~Poems, Quotes, & Sayings 4~

Special thanks to Racheal for providing me with these quotes

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"Everthing has beauty, but not everyone sees it." -Confucius

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"Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I may not forget you." -William Arthur

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"Don't take shit from anyone." -Billy Joel

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"Live life so completly that when death comes to you like a thief in the night, there will be nothing left for him to steal. "

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"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." -Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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"Once someone touches your heart, the footprints last forever."

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"The statistics on sanity are that one in every four Americans suffer from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they are okay, then it's you." -Rita Mae Brow

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"Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them, you reach your destiny." -Carl Schur

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"Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl accidentally kills the first woman she meets, then teams up with three complete strangers to kill the woman's sister for personal gain." -TV listing for The Wizard of Oz

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"It's not easy being green." -Kermit the Frog

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"Memories give you the power to collect roses in the winter."

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"You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore."

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"Sometimes someone says something really small, and it just fits right into this empty place in your heart." -My So-Called Life

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"When life hands you lemons, ask for a bottle of tequila and salt.

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"Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film."

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"Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived, or he who has stayed on the shore and merely existed?" -Hunter S. Thompson

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"Footfalls echo the memory
down the passage which we did not take
towards the door we never opened
into the rose garden." -T.S. Eliot

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"Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. Then you'll be a mile away and have his shoes."

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"Don't cry because it's over, laugh because it happened."

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"Twas not my ear you whispered into, but my heart. Twas not my lips you kissed, but my soul." -Judy Garland

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"If my thoughts of you were turned to stars, God would have to make another universe."

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"Carpe Diem"

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"It's hard to forget someone you'll always remember."

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"Life is hard, so is concrete." -R. Chalmers Hood IV

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"Forgive me father, but I've fallen in love and that's all I have for confession today." -Barenaked Ladies

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"Show me a man with both feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't put his pants on." -Arthur K. Watson

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"Please explain why your silence make more noise than thunder." -K's Choice

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"Wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on top of the forest, a little boy and his bear will always be playing." -A.A. Milne

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"He who lives in a glass house should change in the basement."

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"Life's injustices are a lot harder to take when you don't know any swear words."

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"They keep saying the right person will come along. I think mine got hit by a truck."

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"Once in a while, in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale."

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"Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear."

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"Smile, it makes people wonder what you've been up to."

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"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost." -J.R.R. Tolkien

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"The most wasted of day's is the one without laughter." -E.E. Cummings

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"Living is like licking honey off a thorn."

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"Love is a piano...dropped from a 4-story window." -Ani Difranco

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"Be still sad heart, and cease repining, behind the clouds the sun is shining." -Longfellow

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"Almost only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades."

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"The worst way to miss someone is to have them sitting right next to you, and know that you can never have them."

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"Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from poor judgement."

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"Two roads diverged in the wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." -Robert Frost

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"I'm a fraggle rocker."

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One day, when I was a freshman in high school, I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school. His name was Kyle. It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, "Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday? He must really be a nerd." I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friend tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on. As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him. They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him. He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes. My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him and as he crawled around looking for his glasses, and I saw a tear in his eye. As I handed him his glasses, I said, "Those guys are jerks. They really should get lives." He looked at me and said, "Hey thanks!" There was a big smile on his face. It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude. I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before. He said he had gone to private school before now. I would have never hung out with a private school kid before. We talked all the way home, and I carried his books. He turned out to be a pretty cool kid. I asked him if he wanted to play football on Saturday with me and my friends. He said yes. We hung all weekend and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him. And my friends thought the same of him. Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again. I stopped him and said, "Damn boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!" He just laughed and handed me half the books. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends. When we were seniors, began to think about college. Kyle decided on Georgetown, and I was going to Duke. I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem. He was going to be a doctor, and I was going business on a football scholarship. Kyle was valedictorian of our class. I teased him all the time about being a nerd. He had to prepare a speech for graduation. I was so glad it wasn't me having to get up there and speak.
Graduation day, I saw Kyle. He looked great. He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school. He filled out and actually looked good in glasses. He had more dates than me and all the girls loved him! Boy, sometimes I was jealous. Today was one of those days. I could see that he was nervous about his speech. So, I smacked him on the back and said, "Hey, big guy, you'll be great!" He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled. "Thanks," he said. As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began. "Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years. Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach...but mostly your friends. I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them. I am going to tell you a story." I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to kill himself over the weekend. He talked of how he had cleaned out this locker so his Mom wouldn't have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home. He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile. "Thankfully, I was saved. My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable." I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment. I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile. Not until that moment did I realize it's depth. Never underestimate the power of your actions. With one small gesture you can change a person's life. For better or for worse. God puts us all in each other's lives to impact one another in some way. Look for God in others.

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FROM ONE FRIEND TO ANOTHER
*Have you ever noticed that the worst way to miss someone is when they are RigHt BeSidE YoU and yet you can never have them.....when the moment you can't feel them under your fingertips you miss them? *Have you ever wondered which hurts the most; saying something and wishing you had not, or saying NOTHING and wishing you had? *I guess the most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words d i m i n i s h them, words shrink things that seemed timeless when they were in your head...to no more than living size when they are brought out....*DON'T be afraid to tell someone you love them. If you do, they might break your heart... but if you don't, you might break theirs. *Have you ever decided not to become a couple because you were so afraid of losing what you already had with that person? **YouR HeArT decides WhO IT LIKES and wHo IT DoEsn'T* You can't tell your heart what to do. It does it on its own.... when you least suspect it, or even when you don't want it to. *Have you ever wanted to LOVE someone with everything you had, BUT that other person was too afraid to let you? Too many of us stay walled because we are too afraid to care too much...for fear that the other person might not care as much, or at all...*Have you ever loved someone and they had absolutely no idea whatsoever? -Or fell for your best-friend in the entire world,and then sat around and watched them fall for someone else? *Have you ever denied your feelings for someone because your fear of rejection was too hard to handle?**We tell LIES when we are AFRAID.... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be FoUnD out about us. BUT every time we tell a lie....the thing we fear *GrOwS* stronger *LIFE is all about risks and it requires you to JuMp. DON'T be a person who has to look back and wonder what they would have, or could have had...no one --*NO ONE*--waits forever...

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"When I die, I want to come back as one of his tears. What woman would be so lucky as to have been conceived in his heart, born in his eyes, live on his cheeks, and die at his lips"
~Anonymous

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