners accept responsibility for their lives.

Winners are positive thinkers who see good in all things.

From the ordinary, they make the extraordinary.

Winners believe in the path they have chosen even when

it's hard, even when others can't see where they are going.

Winners are patient. They know a goal is only as worthy

as the effort that's required to achieve it.

WINNERS ARE PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

THEY MAKE THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE TO BE.

~Author unknown

 

Great is the human who has not lost his childlike heart.

~Mencius

 

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly.

What is essential is invisible to the eye.

~The Fox in The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery

 

Live Each Day With Love

 

Life is a constant process of growth and change.

Each day is a miracle filled with new

discoveries and challenges.

Some days bring hurt and disappointment also, but

these, too, are challenges, and as you grow and

change you learn to handle them with more ease.

Growing older means growing in experience,

growing in courage and compassion, growing in

love and growing in strength.

Growing older means changing your life to make

it meaningful to you, changing your attitudes,

and staying flexible about everyday living.

Life keeps getting better as long as

you have a positive attitude.

Remind yourself of all the things you love

about life, stay in touch with your loved ones and

friends, and do what your own heart tells you to.

Your tomorrow will always bring you good things

if you live each day with love. ~Donna Levine

 

Happiness is not a destination;

it is a manner of traveling.

~Author unknown

 

The best and most beautiful things in this world

cannot be seen or even touched.

They must be felt with the heart.

~Helen Keller

 

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Friendship is the only cement that will

ever hold the world together.

~Woodrow Wilson

 

Friendship is always a sweet responsibility,

never an opportunity. ~Kahlil Gibran

 

Everyone Needs Someone

 

People need people and friends need friends

And we all need love for a full life depends

Not on vast riches or great acclaim

Not on success or on worldly fame

But just in knowing that someone cares

And holds us close in their thoughts and prayers

For only the knowledge that we're understood

Makes everyday living feel wonderfully good

And we rob ourselves of life's greatest need

When we 'lock up our hearts' and fail to heed

The outstretched hand reaching to find

A kindred spirit whose heart and mind

Are lonely and longing to somehow share

Our joys and sorrows and to make us aware

That life's completeness and richness depends

On the things we share with our

loved ones and friends.

~Helen Steiner Rice

 

When you open your heart,

You open your mind.

~Beth Mende Conny

 

Wherever a beautiful soul has been,

there is a trail of beautiful memories.

~Author unknown

 

Remember that a little love goes a long way.

Remember that a lot...goes forever.

Remember that friendship is a wise investment.

Life's treasures are people...together.

Realize that it's never too late.

Do ordinary things in an extraordinary way.

Have health and hope and happiness.

Take the time to wish upon a star.

And don't ever forget...for even a day,

How very special you are.

~Douglas Pagels Collection

 

Love is not two people gazing at each other,

but two people looking in the same direction.

~Antoine de Saint Exupery

 

The great thing in this world is not so much where we are,

but in what direction we are moving.

~Oliver Wendell Holmes

 

Always Have A Dream

 

Forget about the days when its been cloudy,

but don't forget your hours in the sun.

Forget about the times you've been defeated,

but don't forget the victories you've won.

Forget about the misfortunes you've encountered,

but don't forget the times your luck has turned.

Forget about the days when you've been lonely,

but don't forget the friendly smiles you've seen.

Forget about the plans that didn't seem to work out right,

but don't forget to always have a dream.

~Author unknown

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Here is my version:

 

Roses are red

And violets are blue,

But I would be rather.... make love to you!

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Maybe you allready have the best thing, and just dont appreciate it as such....

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~~~This one's my favorite...better to have had something sweet for a short while, than not to have had it at all:))~~~~ though...I still think about that sweet thing with a smile And, I think what that quote means about not working hard...that does not mean: don't work hard! it means you do your end and I (God) will do mine... the thing is, here it comes....: We are in the 'game of life'...yes! it is a game and we are all the players and take on roles, different roles in the future..of spouse and parent....nevertheless, we are all here to learn and to grow and most importantly leave this world with a little more love than when we came... so when things don't go your way or you wonder why things turn out the way they do, just be aware that although your hard work and efforts put things in motion, there is something out there that is divine and full of grace and it lights your path with love, and it gives you hope, and it connects you to other souls... this graceful force will lead you to your destiny if you choose to listen to it with an open heart

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Well, I often do but they very soon tend to get outdated and I have to get new best-things ... My Z505G superslim laptop was TOP of the line in 1999 when I bought it. I worked like a whole year straight saving every penny in order to buy it ... but it's now useless ... only a Pentium 200 But it's amazing how much I used that poor thing. I would drag it to work, to school, back home, dropped it like 4 times .... and it only just recently died on me!

 

I did get a brand new Dell PIII 1.2Ghz one with 14" screen as part of a fellowship (thank god for "intel academic donations"). I just don't know how long this "best thing" will last ... I am guessing maybe a year?

 

I also got a an MP3 player for my car which is sweeeet as hell. That one should last me at least a couple of years

 

I really do love the "best things" in life... and I do appreciate them a LOT since I most often have to suffer to get them. Otherwise, most likely they wouldn't even be "best things"

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Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving.

Make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!

~Amanda Bradley

 

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

~Robert Louis Stevenson

 

Friendship doubles your joys and divides your sorrows.

~Author unknown

 

Thank You Friend

 

I never came to you, my friend, and went away without

some new enrichment of the heart;

More faith and less of doubt,

more courage in the days ahead.

And often in great need coming to you,

I went away comforted indeed.

How can I find the shining word, the glowing phrase

that tells all that your love has meant to me,

all that your friendship spells?

There is no word, no phrase for you

on whom I so depend.

All I can say to you is this,

God Bless You precious friend.

~Grace Noll Crowell

 

Out of all the treasures in the world there is nothing more

precious than giving someone a piece of your heart.

~Author unknown

 

To love and be loved in return,

is to be born anew.

~Karen Lynn

 

A casual glance...exchanged at what cost?

In that long moment...a lifetime lost.

~Sandi A. Perry

 

Daring Greatly

 

It is not the critic who counts

Not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled

Or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.

The credit goes to the man who is actually in the arena

Whose face is marred by dust and blood

Who strives valiantly

Who errs and comes short again and again.

Who knows great enthusiasms

The great devotions.

Who spends himself in a worthy cause

Who at best knows in the end

the triumph of high achievement

And who at the worst, if he fails

At least fails while Daring Greatly

So that his place shall never be

With the timid souls

Who neither know victory or defeat.

~Theodore Roosevelt

 

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind

And therefore is wing'd cupid painted blind.

~Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

 

Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.

~Goethe

 

People will forget what you said, will forget what you did,

But will never forget how you made them feel.

~Author unknown

 

The best portion of a good man's life is

his little nameless, unremembered

acts of kindness and of love.

~William Wordsworth

 

You cannot do a kindness too soon...

For you never know how soon...

It will be too late.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Don't Quit

 

When things go wrong

as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging

seems all uphill,

When the funds are low,

and the debts are high,

And you want to smile,

but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing

you down a bit...

Rest if you must,

but don't you quit.

 

Success is failure

turned inside out,

The silver tint of

the clouds of doubt,

And you never can tell

how close you are,

It may be near

when it seems afar.

 

So, stick to the fight

when you're hardest hit...

It's when things go wrong

that you mustn't quit.

~Author unknown

 

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

~Elbert Hubbard

 

Expand your mind and you Expand your possibilities.

~Karen Lynn

 

When one door closes, another opens;

but we often look so long and so regretfully

upon the closed door that we do not see

the one which has opened for us.

~Alexander Graham Bell

 

Be not afraid of change: some are born to change,

some achieve change, and some have change thrust upon them.

~Shakespeare

 

Tears are often the telescope by which

men see far into heaven.

~Henry Ward Beecher

 

The soul would have no rainbow,

if the eyes had no tears.

~Author unknown

 

You have to have a darkness...

for the dawn to come.

~Harrison Ford

 

You gain strength, courage and confidence

by every experience in which you really

stop to look fear in the face.

You must do the thing which

you think you cannot do.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

 

The difference between winners and losers is attitude.

~Karen Lynn

 

It All Depends On How You Think

 

If you think you are beaten - you are.

If you think you dare not - you don't.

If you'd like to win but think you can't,

It's almost certain you won't.

If you think you will lose, you've lost,

For out in the world you'll find

Success begins with a fellow's will.

It's all in the state of your mind.

If you think you're outclassed, you are.

You've got to think high to rise.

You've got to be sure of yourself before

You can ever win a prize.

Life's battles don't always go

To the stronger or faster man,

But sooner or later the one who wins

Is the one who thinks he can.

~Author unknown

 

Just think,

you're here not by chance,

but by God's choosing.

His hand formed you

and made you the person you are.

He compares you to no one else.

You are one of a kind.

You lack nothing

that His grace can't give you.

He has allowed you to be here

at this time in history

to fulfill His special purpose

for this generation.

~Roy Lessin

 

The only people with whom you should try to get even

are those who have helped you.

~John E. Southard

 

Friendship is one mind in two bodies. ~Mencius

 

Friends are family you choose for yourself.

~Author unknown

 

'Stay' is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.

~Louisa May Alcott

 

Friendship is like a rainbow between two hearts.

~Author unknown

 

Friendship

There's a miracle of friendship

That dwells within the heart

And you don't know how it happens

Or where it gets its start

But the happiness it brings you

Always gives a special lift

And you realize that friendship is

God's most perfect gift.

~Author unknown

 

A friend is the one who comes in

when the whole world has gone out.

~Grace Pulpit

 

The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.

~Wilson Mizner

 

Love is what's left in a relationship after all the

selfishness has been removed.

~Cullen Hightower

 

Love suffers long

And is kind.

Love envies not.

Seeks not her own.

Thinks no evil.

Bears all things.

Believes all things.

Hopes all things.

Love never fails.

1 Corinthians 13:4-6

 

Love is the reward of love.

~Schiller

 

Love is, above all, the gift of oneself.

~Jean Anouills

 

Love knows not its depth until the hour of separation.

~Kahil Gibran

 

The Rose Beyond The Wall

 

A rose once grew where all could see,

sheltered beside a garden wall.

And, as the days passed swiftly by,

it spread its branches, straight and tall.

 

One day, a beam of light shone through

a crevice that had opened wide.

The rose bent gently toward its warmth

then passed beyond to the other side.

 

Now, you who deeply feel its loss,

be comforted, the rose blooms there.

Its beauty even greater now,

nurtured by God's own loving care.

~Author unknown

(In Loving Memory of my Mother who passed beyond to the other side on 6~26~99)

 

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart

and can sing it back to you

when you have forgotten the words.

~Author unknown

 

The Rose

 

Some say Love...

It is a river that drowns the tender reed

Some say Love...

It is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed

Some say Love...

It is a hunger, an endless aching need

I say Love...

It is a flower, and you its only seed.

It's the heart afraid of breaking

that never learns to dance

It's the dream afraid of waking

that never takes the chance

It's the one who won't be taken,

who cannot seem to give

And the soul afraid of dying

that never learns to live.

When the night has been too lonely

And the road has been too long

And you think that love is only

For the lucky and the strong

Just remember...

In the winter

Far beneath the bitter snows

Lies the seed

That with the sun's love

In the spring

Becomes the Rose.

~lyrics by Amanda McBroom

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We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.”- Maugham

 

"Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget." -G. Randolf

 

"True friends are the people that are there for you unconditionally. They are the people that never question you and support you no matter what the circumstances are. They are the people worth living for." -unknown

 

"Never explain yourself. Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe it." -Belgicia Howell

 

“A real friend is someone who you can sit in complete silence with and still walk away feeling like you just had the best conversation of your life.”

 

“True friendship is when two friends can walk in opposite directions, yet remain side by side.”

 

“Side by side or miles apart, dear friends are always close to the heart.”

 

"We will be friends until forever, just you wait see." - Pooh Bear

 

"My friend, if I could give you one thing, I would wish for you the ability to see yourself as others see you. Then you would realize what a truly special person you are."

 

**"A friend is someone who can see the truth and pain in you even when you are fooling everyone else."—Unknown

 

**"A friend is one who knows all about you and likes you anyway." --Christi Mary Warner

 

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." --Walter Winchell

 

"A true friend is someone who is there for you when they would rather be someplace else." --Len Wein

 

"Friends are like television. Some are like PBS and always asking for money. Others are like the news, with sad tales to tell everyday, some are like that one station with the foreing language; you don't understand a word of it but you listen and watch anyway. And then there are the ones like the commercials, always changes, ever-so-annoying and only seem to be there when you are bored. But every once and a while you meet someone who's like a really good movie of the week or that one tv show you hardly ever get to see anymore because you're so busy. My point is hold on to the friends you care about and since we don't have a remote control to mute someone or just change the channel, pick your friends carefully."

 

"The road to a friend's house is never long." -Danish proverb

 

"Friends. A simple word isn't it? It's uttered everyday to almost every person imaginable. Who are your friends? I used to think that friends were the people that you could laugh and talk to. Now I know that friends aren't that, they're the people that touch ur heart. You could spend hours with them doing nothing at all and it can be the best time of your life, just becuase it was with them. They're the people you can

share your secrets with, cry with, laugh with, and just have fun with. They don't judge you or make you change. They accept you exactly as you are. They look at you and they see a great person, one they love spending time with. You all share something in common and are tied together by memories, tears, laughs and smiles. You're tied together by love for the other. Friendship is the strangest but greatest thing in the world. I find my time with my friends, the best times of my life. My friends are my heart, my soul, my fun, my laughter, tears, love and my life." -Kate Tierney

 

"Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything." -Muhammad Ali

 

**my favorites!!!

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"A mighty pain to love it is, and 'tis a pain that pain to miss; but of all the pains, the greatest pain is to love, but love in vain."

-Abraham Crowley

 

"So much of what we know of love we learn at home."

-unknown

 

"You don't marry someone you can live with - you marry the person who you cannot live without."

-unknown

 

"Love is blind, but friendship closes its eyes."

-unknown

 

"Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction."

-Saint-Exupery

 

"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous."

-Ingrid Bergman

 

"Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies."

-John Donne

 

"He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals."

-Benjamin Franklin

 

"I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love."

-Henry Ward Beecher

 

"Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life."

-Joseph Conrad

 

"True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen."

-La Rochefoucauld

 

"Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?"

-Christopher Marlowe

 

"Tell me whom you love and I will tell you who you are."

-Houssaye

 

"We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together."

-La Bruyere

 

"Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all."

-St. Augustine

 

"To love another person is to see the face of God."

-Les Miserables

 

"Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition."

-Alexander Smith

 

"When we are in love we often doubt that which we most believe."

-La Rochefoucauld

 

"Sympathy constitutes friendship; but in love there is a sort of antipathy, or opposing passion. Each strives to be the other, and both together make up one whole."

-Samuel Taylor Coleridge

 

"Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never."

-Charles Caleb Colton

 

"The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time."

-Lawrence Durrell

 

"There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not."

-La Rochefoucauld

 

"A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love."

-Stendhal

 

"There is no remedy for love but to love more."

-Thoreau

 

"Blushing is the color of virtue."

-Diogenes

 

"Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other."

-Leo F. Buscaglia

 

"Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it."

-Dr. Karl Menninger

 

"Spread love everywhere you go: first of all in your own house. Give love to your children, to your wife or husband, to a next door neighbor... Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting."

-Mother Theresa

[Ara]

Hi qristine I defanitely agree with alot of them the one that strikes me is #13 it is defanitely true. all the times ive been wanting to meet a special girl i never have every time something good happened it was purely accidental (i didnt expect it)

[QRISTINE]

What is destiny???

 

God's plan for you is your destiny; at the end of the tunnel, you look back and see that it was God's will all along."

-- Prof. Carmen Ventanilla

 

"Two years ago, I found my destiny. And yet, so did he, albeit with another. Just as people equate it with greatness, there are those who are also destined for much hurt and pain."

-- Hazel Reside

 

"Our destiny, or fate, is that unknowable, untouchable yet percievable sense of a hand sending you to some place or event. The idea that there is harmony and direction in the midst of chaos."

-- Toby Nebrida

 

"Destiny is believing in God's plan. God allows us to go through things in life for a purpose. He is behind everything that happens in our life. There is a biblical basis for this, Psalm 139, verses 13-16, which says that from the time we were born, God has already planned out our life for us. But this doesn't mean that we should be passive and let things be. In fact, we should even be more appreciative and grateful for the things that happen in our lives, even the burdens and the trials, because these are all part of God's wonderful plan for us.

 

Everything happens for a reason. Every joy, every tear, every triumph, every loss is part of the tapestry of life that God is weaving for us, until we reach the point where our purpose here on earth has been fulfilled."

-- Tala Maralit

 

"Destiny is like gravity. If you're somewhere up and then you stop clinging on to something, certainly you will fall. But whose choice was it to go up and let go? Destiny is not absolute. We make choices all the time."

-- Rene Lopos

 

"Destiny is where we end up as a result of our own free will, which God, in his infinite love, has given us."

-- Cecille Santos

 

"I guess I do believe in end destiny. Life is just so much more romanticized with it. When something good happens, like living your dreams or meeting a soulmate type person, you can always say it was always meant5 to be. And doesn't that sound so much more mystical than 'it just kinda happened.'

 

Believing in destiny also make's life's uncertainties so much easier to bear. I mean you won't really force yourself or a person, because you believe that if it was meant to be, even if you try to run away from it,the stars will still conspire for that single event to happen, or in some cases for you and another being to end up together."

-- Christian Parlade

 

"I believe that life is predominantly in our hands. We cannot blame any other force or some people for what we are and for what happens in our lives. But I also accept that there are some givens in our life, like we are born in a particular point in history, at a particular place, to particular parents. Many things of nature have special characteristics which we cannot change, like the sun rises in the east, water runs downwards, a day has only 24 hours, etc. This is what we call nature. But we still have the power to adapt ourselves to this nature and direct our own life."

-- Father William Maria

 

"DESTINY IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT. KARMA, THE LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECT, IS ONLY THE MECHANISM OF DESTINY. WHATEVER YOU THINK, FEEL, DO OR SAY HAS AN EFFECT, GOOD OR BAD. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE CHOICES WE MAKE IN ANY GIVEN LIFETIME. BECAUSE THE OUTCOME OF THE EFFECTS OF OUR DECISIONS, WE SHALL EXPERIENCE IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, IN THE DISTANT FUTURE, OR EVEN IN A FUTURE LIFE.

 

WE EXERCISE FREE WILL IN EACH MOMENT. MOMENT TO MOMENT, WE CREATE OUR DESTINY. AND IN THE END, WE ARE ONLY A PRODUCT OF THE CHOICES WE MAKE."

-- AUGUST TAMBUNTING