The Guru Granth Sahib is my teacher of holiness and about life also. I am a student of the Guru as a Sikh about holiness and life.
As a Sikh I seek ( to use a bit of humour).
It has taught me that the God of the Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Buddhists or any other holy people is the same God. ONE GOD..
It has taught me that there are MANY PATHS to God.
It has taught me that live is for living as happily as possible and enjoying all people and valuing them – there is a richness in the “colours” of humanity. Diversity of languages is an essential part of the Guru Granth Sahib – not all languages are included, but it is not monolinguist.
It is slightly hard to understand because of use of several languages. But richness in the world is hard to understand. You have to make an effort to undertsand different people and their richness.
It has taught me that all people are equal in the eyes of God. It is God alone who decides who is holy and who is not. Women are equal to men. All Sikh instutitions were based on equality of ALL including the langar, bathing in lakes part of Gurdwaras ( Sikh places of congregation where the GURU is present – Sikh can worship GOD anywhere), AMRIT (tranlsated as AMBROSIAL) referring to the hallowed NAME of God and worship of God.
I believe the recognition of EQUALITY OF ALL is part of my holiness in life. It is vital to all societies.
It has taught me that religions are “sects” in the phrase of Guru Gobind Singh. It has also taught me that professional religious persons who get paid for being religious are not the key to holiness. My GURU is the GRANTH SAHIB. I am answerable to GOD in terms of my holiness.
It has taught me the evil in the monopoly of any one religion especially if it seeks to destroy other religions or even different beliefs.
It has also given me some knowledge about other religions and a lot of knowledge about Hinduism and Islam. It has taught me a method of being critical of religions. Guru Nanak gives a critical comment about Hinduism and Islam from a logical rational basis ….not to attack their holiness or the holiness of any religion.
The real guardians of religion are humble people and not professional religious people and defintiely not religious zealots.
It has taught me that reason and religion must go hand in hand – and that reason must not be lost in religious dialogue. Guru Nanak mocked “feeding the dead ancestors”. He compared it to seeking to pour water into Punjab when based thousands of miles away. Superstition is condemned in Sikhism. This is a condemnation of irrationality, failure to use scientific understanding and seeking to deny what people know and can see. Sikhs must embrace rationality and reason in holiness.
Anti-science is anti-Sikhism.
It has taught me to be truly international. Guru Gobind Singh taught about internationalism in his famous phrase ‘One Human Race’ and brilliant verse ‘Bang Ke Bengali’ surveying different parts of the world and affirming their goodness. Guru Gobind Singh mentions many places explicitly including the East as well as specific places such as India in its rich diversity, Nepal ( Gurkhas), China, Indonesia islands, Arabia, Persia (Iran), France/ England as well as West, Africa, etc. He mentions so many cities and towns in India by name.
It has taught me to sing and be poetical in life. Guru Nanak is a sheerly delightful person and his use of poetry is sheer genuis and the use of musical genres in the Guru Granth Sahib to create different moods is truly brilliant. Guru Nanak shows he has a great sense of humour and delights in all the richness of life.
It has taught me that sex is not sinful. Sikhs are not allowed to be celibate. They are taught the value of the gift of sex – children – and living in a loving family relationship. It is part of God’s creation. Guru Nanak even makes a positive comment about holy people who go about naked! This is in the verse on ‘Wonderful’(Vismad) in Asa Di Vaar … ‘Vismad Nagay Firay Jant’.
It has taught me THAT TO BE HOLY REQUIRENESS TOLERANCE AND LOVE OF HUMAN BEINGS and not abstract ideas about religious doctrines. Holiness is based on conduct and not just intentions.
It has taught me to control the mind.
It has taught me to be positive about good health.
It has taught me that SOCIETY/COMMUNITY is vital (sangat).
It has taught me TO BE MODERN. The Gurus were changing society in an equality direction and challenging the prejudices and practices of discrimination against fellow human beings.
It has taught me that LIFE is ONE time opportunity…humans are collectively subject to the reality of death. LIVING A TRUTHFUL LIFE is the answer to death..
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and a million other things.
The Guru Granth Sahib embodies the idea that THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD.
The GURU is the WRITTEN word today… The Guru is ALIVE when its words are READ, RECITED and SUNG and its message is EMBRACED and it is not a human being…The last human Guru was Guru Gobind Singh …holiness can come in a written form and the stong debates about the written word shows how important it can be…Guru Gobind Singh regarded the Koran and the Puran as equally holy and so on to all religions..
The sword of the Sikhs is less important than the word, although it is an essential part of fighting tyranny…only in some real situations. The sword can only be used against tyranny when no other choice is available … and in democracies there are often real answers…genocide creates the right of physical SELF DEFENCE and not
Most of the time especially in democracies the word and freedom fo speech is the most powerful element.
The Guru Granth Sahib is the written word – mostly praises of God and description of the different praises of God.
It is verses/songs from Gurus, Hindu and Muslim Saints, Some Holy Singers – embracing different roads to GOD.
It is a fundamental core to my life and the CORE teacher of being HOLINESS … although I have to act personally in a holy way in life through being a thinkingand critical being and living a life of love to be fully a holy person.
SO THANKS TO MY ETERNAL TEACHER OF HOLINESS —The Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji ( the most respected and hnoured and dear TEACHER in a WRITTEN FORM -translation).
Thnx to Sender
CHANAKYA QUOTES
(True Indian Politician, Strategist and Writer, 350 BC-283 BC) [ad#horizontal]
1.”A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.”
2.”Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.”
3.”The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. If you cannot keep secret with you, do not expect that other will keep it. ! It will destroy you.”
4.”There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no Friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.”
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5.”Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – WHY am I doing it, WHAT the results might be and WILL I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.”
6.”As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.”
7.”Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.”
8.”The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.”
9.”A man is great by deeds, not by birth.”
10.”Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.”
11.”Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.”
12.”The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.”
13.”God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.”
14.”Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.”
15.”A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night”.
16.”An egoist can be won over by being respected, a crazy person can be won over by allowing him to behave in an insane manner and a wise person can be won over by truth”.
17.”A human being should strive for four things in life – dharma, money, sex and salvation. A person who hasn’t strived for even one of these things has wasted life”.
18.”A rich man has many friends”.
19.”A woman is four times as shy, six times as brave and eight times as libidinous as a man”.
20. “If you get to learn something even from the worst of creatures, don’t hesitate”.
21.”In a state where the ruler lives like a common man, the citizens live like kings do. And in the state where the ruler lives like a king, the citizens live like beggars do”.
22.”Jealousy is another name for failure”.
23.”Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness”.
24.”One who is in search of knowledge should give up the search of pleasure and the one who is in search of pleasure should give up the search of knowledge”.
25.”The four greatest enemies of a man are – the father who has taken a loan, the characterless mother, the beautiful but promiscuous wife and the stupid child”.
26.”God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.”
27. “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourselves!!”
Some of the Inspiring Quotes which tell not to give up in life so you can learn something from these Quotes
1) Never expect things to happen.. struggle and make them happen.
never expect yourself to be given a good value
create a value of your own
2) If a drop of water falls in lake there is no identity.
But if it falls on a leaf of lotus it shine like a pearl.so
choose the best place where you would shine..
3) Falling down is not defeat…
defeat is when your refuse to get up…
4) Ship is always safe at shore… but is is not built for it
5) When your successful your well wishers know who
you are when you are unsuccessful
you know who your well wishers are
6) It is great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults;
greater to tell him/her
7) “To the world you might be one person,
but to one person you just might be the world
“Even the word ‘IMPOSSIBLE’ says ‘I M POSSIBLE’ “
9) Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your
life makes all the difference.
Never take some one for granted,Hold every person
Close to your Heart because you might wake up one day and realise
that you have lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting stones.”
Remember this always in life.
“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an
idiot and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?”
“It’s amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world
everyday always just exactly fits the newspaper.”
“If it were not for Thomas Edison, we would all be watching television
in the dark.”
“Computers will never take the place of books. You can’t stand on a
floppy disk to reach a high shelf.”
“An consultant is someone who takes a subject you understand and makes
it sound confusing.”
“Love is so confusing – you tell a girl she looks great and what’s
the first thing you do?Turn out the lights!”
“I don’t suffer from stress. I’m a carrier.”
“The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and
kindness, can be trained to do most things.”
“I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.”
“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.”
“When your dreams turn to dust, it’s time to vacuum.”
“Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back. ”
“It’s better to have loved and lost than to do forty pounds of laundry a week.”
“Wealthy people miss one of life’s greatest thrills. Making the last
car payment.”
“They’ve finally come up with the perfect office computer.If it makes
a mistake,it blames another computer.”
“Since light travels faster than sound, people appear bright until you
hear them speak.”
“The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and
stupidity.But not in that order”
“When I was born I was so surprised I didn’t talk for a year and a half.”
“Money isn’t everything but it sure keeps you in touch with your children.”
“Compatible Your money fits in the salesperson’s wallet.”
“When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks, “Has the bus come
yet?”.If the bus came would I be standing here?”
“Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.”
“There are three sides to any argument: your side, my side and the right side.”
“Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because
I’ve done it thousands of times.”
“Doing nothing is very hard to do, you never know when you’re finished. ”
“Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.”
“Don’t be irreplaceable. If you can’t be replaced, you can’t be promoted. ”
“We are born naked, wet, and hungry, and get slapped on our butt then
things get worse.”
“It’s always darkest before dawn So if you’re going to steal your
neighbor’s newspaper, that’s the time to do it. ”
“The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get
up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office”
“I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.”
“The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot; The guy who
invented the other three, he was the genius. ”
“If our constitution allows us free speech, why are there phone bills?”
“You know the speed of light, so what’s the speed of dark? ”
“Honesty may be the best policy, but it’s important to remember that
apparently, by elimination,dishonesty is the second-best policy.”
“If you can’t convince them, confuse them.”
“I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of
what I am saying.”
“If it weren’t for electricity we’d all be watching television by candlelight.”
just4lovers continues the saga of great quotes…..
W o m e n ! Y o u a r e a l w a y s g r a c i o u s. . .
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
Sacha Guitry
After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can’t face each other, but still they stay together.
Hemant Joshi
By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher . Socrates
Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them.
Dumas
The great question… which I have not been able to answer… is, “What does a woman want?
Sigmund Freud
I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.
Anonymous
” Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.”
Henny Youngman
” I don’t worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.”
Sam Kinison
” There’s a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It’s called marriage.”
James Holt McGavran
” I’ve had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me, and the second one didn’t.”
Patrick Murray
T wo secrets to keep your marriage brimming
1. Whenever you’re wrong, admit it,
2. Whenever you’re right, shut up.
Nash
The most effective way to remember your wife’s birthday is to forget it once …
Anonymous
You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to.
Henny Youngman
My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
Rodney Dangerfield
A good wife always forgives her husband when she’s wrong.
Milton Berle
Marriage is the only war where one sleeps with the enemy.
Anonymous
A man inserted an ‘ad’ in the classifieds: “Wife wanted”. Next day he received a hundred letters. They all said the same thing: “You can have mine.”
Anonymous
First Guy (proudly): “My wife’s an angel!”
Second Guy: “You’re lucky, mine’s still alive.”
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A Faithful Friend Is The Medicine Of Life. |
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If You Don’t Have Enemies, You Don’t Have Character. |
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Learn To Be Nice To People. It Is Nice To Be Important But It Is More Important To Be Nice. |
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He Who Loses Money, Loses Much; |
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Our Lives Teach Us Who We Are. |
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The Time Is Always Right To Do What Is Right. |
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Love The Heart That Hurts You, But Never Hurt The Heart That Loves You. |
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What Is A Friend? A Single Soul Dwelling In Two Bodies. |
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People Who Think Honestly And Deeply Have A Hostile Attitude Towards The Public. |
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Character Is Like A Tree And Reputation Like Its Shadow. The Shadow Is What We Think Of It; The Tree Is The Real Thing. |
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The Rain May Be Falling Hard Outside, But Your Smile Makes It All Alright. I’m So Glad That You’re My Friend. I Know Our Friendship Will Never End. |
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A Good Friend Is My Nearest Relation. |
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One Loyal Friend Is Worth Ten Thousand Relatives. |
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Funny Is An Attitude. |
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Laugh With People Not At Them. |
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Do Not Cry If The Sun Sets At The End Of The Day, Because The Tears Will Not Let You Enjoy The Beauty Of The Stars. |
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If Someone Betrays Once, It Is His Fault; |
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I Love You Not Because Of Who You Are, But Because Of Who I Am When I Am With You. |
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Great Minds Discuss Ideas; |
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No Man Or Woman Is Worth Your Tears, And The One Who Is, Won’t Make You Cry. |
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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. |
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A True Friend Is Someone Who Reaches For Your Hand And Touches Your Heart. |
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The Worst Way To Miss Someone Is To Be Sitting Right Beside Them Knowing You Can’t Have Them. |
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Never Frown, Even When You Are Sad, Because You Never Know Who Is Falling In Love With Your Smile. |
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To The World You May Be One Person, But To One Person You May Be The World. |
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Don’t Waste Your Time On A Man/Woman, Who Isn’t Willing To Waste Their Time On You. |
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May Be God Wants Us To Meet A Few Wrong People Before Meeting The Right One, So That When We Finally Meet The Person, We Will Know How To Be Grateful. |
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Don’t Cry Because It Is Over, Smile Because It Happened. |
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There’s Always Going To Be People That Hurt You So What You Have To Do Is Keep On Trusting And Just Be More Careful About Who You Trust Next Time Around. |
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Make Yourself A Better Person And Know Who You Are Before You Try And Know Someone Else And Expect Them To Know You. |
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Don’t Try So Hard, The Best Things Come When You Least Expect Them To. |
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There Is Nothing Either Good Or Bad, But Thinking Makes It So. |
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Optimism Means Expecting The Best, But Confidence Means Knowing How To Handle The Worst. Never Make A Move If You Are Merely Optimistic. |
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Be Not Afraid Of Life. Believe That Life Is Worth Living And Your Belief Will Help Create The Fact. |
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I’ve Never Been Poor, Only Broke. Being Poor Is A Frame Of Mind. Being Broke Is Only A Temporary Situation. |
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Mental Attitude Is More Important Than Mental Capacity. |
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It Is Not The Position, But The Disposition. |
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You Are As Young As Your Faith, As Old As Your Doubt, As Young As Your Self-Confidence, As Old As Your Fear, As Young As Your Hope, As Old As Your Despair. |
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Attitude Is More Important Than The Past, Than Education, Than Money, Than Circumstances, Than What People Do Or Say. It Is More Important Than Appearance, Giftedness, Or Skill. |
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Weakness Of Attitude Becomes Weakness Of Character. |
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The Only Disability In Life Is A Bad Attitude. |
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What We Think Or What We Believe Is, In The End, Of Little Consequence. The Only Thing Of Consequence Is What We Do. |
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It Is Not Fair To Ask Of Others What You Are Unwilling To Do Yourself. |
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Weakness Of Attitude Becomes Weakness Of Character. |
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Character Is Destiny. |
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What Lies Behind Us And What Lies Before Us Are Tiny Matters, Compared To What Lies Within Us. |
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You See Things And Say, ‘Why?”, But I Dream Things And Say, ‘Why Not? |
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True Friendship Is Like Sound Health; The Value Of It Is Seldom Known Until It Be Lost. |
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Wishing To Be Friends Is Quick Work, But Friendship Is A Slow-Ripening Fruit. |
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There Is No Distance Too Far Between Friends, For Friendship Gives Wings To The Heart. |
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Friendship Is Essentially A Partnership. |
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Friendship Is A Strong And Habitual Inclination In Two Persons To Promote The Good And Happiness Of One Another. |
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I’d Like To Run Away From You, But If You Didn’t Come And Find Me … I Would Die. |
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You Love Simply Because You Cannot Help It. |
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May No Gift Be Too Small To Give, Nor Too Simple To Receive, Which Is Wrapped In Thoughtfulness And Tied With Love. |
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Become A Good Role Model. Set A Good Example By Your Behavior. |
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It’s Never Too Late To Show Kindness. |
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It Is Better To Be Alone Than In Bad Company. Personalities Without Principles Make Life Miserable |
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Many People Will Walk In And Out Of Your Life… But Only True Friends Will Leave Footprints In Your Heart. |
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To Handle Yourself, Use Your Head; |
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There’s Always Going To Be People That Hurt You So What You Have To Do Is Keep On Trusting And Just Be More Careful About Who You Trust Next Time Around. |
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If You’re Waiting For Tomorrow, Why Not Do It Today? For If Tomorrow Never Comes, You’ll Surely Regret This Day. |
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Tears Are Unspoken Words. |
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Cry Your Heart Out, Let It All Go. Cuz Remember, After Every Tear, Comes A Rainbow! |
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Silence Is Golden, But Shouting Is Fun! |
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Don’t Settle For The One You Can Live With, Wait For The One You Can’t Live Without. |
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Do U Believe In Love At First Site? Or Should I Walk By Again? |
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You Never Know What You Have Until You Lose It, And Once You Lose It, You Can Never Get It Back. |
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You Know You’re In Love When The Hardest Thing To Say Is Goodbye. |
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I Dropped A Tear In The Ocean- When I Find It Is The Day I’ll Stop Loving You. |
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Be More Concerned About Your Character Than Your Reputation Because Your Character Is Who You Are And You Reputation Is What Others Think Of You!! |
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Love Is Like A Butterfly, Hold It Too Tight, It’ll Crush, Hold It Too Loose, It’ll Fly. |
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The Next Time You Think You’re Perfect, Try Walking On Water. |
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Yesterday Is History, Tomorrow Is A Mystery, Today Is A Gift, That Is Why We Call It The Present! |
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Roes Are Red Violets Are Blue, Sugar Is Sweet But Nothing Compared To You. |
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Dreams Can Come True If U Take The Time To Think About What U Want In Life. |
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God Made The Wind Blow, God Made The Sun Shine, But How The Hell Did He Make You So Fine!? |
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You Can Close Your Eyes To Things You Don’t Want To See, But U Can’t Close Your Heart To Things You Don’t Want To Feel. |
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It’s True You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Until It’s Gone, But It’s Also True You Don’t Know What You’ve Been Missing Until It Arrives!!! |
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Men Kick Love Around Like A Football And It Doesn’t Seem To Crack. Women Treat It Like Glass And It Falls To Pieces. |
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Friends Are Like Stars, U Don’t Always See Them But They R Always There. |
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When Times Are Hard All I Do Is Close My Eyes And Think Of You. |
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My Door Is Always Open, So Feel Free To Leave!! |
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3 Things In Life Should Never Be Broken…Toys, Promises, And Hearts. |
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For Every Minute You Spend Angry, You Lose Sixty Seconds Of Happiness. |
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Learn The Rules…Then Break Them. |
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It’s Nice To Be Important, But It’s More Important To Be Nice! |
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The Road To Success Is Always Under Construction. |
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Follow Your Heart, But Take Your Brain With You. |
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Never Underestimate The Power Of Best Friends, Especially When They’re Together. |
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Love Will Die If Held Too Tightly, |
What greater thing is there for two human souls that to feel that they
are joined… to strengthen each other… to be at one with each other in
silent unspeakable memories.
~ George Eliot
In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two
minus one equals nothing.
~ Mignon McLaughlin
For one human being to love another that is perhaps the most
difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof; the
work for which all other work is but preparation.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.
~ Mother Teresa
Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a
lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another’s heart, or its
flame burns low.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when
you have really lived, are the moments when you have done things in a
spirit of love.
~ Henry Drummond
Treasure the love you receive above all.
It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
~ Og Mandino
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human
being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind
shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds
no other inspiration.
~ Pearl S. Buck
Love works in miracles every day: such as weakening the strong, and
stretching the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools;
favouring the passions, destroying reason, and in a word, turning
everything topsy-turvy.
~ Marguerite De Valois
When I miss you, sometimes I listen to music or look at pictures of you, not to remind me of you but to make me feel as if I’m with you. It makes me forget the distance and capture you.
If you think missing me is hard, you should try missing you
A hug for you means I need you. A kiss for you means I love you. A call for you means I’m missing you.
I miss the way you used to hug me, I miss the way you used to kiss my lips, but most of all I miss the way you held me and my heart. I miss you…
You are the sun in my day, the wind in my sky, the waves in my ocean and the beat in my heart… I Miss You…
I am waiting and hoping and wishing for the time, when we can be together again! I Miss You!
When you miss me just look up to the night sky and remember, I’m like a star; sometimes you can’t see me, but I’m always there.
I think of you with every waking moment of my life and dream of you with every dream that I have; I miss you.