LESSONS FROM LIFE

LESSONS FROM L I F E

If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it will always be yours. If it doesn't come back, it was never yours to begin with. But, if it just sits in your living room, messes up your stuff, eats your food, uses your telephone, takes Your money, and doesn't appear to realize that you had set it free....... You either married it or gave birth to it.

Give people more than they expect, and do it cheerfully.

Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have, or loaf all you want.

Only say "I love you" when you mean it.

Look people in the eye when you say "I'm sorry."

Be engaged at least six months before you get married.

Believe in love at first sight.

Never laugh at anyone's dreams, especially your own. People who don't have dreams don't have much.

Love deeply and passionately. You may get hurt, but you will have truly loved...and lived.

In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.

Don't judge people by their relatives, or by the life they were born into.

Teach yourself to speak slowly but think quickly.

When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

Call your mother.

Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.

When you lose the game, don't lose the lesson.

Follow the three R's: Respect for self, Respect for others, and Responsibility for all your actions.

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

When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.

Marry a person with whom you enjoy conversation. As you get older that is what will matter most.

Spend some time alone and enjoy the company.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

Read more books. Television is no substitute.

Live an honorable life. In hindsight, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.

Trust in God but lock your car.

A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life. Do all you can to create a tranquil, harmonious home.

In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

Don't just listen to what someone is saying. Listen to why they are saying it.

Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.

Be gentle with the earth.

Pray or meditate. There's immeasurable power in it.

Never interrupt when you are being flattered.

Mind your own business.

Don't trust anyone who doesn't close his/her eyes when you kiss.

Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.

If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living. It is wealth's greatest satisfaction.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

Live with the knowledge that your character is your destiny.

Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

You cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.

No matter how much you care, some people just don't care back.

It takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

It's not what you have in life but who you have in your life that counts.

You can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes...after that, you better know something.

You shouldn't compare yourself to the best others can do.

You can do something in an instant that can give you heartache for life.

It's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

You should always leave loved ones with loving words, it may be the last time you see them.

You can keep going long after you thought you couldn't.

We are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

Either you control your attitude or it controls you.

Regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.

Heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.

Money is a lousy way of keeping score.

My best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.

Sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you are down, will be the ones to help you get back up.

Sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that does not give me the right to be cruel.

True friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. The same goes for love.

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.

Maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you have celebrated.

You should never tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish, for fewer things are less humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if they believed it.

No matter how good a friend is, they are going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

It isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

No matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.

Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we have become.

Just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, doesn't mean they do.

We don't have to change friends, if we understand that friends change.

You shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.

Two people can look at exactly the same thing, and see something totally different.

No matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt, and you will hurt in the process.

Even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.

Credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

The people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.

It's hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people's feelings, when you're standing up for what you believe in.

People who know absolutely nothing about you, can change your life in an instant.

Your family can let you down, and sometimes others can become your family, teaching you it's "ok" to love again.

The best classroom in the world, is at the feet of an elderly person.

When you're in love, it shows.

Just one person saying to me, "You've made my day!" makes my day.

Having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.

Being kind is more important than being right.

You should never say no to a gift from a child.

I can always pray for someone when I don't have the strength to help him in some other way.

No matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.

Sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.

Simple walks with my mother around the farm on summer nights when I was a child, did wonders for me as an adult.

Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.

We should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for.

Money doesn't buy class.

It's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

Under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.

The Lord didn't do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?

To ignore the facts does not change the facts.

When you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.

Love, not time, heals all wounds.

The easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

Everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

There's nothing sweeter than sleeping with your babies and feeling their breath on your cheeks.

No one is perfect until you fall in love with them.

Life is tough, but I'm tougher.

Opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.

When you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

I wish I had told my Dad that I love him one more time before he passed away.

One should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.

A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

I can't choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it.

When your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, you're hooked for life.

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.

It is best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it is requested and when it is a life threatening situation.

The less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.