Great Sayings

Your past doesn’t have to dictate who you are, but it can help you discover who you’re meant to be.

I don’t think you ever really fall out of love with someone. I think when you fall in love, like true love, its love for life. All the rest is just experience and delusions.

Today, earlier this morning, before she went into a coma that her doctors say she will not awaken from, my 88 year old mom wrote this as the final entry in her journal: “No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, which makes us more worthy to be at peace as lay at our final resting place. And thankfully, I have found this peace.”

Today, on the one year anniversary of the car accident that left me with sever back problems and no best friend, I woke up crying again. My older brother heard me and came into my room quietly. As I tried to pull myself together, he sat down next to me, put his hand on my shoulder, and said, “Keep crying Katie. It’s OK. Crying doesn't indicate that you’re weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you're still alive.”

Today, my grandmother told me, “Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come.”

Maybe we were supposed to meet the wrong people before meeting the right one so that, when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift. 

Maybe it is true that we don't know what we have until we lose it, but it is also true that we don't know what we have been missing until it arrives. 

Maybe the brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; after all, you can't go on
successfully in life until you let go of your past mistakes, failures and heartaches. 

Maybe you should hope for enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, and enough hope to make you happy. 

Maybe the happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. 

Maybe the best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had. 

Maybe happiness waits for all those who cry, all those who hurt, all those who have searched, and all those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of all the people who have touched their lives. 

May be you should do something nice for someone every single day, even if it is simply to leave them alone. 

Maybe there are moments in life when you miss someone - a parent, a spouse, a friend, a child, so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real, so that once

they are around you appreciate them more.

Maybe, giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they will love you back. Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart; but, if it doesn't, be content that it grew in yours. 

Maybe you should dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go, be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you dream of, and want to do. 

"Life is only travelled ONCE; Today, MOMENT becomes Tomorrow, MEMORY.
Enjoy every moment, good or bad, because the GIFT of LIFE is LIFE itself."

I Believe that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. 
And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do love each other.

I Believe that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.

I Believe that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you, every once in a while 
and you must forgive them for that.

I Believe that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.

I Believe that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.

I Believe that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

I Believe that you should always leave loved ones with Loving words. It may be the last time you see them.

I Believe that you can keep going long after you think you can't.

I Believe that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

I Believe that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I Believe that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, 
regardless of the consequences.

I Believe that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.

I Believe that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up. 

I Believe that sometimes when I'm angry, I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

I Believe that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had 
And what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.

I Believe that it isn't always enough, to be forgiven by others. Sometimes, you have to learn to forgive yourself.

I Believe that no matter how bad your heart is broken, the world doesn't stop for your grief.

I Believe that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but, we are responsible for who we become.

I Believe that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.

I Believe two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

I Believe that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.

I Believe that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, 
you will find the strength to help.

I Believe that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

I Believe that the people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.

If you're mad with someone and nobody's there to fix the situation, you fix it. Maybe today, that person still wants to be your friend. And if u doesn't, tomorrow can be too late. 
 

If you're in love with somebody, but that person doesn't know, tell her/him. Maybe today, that person is also in love with you. And if you don't say it, tomorrow can be too late.

If you still love a person that you think has forgotten you, tell her/him. Maybe that person has always loved you. And if you don't tell her/him today, tomorrow can be too late.

If you need a hug of a friend, ask her/him for it. Maybe they need it more than you do. And if you don't ask for it today, tomorrow can be too late.

If you really have friends who you appreciate, tell them. Maybe they appreciate you as well.

That if you don't and they leave or go far away today, tomorrow can be too late.

If you love your parents, and never had the chance to show them, do it. Maybe you have them there to show them how you feel. That if you don't and they leave today, and then tomorrow can be too late.

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway

If you are kind, people may accuse you of being selfish, and having ulterior motives. Be kind anyway

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies. Succeed anyway.

What you spend years building, someone may try to destroy overnight. Build anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you. Be honest and frank anyway

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow. Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you have anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it’s between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

We are never given dreams without also being given the power to make them come true.

The greatest regrets in our lives are the risks we did not take. If you think something will make you happy, go for it. Remember that you pass this way only once!

True love doesn't have a happy ending. That's because true love doesn't have an ending. A heart truly in love never loses hope but always believes in the promise of love, no matter how long the time and how far the distance.

God never closes a door without opening a window. He always gives us something better when he takes something away.

The recipe of friendship: 1 cup of sharing, 2 cups of caring, 1 cup of forgiveness and hugs of tenderness. Mix all these together...to make friends forever.         

Happiness is like perfume, you can't pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.

Friends are like stars. You can't always see them, but you know they are there. Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare to live them. Have tremendous expectations and believe in them.

Love has its own time, season and own reasons! You can't ask it to stay, you can only embrace it as it comes and be glad that for a moment in your life it was yours!

As I look back on my past, I remember the tears I cried, the jokes I laughed at, the things I missed and lost, but there's one thing I'll never regret: it’s the day you became my friend.

As long as we have memories, yesterday remains, as long as we have hope, tomorrow awaits. As long as we have friendship, each day is never a waste.

Life is like a box of Coconuts, you'll never know if its crushed or not.

Did you know that those who appear to be very strong in heart, are real weak and most susceptible?
 

Did you know that those who spend their time protecting others are the ones that really need someone to protect them?

Did you know that the three most difficult things to say are:

1. I love you.

2. I’m sorry.

3. Help me.

Did you know that those who dress in red are more confident in themselves?

Did you know that those who dress in yellow are those that enjoy their beauty?

Did you know that those who dress in black, are those who want to be unnoticed and need your help and understanding?

Did you know that when you help someone, the help is returned in two folds?

Did you know that it's easier to say what you feel in writing than saying it to someone in the face? But did you know that it has more value when you say it to their face?

Did you know that if you ask for something in faith, your wishes are granted?

Did you know that you can make your dreams come true, like falling in love, becoming rich, staying healthy, if you ask for it by faith, and if you really knew, you'd be surprised by what you could do.

I love you not for who you are but who I am when I am by your side.

No person deserves your tears and who deserves them won’t make you cry.

Just because someone doesn’t love you as you wish, it doesn’t mean you are not loved with all his/her being.

A true friend is the one who holds your hand and touches your heart.

Never stop smiling, not even when you are sad, someone might fall in love with your smile.

You may only be a person in this world, but for someone you are the world.

Don’t spend time with someone who doesn’t care spending it with you.

May be God wants you to meet many wrong people before you meet the right one, so when this happens, you will be thankful.

Don’t cry because it came to an end. Smile because it happened.

There will always be people who will hurt you, but you need to continue trusting, just be careful.

Become a better person and be sure to know who you are before meeting someone new and hoping that person knows who you are.

Don’t struggle so much, best things happen when not expected.

It is madness...

To hate all roses because you got scratched with one thorn...

To give up on your dreams because one didn’t come true...

To lose faith in prayers because one was not answered...

To give up on your efforts because one of them failed...

To condemn all your friends because one betrayed you...

Not to believe in love because someone was unfaithful or didn’t love you back...

To throw away all your chances to be happy because you did not succeed on the first attempt....

The present moment is the most precious thing there is.

Wherever you are, be there totally.

Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness.

Don’t take life so seriously.

Love is not to be found outside of you.

The more you dwell on the negative, the more obsessed with negative things your mind becomes.

When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. 

Letting go requires strength and a lot of courage.

You are a Human Being not a human doing. In today’s rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just Being.

Give up defining yourself and others. Defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself.

Where there is true love, there is no ego.

Whatever you fight, you strengthen, and what you resist, persists.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

Every addiction starts with pain and ends with pain.

Seek to live authentically.

We don’t “see” God as He is, we see God as we are. Man made God in his own image.

Seeking is the antithesis of happiness. Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace? Yes. Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not.

What you give is what you get.

Any action is often better than no action.

If you make the fountain pure, all will be pure.

The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly.

Worry is a waste of time.

If the structures of the human mind remain unchanged, we will always end up re-creating the same world.