Amany > Amany's Quotes

“JUST FOR TODAY, I will live through this day only. I will not brood about yesterday or obsess about tomorrow. I will not set far-reaching goals or try to overcome all of my problems at once.

I know that I can do something for 24 hours that would overwhelm me if I had to keep it up for a lifetime.

JUST FOR TODAY, I will be happy. I will not dwell on thoughts that depress me. If my mind fills with clouds, I will chase them away and fill it with sunshine.

JUST FOR TODAY, I will accept what is. I will face reality. I will correct those things that I can correct and accept those I cannot.

JUST FOR TODAY, I will improve my mind. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration. I will not be a mental loafer.

JUST FOR TODAY, I will make a conscious effort to be agreeable. I will be kind and courteous to those who cross my path, and I'll not speak ill of others. I will improve my appearance, speak softly, and not interrupt when someone else is talking. Just for today, I will refrain from improving anybody but myself.

JUST FOR TODAY, I will do something positive to improve my health. If I'm a smoker, I'll quit. If I'm overweight, I will eat healthfully -- if only for today. And not only that, I will get off the couch and take a brisk walk, even if it's only around the block.

JUST FOR TODAY, I will gather the courage to do what is right and take the responsibility for my own actions.”
― Abigail Van Buren

“Jangan menunda. Jangan habiskan separuh hidupmu untuk menunggu waktu yang tepat. Seringnya, saat kau sadar, waktu yang tepat itu sudah lewat. Kalau sudah begitu, kau cuma bisa menyesal.”
― Windry Ramadhina, London: Angel

“Hujan tahu kapan harus membasahi kota ini. Hujan juga tahu kapan harus berhenti.”
― Windry Ramadhina, London: Angel

“Harusnya manusia dinilai dari apa yang dia lakukan pada orang lain, bukan pada dirinya sendiri semata.”
― Moemoe Rizal, Bangkok: The Journal

“Setiap orang punya ruang dan tempat tersendiri. Mereka yang pergi dan datang tak akan pernah bisa saling menggantikan”
― Robin Wijaya, ROMA: Con Amore

“Untuk selamanya, perasaan tidak akan bisa berbohong dan dibohongi. Ia selalu ada di sana, memintamu untuk memperjuangkannya.”
― Alvi Syahrin, Swiss: Little Snow in Zürich

“Mengapa orang-orang harus berubah jika mereka masih bisa tetap sama?”
― Alvi Syahrin, Swiss: Little Snow in Zürich

“Kita tidak pernah saling membenci, hanya saling merindu.”
― Alvi Syahrin, Swiss: Little Snow in Zürich

“Takdir bukan berdiam diri saja, ia tengah menunggu kita memainkan ceritanya”
― Sefryana Khairil, Tokyo: Falling

“Loving someone is never easy. Orang bilang cinta itu sederhana. Meski seringnya cinta tak sesederhana yang kita kira.”
― Sefryana Khairil, Tokyo: Falling

“Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff.”
― Harvey Pekar

“Never give up... No one knows what's going to happen next.”
― L. Frank Baum

“Sometimes people stop loving you. And that's the kind of darkness that never gets fixed, no matter how many moons rise again, filling the sky with a weak approximation of light.”
― Lauren Oliver, Vanishing Girls

“You broke my heart.
I fell for you and you broke my heart.
Period, done, end of story.”
― Lauren Oliver, Vanishing Girls

“That's what life is, pretty much: full of holes and tangles and ways to get stuck. Uncomfortable and itchy. A present you never asked for, never wanted, never chose. A present you're supposed to be excited to wear, day after day, even when you'd rather stay in bed and do nothing.”
― Lauren Oliver, Vanishing Girls

“Thomas Edison's last words were "It's very beautiful over there". I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

“The universe on your skin is empty
from all the silence on your tongue.
Forgive yourself. Let your body heal
from all the wounds you did not inflict
on yourself. Drop the sword you carry
on your shoulder for self-defense.
Lower the armor you hold high up
for protection. Those who harmed you
are not going to come back. Those who
have left never intended to return.”
― Akif Kichloo, The Feeling May Remain

“The tragedy of love is in its ending,
the blessing—everything else.

No love ever deserves to end.”
― Akif Kichloo, The Feeling May Remain

“So often we confuse mistakes for soul mates, lessons for
lovers, and at the same time worthy life partners for one-night stands.

It’s an epidemic.”
― Akif Kichloo, The Feeling May Remain

“I have a body too young and a mind full of years. Everything in me has witnessed its own ending. I have lived through nightmares and perished in blissful dreams. What all that’s left— eats me from within but still melts me from without, and that is where my humility takes birth.”
― Akif Kichloo

“They came and they left.
You cried, but you stood your ground.
You stayed tethered to hope as well as
committed to dignified dreams
and little victories of day-to-day life.

You felt different.
Then you started to change.
Your smile returned with reticence
before completely taking over your face.

Today, you are no longer afraid to let that smile be there,
and now you understand it was not about them.
It was never about anyone else.
This was about you from the day you were born.
This was about you learning to love yourself—
not letting the inferiority of the external corrupt
the piety of the internal.

This was your personal revolution.
This was the uprising of your lifetime.

And you won.”
― Akif Kichloo, The Feeling May Remain

“we were never a match;
always a marvelous misfit.”
― Akif Kichloo, The Feeling May Remain

“People often compare
depression to drowning.

That is not even close.

Consider sitting in a dark room
scared and confused—
Choking on something you
know nothing about,
For reasons you cannot comprehend.

That is depression.

When you are drowning,
you can still flail your arms,
call for help, and try your best
to keep afloat.

In depression, you do nothing.
Absolutely nothing.”
― Akif Kichloo

“Find yourself. And if you don’t like what you see, re-create yourself. But first, please, find yourself.”
― Akif Kichloo

“I don't know if you know, but sometimes, hearts have to love in pieces too.”
― Akif Kichloo, The Feeling May Remain

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”
― Mary Oliver

“Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

“I envy people that know love. That have someone who takes them as they are.”
― Jess C Scott, The Devilin Fey

“It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt,
It lies behind stars and under hills,
And empty holes it fills,
It comes first and follows after,
Ends life, kills laughter.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again