Introduction"Life isn't about keeping score. It's not about how many people call you and it's not about who you've dated, are dated, or haven't dated at all. It isn't about who you've kissed, what sport you play, or which guy or girl likes you. It's not about your shoes or your hair or the color of your skin or where you live or where you go to school. In fact it's not about grades, money, clothes or colleges that accept you or not. Life isn't about if you have lots of friends, or if you are alone, and it's not about how accepted or unaccepted you are. Life just isn't about that. But life is about who you love and who you hurt. It's about how you feel about yourself. It's about trust, happiness and compassion. It's about sticking up for your friends and replacing inner hate with love. Life is about avoiding jealousy, overcoming ignorance, and buidling confidence. It's about what you say and what you mean. Its about seeing people for who they are and not what they have. Most of all, it is about choosing to use your life to touch someone else's in a way that could never have been achieved otherwise. These choices are what life's about."
From "Chicken Soup For The Teenage Soul"
The Quotes
"Life seems to be the hardest question when, even just as soon as you've figured out the answer, the question changes."
"The only lessons in life you learn are the ones you regret."
"The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye...the story of love is hello and goodbye."
"You make believe that nothing is wrong until your cryin, you make believe that life is so long until your dying." - Limp Bizkit
"Things turn out best for the people who make the least of how things turn out."
"You spend your whole life believing your on the right track, only to discover your on the wrong train."
"You're running faster than I ever could, I guess your right, I guess I don't understand . . . but what I know is, you can run as fast and as far as you want and it won't make any difference in the end."
"It's true that we don't know what we've got till its gone, but its also true we dont know what were missing until it arrives."
"Life is made up of small pleasures, Happiness is made up of those tiny successes, The big ones come infrequently, and if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones really don't mean anything."
"Nothing really matters until your dead."
"Sometimes it seems like we're all living in some sort of prison and the crime is how much we hate ourselves, it's good to get really dressed up once in a whileand admit the truth. That when you look really closely, people are all strangely beatiful . . possibly even me." MSCL
"This life has been a test, if it were an actual life we would have received instructions on where to go and what to do." MSCL
"No one cares if your miserable so you might as well just be happy."
"There are three words that sum up life: it goes on."
*EVERYTHING happens for a reason.*
"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
"All men die -- not all men really live." --William Wallace (Braveheart)
"You told me to choose vanilla or chocolate, I chose strawberry, how was I supposed to know you hated the color pink? You asked my opinion, brown or black shoes, I said blue. How was I supposed to know you hated the color blue? You wanted to meet my best friend, I brought her over and you walked away, how was I supposed to know you hated the color black?"
"Laura and Johnny walk down the halls together. Alone, everyday, as close as 2 people can be. Sharing laughs, good times, the've become the best of friends - so far, inseperable. The school wouldnt be the same without them if they ever were apart. The special gleam in Laura's eyes said so, but in 2 months a lot will happen. In 2 months Laura hopes to graduate and in 2 months Johnny will be born." Monica Burke
"No one's a virgin because life screws us all!"
"The greatest mistake in life is contiunally fearing you made one."
"The most difficult part of a bridge is the start."
"If stupidity got us into this mess why can't it get us out?"
"Good is not good when better is expected"
"Trouble is a part of your life and if you don't share it you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough."
"I look at my life and think .. *something* has to happen .. only it never does so I have to make it happen." Rayanne
"Whats the deal with this life I'm livin, so much to do so many decisions, Dont know what to do or where to go, my life seems to be movin way too slow, how my gonna deal? How my gonna keep it real? How my gonna survive? Right now I just gotta thank God I'm alive" - ME!
"About the time we learn how to make the most of life its gone." unknown
*The trouble with life is there's no background music.*
"Life will never give you anything you cant handle."
"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say u cannot do."
"The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past;you can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches"
"A life without love is no life at all"
"The best thing about pictures is they never change even though the people in them do."
"When you were born, you were crying and everyone else was smiling;Live your life so that when you die, you're the one smiling and everyone else is crying"
"CARPE DIEM!!"
"There are high spots in our lives, and most of them come about through encouragement through someone else."
"Everything has been figured out, except how to live."
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the
mind on the present moment."
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some
blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a
spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." Emerson
"The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so
long to begin it."
-W. M. Lewis
"What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared
to what lives within us."
-Oliver Wendell Holmes
"On the remote of life, there is no rewind button."
"You are so far removed from reality you cant even see whats right in front of you."
"Make a rule of life never to regret and never to look back, regret is appalling waste of energy, you cant build on it its only good for wallowing in."
"Never complain and never explain."
"Sometimes when you hold out on everything you walk away with nothing."Ally McBeal
"Never close your lips to those whom u have opened your heart."
"Sometimes it seems like all i hope 4 just gets thrown down on the floor & then it seems like u dont love me anymore. sometimes i wish that i could run away. sometimes i wish i had something 2 say." Blink 182
"Everything changes eventually thats just the way life is & you have no control over it, suddenly people you thought would always be there disappear, people die, they move away & they grow up." -Dawson's Creek
"The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes."
"A conecited person never gets anywhere because he thinks he is already there."
"So many faces in and out of my life; some will last, some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes, I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again." - Billy Joel
"Once upon a time there was a girl I knew, who lived across the street.
Brown hair, brown eyes. When she smiled, I smiled. When she cried, I
cried. Every single thing that ever happened to me that mattered, in
some way had to do with her. That day Winnie and I promised each other
that no matter what, that we'd always be together. It was a promise full
of passion and truth and wisdom. It was the kind of promise that can
only come from the hearts of the very young. The next day Winnie and I
came home. Back to where we'd started. It was the 4th of July in that
little suburban town. Somehow though, things were different. Our past
was here, but our future was somewhere else. And we both knew, sooner or
later, we had to go. It was the last July I ever spent in that town. The
next year, after graduation, I was on my way. So was Paul. He went to
Harvard, of course. Studied law. He's still allergic to everything. As
for my father...well...we patched things up. Hey, we were family. For
better or worse. One for all...and all for one. Karen's son was born in
that September. I gotta say, I think he looks like me. Poor kid. Mom,
she did well: business woman, board chairman, grandmother...cooker of
mashed potatoes. The Wayner stayed on in furniture. Wood seemed to suit
him. In fact he took over the factory two years later....when dad passed
away. Winnie left the next summer to study art history in Paris. Still
we never forgot our promise. We wrote to each other once a week for the
next eight years. I was there to meet her, when she came home, with my
wife and my first son, eight months old. Like I said, things never turn
out exactly the way you planned. Growing up happens in a heartbeat. One
day you're in diapers; next day you're gone. But the memories of
childhood stay with you for the long haul. I remember a place...a
town...a house like a lot of other houses... A yard like a lot of other
yards...on a street like a lot of other streets. And the thing
is...after all these years, I still look back...with wonder."
-- Kevin, "The Wonder Years", Series Finale
"Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what's to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been,and look ahead to what would be. Other days. New days. Days to come. The thing is, we didn't have to hate each other for getting older. We just had to forgive ourselves...for growing up."-Wonder Years
"You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you knew that they seldom do"
"A memory is what is left when something happens,
and does not completely unhappen."
"Why wait? Life is not a dress rehearsal. Quit practicing what you're going to do, and just do it. In one bold stroke you can transform today."
"There is no end. There is no beginning.
There is only the infinite passion of life."
"The real meaning of life is not to fret and bug yourself about what the real meaning of life is."
"My trouble is I analyze life instead of live it."
"Most of us miss out on life's big prizes. The Pulitzer. The Nobel.
Oscars. Tonys. Emmys. But we're all eligible for life's small
pleasures: A pat on the back. A kiss behind the ear. A full moon.
An empty parking space. A crackling fire. A great meal. A glorious
sunset. Hot soup. Cold beer. Don't fret about copping life's grand
awards. Enjoy its tiny delights. There are plenty for all of us."
"Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we
don't even remember leaving open"
"I haven't a clue as to how my story will end. But that's all right.
When you start out on a journey, and night covers the road, you don't conclude that the road has vanished,
and how else could we discover the stars?"
"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 beauty of life is to give,
The joy of life is to love."
"I'd like to tell today's youth that...no matter where life takes you, Big cities, small towns...You'll never come across small minds. People who think they are better than you are, People that think that
material things, or being pretty or popular, automatically makes you a worth while human being. I'd like to tell today's youth that none of
these things matter unless you have a strength of character, integrity, a sense of pride...And if you're lucky to have any of these...Don't ever sell them...Don't ever sell out. So, when you meet a person for the first time, Please don't judge them by their station in life. Cause who knows...That person just might end up being your best friend." - Dawsons Creek
"We do not remember days, we remember moments."
"From every negative aspect in your life,
there is always a positive lesson to be learned."
"Life is like a movie. You just can't pick your genre."
"Bad things happen in life, but unfortunately we don't have the power
to go back and make it better. The only thing you can do is smile
and believe it or not it will get you through."
"We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they
have all learned to live in the same box."
"When you look back on your life you'll regret the things you didn't do
more than the ones you did."
"School wasn't what I planned. It bore no
resemblance to the pictures in the brochure, but I am not unhappy. I
don't think any of us are. We got what we needed out of it. It's kind
of like when you go on a vacation. You plan everything out, but then
one day you take a wrong turn and you end up in some crazy place you
can't even find on a map, doing something you never thought you'd do.
Maybe you feel a little lost while it's happening, but later you
realize it was the best part of the whole trip."
"There's moments in your life that make you...that set the course for
who you're gonna be. Sometimes they're little subtle moments.
Sometimes they're not. Bottom line is even when you see them coming,
you're not ready for the big moments. Nobody asks for their life to
change. Not really, but it does. So what are we helpless? Puppets? No,
the big moments are gonna come. You can't help that. It's what you do
afterwards that counts. Thats when you find out who you are." Buffy
"Backstabbers can only hurt you when their behind you."
"The two best times to keep your mouth shut
are when you're swimming and when you're angry."
"In the long run we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility."
"I've learned that I should make the little decisions with my head and
the big decisions with my heart."
"Your heart decides who it likes and who it doesn't. You can't tell your heart what to do. It does it on its own when you least suspect it, or even if you don't want it to. It loves who it wants to love, and there's nothing you can do about it."
Some stuff is important, some stuff isnt, I guess time is the only thing that can sort out which is which, and that just means the more we live in the present, the more we store up good memories, good and bad, then more we have to hold on to, once people, and places & things are gone so no matter how much you love something or no matter how much you take from granted, nothing lasts forever
Do you see the world as it is, or do you see the world as you are?
Even if I get past my problems, i'm still going to go out and find new ones - ally mcbeal
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