His friends are the rest of him."
"We human beings can survive the most difficult of circumstances if we are not forced to stand alone."
-James Dobson
We don't have to change friends
if we understand that friends change.
A "no" uttered from the deepest conviction is better and greater than a "yes" merely to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
-Mahatma Gandhi
Since every failure is a lesson, every challenge an opportunity, and every joy a triumph, it's hard to go wrong.
-Michae Addison Reed
Love is a little blind.
When we love someone dearly we unconsciously overlook many thoughts.
-Beatrice Saunders
All of us are lying in the gutter,
but some of us are looking up at the stars.
-Oscar Wilde
Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of someone else.
-Judy Garland
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping.
-Claudius Claudianus
You cannot make someone love you,
all you can do is be someone who can be loved; the rest is up to them.
If you do not like it, change it; if you can't change it,
change the way you think about it.
-Mary Engelbreit
And the trouble is,
if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
-Erica Jong
Never explain. Your true friends don't need it,
and your enemies won't believe it.
It is when the chips are down but not scattered about, that you discover who your real friends are.