Christine > Christine's Quotes

“You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.”
― audrey hepburn

“Why are old lovers able to become friends? Two reasons. They never truly loved each other, or they love each other still.”
― Whitney Otto, How to Make an American Quilt

“…she eventually forgave him, because she understood him.”
― Whitney Otto, How to Make an American Quilt

“I'm learning not to hope for what I can't control...”
― Leila Meacham, Roses

“Forgiveness in no way requires that you trust the one you forgive.”
― Wm. Paul Young, The Shack

“I lost myself trying to find happiness in things that didn't love me back.”
― Sarah Addison Allen

“Not every man was sorry when he hurt a woman.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, The Sugar Queen

“Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Grief does not change you, Hazel. It reveals you.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”
― John F. Kennedy

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“Promise Yourself

To be so strong that nothing
can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity
to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel
that there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true.

To think only the best, to work only for the best,
and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past
and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times
and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself
that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,
and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world,
not in loud words but great deeds.
To live in faith that the whole world is on your side
so long as you are true to the best that is in you.”
― Christian D. Larson, Your Forces and How to Use Them

“I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So I’m not blaming you for falling in love with another woman. I’m not angry, either. I should be, but I’m not. I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt, but I was wrong.”
― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

“I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song

“Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can't believe that ours didn't go on forever.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Dear John

“I'd learned that some things are best kept secret.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Dear John

“He’s not perfect. You aren’t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can. He isn’t going to quote poetry, he’s not thinking about you every moment, but he will give you a part of him that he knows you could break. Don’t hurt him, don’t change him, and don’t expect for more than he can give. Don’t analyze. Smile when he makes you happy, yell when he makes you mad, and miss him when he’s not there. Love hard when there is love to be had. Because perfect guys don’t exist, but there’s always one guy that is perfect for you.”
― Bob Marley

“The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it's over.”
― Nicholas Sparks, Nights in Rodanthe

“Never love anyone who treats you like you're ordinary.”
― Oscar Wilde

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!

“We learn from failure, not from success!”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

“The day I understood everything, was the day I stopped trying to figure everything out. The day I knew peace was the day I let everything go.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“Growing up means learning what life is. When you're little, you have a set of ideals, standards, criteria, plans, outlooks, and you think that you have to sit around and wait for them to happen to you and then life will work. But life isn't like that, for anybody; you can't fall in love with a standard, you have to fall in love with a person. You can't live in a criteria, you have to live your life. You can't wait for your plans to materialize, because they may never materialize the way you think they will. You can't wait to watch your ideals and standards walk up to you, because you can't know what's yours until you have it. I always say, always take the first chance in case you never get a second one, but growing up takes that even one step further, growing up means that you have to hold on to what you have, when you have it, because what you have- that's yours- and all the ideals and criteria you have set in your head, those aren't yours, because those haven't happened to you.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never hate him/her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart; if you want to let go of something, if you want to forget, you cannot hate.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“Maybe we shouldn't be looking for love. Maybe we should be looking for a person. Because maybe you can find love in a person, but not have that person. So if you look for love, what you will find is love. But if you want to belong to someone, and you want someone to belong to you, you should look for a person.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“Sometimes a "mistake" can end up being the best decision you ever make.”
― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence

“If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting for the rest of our lives.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Ersatz Elevator

“All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.”
― Lemony Snicket

“It is one of life's bitterest truths that bedtime so often arrives just when things are really getting interesting.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto

“Matagal nang sinabi sa akin ni Lola na ang kagandahan ay sumpa, dahil tulad ng isang bulaklak ay nanaisin kang pitasin ng mga tao. gugustuhin ka nila at aariin, nang walang kasiguruhan kung tunay ka nilang iibigin. Aalagaan ka at pagsisilbihan, ngunit para lamang sa sarili nilang kaligayahan. Mahihirapan kang hanapin ang totoong nagmamahal sa 'yo sapagkat lagi silang matatakpan ng mga taong nag-aagawan para sa iyong puso. Ibibigay nila ang lahat ng hilingin mo at ipagkakaloob nila anuman ang iyong gusto. Dahil alam nilang sa ganitong paraan nila maipapalimot ang totoong kailangan mo. Ipakikita nila ang hindi nila maipadarama. Ipagmamalaki nila ang hindi naman nasusukat. Ipapangako nila sa'yo ang wala sa kanila.”
― Bob Ong, Si