Wednesday October 2, 2002

-=Inspiring Quotes=-

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love
Where there is injury, pardon
Where there is doubt, faith
Where there is despair, hope
Where there is darkness, light
And where there is sadness, joy.
Grant that I may not so much
Seek to be consoled, as to console
To be understood, as to understand
To be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned…

– St. Francis of Assisi

I’ve Learned…
     I’ve learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them. 
     I’ve learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don’t care back. 
     I’ve learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it. 
     I’ve learned that it’s not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts.
     I’ve learned that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you’d better know something. 
     I’ve learned that you shouldn’t compare yourself to the best others can do. 
     I’ve learned that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life. 
     I’ve learned that it’s taking me a long time to become the person I want to be. 
     I’ve learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them. 
     I’ve learned that you can keep going long after you can’t. 
     I’ve learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel. 
     I’ve learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you. 
     I’ve learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place. 
     I’ve learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences. 
     I’ve learned that money is a lousy way of keeping score. 
     I’ve learned that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time. 
     I’ve learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you’re down will be the ones to help you get back up. 
     I’ve learned that sometimes when I’m angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn’t give me the right to be cruel. 
     I’ve learned that just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to doesn’t mean they don’t love you with all they have. 
     I’ve learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you’ve had and what you’ve learned from them, and less to do with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated. 
     I’ve learned that you should never tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if they believed it. 
     I’ve learned that no matter how good a friend is, they’re going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that. 
     I’ve learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn’t stop for your grief. 
     I’ve learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. 
     I’ve learned that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.

– Author Unknown

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you;
Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating others could destroy overnight;
Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten.
Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give your best anyway.

– Mother Teresa

What is success?

To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people
And the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics
And endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty;
To find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by
A healthy child, a garden patch
Or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed
Easier because you have lived;
This is to have succeeded.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 When I wake each morning I decide…
This can be a good day or a bad day – my choice.
I can be happy or sad – my choice.
I can complain or I can cope – my choice.
Life can be a chore or a challenge – my choice.
I can take from life or give to life – my choice.
If all things are possible,
How I deal with those possibilities is – my choice.
Steve Shackel

hope that wasn’t overkill… I bumped into an interesting site and plaguerized like a maniac… I wonder if plaguerized is even a word? hmm…