"Today, after years of struggling with the shame of being different-a shame I think all gay people grow up with-I've learned that my difference is often my strength." Dorthy Atcheson
"It's better to know it and not need it, than to need it and not know it" Unknown
"Nothing beats a failure but a TRY" Unknown
"Life is what you make of it" Unknown
"Luck is what happens when Preparation and Oppurtunity meet" Unknown
"Stories are like fairy gold. The more you give away, the more you have" Polly McGuire
"A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away" Oscar Hammerstein
"We can only learn to love by loving" Iris Murdoch
"To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides" David Viscott
"Never part without loving words to think of durning your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in life." Jean Paul Richter
"Life isn't a matter of milestones but of moments." Rose Kennedy
"If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money on them." Abigail Van Buren
"To understand your parents' love, you must raise children yourself." Chinese Proverb
"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children: one of these is roots, the other wings." Hodding Carter
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible!" Walt Disney (now you know i had to include him somewhere!)
"A true friend is the greatest of all blessings and the one which we take the least thought to acquire." Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucald
"Persons thankful for little things are certain to be the ones with much to be thankful for" Frank Clark
"You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try." Beverly Sills
"If I could wish for my life to be perfect, it would be tempting but I would have to decline, for life would no longer teach me anything." Allyson Jones from a Hallmark Shoebox Greeting Card
"Remember, we all stumble, everyone of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand." Emily Kimbrough
"When faced with a decision-Decide. When faced with a choice-Choose. Sitting on the fence will leave you too tense because you neither win or lose!" Barry Spilchuk
"The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're still alive." O. A. Battista
"Children reinvent your world for you." Susan Sarandon
"The more we give of anything, the more we shall get back." Grace Speare
"You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted." Ruth E. Renkl
"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you." Winnie the Pooh
"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost." Charles Caleb Colton
"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend." Albert Camus.
"Strangers are just friends waiting to happen."
"Friends are the Bacon Bits in the Salad Bowl of Life."
"Friendship is one mind in two bodies." Mencius
"Friends are God's way of taking care of us."
If you should die before me, ask if you could bring a friend." Stone Temple Pilots
"I'll lean on you and you lean on me and we'll be okay." Dave Matthews Band
"If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them"
"Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say."
"We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere" Tim McGraw
"My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life." Lee Iacocca
"Hold a true friend with both your hands." Nigerian Proverb
A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words." unknown
Some of these quotes were taken from the book A Cup of Chicken Soup for the Soul One of my Favorite Series of Books. Buy one and read it. It's good!
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