"You are never alone and there is never any trouble that is beyond help."
"Good words, that is where ideas begin."
"The footprint never looks like the boot."
"We all just do the best that we can."
"The one person you called fat has been starving themselves and lost 30 pounds. The one you just called stupid has a learning disability and spends countless hours studying. The one you called ugly, spends hours trying to make themselves look good hoping that people will like them. The one you just tripped, is abused enough at home. A 15 year old girl holds her 2 year old son, people call her a slut. No one knows she was raped at 13. You make fun of someone for being fat, but you don't know that person has a serious medical condition that causes their weight. You call an old man hideous, but you don't know that his face got injured serving the country or saving a life. There is a lot more to people then you think."
"Wise people think of others, helping them as much as they can, and the result is happiness."
"Love and compassion are beneficial both for you and others. Through your kindness to others, your mind and heart will open to peace..."
"The secret of life is simply this. Your perception is what determines the quality of your life."
"Yesterday is gone, Tomorrow may never come but as long as we have today it is never too late."
"Growing up means giving up everything that makes you happy."
"Question authority, including everything I have just told you."
"Read what you are told not to."
"Challenge everything."
"Everyone has a past. Good, bad, and ugly. It does make you who you are today. Some may think it's bad, but good people come from bad pasts. And people learn and grow to become better people from it."
"Arrogance leads to darkness."
"Look for the exits, they may save your life."
"Respect others and know they are most likely afraid, just like you. In fact, the more forceful and arrogant a person becomes, the more afraid they are."
"One of the worst things in life you can do is dishonor yourself or your family and then continue living a life without setting it right."
"Marriage is an agreement to share who you are with someone else, to spend your lives together and to grow old together. So marry for love and marry for laughs."
"Wealth and fame are an illusion. People have been rich, people have been poor and they have been happy both times. The only times, I truly have been miserable is when I was lying to myself or others."
"Drugs and alcohol make life easier for a short time and then they destroy."
"There is no experience that is bad, experience just is. It is what you do with that experience, how you use it, will it shape your life for the better and help you become a stronger person or will you allow the experience to smother or destroy you."
"Do not let life wash over you wave after wave. You are not a rock, learn from the waves and choose to sail."
"Life is hard, then it gets harder and then you die but every single second of life is worth it."
"You do have a purpose. Your job is just to remember who you are and what you have agreed upon."
"We are meant to be happy but remember no pain, no gain."
"Always say what you mean and mean what you say."
"Always forgive but do not forget so much that you keep putting yourself in the same situation."
"You have everything you need to be happy, may you figure that out before life passes you by."
"Refined manner, gentleness, meekness and kindness is the only currency of any true value."
"Stuff does not matter."
"Forgiveness is divine, atonement is real. You are worthy."
"The people that love you, believe in you."
"Hell is an eternity of regret, not being able to forgive yourself."
"Walk a lot and never stop noticing things around you. When you do, change your ways or change your address."
"It is never wrong to do the right thing."
"People are good. They want to do the right thing, give them the opportunity."
"Shadows are darkest at noon and it always gets colder before sunrise."
"Learn to love others that you do not know or really do not like."
"There are no coincidences in life."
"Learn, laugh and love."
"To whom much is given, much is required."
"Never want anything too much or you will always end up paying too high of a price one way or another."
"Labels are meaningless."
"Someone you meet today is afraid or suffering. Find them, help to comfort them."
"Never let the sun go down without saying you are sorry for your wrongs."
"Life goes by far too fast. Keep a journal; Write what you think, what you learn and what you know."
"There is order in all things. Stay in that order, stay in the flow."
"You will find very few friends in life. Cherish them. Things will change and you will fall in and out of each other`s lives but when you do come back, it will be as if you never left."
"The hardest thing to do is admit failure and to admit weakness. Only the very strong do, while the weak never ask for help."
"Control is largely an illusion. The only real control we actually have in our lives is over the actions we take and the choices that we make."
"Expectations can lead to misery."
"Being alive is by far your greatest achievement."
"When a person dies, a library is lost."
"Our lives are important to us so as we see, so we learn."
"Every large decision causes ripples."
"The first duty of love is to listen."
"Love has never been known for it's rationality."
"You know the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views, which can be very uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering."
"If heroes do not exist it is necessary to invent them."
"What is the point of being grown up if you cannot be childish sometimes."
"It is always innocent bystanders that suffer."
"The nature of people will never change, they will always fear the unknown."
"Always remember to improvise when necessary."
"Killing changes nothing. It does not bring back the dead and it won't save a single life."
"Pain has a way of stretching time."
"While there is life, there is hope."
"If you have a pulse, you have a price."
"Always do what you are good at."
"One good solid hope is worth a cartload of certainties."
"Time is fragile. It is a connected net of delicate threads each one under tension, each one pulling on uncountable others. Nobody can predict the changes that they might make if they break one of those threads."
"Every action has a consequence."
"Be careful of the enemies you choose to hate because the more you hate them, the more you will become like them."
"The greatest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become as a result of it."
"The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work well."
"Success is more attitude than aptitude."
"The older you get, the more you like to tell people how it used to be."
"One of the greatest pieces of wisdom is to acknowledge that you know nothing."
"The point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come."
"Travel broadens the mind."
"Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans."
"Our lives are so fleeting, there is so many goodbyes."
"The surest way too be late is to have plenty of time."
"To be upset over what you do not have is to waste what you do have."
"Luck never gives, it only lends."
"The person who attempts to remove a mountain begins by carrying away the smallest stones."
"One can begin to reshape the landscape with a single flower."
"Tragedy is not getting something or failing to get it; it is losing something you already have."
"Take nothing for granted. Appreciate what you do have while you still can."
"Never allow someone to be a priority while allowing yourself to be an option."
"A promise made is a debt unpaid."
"So as long as you are remembered you will never cease to exist."
"Never be afraid to tell someone you love them."
"A person's darkness lies in dwelling on the past and also in fearing the future."
"When you bury yourself in the mistakes of the past or worry too much about the responsibilities of the future you can very easily lose sight of the present."
"Heroes are made in the moment, not from questioning the past or fearing what is to come."
"In life, one is always tested."
"We are all confronted with trials but the truest measure of a person is how they choose to react in the face of those trials."
"We should not make excuses for the dark stains on our heart."
"Real power comes from within the heart."
(Speaking about self-sacrifice): "A long time ago, somebody I loved sacrificed their life to save mine, so at the very least, I should be able to risk my life in order to help save someone else."
"We all make sacrifices and when we do we lose a little piece of ourselves in the process."
"It is very easy to let resentment build up inside but then it always has to come out somewhere."
"People are the best architects of their own undoing. All they need is enough rope and they will hang themselves."
" If a seed of doubt can be planted within a person, it will grow until it devours that person's faith in themselves and others."
"A person either lives life as it happens to them, meets it head on and licks it or they turn their back on it and start to wither away."
"Sometimes pain can drive a person harder than pleasure."
"We are the same, We share the same history, the same heritage, the same lives. We are all tied together beyond any untying. Man, woman, color or background, it makes no difference. We are human. We could not escape from each other even if we wanted to."
"We are all living beings. We are born, we grow, we live and we die. In all the ways that matter we are alike."
"Do you know what one of the worst parts of growing old is? So many of the people you have known throughout your life are gone... and you realize you did not take the time to appreciate them while you still could."
"One of the most important things in a person's life is to feel useful."
"Every choice we make has a consequence."
(Speaking about avoiding pain): "Running may help for a little while, but sooner or later that pain will catch up with you. The only way to get rid of it is to stand your ground and face it."
"Every moment of pleasure in life has to be purchased by an equal amount of pain."
"We all have scars. Of one kind or another."
"Families, societies, cultures would not have evolved without compassion and tolerance. As a matter of fact they would have fallen apart without them."
"Without heart, a person is meaningless."
"To survive is not enough... To simply exist is not enough"
"Seize the time... Live 'now'. Make 'now' always the most precious time. 'Now' will never come again."
"Those that are old enough realize that a longer life is not always a better one. In the end, you just get tired. Tired of the struggle. Tired of regrets. Tired of losing everything that matters to you. Tired of watching everything turn to dust."
"Just because something is old doesn't mean you throw it away."
"Too many people dream of places they will never go, wish for things they will never have... instead of paying adequate attention to their real lives."
"One of the saddest things in life is missed opportunities."
"There is only one first time for everything and only one last time, too."
"Pain and guilt cannot be taken away by a wave of a magic wand. They are the things we carry with us. They are the things that make us who we are. If we lose them, we lose ourselves."
"You cannot change who a person is without changing who they are."
"When you treat people like animals, you will get bitten!"
"There are always alternatives."
"Life has to move forward. Pain and loss, they define as much as happiness or love. Whether it is a life or a relationship, everything has it's time and everything ends."
"Each of us at some time in our lives, turns to someone and asks, Why am I here? What was I meant to be?"
"If something is important, you make the time."
"Our purpose is to contribute in a positive way to the world in which we live."
"An idea can not be fought. It is no weapon that can be destroyed and it has no body that can be killed."
"Even in the worst of times, we can still find moments of joy and kindness. When you do find these, hold on to them."
"Sometimes when you don't think about the problem, the solution presents itself."
"What your eyes show you is only the surface, look deeper."
"What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived."
"Good and bad, Right and wrong, Light and dark. All of these things are two different sides of the same coin. One cannot exist without the other to compare it to. Ex: A light only shines in the dark."
"People can find a way to justify any action, no matter how bad."
"Logic can be used to justify almost anything. That is it's power and it's flaw."
"As we believe, so shall we do."
"There is no instruction manual for our lives. It is all about flying by the seat of our pants."
"When you learn to devalue your loved ones, you can devalue anyone."
(Speaking about mothers): "There is only one person in my life who has always been there for me...who is never too busy to listen... who reassures me when I have been scared... comforts me when I am sad and who showers me with endless love, without ever asking anything in return."
"Jealousy is about the fear of losing someone we love."
"Love sometimes expresses itself in sacrifice."
"Doesn't love always begin that way? With the illusion more real than the person."
"It is like the first time you fall in love, you can never love a person quite like that again."
"Sometimes we do not see love even when it is staring us right in the face."
(Speaking about unrequited love): "What am I supposed to say? That I love her? That I would do anything for her? That without her, my life would be meaningless! Sure, I could say those things but what good would it do? If she does not feel the same then all of it means nothing."
"All love is unrequited, all of it."
"There is nothing harder than knowing the person that you love is unhappy."
"You can't go through life trying to avoid getting a broken heart. If you do, it will break from loneliness anyway. So you might as well take a chance. If you don't, they'll move on and you will never know what you might have had. And living with that is worse than having a broken heart."
"People are either meant to be together or they are not."
"Any relationship can work as long as both people really want it to."
(Speaking on being in love): "I am so vulnerable to her... all she has to do is smile at me and I am happy beyond reason... a disagreement between us and I am devastated. It is crazy. Sometimes I wish I could reach inside myself and tear out my feelings for her, but I can't."
"Nothing makes us more vulnerable than when we love someone. We can be hurt very easily. But what you get when you love someone is greater than what you risk."
(Speaking about a past love): "Every now and then, even years later, something reminds you of them- a certain smell, a few notes of a song and then suddenly you feel just as bad as the day they told you they never wanted to see you again. If you want to know the honest truth, you never completely get over a person you really cared about."
(Speaking on loneliness): "You work so hard to make them think you don't care - that you don't need them, but, a person goes nuts if they do not have anybody. It doesn't make a difference who the person is, as long as they are with you. I tell you, I tell you a person gets too lonely and they get sick."
(Speaking about my first love): "Before I met her, my world was a much smaller place. I kept to myself. I didn't need anyone else and I took pride in that. Truth is, I was ashamed of who I was...afraid that if people saw who I truly was, they would reject me. But then I met her and she didn't reject me in fact she wanted to know everything about me. For the first time in my life, someone wanted me as I was. And that changed me forever. The day I met her was the day I stopped being alone."
"A true friend is a person you can always tell the truth to without worrying about it."
"It's been said that friends can go long periods of time without seeing each other and never question the friendship. These types of friends pick up like they just spoke yesterday, regardless of how long it has been or how far away they live, and they don't hold grudges. They understand that life is busy..but you will ALWAYS love them."
"Much like a book, your life is your story but what good is a story if no one cares enough to want to read it."
"Which is the greater morality, open honesty or a deception which may save lives?"
"In all trust, there is the possibility of betrayal."
"They say trust has to be earned. So give people a chance to earn it."
"Never trust anyone who places your prosperity above their own."
"There can be no real justice as long as laws are absolute. Even life itself is an exercise in exceptions."
"And you find nothing contradictory about a society that outlaws suicide but practices capital punishment?"
"I have tried my best and it wasn't enough, all I want now is a little peace."
"Pick your battles. They will triumph who knows when to fight and when not to fight."
"The problem with peace is, sometimes you have to fight to keep it."
"An individual's rights are only protected so long as they do not conflict with the state or the status quo."
"No being is so important that they should be able to usurp the rights of another."
"There are times when people of good conscience cannot blindly follow orders. Their sentience is acknowledged but their personal liberties and freedoms are ignored. Ex: Order a person to hand their child over to the state, I don't think so."
"We think we have come so far... the torture of heretics, the burning of witches is all ancient history then before you can blink an eye suddenly it threatens to start all over again."
"The shortest distance between two points is a fist full of cash."
"Doctors and bartenders get the same two kinds of customers; the living and the dying."
"We should not always cling to the things we can not change."
"To be successful as an ignorant and stubborn ass you need the following: fuel, hard work and an audience."
"All children are shaped in to a product of their own environment. Children are like modeling clay. Remember they are watching!"
"There is darkness in every one of us, it exists in our minds. Darkness does not tempt us with measly offerings, it knows exactly what we want the most. To keep a balance, we must think not only with our minds but our hearts as well."
"In our modern day society, the voice of reason has been reduced to a seldom heard whisper."
"The core of who you are remains the same, you change via the experiences you have and lessons you learn, and you accumulate baggage along the way. Keep what works and lose what doesn't, and hold on to the lessons learned in the process."
"You won't know peace until you've had suffering."
"What you choose today becomes tomorrow."
"Your friends reflect the person you are."
"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives."
"You won't get anywhere in life without taking chances. Step outside of your comfort zone. Ignore your brain when it says no, and pursue what your heart insists on."
"Defeat may test you; it need not stop you. If at first you don't succeed, try another way. For every obstacle there is a solution. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. The greatest mistake is giving up."
"One person's trash is another person's treasure."
"Out of all the species on earth, we are the only ones that have the power to protect it as we can ourselves."
"Why is it people go all out when a disaster strikes but when there is no disaster they ignore other people in need of help or they give things to people who don't need it while others who do need it, get nothing."
"Time always goes the slowest when you need it to go fast and vice versa."
"Men and women throughout history have overcome their incredible handicaps to go and achieve great things, it isn't the body that cripples, it's the mind."
"All living things have as much of a right to life as anyone else."
"Learn to tell the difference between can't or won't, slow or just stalling, discussing or arguing, on purpose or by accident, quiet or needs help, loner or simply rejected. -- it is a world of a difference."
"It's wise to save your money and to spend it carefully, but greed can destroy you."
"Quality is something that holds up over time through heavy usage and abuse not because someone says so; always go by the facts."
"Rules are only meaningful if people agree to follow them. Otherwise, they're just words."
"Never sign anything without reading the fine print, there are many who say free or unlimited but there is no such thing."
"Just because something appears to be an opinion or made up, does not mean it is not a fact."
"Bad company degrades good character."
"Live the journey. For each destination is but a doorway to another."
"Life isn't worth living unless you can share it with someone along the way."
"You may have everything but without someone to share it with, you have nothing."
"There is only one of you, there is only one of anybody."
"Better an honest enemy than a false friend, you must learn to tell which is which."
"Newer is not always better."
"Never cry wolf for when you really need help it won't be there."
"There are two kinds of smarts; book smarts and world smarts. Just remember the books do not teach you everything."
"The past is the vault of one's memories, the repository of mistakes, deny it and you lose the greatest teacher of all."
"Why is it people are more caring and give more attention to you after you die?"
"When you can see what can be gained with two joined as one or to have someone know your personal pain then help you replace it with joy, that is an adventure."
"Sometimes we try to please so many others we lose sight of those most important, those we truly love are always there for us and sadly very easy to take for granted."
"Some things are worth getting your heart broken for."
"You never know what you really have until it's gone."
"Why is it people avoid certain things when it's faster to do it?"
"Why is it when nothing can be done, animals are allowed to be put to death but humans have to suffer until they die on their own?"
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
"Death is the price we pay for progress."
"There comes a point in life when you get tired of chasing everyone and trying to fix everything, but it's not giving up. It's realizing you don't need certain people and the drama they bring."
"What cannot be cured must be endured."
"A person is the sum of their memories."
"The system is always changing, some things get better and some don't."
(Speaking on the expression survival of the fittest): "He doesn't have to outrun the lion, only his friend. Then the lion catches up with his friend and eats him. The strong survive, the weak are killed: the law of the jungle! ... Yes, very clever, if you don't mind losing your friend. But what happens when the next lion turns up? I think you'd better get your running shoes on."
"Whether you love me or hate me, both are in my favor. If you love me, I'll always be in your heart. If you hate me, I'll always be on your mind."
"Everyone you know is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something."
"The broken hearted are like the walking dead."
"Never cared much for the word 'impregnable', Sounds a bit too much like 'unsinkable'." "What's wrong with 'unsinkable'?" "Nothing, as the iceberg said to the Titanic."
"In the end, we will not remember the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends."
"No one ever suggested that what we do is easy... Nothing worthwhile ever is!"
"One person can make a difference."
"Hope. Without hope, we will give up when we are tired and hungry and it seems the chaos and the madness must overwhelm us. Hope is the flame that burns in our hearts. It is warmth when the soul grows cold. It is light when the darkness surrounds us."
"Suicide is a person's way of telling God "You can't fire me, I quit."
(Speaking on life): "You know that show, "Touched by an Angel"? Well, this ain't it."
"In a world of chaos, wrinkle-free pants keep me sane."
"I'm just a guy who gets up every morning. I look around and I see people like you, and it makes me kind of sick. You all look the same, you're all greedy, full of yourselves and I wonder if there's a big dome someplace where they grow you."
(Speaking on drug addiction): "Hey, come on, you haven't lived until you've had a horse tranquilizer."
"Somewhere along the line, your values took a tumble. What did it? Drugs? Hookers? Free tickets to the Ice Capades?"
"Women! For a guy like me, it's always gonna end at some incinerator, holding a piece of footwear."
"What do I want? I want to go back in time and stop John from meeting Yoko."
"Smell that? It's fresh baked brownies. That's what life is all about."
"When we have sinned, suffering is our reward."
"I want you to imagine losing everything--your family, your home, your friends, all of it and the ones who did it are gone, you will never find them. All that is left is a sick, dead emptiness. What do you think that would do to you?"
"It's like going hunting, you shoot an animal, but you only shoot it in an area where it will not kill it. Then you bring it back home and try to bring it back to health. Look, ladies, do not torture us by sticking us into the friend zone, be humane and just pull the trigger or don't bother with us at all. Either way cut the cord and put us out of our misery."
"When a woman says "what?", it is not because she did not hear you it is because she is giving you a chance to change what you said."
"Not all who wander are lost."
"A toast to our future, no matter who it takes us up against or where."
"That which you obtain through betrayal and deceit will be taken from you the same way."
"When people walk away from you... Let them go... Your destiny is never tied to anyone who leaves you and it does not mean they are bad people. It just means that their part in your story is over."
"Let your heart guide you to the path that you know to be right."
"Just follow your heart and it will lead you to where you are meant to be."
"Anyone can hold a grudge but it takes a person with character to forgive. When you forgive you release yourself from a painful burden. Forgiveness does not mean that what happened was okay and it does not mean that person is still welcome in your life. It just means you have made peace with the pain and you are ready to let it go."
"Do not wait until it is too late to tell someone how much you love them or how much you care about them because when they are gone no matter how loud you shout and cry they will not hear you anymore."
"Missing someone is not about how long it has been since you have seen them or the amount of time since you have talked. It is about that very moment when you find yourself doing something and wishing they were right there by your side."
"Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory."
"People cry, not because they are weak but because they have tried to be strong for far too long."
"Anyone can give up, it is the easiest thing in the world to do, but to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that is strength."
"Always treat others how you would like to be treated."
More Food For Thought:
Friend 1: "Look a shooting star make a wish!"
Friend 2: "What should I wish for?"
Friend 1: "Maybe for a better world, for a better way of being where no person will lift their hand in an act of hostility towards another person. Or perhaps a wish for peace, an all pervading peace that will span the world where love, joy and human kindness will flow without cease."
Tribute To The Nice Guys; The Dying Breed
To every guy that's said, "Sex CAN wait"
To every guy that's said, "You're beautiful."
To every guy that was never too busy to drive across town to see her.
To every guy that gives flowers and a card when she is sick.
To every guy who has given her flowers just because.
To every guy that said he would die for her.
To every guy that really would.
To every guy that took time to do what she wanted to do.
To every guy that she cried in front of.
To every guy that holds hands with her.
To every guy that kisses her with meaning.
To every guy that hugs her when she's sad.
To every guy that hugs her for no reason at all.
To every guy who would give their jacket up for her.
To every guy that calls to make sure she got home safe.
To every guy that would sit and wait for her for hours just to see her for ten minutes.
To every guy that would give his seat up.
To every guy that just wants to cuddle.
To every guy that reassured her that she was beautiful no matter what.
To every guy who told his secrets to her.
To every guy that tried to show how much he cared through every word and every breath.
To every guy that thought maybe this could be the one.
To every guy that believed in her dreams.
To every guy that would have done anything so she could achieve them.
To every guy that never laughed at her when she told him her dreams.
To every guy that walked her to her car.
To every guy that gave his heart.
To every guy who prays that she is happy even if you are not with her.
This one is for you...
Not many girls appreciate nice guys anymore...
And because of this, there are not many left out there...
Profiling Questions
1. What gives you the most fulfillment in your life?
2. If you already had the basic survival necessities, what other one thing would you NEED to have if you were stuck on a desert island?
3. What emotions would you experience when you finally fulfill your most far reaching goal?
A Little Fluff :
Note #1
I want to forget you but I cannot get you out of my mind. You live forever in my memories and in my heart. There is so much that time and distance cannot erase. I can not stop thinking about you. I keep thinking about how much I enjoy talking with you, how beautiful you look when you smile, how much I love your laugh and how when I see you cry, all I want to do is wipe away all your sadness and your tears. Most importantly, I keep thinking how great you really are. I daydream about you all the time. I will always remember your face and the way you looked at me... It melted my heart every time. You are something very special and I know this because I have never felt this strongly about anyone before. Even though, I do not know what the future will hold, I know of two things for certain; You are one of the very best things that has happened or ever will happen to me and no matter what happens to each of us during our lives, I know that you will always be with me, in my heart. As the saying goes, love may only touch us one time but it will last us a lifetime. Through the course of our lives, I know you and I will eventually take different paths and the day will come where I will never see you again but I want you to know that you will always have your special place in my heart. My love to you always!
Note #2
I hold you close to me and feel the breath of you, the wonder of you
and remember a time without you
but only as one would remember a bleak and distant nightmare.
Do you have similar memories of dark times past?
The future holds such promise and just as I cannot imagine how I survived the past without you,
I could not imagine the future without you.