Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence--neither speed up nor slow down,
add to or diminish--it is an imponderably valuable gift.
No one is guaranteed happiness. Life just gives each person time and space. It's up to us to fill it with joy.
See into life--Don't just look at it.
We make a living by what we get. But we make a life by what we give.
You see things that are and say "why?". But i dream things that never were and say "why not?"
If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.
Life is a tragedy for those who feel; and a comedy for those who think.
Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
Everyday we are given stones. But what do we build? Is it a bridge or is it a wall?
If you believe everything you read, you better not read.
A kindness done today is the surest way to a brighter tomorrow.
The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most underemployed,
talent in the world.
A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person
"Always do what what you are afraid to do. The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Truth is beautiful, without doubt, but so are lies.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Time is a great teacher but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
Never argue with a fool--people might not know the difference.
Stolen sweets are always sweeter, Stolen kisses much completer, Stolen looks are nice in chapels, Stolen, Stolen be your apples!
Oh threats of hell and hopes of paradise! One thing at least is certain--This life flies; One thing is certain and the rest is lies; The flower that once has bloom for ever dies!
Lovely the rose; and yet it's beauty time deflowers: Lovely is spring the violet- but brief its hours. White the lily but- but fast it falls, and fades away: White is the snow- but it melts from earth's face where it lay: Lovely the loveliness of youth- yet lives but for a day!
It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
Friendship is when people know all about you but like you anyway.
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.
Friends are needed both for joy and sorrow.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
From quiet homes and first beginning, Out of the undiscovered ends, There's nothing worth the wear of winning, But laughter and the love of friends.
I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but i cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.
Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things in life.
Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity.
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.
All love that has not friendship for its base, Is like a mansion built upon the sand.
Take the clouds from your eyes and see me as I really am.
Yesterday is a cancelled check, Tomorrow is a promissory note, Today is cash.....spend it wisely.
It is the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.
God gives us our relatives--Thank God we can choose our friends.
Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible -- it cannot be seen or
measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than
any material possession could.
Not all of us have to possess earthshaking talent. Just common sense and love will do.
Flatter me and I may not believe you. Criticize me and I may not like you. Ignore me and I may not forgive you. Encourage me and I may not forget you
Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease,
and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair.
Faith makes all things possible. Love makes all things easy. Hope makes all things work.
You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.
It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble, how hopeless the outlook, how
muddled the tangle, how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all.
Dream as if you will live forever. Live as if you will die today.
Love is like pi -- natural, irrational, and very important.
Falling in love is like catching knives. In time, you can learn to do it without hurting yourself every time. It's still a dangerous proposition, though.
What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I
have only my own burden to bear.
Allow time for work, it is the price of success. Allow time to read, it is the foundation of knowledge. Allow time for love, it is the sacrament of life. Allow time for play, it is the secret of youth.
Loneliness is the biggest fear of my life.