Words to Ponder (Inspirational and Meaningful Quotes)

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sir/mam start ko ulit itong words to ponder, para lalo tayong mainspire sa ating mga concepts/design/rendering/life, etc.

"Treasure each other in the recognition that we do not
know how long we will have each other."

~ Joshua Liebman

"Most people don't know there are angels whose only job
is to make sure you don't get too comfortable and
fall asleep and miss your life."

~ Brian Andreas

"You know a heart can be broken, but it keeps on beating
just the same."

~ Fannie Flagg

"When I asked for all things, so that I might enjoy life,
I was given life, so that I might enjoy all things."

~ Keynote

"Nobody should move any faster through life than their
guardian angel can fly."

~ Kobi Yamada

"There is no place love is not."

~ Hugh Prather

"Fears may have dried up, but the heart- never."

~ Marguerite De Valois

"Some things have to be believed to be seen."

~ Mark Victor Hansen

"We are each of us angels with only one wing. And we
can only fly embracing each other."

~ Luciano De Creschenzo

"When the most important things in our life happen we
quite often do not know, at the moment, what is
going on."

~ C.S. Lewis

"Good friend, always be open to the miracle of the
second chance."

~ Rev. David Stier

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

~ Helen Keller

"Each person represents a world in us, a world
possibly not born until they arrive, and
it is only by our meeting that a new
world is born."

~ Anais Nin

"Where you find no love, put love, and you will
find love."

~ John of The Cross

"Each moment is a place we've never been."

~ Mark Strand

"Recall as often as you wish; a happy memory never
wears out."

~ Libbie Fudim

"It is true that there are things that move in the air
as large as air itself- and one of them is love."

~ Kobi Yamada

"The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose
shade you do not expect to sit."

~ Nelson Henderson

"Sometimes I would rather have people take away years of
my life than take away a moment."

~ Pearl Bailey

"When you do the best you can, you never know what miracle
is wrought in your life, or the life of another."

~ Helen Keller

"We do not yet recognize that the fierceness of the lioness
is as right and beautiful as the roar of the lion.
Humans are the only species in which the female
is made wrong for showing she is pissed."

~ Marianne Williamson

"Somewhere there was once a Flower, a Stone, a Crystal,
a Queen, a King, a Palace, a Lover and his Beloved,
and this was long ago, on an Island somewhere
in the ocean 5,000 years ago....Such is
Love, the Mystic Flower of the Soul.
This is the Center, the Self."

~ Carl Jung

"Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't
let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom
at bay and spark creativity."

~ R. I. Fitzhenry

"It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure
is to seek it first. The very first condition of
lasting happiness is that a life should be full
of purpose, aiming at something outside self."

~ Hugo Black

"The mind I love must have wild places, a tangled
orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy
grass, an overgrown little wood, the chance
of a snake or two, a pool that nobody's
fathomed the depth of, and paths
threaded with flowers planted
by the mind."

~ Katherine Mansfield

"No, life has not dissappointed me. On the contrary,
I find it truer, more desirable and mysterious
every year-- ever since the day the great
liberator came to me: the idea that life
could be an experiment of the seeker
for knowledge--and not a duty,
not a calmaity, not trickery."

~ Friedrich Nietzsche



"...from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of
paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's
web..We must pick out what is good for us
where we can find it."

~ Pablo Picasso

"Each moment of the year has its own beauty, a picture
which has never seen before, and which shall never
be seen again."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson



"I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my
neck."

~ Emma Goldman

"Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger."

~ W. Somerset Maugham



"The good things in life are like the birth of a
child. Ninety percent waiting."

~ James Michener

"You can't depend on your judgement when your
imagination is out of focus."

~ Mark Twain

"Let your soul stand cool and composed before a
million universes."

~ Walt Whitman

"Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness."

~ Allen Ginsberg



"Ecstasy is full, deep involvement in life."

~ John Lovell

"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy
that is translated through you; and because
there is only one of you in all of time,
this expression is unique."

~ Martha Graham



"If it is your duty to croak like the toad, then
go ahead! And with all your might! Make them
hear you!"

~ Louis-Ferdinand Celine

"Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by
spending oneself that one becomes rich."

~ Sarah Bernhardt



"Plunge bodly into the thick of life."

~ Goethe



"Perhaps our natural gifts elude us because they are so obvious."

~ Sue Bender

"Miracles surround us at every turn if we but
sharpen our perceptions of them."

~ Willa Cather

"It's a VERY short trip. While alive, LIVE!"

~ Malcom Forbes



"Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains
or in yonder seas; they are in your own
backyard, if you but dig for them."

~ Russell H. Conwell

"Develop interest in life as you see it; in people,
things, literature, music-the world is so rich,
simply throbbing with rich treasures,
beautiful souls and interesting
people. Forget yourself."

~ Henry Miller

"In my apron, I carry nails, pliers, a heavy hammer,
and PRIDE."

~ Moira Bachman

"The wise with hope support the pains of life."

~ Euripides

"The person who tries to live alone will not
succeed as a human being. The heart
withers if it does not answer
answer another heart."

~ Pearl Buck



"And we find at the end of a perfect day, the
soul of a friend we've made."

~ Carrie Jacobs Bond

"Love is the spirit that motivates the artist's journey."

~ Eric Maisel



"You can't sweep people off their feet if you can't be
swept off your own."

~ Clarence Day



"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of
life; that word is love."

~ Sophocles



"If you would be loved, love and be lovable."

~ Benjamin Franklin

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Zadok Rabinwitz:
A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.

James Dean:
Dream as if you'll live forever... live as if you'll die today.

WORDS OF WISDOM

If God is your co-pilot, swap seats.

In the dark? Follow the Son.

If you can't sleep, don't count sheep. Talk to the Shepherd.

How will you spend eternity -- smoking or non-smoking?

If you're headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns.

May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. (George Carlin)

Feed your faith and doubt will starve to death.

Don't go digging where God has buried your sins.

When satan is knocking at your door, simply say, "Jesus, could you please get that for me."

A clean conscience makes a soft pillow.

A lot of kneeling will keep you in good standing.

Give God what's right, not what's left.

Exercise daily. Walk with the Lord.

He who kneels before God can stand before anyone!

The will of God will never take you to where the Grace of God will not protect you.

The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us.

The ten commandments aren't prefaced with "if you're in the mood."

When the tides of life turn against you
And the current upsets your boat
Don't waste those tears on what might have been
Just lay on your back and float!
(Ed Norton - The Honeymooners)

A coincidence is when God performs a miracle and decides to remain anonymous.

To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.

Laughter is life's shock absorber.

Live your life in the manner that you would like your kids to live theirs.

You don't have to attend every argument you're invited to.

The Bible contains the vitamins of soul health.

Take all the Bible you can on reason and the rest by faith.

A friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

The most essential element in any home is God.

Stand still and watch the world go by -- and it will.

The fact you are down isn't as important as whether you are satisfied in being there.

There are two kinds of grace: saving grace and disgrace.

No man ever got lost on a straight road.

It's smart to pick your friends -- but not to pieces.

The most valuable antiques are old friends.

Keep your temper -- nobody wants it.

Real friends are those who, when you feel you've made a fool of yourself, don't feel you've done a permanent job.

Lead your life so you won't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the person too.

A careless word may kindle strife
A cruel word may wreck a life
A timely word may level stress
A loving word may heal and bless

Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace.

Christianity is a verb.

God gives and forgives. Man gets and forgets.

Following the path of least resistance is what makes rivers and men crooked.

No God - No peace. Know God - Know peace.

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

When you're having bad dreams, turn your pillow over. The good dreams are on the other side.

Worry is like a rocking chair -- it gives you something to do but doesn't get you anywhere.

Thank God for what you have -- Trust God for what you need.

The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears. (Native American proverb)

One who lacks courage to start has already finished.

Never doubt in the dark what God told you in the light.

Don't be unhappy if your dreams never come true -- just be thankful your nightmares don't.

You can't keep trouble from coming, but you needn't give it a chair to sit in.
Freedom is not the right to do as you please, but the liberty to do as you ought.

Don't become discouraged. It may be the last key in the bunch that will open the door.

God still speaks to those who take the time to listen.

God looks not to the quantity of the gift but to the quality of the giver.

Great minds discuss ideas; normal minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

A Christian is a living sermon whether or not he preaches a word.

Conscience is that small, still voice that makes you feel smaller.

When we have done what we can, God will do what we can't.

Every time you turn green with envy, you are ripe for trouble.

A Christian must carry something heavier on his shoulders than chips.

Genuine faith is assuring, insuring and enduring.

When God measures a man, he puts the tape around the heart.

The truth is one thing for which there are no known substitutes.

Charity begins anywhere and should have no end.

God makes a promise. Faith believes it. Hope anticipates it. Patience quietly awaits it.

A wise man will desire no more than he can get honestly, use wisely, and leave cheerfully.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Confess your sins, not your neighbor's.

The best way to stand up before the world is to kneel down before God.

Confessing your sins is no substitute for forsaking them.

Learn to enjoy little things -- there are so many of them.

No man has a right to do as he pleases, except when he pleases to do right.

As a man grows older and wiser, he talks less and says more.

A sharp tongue does not mean you have a keen mind.

What's wrong, don't you get any attention back home?

You have an inferiority complex and it is fully justified.

You should do some soul-searching. You might just find one.

thanks for sharing sir nomer and mam chie.