Test of love

If you love someone,
set them free.

If they come back
they're yours;

if they don't they never were.

Richard Bach

Fear

Fear makes strangers of people
who would be friends.
Shirley MacLaine

Smile

Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love,
a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
Mother Teresa

Bad

If you look for the bad in people
expecting to find it,
you surely will.
Abraham Lincoln

Hate

I have decided to stick with love.
Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Happiness

Happiness is not about being perfect,
but about seeing beyond the imperfections.

Closing

You can close your eyes to the things you do not want to see,
but you cannot close your heart to the things you do not want to feel.

love

The person you fall in love with
might be the last one you expect.
Ruth Strafford Peale

The difference

The only difference
between a thought and physical reality
is time, passion (love or hate), and physical activity
Peter McWilliams

inevitable

Whatever you vividly imagine,
ardently desire,
sincerely believe,
and enthusiastically act upon
... must inevitably come to pass!
Paul J. Meyer

True friends

True friends are those who,
When you make a fool of yourself,
Don't believe that this condition is permanent.
Erwin T. Randall

Where

The best and most beautiful things in the world
cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart.
Helen Keller

Perfect

You come to love not by finding the perfect person,
but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.
Sam Keen

Different Seeing

We don't see things as they are;
we see things as we are.
Anais Nin

Point of View

To the world you may be just one person,
but to one person you may be the world.
Brandi Snyder

Respect

I'm not concerned with your liking me or disliking me
..all I ask is that you respect me as a human being.
Jackie Robinson

Success and Failure

Frequently, the difference between success and failure
is the resolve to stick to your plan long enough to win.
David Cottrell

Discontented

We are never more discontented with others
than when we are discontented with ourselves.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Trying

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Saint Thomas Aquinas

Outrun

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power.
We have guided missiles and misguided men.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

True friendship

True friendship is a plant of slow growth,
and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity
before it is entitled to the appellation.
George Washington

Not seeing

Faith is taking the first step
even when you don't see
the whole staircase.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Impossible

Darkness can not drive out darkness;
only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mistakes

Anyone who has never made a mistake
has never tried anything new.
Albert Einstein

Test

Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man's character,
give him power.
Abraham Lincoln

The Life we live

The life and love we create is the life and love we live.
Leo Buscaglia

Optimism

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.
Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Helen Keller

Kindness

No act of kindness,
no matter how small,
is ever wasted.
Aesop

Open hands

Take a look at those two open hands of yours.
They are tools with which to serve,
make friends,
and reach out
for the best in life.
Open hands open the way to achievement.
Put them to work today.
Wilfred A. Peterson

Success

To know even one life has breathed easier
because you lived...is to have succeeded!
Emerson

Happiness

Happiness comes of the capacity
to feel deeply,
to enjoy simply,
to think freely,
to risk life,
to be needed.
Storm Jameson

Love

When in love show it,
whether it be a kiss
or a smile.
Just a hello,
or opening a door.
Being honestly caring to someone.
Kindness & compassion
is the ultimate sign of love.
Gerald R. Lemos

Years

It's not the years in your life
but the life in your years that counts.
Adlai Stevenson

Doing

Ideas won't keep;
something must be done about them.
Alfred Whitefield

No power

Dream no small dreams
for they have no power to move the hearts of men.
Goethe

Solitude

The worst solitude
is to be destitute of sincere friendship.
Francis Bacon

Believe

Believe it is possible to solve your problem.
Tremendous things happen to the believer.
So believe the answer will come.
It will.

Norman Vincent Peale

No Fear

Do not go with fear for fear is eternal darkness.
Go instead with inner strength
for it is like a deep river into which all streams flow.
It increases,always moving forward,
and soon there is nothing that can stand in its way.

Kung Fu film with David Carradine

PRICELESS GIFTS YOU CAN GIVE FOR FREE

THE GIFT OF LISTENING:

No interrupting, no daydreaming, no planning your responses.
Just listen.

THE GIFT OF AFFECTION:

Be generous with appropriate hugs, kisses, pats on the back,
and handholding.

THE GIFT OF LAUGHTER:

Share articles, positive news, funny stories, and cartoons to tell someone,
"I love to laugh with you."

THE GIFT OF A COMPLIMENT;

A simple and sincere "You look great in red,"
"You did a super job,"
or "That was a wonderful meal"
can make someone's day.

THE GIFT OF SOLITUDE:

Be sensitive to the times when others want nothing more
than to be left alone.

THE GIFT OF A CHEERFUL DISPOSITION:

The easiest way to feel good is to extend a kind word to someone,
even if it's just saying hello or thank you.

THE GIFT OF A PRAYER:

Let your friends and loved ones know you pray for them.

THE GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP:

Without friends life would hardly be worth living,
let your friends know just how much they mean to you today.

THE GIFT OF YOUR SMILE:

A simple smile breaks all the barriers of language and culture.
Smile and the world smiles with you!

THE GIFT OF TOUCH:

Give a hug, back rub or hold the hand of someone you love.