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Any change, any loss, does not make us victims. Others can shake you, surprise you, disappoint you, but they can't prevent you from acting, from taking the situation you're presented with and moving on. No matter where you are in life, no matter what your situation, you can always do something. You always have a choice and the choice can be power.

"Are we going to be friends forever?" Asked Piglet. "Even longer", Pooh answered.

As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

Be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.

Be happy for this moment; this moment is your life.

Beauty begins in you head, not in the mirror,

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.

Do or Do Not...there is no try

Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.

Driver picks the music, shotgun shuts his cakehole.

Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

"Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it." - The Duchess from Alice in Wonderland

"Fantasy is more important than knowledge, because knowledge has its boundaries"

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

"How noble and good everyone could be if, at the end of each new day, they were to review their own behaviour and weigh up the rights and wrongs. They would automatically try to do better at the start of each new day and, after a while, would certainly accomplish a great deal more. Those who don't know will have to find out by experience that "a quiet conscience gives you strength" ~Anne Frank June, 1944

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

I look forward to the day I can look back on today and laugh

"I will not die a life not Lived. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance; to live so that which comes to me as seed goes to the next as blossom and that which comes to me as blossom, goes on as fruit."

I'm already rich, someday I may have money.

I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.

If God wanted us to bend over, he'd put diamonds on the floor.

If wrinkles must be written upon our brow, let them not be written upon the heart; the spirit should never grow old.

If you keep on doing what you've always done, you'll keep on getting what you've always got.

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were

If your gut feels it, listen to it. It's usually smarter than any other part of your body.

In my heart, I think a woman has two choices: either she's a feminist or a masochist.

It is better to begin in the evening than not at all.

It is never too late to live happily ever after.

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

It will be alright in the end. If it's not alright, it's not the end.

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Laugh as much as you breath and love as long as you live

"Leave more for others to follow... then footprints in the water."

"Life can't give me Joy and Peace; it's up to me to will it... Life gives me Time and Space; it's up to me to fill it."

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Love is not something tied to good times in life. Love is the string that keeps life tied together when the bad times come.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It's a way of entering into the quiet that's already there—buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day.

Meekness isn't weakness; it's just strength under control.

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.

"No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit."

"Nobody were born to be parents, we only become one when we have children"... note:Thus we learn along and commit mistakes with then until we wake up one day and be better. Ask forgiveness too on all your mistakes for children to learn better how to be parents someday.

Nothing ever changes without change.

Our lives begin to end the day that we become silent about the things that matter.

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it is too dark to read.

Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Say what you Mean. Mean what you say, But... don't say it Mean.

"Seek respect mainly from thyself, for it comes first from within." ~Steven H. Coogler

"Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.”

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

Temptation are seen at a distance never near

That it will never come again, is what makes life so sweet.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

The best proof of love is trust.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.

"The dream never dies, only the dreamer." I'm not sure if my Momma made this up or was told this by someone else. But she always uses it when times get tough.

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet

The hardest part in life is when you have to lie to yourself

The heart is wiser than the intellect.

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, gift or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am...

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference."

The power of imagination makes us infinite.

The world is but a canvas to the imagination.

To make the right choices in life, you have to get in touch with your soul. To do this, you need to experience solitude, which most people are afraid of, because in the silence you hear the truth and know the solutions.

We can do anything! The impossible just takes a little longer.

We should be lenient in our judgement, b/c often the mistakes of others would have been ours had we had the opportunity to make them.

"What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others remains, and is immortal."

What's gone and what's past help should be past grief.

Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt and dance like no one is watching

"You are always a valuable, worthwhile human being -- not because somebody says so, not because you're successful, not because you make a lot of money -- but because you decide to believe it and for no other reason."

You are what you are and where you are because of what goes into your mind. You change what you are and where you by changing what goes into your mind.

You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying over the future.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

Just living is not enough,' said the butterfly, 'one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.

A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.

A conversation does not have to be long to be significant!

A good friend is a umbrella for the soul.

A hundred years from now it won't matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove . . . but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a CHILD.

A little rebellion now and then is a good thing.

A man is not where he lives, but where he loves.

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small package.

A Note To Myself "Do not make knowledge your companion, while not allowing humility to walk beside it, for one is never really complete without the other."

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

A person's world is only as big as their heart

A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, you can't see something that's above you.

A short saying often contains much wisdom

A stitch in time saves nine

A truth that's told with bad intent, beats all the lies you can invent.

A vision without a task is but a dream, a task without a vision is drudgery, a vision and a task is the hope of the world.

A wise companion is half the journey.

A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.

A wise man makes his own decisions. An ignorant man follows public opinion.

A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?

A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.

A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need the advice.

Accept the place that divine Providence has found for you.

All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot.

All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

ALL THAT IS "RIGHT" BECOMES REAL... WHEN ALL THAT IS "REAL" BECOMES RIGHT!

All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Alone time is when I distance myself from the voices of the world so I can hear my own.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

Always follow your dreams - even if you fall down on the way.

Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.

Always remember that the person is more important than the point. If you keep the person you can eventually make your point. But if you loose the person you will never able to make your point.

An empty space can be the whole world to person with vast experience in life..and Peace is the greatest gift to beside with at sunset...

An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.

And though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good.

Any food not fit to wear is not fit to eat.

As you partake of the world's bill of fare, that's darned good advice to follow. Do a lot of spitting out the hot air. And be careful what you swallow.

As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point in the wrong direction!

As you slide down the bannister of life, may the splinters never point in the wrong direction. Irish Blessing

Asking the right questions, instead of asking for the right answers, allows us to know the function rather than the effect of our choices

Be careful about the things you say...it might doom you in the end. If you feel you have not been treated well ..even in silence justice will prevail.

Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you; you must acquire it.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

Be not overcome by evil. But overcome evil with good. --St. Paul

Be the change you want to see in the world

Be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss

Be who you are and say what you think, because those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.

be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.

Beauty passes. Wisdom remains.

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories. --John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

Being good is admirable, but doing good is useful.

Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expert.

Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.

Blood is inherited and virtue is acquired.

Bloom where you are planted!

But goodness alone is never enough. A hard cold wisdom is required, too, for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom invariably accomplishes evil.

By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.

By words the mind is excited and the spirit elated.

Can't Never Could

Caution is the oldest child of wisdom.

Cherish yesterday, dream about tomorrow, love today!

Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color, choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.

Committing a great truth to memory is admirable; committing it to life is wisdom.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Consider this before you negotiate: Pigs get fat but Hogs get slaughtered.

Continual cheerfulness is a sign of wisdom.

Courage is fear that has said its prayers.

Create a vision and never let the environment, other people’s beliefs, or the limits of what has been done in the past shape your decisions. Ignore conventional wisdom.

Creativity is a central source of meaning on our lives... most of the things that are interesting, important, and human are the results of creativity... when we are involved in it, we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of live.

Creativity is not restricted to art. Use your mind to see new, untried ways to improve everything you do!

Creativity it has been said, consist largely of re-arranging what we know in order to find out what we do not know.

Cunning….is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Dance like nobody is watching

Deep doubts, deep wisdom, small doubts little wisdom.

Delay is hateful, but it gives wisdom.

Did I walk past the person today who could have changed my life, because he/she did not look the way I expected?

Dip your tongue in wisdom, then give counsel.

Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.

DO LOOK BACK AND REGRET THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE IN LIFE,REGRET THE THING YOU DIDN'T DO BUT HAD THE CHANCE TO

Do not waste one moment of time looking for someone to "complete" you, but rather search for the completeness God has already placed within you.

Do one thing everyday that scares you.

Doing an injury puts you below your enemy Revenging one makes you but even with him; Forgiving it sets you above him.

Don't be so open minded that your brain falls out.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Don't Forget, We Only Get What We Give..

Don't hesitate - Do it right now! The best way to get something done is to begin! Make a change in your life right this minute!

Don't ignore the small things - the kite flies because of it's tail.

Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be Unique. Be what you feel.

Don't look for greatness and glory, let them speak about you.

don't rely on your memory....it's a net full of holes, many prizes slip through it.

Don’t gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold.

Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom.

Dream like you will live forever, Live like you may die today.

Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Even if a man has a good character, it is of no use for him to deny what is said of him, for he is not considered an impartial judge of himself.

Every path has its puddle. ~

Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future.

Every sorrow endured, every fear conquered, every challenge faced made my forebears who they were and made me who I am.

Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson

Family faces are magic mirrors. Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present and future.

Feel life with a spiritual heart and you will find the key to your soul ......

Few burdens are heavy when everybody lifts.

Find the person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them and you have found a lover for life.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Following the path of least resistance makes rivers and men crooked.

For all I am or ever want to be is woven in my tapestry of life which only the master weaver sees.

For every sin, Satan has an excuse.

For the love of the world, you have to open your heart.

Forgive for your own inner peace, not for their peace of mind.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

Friendship, books, a cheerful heart, and conscience clear, are the most choice companions we have here. --William Mather

God gave us to ears and one mouth so we can hear twice as much as we say.

God grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference.

God hides things by putting them all around us.

Good people are good because they have come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know.

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.

Great men are not always wise.

Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.

Great minds have been fostered entirely by staying close to home. Moses never got further than the Promised Land. --James Morris

Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.

Great necessities call out great virtues.

Great people talk about ideas. Average people talk about things. Small people talk about other people.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious.

Growth in wisdom may be exactly measured by decease in bitterness.

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.

He who does not hope to win has already lost.

He who has begun is half done. Dare to be wise; begin!

He who wishes to secure the goods of others has already secured his own.

Hindsight, usually looked down upon, is probably as valuable as foresight, since it does include a few facts.

Home is an invention on which no one has yet improved. --Ann Douglas

Honor is better than honors.

Hope is ours for the taking every single minute. It's the assurance that things will make sense when there's no sense to make of things.

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship.

I am not afraid of tomorrow for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I wish to be, But, by the grace of God, I am not what I used to be

I am not young enough to know everything.

I am only one But still I am one. I cannot do everything, But still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.

I am the spirit's janitor. All I do is wipe the windows a bit so you can see out for yourself.

I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.

I don't act- I react.

I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life; I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

I have so much I can teach her and pull out of her. I would say you might encounter defeats but you must never be defeated. I would teach her to love a lot. Laugh at the silliest things and be very serious. I would teach her to love life. I could do that.

I hear and I forget I see, and I remember I do, and I understand.

I heard money talk once it said Goodbye

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I went into the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life... to put to out all that was not life; and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

I'm afraid sometimes you'll play lonely games too, games you can't win because you'll play against you.

I'm sorry to say so but, sadly it's true that bang-ups and hang-ups can happen to you.

If ever there is a tomorrow when we're not together there is something you must always remember. "You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter then you think. But most important thing is, even if we're apart I'll always be with you."

If only eating is a good habit, then everyone is healthy.

If there wasn't a mess to show for hours of inspiration, there probably wasn't much art to show for it either...

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.

If we knew what were doing, it wouldn't be called Research.

If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.

If you do not listen to your father, you won't know what your grandfather has said.

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

If you don't succeed the first time, you are normal!

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything!!!!

If you think education is expensive - try ignorance.

If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; if you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid

If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

In youth we learn; in old age we understand.

Integrity is not something you can buy. If you could, then you don't have it!

It is in changing that things find purpose.

It is not down on any map; true places never are.

It is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do that is the secret of happiness.

It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.

It is our choices that show who we truly are, far more than our abilities.

It is the wise mother who gives her child roots and wings.

It is wisdom to see through the eyes of the heart.

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan

It's nice to hear Praises, after which you should reflect upon if you deserve it.

It's not about the egos. It's about the results. Focus on the business. Ignore personalities.

It's not the big things done with little heart, It's the little things done with big heart.

It's not what people call you It's what you answer to.

It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up - that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.

Its not what you say. Its how you say it.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people. ~Martina Navratilova

LIFE IS NOT A MATTER OF CHANCE'S ITS A MATTER OF CHOICE

Life is too serious to be taken seriously

Life is what happens while we are busy making other plans.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about CREATING yourself.

Life isn't about how to survive the storm. It's about how to dance in the rain.

Life isn't like a box of chocolates. It's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow.

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.

Life will be your treasure box, filled with the sparkle of laughter, the gleam of adventure, the shine of discovery, the flash of magic. And through all these jewels streams the steady glow of love.

Life's a dance you learn as you go.

Life, Liberty... and the pursuit of coziness

Light tomorrow with today.

Like hide-and-go-seek: the future curves toward the past then folds back again, seamlessly, always expressing itself in the present tense.

Like water, be gentle and strong. Be gentle enough to follow the natural paths of the earth, and strong enough to rise up and reshape the world.

Listening to your heart is not simple. Finding out who you are is not simple. It take s a lot of hard work and courage to get to know who you are and what you want.

Look where it is and if it isn't there, it's lost.

Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worth while.

LOVE in the past - is only a memory LOVE in the future - is only a fantasy TRUE LOVE just lives in the here and now

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

Man plans, God laughs.

May you get all your wishes but one so you always have something to strive for!

Money never did buy happiness, and credit cards aren't doing much better

Most of the shadows in this life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

Mountains of gold would not seduce some men, yet flattery would break them down.

Murphy's Law of Scrapbooking... - If something with adhesive will fall...it will always fall, glue-side, face-down!

My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.

My life cannot implement in action the demands of all the people to whom my heart responds.

My life is my message.

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior Spirit who reveals Himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.

Nana I ke kumu "Look to the source"

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself. ~Harvey Fierstein

Never borrow sorrow from tomorrow!

Never drive faster than your Guardian Angel can fly.

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.

Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won't have a leg to stand on.

Never say you don't know - nod wisely, leave calmly, then run like hell to find the nearest expert.

No killing, no lying, no stealing and no getting into someone's personal space uninvited.

No object is mysterious. The mystery in in your eye.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. --Helen Keller

No problem can withstand the sustained power of great attitudes, they are like ripples in water…they spread.

Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There’s too much fraternizing with the enemy.

Normal-Define Normal. Who is normal? Everyone has their own interpretation of normal. Never assume one is normal over yourself. Normal is whatever you want it to be for yourself.

Not all who wander are lost. --J.R.R. Tolkien

Nothing is a waste of time as long as you use the time wisely.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.

Nothing is worth more than this day.

Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.

Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind, or forgotten.

One day at a time.....it may seem like a long process but the end result is ALWAYS worth it.

One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honor or observation.

one should never walk and talk at the same time for they may trip over their own words.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Only those who look with the eyes of a child can lose themselves in the object of their wonder...

Opinions are the loose change atop the world's dresser, everyone throws in their two cents.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

Opposites are extensions of themselves, like two opposing hands of the same body; one opposite implies the other.

Our best decisions, the ones that we never regret, come from listening to ourselves.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be??

Our first teacher is our own heart.

Out of debt, out of danger

Pain makes man think. Thought makes man wise. Wisdom makes life endurable.

Patience is a virtue that carries a lot of wait.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

People often fail to solve problems not because the problems are unsolvable but because they give up prematurely.

People only see what they are prepared to see

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

People that teach are Educators. People that have ideas are Visionaries. People that gossip are nobody. Stay connected with the Wise.

Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things.

Quarrels never could last long If on one side were all the wrong.

Really great (people) make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Relationships are like restaurants, you don't stop eating out just because you got a bad meal in one.

Remember that in all things - What you think of as a mistake is only a chance to use your imagination and ingenuity.

Remember...We are not here to help them grow but to witness them grow....to stand and watch in awe.

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

Saying is one thing, doing is another.

Second thoughts are ever wiser.

Seeing is different than being told.

Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom ...

Some children are a handful because too seldom they are an armful.

Sometimes even a poorest man leaves his children the rich inheritance of humility and hope.”

Sometimes its easier to put on slippers then carpet the world.

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.

Sometimes the most real THINGS...are the THINGS we can not see.

Sometimes you look at a person and see a cynical snake. Someone else sees a joyful lover. You're both right!

Success is to those who lead, but of course, followers would disagree.

The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise, we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.

The best things in life are not things.

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little

The days will always start the way you like it to.....and ends better if only you tried

The difference between the clever man and the wise man is that the clever man can extracate himself from difficult and intricate situations that the wise man would never have gotten into in the first place.

The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope.

The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

The grass may be greener on the other side, but it has to be mowed there too!

The HEART must only loves a Certain One...it turns weak if it loves two..If it caters to more, it dies wanting to be free. Finding a heart is not a choice..it's fate

The highest form of wisdom is kindness

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbors, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

The journey is the reward. --Taoist proverb

The kind of ancestors we had is not as important as the kind descendants or ancestors have.

The more you ask how much longer it will take, the longer the journey will seem. --Maori proverb

The more you share with others, the more they'll share with you.

The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself. --Thales, Greek philosopher

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing...Say a prayer for all those who stand up for what's fair and moral.

The past is always going to be the way it was...stop trying to change it.

The poorest service is repaid with thanks.

The principal use of the body is to carry the brain around; and the brain is what we are.

The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The meaning of life is to give it away.

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself. ~Rita Mae Brown, Venus Envy

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

The Truth is out there...It's just not much fun.

The ultimate mystery is one's own self.

The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.

There is a close connection between getting up in the world and getting up in the morning.

There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. - The Matrix

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

There is more to life than getting your nuts....but not much.

There's a path that leads to Nowhere In a meadow that I know, Where an inland river rises And the stream is still and slow; There it wanders under willows And beneath the silver green Of the birches' silent shadows Where the early violets lean.... All the ways that lead to Somewhere Echo with the hurrying feet of the Struggling and the Striving, But the way I find so sweet Bids me dream and bids me linger - Joy and Beauty are its goal; On the path that leads to Nowhere I have sometimes found my soul.

They are able because they think they are able.

Things do not change; we change.

This above all; to thine own self be true

This world is but a canvas to our imaginations."

Though we travel the world over. To find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.

time is precious...waste it wisely

To be wise is to know and do the will of God.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

TO FIND A RAINBOW IN YOUR LIFE...YOU HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE RAIN...

To have what we want, is riches; but to be able to do without, is power.

To kill a young mans point of view is to kill his only friend

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

Today is the best preparation we have for what tomorrow may bring.

Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.

Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the year.

Too blessed to be stressed, too annointed to be disappointed!

Too much complaining leaves little time for doing.

Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.

Trouble knocked on the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.

Use the right word, not its second cousin.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

WATCH YOUR THOUGHTS; THEY BECOME WORDS WATCH YOUR WORDS; THEY BECOME ACTIONS WATCH YOUR ACTIONS; THEY BECOME HABITS WATCH YOUR HABITS; THEY BECOME CHARACTER WATCH YOUR CHARACTER; IT BECOMES YOUR DESTINY

We all live under the same sky, but we don't have the same horizon.

We always attract into our lives whatever we think about most, believe in most strongly, expect on the deepest level, and imagine most vividly.

We are all teachers, or should be. Anyone who relays experience to another person is a teacher. Not to transmit your experience is to betray it.

We are inevitably our brother's keeper because we are our brother's brother. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.

We are shaped and fashioned by the things we love.

We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams. World-losers and world-forsakers, Upon whom the pale moon gleams; Yet we are the movers and shakers, Of the world forever, it seems.

We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine.”

We can explain it to you, but we can't understand it for you.

We get to a certain age, and then the rest of our lives we do everything we can to get back to the way we were when we were little... using wisdom to come back to innocence. --Kate Bush

We have been working in a foreign land for a couple of years, and repatriation of profits would certainly generate revenue growth when many of us have finally settled down in our place of origin. Such measures are desirable and essential for a developing country like Philippines. - Alon Calinao Dy

We really need only five things on this earth. Some food, some sun, some work, some fun and someone.

We were born crying... we must learn to laugh.

Well behaved women seldom make history!

What can be said in a hundred words could be better express in a single touch..or a single smile ..

What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time. It is the little shadow which runs acrross the grass and loses itself in the Sunset.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.

What we have learned from others becomes our own by reflection.

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose ~all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?

What you do makes a difference; and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

What you have to tell yourself is, I'm not a failure. I failed at doing something. There's a big difference.

Whatever you do in the future is not a denial of the past.

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, Reminding me that I can only have peace of mind When I forgive rather than judge.

When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange --- my youth.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

When people say, "this is our land!" I just smiled because this is where they'll be buried.

When the axe came into the forest, the trees said, 'The handle is one of us.'

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb

When the issue is not clearly right or wrong, ask yourself what is wise.

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

When you bury the hatchet, don't mark the spot.

When you teach your children to be responsible...the result pinches a bit when it’s their turn to be parents…... when you become LAST ON THEIR LIST and their family comes first.....yet I'd rather see them know their priorities and succeed in life...like I did.

When your mind goes blank, be sure to turn off the sound.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot about little puppies.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Wisdom has two parts: having a lot to say, and not saying it.

Wisdom is child of pain, and born with many a tear.

Wisdom is to live beyond knowledge and understanding.

Woman is woman's natural ally.

Words are a heavy thing...they weigh you down. If birds talked, they couldn't fly. Northern Exposure, On Your Own, 1992

Worrying about something that may never happen is like paying interest on money you may never borrow.

You are not Beautiful on the outside until you are Beautiful on the inside.

You are what you pretend to be, so be careful what you pretend to be.

You can buy flattery, but envy must be earned.

You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

You never know how much one decicion can change someone elses life

You will recognize your own path when you come upon it, because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need.”

You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?

“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” Walter Bagehot

“It seems that there is never enough time to do it right, but there is always time to fix it.”

“Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.”

“True compassion does not come from wanting to help out those less fortunate than ourselves but from realizing our kinship with all beings.”

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