Quotes - Other 4
(Quotations are by anonymous authors unless otherwise noted)
Life
"Regret for things done is consolable with time. Regret for things not done is inconsolable."
"If someone ruins the first part of your life, there's no reason to give them
the rest."
"Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead."
"The greatest agony of mankind is the conflict between the urge to stand apart
and the need to blend in."
"It's OK when you stumble; it just means you're moving forward."
"You cannot discover new worlds unless you are sometimes willing to lose site of
the shore."
"I'd rather attempt something giant and fail than to attempt nothing and
succeed."
"God gives us dreams a size too big so that we can grow into them."
"Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something."
�Only the great shall own a mistake,
only a few shall learn from a mistake,
Those who knew the art of owning a mistake,
Are the most benefited from the mistake.�
"Things work out best for the people who make the best out of the way things
work out."
"No one can rightfully say they are a virgin, for life has screwed us all."
"Time is the greatest teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils."
"90% of the friction of daily life is caused by the wrong tone of voice."
"Worrying about something that may never happen is like paying interest on
money you may never borrow."
Listening
"LISTEN
When I ask that you listen to me
and you start giving advice
you have not done what I asked.
When I ask you to listen to me
and you begin to tell me why I shouldn't feel that way,
you are trampling my feelings.
When I ask you to listen to me
and you feel you have to do something to solve my problem,
you have failed me, strange as that may seem.
Listen! All I asked was that you listen,
not to talk or to do - just hear me.
Advice is cheap: 50 cents will get you both Dear Abby and
Billy Graham in the same newspaper.
And I can do for myself; I'm not helpless.
Maybe discouraged and faltering, but not helpless.
When you so something for me that I can and need to do
for myself, you contribute to my fear and my weakness.
But, when you accept as a simple fact that I do feel what I feel,
then I can quit trying to convince you
and go deeper into my understanding of
what the feeling is about.
Feelings make sense when we understand
what is behind them.
Perhaps that is why prayer works, sometimes, for some people,
because God is often silent. God doesn't give advice
or try to fix things. God simply listens.
So, please listen and just hear me. And, if you want to talk,
wait a minute for your turn; and I'll listen to you."
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