Tell the people you love that you love them at every opportunity.

You must spend time with your loved ones because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember to give a warm hug to the one next to you because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn’t cost a cent.

Unconditional love is the best sort of love. Accept people for what they are.

Mother’s love has no equal.
We have the power to make this the best generation in the history of mankind ever or the last.

The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; the just make the most of everything that comes their way.

We all take different paths in life but no matter where we go we take a little of each other everywhere.

Paint a rainbow inside of you. Paint a rainbow let your smile shine through. When it’s cold and grey, push the clouds away, paint a rainbow in your heart.

When life throws shoes at you at least pick through the best ones and try them on for size.
You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say. That way you will never have to fear an unanticipated blow.

Your eyes show the strength of your soul.

Anyone who interferes of the destiny of another never will discover his own.

Channel your disappointment into a resolve to build an inner strength that does not require the approval of others.

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow know what you truly want to become.
Good friends are good for your health.

Never explain - your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe you anyway.

Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person having neither to weigh thoughts nor to measure words.

Friendship is a horizon which expands whenever we approach it.

Some friends play at friendship but a true friend sticks closer than one’s nearest kin.

New Dreams???

17th Oct '10

As I talked to one of my college friends today I had a realization. What I wanted three years ago, or lets say just a year ago, was quite different than what I want now. My dream of becoming a director or writer has shriveled quite a bit and I have become more accepting to the changes and situations I face in life. Can I say this is maturity? Or is it just adjusting and accepting the things that I cannot change?

In college, while doing my Bachelor's, I had a distinct dream or say a plan in mind. I had thought quite clearly that when I pass my college I will get a job and I would be settled in a sense. I did pass my college and end up in a job but I also left it after a year and joined another college for my Masters. But now when I sit to think of it I really don't know which way my life is heading.

Very clearly my plan of life did not materialize. I may have made mistakes and taken some wrong decisions in life but they made me what I am today and I do not regret even a bit of it. But now I know things work out on their own and we might end up doing things we never thought of. In fact I have ended up doing what I thought I would never do! Maybe this is the case with me or a few other people my age. Or can I say this happens with most people in their youth?

Things don't always turn out the way we think nor do we achieve all our dreams. With time our dreams may change and it's okay to make mistakes. Youth has the liberty to make mistakes and learn what is wrong and right early on. I cannot afford to make choices in my career after 25 but I can right now at 22. We do have the time and the privilege to try out different things and see what works for us and what doesn't work for us both in the professional and personal fronts.

We normally go according to our parents wishes till we are in school. In college too some agree to what their parents have thought they should do. But there comes a time in everyone's life when they are confused with whatever is going on with their lives either professionally or personally. That time may come early for some and a little later for others. Don't we all go through phases when we ask ourselves where are we heading? What will we be doing after five years?

Youth is a time to get confused, ask questions to oneself, make mistakes and learn to choose the right direction in life. It is a time of trial and error. To decide what works for you, where are you comfortable. I am in a phase where I am struggling both professionally as well as personally. No matter how much friends argue or agree I have to make my own decisions in life. I have to choose the way I have to move on for the years to come. I have no specific plan in mind as I want to live without regrets.

I want to make my own mistakes and learn from them. I want to live my own life, try and fail and then prevail. I don't have to live up to other's expectations but my own. I am no longer a child who goes on the path she is taken on by her parents. I am an individual who can now live her own life in her way without explaining why.

When you change your feelings into words you can make the impossible possible.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.

Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

“I love you, not for what you are but for what I am when I am with you.”

No matter what he does every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world and normally he doesn’t know it.

A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.

The secret of happiness is to make others believe that they are the cause of it.

The difficult is done at once, the impossible takes a little longer.

"I play to win and if I don't win I know a bigger victory awaits me elsewhere."

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on when others have let go.

The best way out is always through.

If you start out by promising what you don’t even have yet, you’ll lose your desire to work towards getting it.

“I see the world in terms of what I would like to see happen not what it actually does.”

You must always know what it is that you want. Never stop dreaming, follow the omens.

A faithful friend is the medicine of life.

Count your age with friends, not with years.

Plant a seed of friendship, reap a bouquet of happiness.

No man is useless while he has a friend.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he’d rather be somewhere else.

Together We Did

4th Oct '10

The grand opening of the Commonwealth Games was appreciated by one and all. With all confidence I can say that every Indian who watched the opening ceremony felt proud of being an Indian. The spectacle of the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium completely took me by surprise. It may be the infrastructure of the stadium, the aerostat, the lighting, the fireworks or the amazing formations by the performers but it will all stay with me for a very long time to come.

The opening ceremony was definitely a success. People who viewed it all over the world appreciated it despite all the criticism that preceded it. India did arrive in the world scene and how. Creativity and professionalism was seen in the various acts put up by the performers. The drummers from various parts of the country managed to give the ceremony a festive start. The aerostat stole the show completely right in the start with the katputlis dancing around it. Swagatam was another surprise as children danced in the formation of folded hands as Hariharan performed the song.

The spectators in the stadium also reminded from time to time that they are there. They shouted, hooted, whistled and cheered. The various speeches by Suresh Kalmadi, Prince of Whales and the President of India were appreciated by the spectators. The closing show of various folk dancers and the Indian Journey showcased the whole of India within the confines of the stadium.

For me the best was the ambience created in the stadium with the use of lighting and projection on the aerostat. The act of Guru Shishya Parampara under the Bodhya Tree was simply mesmerizing. I was in complete awe during that performance. The performance of A R Rahman in the end was a perfect end to the ceremony and in that too the spectators provided support by singing Jai Ho along with Rahman.

After seeing the ceremony and truly loving it I have forgotten all the criticism that we were exposed to before this. I completely forget all the problems that were caused to the public and all the negative media publicity. The success of the opening ceremony very strongly teaches us that together we can overcome hurdles and put up a great show. Patience and confidence can do wonders like the Opening Ceremony of the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 in Delhi.

All the learning, patience, skills and strength is required in the journey but it all comes to be worth if the end turns out to be better than expected...

Truth and Non Violence

2nd Oct '10

Mahatma Gandhi, the man our country calls 'Father of the Nation'. Today the first thing I saw as I switched on my television was a documentary on the life of Gandhiji called 'Mahatma: The Great Soul". It caught my attention right from the beginning. The documentary was 60 min long and I watched it with amazement. It took me decades back into the life of Gandhiji.

There is no doubt that I learnt things I did not know before but I was forced to think upon the two things that have been always associated with Gandhiji, Truth and Non Violence. The two weapons that Gandhiji used to ignite the minds of the people of India and inspire them towards fighting with dignity.

Leave out today, right after independence the people of India forgot these teachings and had sought to fighting and killing innocents in communal riots. Then how can anyone expect these qualities in todays world? I myself am a believer in truth and non violence but there are indeed times when my mind takes over and my heart gives in.

Truth has now become a subjective term. What is the truth for me may not be the truth for you. Things are twisted and turned around before they are brought out in the open. People blindly follow the spoken word without verifying the facts. Then how can I accept what is a truth and what is a lie?

Non violence, love? Do people really understand this anymore? Everywhere you see there is hatred and fights going on. Patience is a lost virtue. Everyone is ready to use their physical strength before they can even try their patience. Non violence is taken as a weakness and a person who resorts to it is thought of as a fool.

How long can one carry on on the path of truth and non violence? Isn't life harsh enough? Aren't people difficult enough? I have experienced getting into trouble after saying a truth. I have experienced being taken as weak because I resort to non violence.

The truth today is the person who tells the truth is despised. The person who doesn't shout out loud and fight is not taken seriously. The world today has become blind, deaf and dumb. They cannot see love, they cannot hear the truth and they cannot speak without violence in their words. And a thought that remains in my mind is Gandhiji would not be very happy today...

Death

7th Sep '10

I never knew how to react when one of my friends used to cry for a death of their loved one. I never knew what to say to make them feel better or positive about life. How can you ever find anything positive about an untimely death? A twenty something dies in some accident or due to a disease which was not supposed to happen.

All of us do not really accept death to be a part of our lives until it happens to someone we love. Losing a person who was a part of your life leaves a void that can never be filled by anyone else. When a loved one dies a part of you dies with them, you are never the same again.

The grief of a parent of losing their child cannot even be explained in words. Having children is a privilege and a gift. Losing a child means losing your years of expectations, love, care and the future. I cannot even measure how much a parent loses when they lose their child. It seems to be the biggest punishment.

Death also brings numerous questions about life with it. How can I trust life? I never know when I can lose a friend or a family member. And for that matter why live if we eventually have to die? How can someone be happy if they know that they are going to die?

But I guess it makes you grow up and look at life with new eyes. Everyone has to die one day but still we strive to live each day. Life itself is the biggest example of hope and expectations. The only thing we can do is cherish every moment and every person in our lives. Try and make someone's life a little easier because we never know when life would end.

After experiencing sudden deaths of loved ones I just hope I never hurt anyone because I may never be able to say sorry to them or they may remember me with a bad memory for the rest of their lives. All I can do is be happy and content with whatever I have and thank God everyday that I am alive and can make someone else happy about living a life that in itself is a gift.

Teachers' Day

4th Sep '10

I still remember as children we would be very excited for Teachers' Day. The charm of enjoying with our teachers could not be compared to anything in school. The preparations would go on for weeks before the day and every student and teacher would be equally excited about the event.

The best I could remember was the one in which the teachers used to perform for the students. Looking at our teachers, the ones who used to scold in classes, singing and enjoying would always bring a big smile on our faces. Even the strictest of teachers would be laughing and chatting with the students.

Teachers have a wonderful memory as far as I can tell. You meet a teacher after five or ten years and tell your name they will surely tell you one or two incidents of you in the class. I am always amazed how my class fifth or sixth standard teacher still recognizes me after teaching so many students before and after she taught me. It brings happiness to me when I meet a teacher that I liked.

Then comes the thought of those teachers that we didn't like. Maybe because they were too strict or their way was teaching would go over our heads or we were never able to score marks in their subjects. But I guess like every student every teacher is different. They have their own ways to teach as well as enjoy.

There's a quotation I once read "The grace of the guru is like an ocean. If one comes with a cup he will only get a cupful." I find this to be so true. Every teacher is a teacher because they know something that we don't. They impart their knowledge to us and it depends on us how much are we willing to learn.

In school the relationship between the teachers and the students is different in terms of discipline and respect. Students in schools are very young and teachers treat them as young minds that have to be shaped. In college the relationship changes to another dimension. Just like with our parents, as we grow up we start joking with them and enjoying. Similarly with teachers the bond is more like friends because the age difference reduces considerably.

The way we interact with our teachers has changed so much from my school days to today. Our teachers treat us as young adults who have opinions and want to convey them. They are, like our parents, elders who can advice us on any topic. In fact being friends with teachers is easier. They are more like friends. They do not find faults in us but advice us to take the right path.

I remember all my teachers on this Teachers' Day and hope that they are all doing good in their lives. Our teachers indeed teach us so much and we have so many reasons to thank them. So bringing back the charm of Teachers' Day in my life I say a silent thanks to all my teachers.

In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.

Love is when you look into someone’s eyes and see everything you need.

You love simply because you can’t help it.

Lust is easy. Love is hard. Like is most important.

The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can never end.

When you play cards for the first time you are almost sure to win. It’s the principle of favourability because life wants you to achieve your destiny.

We have to take advantage when luck is on our side and do as much to help it as it is doing to help us.

Every search begins with beginners luck and every search ends with the victor’s being severely tested.

The darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.

Don't say that you've got more than you deserve as life might be listening and give you less the next time.

Forgiveness does not change the past but it does enlarge the future.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

That what you really believe in always happens. And a belief in a thing makes it happen.

The fearless are merely fearless. People who act in spite of their fear are truly brave.

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.

Always stand by your friends because in the end they are the ones who will stand by you.

A friend loves at all times.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and sharing of pleasures.

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

“A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.”

Love is like a mountain hard to climb but once you get to the top the view is beautiful.

Somewhere someone dreams of you and finds your presence in life worthwhile. So when you are lonely remember, someone somewhere is thinking of you.

“May you have warm words on a cold night, a full moon on a dark night and a smooth road all the way to your door.”

“Some people like to paint trees. I like to paint love. It is more meaningful than painting trees.”

There is only one happiness in life to love and to be loved.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete everybody will respect you.

Luck is what you have left over after you give 100%.

When you want something all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it.

People are capable at any time in their lives of doing what they dream of.

There is a force that wants you to realise your destiny. It whets your appetite with a taste of success.

If you want to be a star and shine your own light don’t be afraid of the darkness because it is then that the star shine the brightest.

Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.

Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

A successful man is that who lays the foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.

“Speak to me so I can see your soul.”

You should know what’s going on in your friend’s heart. But most importantly you should know what’s going on in your enemy’s mind.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Friendship with oneself is all important, without it one cannot be friends with anyone else.

Friends don’t have to agree on every issue, they just have to have an honest relationship about it.

You know you are in love when you see the world in her eyes and her eyes everywhere in the world.

“I want to look into someone’s eyes and see the whole world, and feel as if I don’t want anything else.”

A simple “I love you” means more than money.

Love asks no questions and gives endless support.

“Looking back I have this to regret that most often when I loved I didn’t say so.”

It is better to wear out than to rust out.

Be nice to people on your way up because you will meet them on your way down.

Your time is limited so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t let the voice of others drown out your own inner voice.

Dream as life you’ll life forever. Live as of you’ll die today.

Life gives answers in three ways: It says yes and gives you what you want. It says no and gives you something better. It says wait and gives you the best.

Beware of what you wish for, it might just come true.

If you want to see the rainbow you got to put up with the rain.

You can’t have everything. Where will you put it?

If you want the rose you will have to respect the thorn.

It’s the rubbish that makes the rose scent good.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.

Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the heart of a true friend.

Who finds a faithful friend finds a treasure.

The best mirror is an old friend.

Friends should be few and well chosen.

The freedom we have and don't have

15th Aug '10

On an Independence Day when India celebrates its freedom many of us ask this question to ourselves. Are we really free? There is so much to be accomplished still. Freedom from terrorism, naxalism, corruption, poverty, crime and the list goes on. But to think of it we always overlook the basic freedom that we have and never appreciate it.

The government of India has given us many rights and made several laws that assure us of a freedom that we, as the people of India, didn't have earlier. Not talking about the pre-independence era when a citizen of India did not even have the right to talk freely but after independence when India gradually took control of its citizens.

There have been various changes in the society that came gradually helping in a persons rights, women empowerment, child rights to education, homosexual rights and RTI. These have indeed given a freedom that people only thought of.

If today we have certain limitations that we think should not be there, in the days to come, will diminish. Every change takes time. India has been free for 64 years now. The world has accepted India as a growing country in terms of economy as well as technology. All we need is trust in ourselves and each other.

The various problems faced by people today will also be sorted out in some years. No country is perfect. There are always challenges that need to be overcome only then one grows. Being patient and doing your bit is the key to an India that we dream of.

As it is said "The only area you are certain of improving is yourself," I would say leave aside what wrong others are doing for you cannot change them but work on improving yourself. If each one improves themselves then we will together be a nation that we would be proud of.

The heart wants what it wants. There’s no logic to those things.

Love never keeps a man from pursuing his destiny. If he abandons that pursuit it is because it wasn’t true love.

Trouble is a part of life and if you don’t share it you don’t give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.

People are beautiful if you love them.

There is more hunger for love in this world than for bread.

Don’t expect a great day, make one.

What a caterpillar calls the end the rest of the world calls a butterfly.

Maturity has more to do with the kind of experiences you’ve had and what you’ve learnt from them and less to do with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated.

Do not cry for the stars. Pick up the diamonds in the sand.

If you can’t see the brighter side of life polish the dull one.

Never do something if the risk is greater than the reward.

God doesn't make junk.

Failure is a delay not a defeat.

Happiness does not depend upon who you are or what you have. It depends upon what you think.

Failure is the opportunity to try again. This time more intelligently.

A friend appreciates the best in you, encouraging you at every step of life, helping you become a stronger person.

Most people walk in and out of your life but only friends leave footprints in your heart.

Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave and impossible to forget.

In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.

How much is too much?

5th Aug '10

All of us have our limitations and boundaries but there is one thing that is unconditional in all of us. That one thing is embedded in our nature. It can be the ability to love or care. To be helpful or friendly. No matter how much we gain by displaying these feelings we still can't let go of them.

The question here comes 'how much is too much?' All these feelings or qualities are there in each of us but one of them is abundant. We normally limit ourselves and set a boundary that we won't go beyond this but with that one feeling we don't think twice before going beyond.

A help or a favor never goes unnoticed was said long ago. But what if every time you help someone or do a favor it goes unnoticed? Every time you love you don't get it in return?

In extreme cases, through experience, we learn to show these feelings wisely. When people don't get what they want they generally change themselves. They try and adopt an attitude which leaves them less hurt or keep ignoring the hurt.

But here again the question comes 'how much is too much?' If I change myself I will not be what I want to be anymore. People would argue that we change for our good. But are we not changing our thinking, our principles and ourselves because others don't reciprocate our feelings? Should I change just because people are not reacting in a way I want them to?

It is therefore important to know oneself. Know your limitations as well as boundaries. Even the most helpful or loving person gets hurt from the people they care about. It's all about patience, I guess. How much are you willing to take? When you can take no more and set your limitations then you will know how much is too much.

Changing Times

2nd Aug '10

The youth of today in spite of having a traditional background have a new approach towards people who are different from them. Unlike earlier times, when the youngsters meet people from different cultures they accept them without any apprehensions. It's not what their parents, uncles, aunts or grandparents would generally do.

This change is visible in the metro cities of our country. While introducing ourselves we normally do not tell the name of our hometown, earlier this wasn't the case. People joining new offices or meeting new people introduce themselves with their educational background rather than their social or cultural background.

Not only social and cultural differences the youth are also more sensitive towards differently-abled people, treating a physically challenged person as normal and opposing anyone who discriminates them. This not only helps in changing their friends' attitudes towards such people but also their families' point of view is changed. If the need arises, youngsters today correct their elders if they make any comments about people different from them.

The world sees India as a land of diverse cultures and there are indeed many geographical differences between the people of India. But not letting these geographical differences come in the way of the unity of the country is of utmost importance.

India's mindset towards people from different areas or who look different has certainly changed and it is mostly because of the youth who have not incorporated discrimination in their lives. The need for this change was felt long back but any change in the society takes time to make its mark.

Now it doesn't matter whether you are a North Indian, South Indian or from North East. All that matters is your manner in which you present yourself. Everyone accepts well educated and friendly people and do not go into the family details. In fact informing about your family background or hometown can sometimes show you in the wrong light.

The changing attitude or one can say a more sensitive attitude towards people who are different is a welcome change. Accepting people as they are and treating them as one of us should be appreciated so that the younger generations to come also adopt this practice to make Indians more amiable amongst themselves.

You know you love someone when all you want is that person to be happy even if you are not a part of their happiness.

Find a person who will love you because of your differences and not in spite of them.

If he doesn't respect you he is not worth any of your time.

The heart does heal and you will love like this again. Except that when you do you’ll deny that you ever loved like this before.

Immature love says, "I love you because I need you." Mature love says, "I need you because I love you."

Instead of waiting for life to get better do something about it.

Someday you will look back on this and it will all seem funny.

If you can laugh at yourself you are going to be fine.

You never know when you are making a memory.

To be old and wise you first have to be young and stupid.

In order to keep a true perspective of one’s importance everyone should keep a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him.

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.

We don’t see things as they are. We see things as we are.

That which does not kill you will ultimately make you stronger.

Never ever let a member of the opposite sex make you compromise your standards.

It’s funny how someone can come in and go out of your life so quickly, yet leave footprints and memories in your heart forever.

If instead a gem or even a flower we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend that would be giving as angels give.

Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer.

No garden is ever really complete without fragrant flowers to make it sweet. No life is ever full or fair without a true and dear friend to share or care.

A friend is someone who does not judge by appearance or action, who accepts all in you and loves you for it.

A smile is the shortest distance between two people.

Love deeply and patiently. You might get hurt but it’s the only way to live life completely.

Love is the difference between living and existing.

Kids go where there is excitement. They stay where there is love.

Soul mates don’t finally meet somewhere. They are in each other all along.

“Yesterday is dead, tomorrow has not come yet. I have just one day and I am going to be happy in it.”

The brave may not live forever but the cautious do not live at all.

Don’t let your life wait for other people.

Ten years from now most of the things that we freak out about won’t make any difference.

Life moves fast but not so fast that you can’t slow down to enjoy it.

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would have lied if you were in his place.

“Got no cheque books, got no banks still I would like to express my thanks. I’ve got the sun in the morning and the moon at night.”

The nice thing about egoistics is that they don’t talk about other people.

When you realise that you’ve made a mistake take immediate steps to correct it.

Spend some time alone.

A friend is someone who believes in you even when you’ve ceased to believe in yourself.

Friendship is not a two way road… It is a one way road travelled by two people together hand in hand.

Best friends never tell each other they are best friends, they just know it.

“If I could give you one gift my friend, I’d give you the gift to see yourself as others see you, so you could understand how special you really are.”

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

You can’t stay mad at someone who makes you laugh.

When it hurts to look back and you are scared to look ahead. You can look beside you and your best friend will be there.

“Don’t walk in front of me I may not follow; don’t walk behind me I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.”

It is easier to forgive and enemy than to forgive a friend.

Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

Fear less, hope more. Eat less, chew more. Whine less, breath more. Talk less, say more. Hate less, love more. And all good things will be yours.

It is better to deserve an honour and not get it than to get an honour and not deserve it.

Happiness is not the absence of conflict but it is the ability to cope with it.

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start anyone can start now and make a brand new end.

An optimist expects his dreams to come true, a pessimist expects his nightmares to.

To handle yourself use your head, to handle others use your heart.

Look within for value and beyond for perspective.

Behind every successful man theres a lot of unsuccessful years.

The essential sadness is to go through life without loving. But it is almost equally sad to leave this world without ever telling those you love that you do.

During life, loving is essential as living.

“If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart I’ll stay there forever.”

“I wish I were a little girl again because skinned knees are easier to fix than broken hearts.”

Love at first sight is easy to understand. It's when people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have and one of the best things you can be.

Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

A true friend is the one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.

Friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

Don't love a friend who hurts you. Don't hurt a friend who loves.

There is no such thing as a self made man. We are all made up of thousands of others.

Man should subvert anger by forgiveness, subdue pride by modesty, overcome hypocrisy with simplicity and greed by contentment.

Courage isn’t having the strength to go on. It is going on when you don’t have the strength.

A pessimist is a person who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.

Be a leader not a follower.

Always keep a smile on your face to give to those who don’t have any.

It’s not what life tales away from you that counts. It’s what you make of what is left with you.

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses."

At the end of the game both the king and the pawn go into the same box

When you have nothing left but love then for the first time you become aware that love is enough.

“Your words may hurt my feelings but your silence breaks my heart.”

You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh but you can’t truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry.

Falling in love with someone isn’t always easy. It’s when you want to be together despite it all, that’s when you truly love someone.

Love is all about open arms. If you close your arms around love you will be left holding only yourself.

Love is a gift. If you receive it try and appreciate it. If not, don’t worry, someone is still wrapping it for you.

If you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you are with.

Don’t cry over someone who won’t cry over you.

Love is giving someone the ability to destroy you but trusting them not to do so.

You know you love someone when you cannot put into words how they make you feel.

Life gives us rocks it’s our choice whether to build a bridge or a wall.

Live today as you’ve never lived before because sometimes tomorrow never comes.

When you live on a round planet there’s no choosing sides.

If opportunity doesn’t knock build a door.

Half of our mistakes in life arise from thinking when we ought to feel and feeling when we ought to think.

People won’t remember what you did. People won’t remember what you said. But people will remember how you made them feel.

Most of us can read the writing on the wall. We just assume it’s addressed to someone else.

“I don’t need a man to rectify my existence. The most profound relationship we’ll ever have is the one with ourselves.”

Getting what you go after is success. Liking it while you are getting it is happiness.

“I don’t know the key to success but the key to failure is to try to please everyone.”

Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don’t say.

A true friend is not someone to whom you go to laugh but to whom you go to cry.

“If you jumped down a bridge I wouldn’t jump with you, I would be at the bottom to catch you.”

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still likes you.

The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend.