In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities. ~Janos Arany~

Quotes that I like...

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right--for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't."

--Eleanor Roosevelt

"If you treat people right they will treat you right ... ninety percent of the time."

--Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think."

--Lorraine Hansberry

"Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

"We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance."

--Harrison Ford

"If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change."

--John A. Simone

"Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror."

--Byrd Baggett

"Always do right; this will gratify some and astonish the rest."

--Mark Twain

"We are all born originals - why is it so many of us die copies?"

--Edward Young

"When I say I, I mean a thing absolutely unique, not to be confused with any other."

--Ugo Betti

"To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting."

--e. e. cummings

"I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next."

--Gilda Radner

"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted."

--John Lennon

"Luck is what you have left over after you give 100 percent."

--Langston Coleman

"Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life."

--Sandra Carey

"The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway."

--Henry Boye

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on."

--Robert Frost

"One kind word can warm three winter months."

--Japanese proverb

"Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not."

--Samuel Johnson

"The best portion of a good man's life - his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love."

--William Wordsworth

"Love, work, and knowledge are the wellsprings of our lives, they should also govern it."

--Wilhelm Reich

"Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath."

--Michael Caine

"Never ruin an apology with an excuse."

--Kimberly Johnson

"'I can't do it' never yet accomplished anything; 'I will try' has performed wonders."

--George P. Burnham

"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time."

--Betty Smith

"We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as affectively as by bombs."

--Kenneth Clark

"The secret of discipline is motivation. When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself."

--Sir Alexander Patterson

"Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life."

--Hugh Sidey

"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is."

--Francis Bacon

"The self is not something that one finds. It is something one creates."

--Thomas Szasz

"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid."

--Franklin P. Jones

"A stumble may prevent a fall."

--Thomas Fuller

"An optimist is the human personification of spring."

--Susan J. Bissonette

"Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray."

--Lord Byron

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; the hardest victory is the victory over self."

--Aristotle

"What a man thinks of himself, that is what determines, or rather indicates, his fate."

Henry David Thoreau

"Worry is the cross which we make for ourselves by overanxiety."

--Francois de Fenelon

"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart."

--Confucius

"Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power -- a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment."

--Marsha Sinetar

"Men who never get carried away should be."

--Malcolm Forbes

"To disdain today is to prove that yesterday has been misunderstood."

--Maurice Maeterlinck

"While there's life, there's hope."

--Terence

"Who except the gods can live without any pain?"

--Aeschylus

"If we can prepare ourselves so that we never have to think, 'Oh, if I had only known, if I had only been ready,' our lives can really be the great adventure we so passionately want them to be."

--Hortense Odlum

"Fortune and love favor the brave."

--Ovid

"Time is change, transformation, evolution."

--Isaac L. Peretz

"I like a man with faults, especially when he knows it. To err is human -- I'm uncomfortable around gods."

--Hugh Prather

"Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows, we guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark."

--Agnes de Mile

"Not everything that can be counted, counts. And not everything that counts can be counted."

--Albert Einstein

"Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live."

--Oscar Wilde

"It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong."

--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking."

--Tim McMahon

"Take risks: if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise."

--Anon.

"Each friend represents a world in us..a world not possibly born until they arrive, and it is by this meeting that a new world is born." (I hope I didn't screw that quote up..)

"No man is wise enough by himself."

--Plautus

"When life hands you a lemon, say 'Oh yeah, I like lemons. What else you got?'"

--Henry Rollins

"Difficulties exist to be surmounted."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

"People seem to get nostalgic about a lot of things they weren't so crazy about the first time around."

--Anon.

"Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: you find the present tense and the past perfect."

--Anon.

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."

--Helen Keller

"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."

--Chinese proverb

"Dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are."

--Kurt Cobain

"Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much can be done if we are always doing."

--Thomas Jefferson

"You cannot build a reputation on what you are going to do."

--Henry Ford

"We learn the rope of life by untying its knots."

--Jean Toomer

"If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves."

--Thomas Edison

"Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth."

--Ludwig Borne

"One problem with gazing too frequently into the past is that we may turn around to find the future has run out on us."

--Michael Cibenko

"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present."

--Babatunde Olatunji

"I held a moment in my hand, brilliant as a star, fragile as a flower, a tiny sliver of one hour. I dripped it carelessly, Ah! I didn't know, I held opportunity."

--Hazel Lee

"In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong; honor that; try to imitate it, and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes."

--John Ruskin

"The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware."

--Henry Miller

"Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid."

--John Wayne

"Spend some time alone every day."

--The Dalai Lama

"What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be."

--Ellen Burstyn

"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul."

--Marcus Aurelius

"Love doesn't make the world go around. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile."

--Franklin P. Jones

"Within your heart keep one still, secret spot where dreams may go."

--Louise Driscoll

"A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love."

--Stendhal

"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves."

--William Shakespeare

"If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore."

--Shirley Hufstedler

"Do it for love."

--Sark

--James Baldwin

"In a friend you find a second half."

--Isabelle Norton

"Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you haven't really learned anything."

--Muhammad Ali

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

--Mahatma Gandhi

"We all need each other."

--Leo Buscaglia

"Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself."

--John Macnaughton

"We cannot tell what may happen to us in the strange medley of life. But we can decide what happens in us, how we take it, what we do with it-and that is what really counts in the end."

--Joseph Fort Newton

"Tears may be dried up, but the heart-never."

--Marguerite de Valois

"Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as real strength."

--Ralph W. Sockman

"Life has no limitations except the ones you make."

--Les Brown

"Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right and stick to it."

--George Eliot

"The moment of change is the only poem."

--Adrienne Rich

"If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches."

--Carolyn Kenmore

"What's meant to be will always find a way."

--Trisha Yearwood

"Living in the past causes you to miss out on the present. Life is too short to let it pass you by."

"We all want what we can't have. Then, once we have it, we take it for granted. It's only once we've lost them again that we realize their value. Don't take the small things for granted, because the next thing you know, they're gone."

"Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can."

--Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything."

"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."

"Life is like a roller coaster full of ups and downs, and it controls you not the other way around."

"Life is like a wild horse, either you ride it or get left behind."

"One glass holds love, the other, illusion. Chose carefully, my friend, for in love, there are no second chances."

from the movie "Down To You"

"And the greatest miracle of all is how I need you and how you needed me too."

Billy Joel from "Longest Time"

"Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them too, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have."

"Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt, but it's the only way to live life completely."

"Life is your creation."

"You know, things happen to you, and sometimes you don't realize why it happened until much later. But eventually it all makes sense."

"Every passing moment is a chance to turn it all around."

From the movie Vanilla Sky

"People will forget what you said; people will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel."

"There are many lessons in life that only time can teach you, like how much you love someone. It's nearly impossible to know that, until you spend your days without them. And then there are those lessons that you can learn only through the beating of your heart, and through feeling such strong emotions that you can barely breathe. Then finally, the essence of time and the power of your heart crossing paths, and the only knowledge you're left with is the realization that time is the one thing that keeps you from letting go. No, it's never the embracing, or the kisses. Not the laughter or the tears, only time."

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."

"A dream remains a dream if you have not done anything with it."

"Ever wonder how your life would be right now if you had the power to go back and change even just one small thing?"

"The space between the tears we cry is the laughter that keeps us coming back for more."

--Dave Matthews Band

"You've got no reason to be jealous, I've never been untrue; so who cares if they're looking, I'm only looking at you."

"Sunsets are most beautiful when you watch them with someone you love, and yet they are the saddest scenery created by God when you watch it alone." SO TRUE!!

"I think God sometimes makes us go through the hard things first, so we know how to truly appreciate all the good things."

"There are some magical people in this world; they have the power to touch lives in unique ways. That's why I just wanted you to know that in my life, you are amazingly, one magical person I'm glad I've known."

"If you can imagine it, you can accomplish it. If you can dream it, you can become it."

-- William Arthur

"It's the meaning we give life that gives us the emotions, that makes our decisions that shape our future."

"You are so much more than you can see. You are so much more than you think you are. You are so much more than you have heard about yourself."

"Fate only brings you so far, it's what you do when you get there that matters."

"Lose your dreams and you could lose your mind."

"If no one ever had fantasies, dreams, ideas... their life would never have changed for the better."

"Life's not about fitting in; it's about standing out."

"Often times we look too long at closed doors to see the new one that has been opened for us."

"Hold fast to dreams for if dreams go, life is a barren field covered with snow. Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly."

"Throughout life you will meet one person who is unlike any other. This person is one you could forever talk to. They understand you in a way that no one else does or ever could. This person is your soulmate, your best friend. Don't ever let them go, for they are your guardian angel sent from heaven up above."

"Hope for the best, expect the worst and you'll be less shocked."

"In all relationships, regardless of their nature, there comes that moment when you understand that there are some things you will never understand."

"I�ve seen fire and I�ve seen rain. I�ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end. I�ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought that I�d see you again."

--James Taylor "Fire and Rain

"My thoughts are free to go anywhere, but it's surprising how often they head in your direction."

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."

"Try not to wonder about what might have been, �cause that was then and we have taken different roads. We can�t go back again, there�s no use giving in. And there�s no way to know, what might have been."

"You have no idea how good it feels to wake up every morning knowing you are mine and I am yours."

"I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind that I put down in words...how wonderful life is, while you're in the world."

--Elton John "Your Song"

"The only things that life denies you are the things that you willing to let pass by. Fight for the things you love, and love the things that are worth fighting for."

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

"Perhaps after all our worries and questions, we�ll discover that all along God had the right thing at the right time for us. Perhaps His plan is more wonderful than anything we could create by ourselves - whether it comes with 'pomp and blare,' or quietly, 'like an old friend.' Perhaps... perhaps... we should entrust our questions of 'How?' and 'Who?' and 'When?' into His tender care."

--from the movie "Boy Meets Girl"

"When the waves hit the shores over and over, rolling and roaring, to the immature eyes it seems like a fight or a battle. But, the thunderous water shows how much it adores. It tirelessly struggles to tell the land, how much in love it is with the sands."

"Let me know your faults and I will remind you of your strengths and gifts. Look at the world through skeptical eyes and you miss the beauty of the common bliss. See things as they are, not as they could be. Look around, see how lucky you are, fortune is on your side, not fighting against you."

"Never give up because you'll never know if you would have succeeded."

"Life is like a difficult puzzle, you can try to solve it all, but there's always gonna be those missing pieces."

"There are millions of people in the world but in the end it all comes down to one."

--Crazy/Beautiful

"Sometimes the hardest thing you have to do is the best thing for you."

"If we transcend the limits of our mind, we can cease merely living and begin to be one together."

"Hatred paralyzes life, love releases it. Hatred confuses life, love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life, love illuminates it."

--Martin Luther King, Jr.

"All you need is love."

--Lennon/Mc-Cartney

"Everyone in this world is different, but the people who are truly brave enough to show their differences are considered embarassing or not normal. Maybe, the 'normal' people in this world are just scared to show who they really are."

"The world will always be cruel, but it never seems that way unless you face it alone."

"I'd rather have bad times with you, than good times with someone else."

--Luther Vandross

"My desire is the passion for which I live my life."

"Dream each day at your fullest. But live as if it is going to be the fullest."

"You will never be content with what you have until you make peace with who you are."

"Don't make my mistake. Don't let yourself be so angry that you stop loving. Because one day you'll wake up from that anger, and the person you love will be gone."

--from the show, Dawson's Creek

"Life was so much easier when your clothes didn't match and boys had cooties.."..Soo damn true! :�

"Why do we wait until it is too late? Why do we let someone else have what we were too scared to reach out and take?"

"You have found true love the day you realize that you want to wake up beside your boyfriend/girlfriend, every morning, even though you have your differences."

"Life is what we make of it. We can achieve everything and climb the highest mountain if we simply remain positive even in the darkest moments."

"The hardest part about moving forward is not looking back!"

"If a love as strong as ours couldn't make it all the way, can anything make sense at all?"

--Meatloaf

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

"You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back."

--Barbara De Angelis

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

--William Morrow

"Life is a song-sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it."

--Sai Baba

"Not all scars show, not all wounds heal, somtimes you can't always see the pain someone feels."

"If you want the rainbow, you must first go through the rain."

"We are who we are, how we got here doesn't matter. What matters is- what do we do know?"

--from the movie "Deep End of The Ocean"

"Take a look at what you have. Think of all you did to get it. Remember it only takes one second to lose."

"Everything is alright in the end. If it's not alright, then it's not the end."

--Linda Direzzi

"Life is neither a bed of roses nor a carpet of thorns, it's just what you make of it."

"It's true we don't know what we've got until its gone, but we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives."

"Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use."

-Wendell Johnson

"Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting."

--Elizabeth Bibesco

"I tell you everything that is really nothing, and nothing of what is everything, do not be fooled by what I am saying. Please listen carefully and try to hear what I am not saying."

--Charles C. Finn

"Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you only have one life to live and one chance to do all the things you want to do."

"To dream a dream is to awaken your inner self. Your wants, your desires, your passions are given life."

"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll still land among the stars!"

"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead."

--Louisa May Alcott

"You know that place between sleep and awake, the place where you can still remember dreaming? That's where I'll always love you, Peter Pan. That's where I'll be waiting." -Tinkerbell

From the movie: Peter Pan

"If fate locks the door, go in through the window."

"You can feel the stars and the infinity of the sky since life, in spite of everything, is like a dream."

--Vincent Van Gogh

"In your life you meet many people. Some you never think about again. Some you wonder what happened to them. There are some that you wonder if they ever think about you, and then there are some that you wish you never had to think about again...but you do."

From the show, "The Wonder Years"

I will be adding more Quotes as I get them.

Happy New Year!!! - 2005-01-01
new update @ LJ. - 2004-12-01
christmas card... - 2004-11-28
update on LJ - 2004-11-18
Happy Halloween!!!! - 2004-10-31

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