Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them. ~Francesco Guicciardini~
Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them. ~Francesco Guicciardini~
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless. ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau~
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. ~Anne Frank ~
No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted. ~Aesop, Greek fabulist~
Kindness is an inner desire that makes us want to do good things even if we do not get anything in return. It is the joy of our life to do them. When we do good things from this inner desire, there is kindness in everything we think, say, want and do. ~ Emmanuel Swedenborg~
There comes a point in your life when you realize: Who matters, Who never did, Who won't anymore, And who always will. So, don't worry about people from your past, there's a reason why they didn't make it to your future. ~Adam Lindsay Gordon~
We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. ~Frederick Koenig~
Learn to be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not. ~Henri Frederic Amiel~
Soup puts the heart at ease, calms down the violence of hunger, eliminates the tension of the day, and awakens and refines the appetite. ~Auguste Escoffier~
Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. ~Indira Gandhi~
What we think, we become. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world. ~ The Buddha~
Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only. ~Samuel Butler~
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life...Music and cats! ~Albert Schweitzer~
Believe you can and you're halfway there. ~Theodore Roosevelt~
Life is the flower for which love is the honey. ~Victor Hugo~
We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can fly by embracing one another. ~Lucretius~
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. ~Martin Luther King Jr.~
There is nothing more uncommon than common sense. ~Frank Lloyd Wright~
Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that. ~Michael Leunig~
There are no menial jobs, only menial attitudes. ~William J. Bennett~ The Book of Virtues
Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain. ~Author Unknown~
Every day you spend without a smile, is a lost day. ~Author Unknown~
Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot. ~Truman Capote~
Be neither a conformist or a rebel, for they are really the same thing. Find your own path, and stay on it.~Paul Vixie~
The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. ~ John 3:8 *NIV ~
The beauty of memory is that it still sees beauty when beauty has faded. ~Paul Boese~
Cleaning house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. ~Phyllis Diller~
Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. ~author unknown~
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. ~Cynthia Ozick~
Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. ~Matthew 6:34 ~
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. ~Helen Keller~
The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place. ~George Bernard Shaw~
The longer I live, the more beautiful live becomes. ~Frank Lloyd Wright~ The only disability in life is a bad attitude. ~Scott Hamilton~
Since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. ~1 Thessalonians 5:8 *NIV~
A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion. ~Mohandas Gandhi~
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. ~Friedrich Nietzsche~
Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in mind that anything that helps fill the dinner pail is valuable. ~George Washington Carver~
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~Norman Vincent Peale~
True love stories never have endings. ~Richard Bach~
The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success. ~David Sarnoff~
You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart. ~Author Unknown~
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. ~Matthew 6:21~
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones. ~Proverbs 16:24 ~
Prayer is less about changing the world than it is about changing ourselves.~David J. Wolpe~
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others. ~Cicero~
Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn't permanent. ~Jean Kerr~
In youth we learn; in age we understand ~Marie Ebner-Eschenbach~
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal; love leaves a memory no one can steal. ~From a headstone in Ireland~
May the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. ~Philippians 4:7 ~
The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake. ~Basil C Hume ~
What we see depends mainly on what we look for. ~John Lubbock~ (1834 - 1913) English banker and politician
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. ~Dalai Lama~
What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. ~Richard Bach~
Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts. ~ Martin Buxbaum~
Masquerading as a normal person every day is exhausting. ~ Arlene Storeby ~
If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking. ~ Gen. George Patton~
Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous. ~Albert Einstein~
For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude. ~Anonymous~
If you feel called to share a message, it's because there are people in the world who are waiting to hear it. ~Michael Port~
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love! ~Hamilton Wright Mabie~
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.~Desmond Tutu~
We are what we believe we are. ~C.S. Lewis~
Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb~
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. ~Matthew 6:34~
Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin. ~John Lubbock~
The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination. ~Marian Zimmer Bradley~
Love is the greatest refreshment in life. ~Pablo Picasso~
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.~Proverbs 15:1* NIV~
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. ~Abraham Lincoln~
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.~Victor Hugo~
Family: where life begins and love never ends ~Author unknown~
Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow .~Dan Rather~
If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen. ~Ronald Reagan~
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on. ~Robert Frost~
Every day that I wake up, I have a choice. I choose to love my life. ~Carrie Hamilton~
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. ~Mohandas Gandhi~
Life gives us brief moments with another...but sometimes in those brief moments we get memories that last a lifetime. ~Author Unknown~
Live as if you were going to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ~Mohandas Gandhi~
Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom. ~Phyllis Theroux~
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. ~Winston Churchill~
A hug is like a perfect gift. One size fits all and nobody minds if you exchange it. ~author unknown~
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you. ~Friedrich Nietzsche~
Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase ~Martin Luther King Jr.~
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. ~Paul Boese~
Life is a long lesson in humility. ~James Matthew Barrie~
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person that you are. ~Kurt Cobain~
We cannot learn without pain. ~Aristotle~
Remember that we are not human beings having a spiritual experience, but spiritual beings having a human experience! ~author unknown~
Nothing but heaven itself is better than having a friend who is really a friend. ~Plautus~
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has. ~Henry Ward Beecher~
Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb~
Friendship isn't about whom you've known the longest. It's about who came, and never left your side. ~author unknown~
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~
Once you choose hope, anything's possible. ~Christopher Reeve~
Laughter is like jogging on the inside. Exercise your 'innards' every day. "A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones." ~Proverbs 17:22~
To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves; there lies the great, singular power of self-respect. ~Joan Didion~
If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. ~Mary Engelbreit~
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. ~Judy Garland~
To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven! ~Ecclesiastes 3:1 ~
A friend encourages your dreams and offers advice -- but when you don't follow it, they still respect and love you. ~Doris Wild Helmering~
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy~
No matter how good you try to be to others, you will occasionally hurt them. Forgive yourself for it. The same will happen with them. Forgive them for it. ~Author Unknown~
It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we go. ~Jim Rohn~
In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. ~Daniel L. Reardon~
Worry is the dark room in which negatives are developed. ~author unknown~
For the spirit of Christmas fulfills the greatest hunger of mankind. ~Loring A. Schuler~
Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day. ~Author Unknown~
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ~Kahlil Gibran~
Courage is grace under pressure. ~Ernest Hemingway~
They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but then an entire life to forget them. ~author unknown~
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. ~Jimi Hendrix~
Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. ~Robert Brault~
Love is the flower you've got to let grow. ~John Lennon~
If you spend two minutes each morning counting all of your blessings, you will find that the day will turn out well! ~Dr. Norman Vincent Peale~
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. ~Kahlil Gibran~
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. ~Thomas Edison~
You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. ~Kahlil Gibran~
There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny. ~Johann Friedrich Von Schiller~
Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments. ~Rose Kennedy~
We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. ~ Frederick Koenig ~
Where there is love, there is life. ~Gandhi~
A man is what he thinks about all day long. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. ~John 15:13~
All you need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt! ~Charles Schulz~
We do not remember days, we remember moments.~ Cesare Pavese ~
Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself. ~Desiderius Erasmus~
Follow your bliss land the universe will open doors where there were only walls. ~Joseph Campbell~
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. ~Leo Buscaglia~
Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a kindness. ~Seneca~
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same. ~Flavia Weedn~
In this life we cannot always do great things but we can do small things with great love. ~Mother Teresa~
Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone may do the same for you. ~Princess Diana~
Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes it's the quiet voice at the end of the day saying "I will try again tomorrow". ~Mary Anne Radmacher~
My life is my message. ~ Mahatma Ghandi~
You haven't failed until you quit trying. ~Anonymous~
To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you might just be the world. ~Mark Twain~
The more faithfully you listen to the voice within you, the better you hear what is sounding outside of you. ~Dag Hammerskjld ~
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. ~The Dalai Lama~
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away. ~Arthur Helps~
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. ~Buddha~
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying. ~Sir Francis Bacon~
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy~
Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you tomorrow and every day. Either He will shield you from suffering, or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it. ~Saint Francis de Sales~
There is no way to avoid Life's storms - they come and go whether we want them or not. The best thing each of us can do is learn how to dance in the rain! ~Vivian Greene~
The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time, accepting hardship as a pathway to peace: taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it. Trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will; so that I may be reasonably happy with You forever in the next. Amen ~Reinhold Niebuhr~
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