LIFE & TIME & VALUES

To realise the value of one year,
ask a student who failed the grade

To realise the value of one month,
ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby

To realise the value of one week,
ask the editor of weekly newspaper

To realise the value of one hour,
ask the lovers who are waiting to meet

To realise the value of one minute,
ask a person who missed the train

To realise the value of one second,
ask a person who just avoided an accident

To realise the value of one millisecond,
ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympic Games

Treasure every moment that you have

Treasure it more because you shared it with someone special

And remember,
that time waits for no one

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Rules to Live

"No man/woman is worth your tears
and the only one who is,
will never make you cry."

"If you love someone,
put their name in a circle, instead of a heart,
because hearts can break,
but circles go on forever."

"Everyone hears what you say.
Friends listen to what you say.
Best friends listen to what you don't say."

"If all my friends were to jump off a bridge,
I wouldn't jump with them,
I'd be at the bottom to catch them."

"Don't frown,
because you never know who's falling in love with your smile!"

"If you judge people,
you have no time to love them"
- by Mother Teresa

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."
by Plato

"It takes a minute to have a crush on someone,
an hour to like someone
and a day to love someone-
but it takes a lifetime to forget someone."

"enthusiasm is contagious. You could start an epidemic!"

"Yesterday is the past,
tomorrow is the future.
Today is a gift,
that is why we call it the present."

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Keeping Life in Perspective

"Many people will walk in and out of your life,
But only true friends will leave footprints in your heart."
- by Eleanor Roosevelt

"To handle yourself, use your head; To handle others, use your heart."

"Anger is only one letter short of danger."

"If someone betrays you once, it is his fault;
If he betrays you twice, it is your fault."

"Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people."

"He who loses money, loses much;
He, who loses a friend, loses much more;
He, who loses faith, loses all."

"Beautiful young people are accidents of nature,
But beautiful old people are works of art."

"Learn from the mistakes of others.
You can't live long enough to make them all yourself."

Friends, you and me....
You brought another friend....
And then there were 3....
We started our group....
Our circle of friends....
And like that circle....
There is no beginning or end...."

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Still Thoughts - by Master Cheng Yen

"Wherever we go, there is always a startling point and a goal.
We should pursue our goals from the very beginning till the very end,
never stopping halfway along the journey.

Mountain climbing is a fitting example,
where you must either stand it at the bottom of the mountain
or climb continuously to the very top.
By stopping halfway up the mountain you put yourself in danger of being hit by failing rock."

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