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7/27/2012

Positive Quotes About Life

Our attitude toward life determines
life's attitude towards us.
- JimmyJohn N. Mitchell 


Whenever you're in conflict with someone,
there is one factor that can make the difference
between damaging your relationship and deepening it.
That factor is attitude.
- JimmyWilliam James 


 I can't change the direction of the wind,
but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
- Jimmy Dean 


Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.
- William James 


You can have anything you want if you want it desperately enough. You must want it with an exuberance that erupts through the skin and joins the energy that created the world.
- Sheila Graham 


And when the future hinges on the next words that are said, Don't let logic interfere, believe your heart instead.
- Philip Robison


Attitude is the way you mentally look at the world around you. It is how you view your environment and your future. It is the focus you develop toward life itself.
- Author Unknown


It is the power of thought that gives man power over nature.
- Hans Christian Anderson


You must not allow yourself to dwell for a single moment on any kind of negative thought.
- Emmet Fox 

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
- Will Durant


Then, without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start
of each new day; of course, you achieve quite a lot in the course of time.
Anyone can do this, it costs nothing and is certainly very helpful.
Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience
that a quiet conscience makes one strong.
- Anne Frank


Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
- Oscar Wilde


We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success.
We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do;
and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
- Samuel Smiles

It's the simplest properties that will help you clear yourself of negativity ... The profound power of a simple prayer. The strength of a deep breath. The gentle guidance of good music.
- Jeffrey Wands


That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.
- George Foreman


You must intensify and render continuous by repeatedly presenting with suggestive ideas and mental pictures of the feast of good things, and the flowing fountain, which awaits the successful achievement or attainment of the desires.
- Robert Collier 


As long as you know what it is you desire, then by simply affirming that it is yours -- firmly and positively, with no ifs, buts, or maybes -- over and over again, from the minute you arise in the morning until the time you go to sleep at night, and as many times during the day as your work or activities permit, you will be drawn to those people, places, and events that will bring your desires to you.
- Scott Reed 


When faced with a challenge, look for a way,
not a way out.
- David Weatherford 


Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.
- Wayne Dyer


Risk more than others think is safe.
Care more than others think is wise.
Dream more than others think is practical.
Expect more than others think is possible.
- Claude Bissell 


The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance.
Remember, the greatest failure is to not try.
Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.
Debbi Fields

Quotes About Life and Friendship

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton 


 A friend is one who walks in when others walk out
-Walter Winchell 


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.
- Albert Camus


Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
- Elbert Hubard 


Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
- Bible: Ecclesiastes 


The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.
- Abraham Lincoln

Though our communication wanes at times of absence, I'm aware of a strength that emanates in the background.
-Claudette Renner 


Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
-Goethe 


True friendship is never serene.
- Mariede Svign

7/23/2012

Great Quotes About Love

To live is life, to love is to live
-  Matthew Bereyne


You are the only one that can tell if am happy or not because you open the gate too my heart
-  Anonymous


You are the best thing that’s ever been mine.
- Taylor Swift


I know this to be true because for once in my life, my heart feels what my head does. i’m loving every minute of it.
-  Carrie B


I know what it’s like to feel alone when you are surrounded by people, but don’t worry, as long as i am here you will never be alone.
-  Sierra Bullock


The Past is is our History
Tomorrow is our Mystery
Today is our Gift
That’s why it is called our Present
Thank you for my Present
Your Love
-  Anonymous


The time I get to spend with you means so much too me. I feel like you are here so we can explore through life together and have every moment be stuck in our memories. Your kisses make my entire day the best day it can be. Only true couples figure out life together and stay with each other even if they run into a rough patch. Whether your smiling, laughing, sad, or mad I am always going to love you.
- Joshua Ryan Dragon


I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best
- Marilyn Monroe

 
Why start with a new love yet you already have one?
- Blair Tonics

If I told you I missed you, would you care? If I told you I couldn’t live without you, would you be there? If I told you I could be your everything, would you give me a chance? If I told you I could make you happy, would you give me the perfect romance? If I told you you’re the only one I think about, would you keep track? If I told you I loved you…would you love me back?
-  Anonymous

7/19/2012

Simple Life Quotes

Enjoy the simple, the natural and the plain. Along with that comes the ability to do things spontaneously and have them work.
- Benjamin Hoff 

How many things are there which I do not want.
- Socrates 

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” 
- Lao Tzu

I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated." 
- Paul Anderson

I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity – all I hope for in my clothes.” 
 - Yves Saint Laurent

It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.” 
- Aristotle

"Let us learn to live simply, so that others may simply live." 
- Mahatma Gandhi

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." 
- Confucius

Nature is what we know – Yet have not art to say – So impotent our wisdom is To her simplicity” 
- Emily Dickinson

Simple pleasures are the last healthy refuge in a complex world.“ 
— Oscar Wilde

Simplicity is the key to brilliance." 
Bruce Lee

Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting is simplicity itself – it is the occurring which is difficult. “ 
- Stephen Leacock

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” 
- Albert Einstein


7/16/2012

Quotes About Life and Dating

Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night.
Woody Allen


 Seems like I am always chosen to be the 'friend'. They can date other girls, and go out with other girls, but when it comes to me, I always hear those same three words...'let's be friends.' And I can date other guys, but the ones I really care about
- Unknown Author 


 If he’s not calling you, it’s because you are not on his mind. If he creates expectations for you, and then doesn’t follow through on little things, he will do same for big things. Be aware of this and realize that he’s okay with disappointing you. Don’t be with someone who doesn’t do what they say they’re going to do. If he’s choosing not to make a simple effort that would put you at ease and bring harmony to a recurring fight, then he doesn’t respect your feelings and needs. “Busy” is another word for “asshole.” “Asshole” is another word for the guy you’re dating. You deserve a fcking phone call.
- Greg Behrendt


 Ten Things You Shouldn't Say on a Date.
1. You're wearing that?
2. Something smells funny.
3. Where's the Tylenol?
4. And to think, I first wanted to date your brother.
5. I have a confession to make…
6. My dad has a suit just like that.
7. That man is hot. Look at him.
8. My ex, may he rot in hell forever…
9. You're going to order that? Seriously?
10. You're how old?
-  Gena Showalter, Animal Instincts


 I used to date the lead singer of The Cranberries, but she cheated on me. Turns out she had some turkey on the side.
-  Jarod Kintz, It Occurred to Me


We're not dating," Alec said again.
"Oh?" Magnus said. "So you're just that friendly with everybody, is that it?
- Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes


 After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners.
- Melinda Gates


 At the time that I knew them, they were not living together. They began dating again after their divorce, so I didn't really see fighting.
- Kato Kaelin


 Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.
- Martha Beck


Quotes About Life and Luck


Leprechauns, castles, good luck and laughter.Lullabies, dreams and love ever after. Poems and songs with pipes and drums. A thousand welcomes when anyone comes... That's the Irish for you!
Irish Sayings quotes


 Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it, and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work -- and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.
- Lucille Ball 


 Friends love misery, in fact. Sometimes, especially if we are too lucky or too successful or too pretty, our misery is the only thing that endears us to our friends.
- Erica Jong


He was so gorgeous... Kurt. I don't know how I got lucky that way.
- Courtney Love


You can take what is handed to you and use it as an excuse to mess up. But I've always handled what was given to me by life. I consider myself lucky. I was never lied to. And I was loved.
- Leighton Meester

Climatologists are all agreed that we'd be lucky to see the end of this century without the world being a totally different place, and being 8 or 9 degrees hotter on average.
- James Lovelock


 I'm very lucky that I get to make a living out of acting, which is what I love, and the level of attention I receive has sometimes been my own fault and sometimes not been.
- Sienna Miller


I'm lucky because I have a job I love. I really miss being away from home, being in my own bed, seeing my animals and siblings, having my moms cookies. I have a couple cats. I got a kitten about a year ago and now Im going on the road so I wont see him for a while. I feel bad.
- Michelle Branch


Luck marches with those who give their very best
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.