December 2009

"There's a very short distance between what you think you can do and what you don't think you can do. That distance is the size of just one thought." (12/1/09)

"In relationships, thank God when you're hurting or crying. There you are given the chance to measure the importance of the relationship of the person and yourself." (12/2/09)

If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. – Paulo Coelho (12/7/09)


"People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent." (12/9/09)

"The attitude of "Yes I Can" works best when you've got a plan." (12/10/09)

“Your life is a story, what's done is done. Where it goes from here is totally up to you. Write your own ending.” (12/11/09)

"The gauge of how much you truly love someone is not how happy you are with them but on how badly you don’t want to lose them." (12/14/09)

"It's not good to say thank you and not mean it, but it's even worse to mean it and not say it." (12/15/09)

"When men feel that they are not capable of great success, they will always despise the great projects given to them." (12/16/09)

"Most of us can keep a secret. It is the people we tell it to who can’t." (12/17/09)

"There is no right way to do the wrong thing." (12/18/09)

November 2009

"Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude." (11/03/2009)

"Loving involves two phases: the first one is loving the person because of what he/she is; the second is loving the person despite who he/she is not. The first one sparks love. The second one makes it last." (11/04/2009)

"The single best predictor of overall excellence is a company's ability to attract, motivate and retain talented people." (11/05/2009)

"The perfect men and women of our dreams live in our dreams. In this life, we have to settle to whoever comes close – someone not perfect but real." (11/06/2009)

"Housework is something you do that nobody notices until you don't do it." (11/09/2009)

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb a little. - Andrew Carnegie (11/10/2009)

"If you are happy, don't bother to ask why, don't even think about what's gonna happen after, just feel it while it last". (11/11/2009)

If I strive to become better than I am, everything around me will improve. - Paulo Coelho (11/12/2009)

"If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own." - The Alchemist (11/13/2009)


In love, no one can harm anyone else; we are each of us responsible for our own feelings and cannot blame someone else for what we feel. I am convinced that no one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it. – Paulo Coelho (11/16/2009)


"A problem is a problem for you when you think it is. An opportunity is an opportunity for you when you see it as such." (11/17/2009)

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow." (11/18/2009)

Emotions and feelings that are hidden and repressed end in illness as: gastritis, ulcer, lumbar pains, spinal. With time, the repression of the feelings degenerates to the cancer. Then, we go to a confidante, to share our intimacy, our secret, and our errors. The dialogue, the speech, the word, is a powerful remedy and an excellent therapy. (11/19/2009)

"There are two ways to be fooled: one is to believe what is not; the other is to refuse to believe what is so." (11/25/2009)

Before you my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars - points of light & reason. And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire, there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. - Edward Cullen (11/26/2009)

"Sometimes we guard people from the truth to protect them from being hurt, but by doing that we only hurt them more in the long run." (11/27/2009)

“Wash the plate not because it’s dirty nor you’re told to do so, but because you love the person who will use it.” - Mother Theresa- (11/30/2009)

FACT: Always listen to what a drunk person has to say, 'coz drunken words are spoken by sober hearts! (11/30/2009)

October 2009

"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way." (10/1/2009)

"Sometimes the secret to true happiness is a combination of low expectations and insensitivity." (10/2/2009)

"The basic thing is that everyone wants happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy." (10/5/2009)

"To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship" (10/6/2009)
"Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed." (10/7/2009)

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. – Joseph Addison (10/8/2009)

"A half-truth is a whole lie." (10/9/2009)

"Not everything you have stays forever. But there are things you would be glad to fight for, so you can have them longer." (10/13/2009)

"It isn't the experience of today that drives men mad. It is the remorse for something that happened yesterday, and the dread of what tomorrow may bring." (10/14/2009)

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." (10/15/2009)

"Reminder to self: It is always good to have a structured plan even though there is a very high possibility that the plan would be trashed. Plan, but expect the unexpected." (10/16/2009)

"Never let anyone make you feel that you don't deserve what you want. You are worthy of your happiness. What they say doesn't change anything. It doesn't change you, unless you let it." (10/19/2009)

"Men can cheat because there are so many women willing to give themselves to a man who doesn’t belong to them." (10/20/2009)

"You really have to stumble and fall a lot of times for you to appreciate the luscious taste of happiness, it's like a ratio of ten pains to one real smile." (10/21/2009)

Just because you feel like saying something right now this minute, doesn’t mean it should be said. – Steve Harvey (10/22/2009)

"Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time." (10/23/2009)

"It’s amazing to note that many complain of their looks… but none of their brains." (10/26/2009)

"Life they say is touch and go. Some people you know may only be there for sometime. Some may go away, but people who love you will always find ways to stay." (10/27/2009)

"True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future." (10/28/2009)


"A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well." (10/29/2009)
"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun." (10/30/2009)

September 2009

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." (September 1, 2009)

"Never let the things you want, make you forget the things you already have." (September 2, 2009)

"When we wake up in the morning, we have two simple choices. Go back to sleep and dream, or wake up and chase those dreams. The choice is yours." (September 4, 2009)

"May araw na masaya, mas masaya at pinakamasaya pero walang araw na malungkot, mas masaya nga lng kahapon kaya pakiramdam mo…malungkot ka ngayon." (September 8, 2009)

"If everybody thought before they spoke, then silence would be deafening." (September 9, 2009)

"Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are." (September 11, 2009)

"Guilt is regret for what we've done. Regret is guilt for what we didn’t do." (September 14, 2009)

Our bodies need regular washing because we get dirty everyday. But so do our hearts! Because each day, people hurt us, offend us, forget us, snub us, step on us, reject us. But if we choose to forgive everyone everyday, we cleanse our hearts! We wake up the next morning refreshed and pure and lovely! - Bo Sanchez (September 15, 2009)

"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak." (September 16, 2009)

"The most important thing in life is your family. There are days you love them, and others you don't, but in the end they're the people you always come home to. Sometimes it's the family you're born into and sometimes it's the one you make for yourself." (September 17, 2009)

"The trick in life isn't getting what you want, it's wanting it after you get it." (September 18, 2009)

"The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was." (September 22, 2009)

"There is no pillow as soft as a clear conscience." (September 23, 2009)

"If someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of your own, because no one needs a smile as much as those who have none to give." (September 24, 2009)

"You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future." (September 24, 2009)

"Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work." (September 28, 2009)

"Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today." (September 29, 2009)

"Show a little bit of your anger everyday instead of showing a lot of it on one day." (September 30, 2009)

August 2009

"A woman can hide her love for 40 years, but her disgust and anger not for one day." (8/3/2009)



"Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have." (8/4/2009)



"If you have a chance to take the moment that you know will be memorable, grab it. Always think that the word next time is always too far." (8/6/2009)


"Things in life move with twists and turns and they happen with valid reasons. So if you doubt why something happens to you, stick to this: we can never learn to be brave and strong if the only thing in this world is happiness." (8/7/2009)


"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all the doubt." (8/11/2009)



"Don't let your mind bully your body into believing it must carry the burden of its worries." (8/12/2009)


"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." (8/13/2009)


"Love isn't hard. It's the easiest thing there is. It's the layer of doubt and fear and expectation that we layer on that makes it complicated." (8/14/2009)


"Love propels us to endure when we want to surrender, stay when we want to walk away, and do the right thing when the forbidden is more enticing. Love is the core of that which we call life."

(8/17/2009)



"Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart." (8/19/2009)


"Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten." (8/20/2009)


"Sometimes we need to stop analyzing the past - stop planning the future - stop figuring out precisely how we feel - stop deciding with our mind exactly what we want our heart to feel, sometimes we just have to go with the flow." (8/24/2009)


"A conceited person never gets anywhere because he thinks he is already there." (8/25/2009)


"It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities." (8/26/2009)

"Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices." (8/27/2009)

"When you judge someone else, it doesn't define who they are, it defines who you are." (8/28/2009)

July 2009

"As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might." (7/1/2009)

"Great people talk about ideas. Small people talk about others." (7/2/2009)

"A competent and self confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity." (7/3/2009)

"The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business." (7/7/2009)

"Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech." (7/8/2009)

"We must look for the opportunity in every difficulty, instead of being paralyzed at the thought of the difficulty in every opportunity." (7/9/2009)

"Love is the only thing that will push you to give your efforts into making the relationship work. And believe me, keeping a relationship requires genuine efforts of both parties." (7/10/2009)

"It isn't worth winning if you don't have to fight for it." (7/13/2009)

"What a man's mind can create, man's character can control." (7/14/2009)

"A relationship between two people is like a house. When a lightbulb burns out, you do not go and buy a new house, you fix the lightbulb." (7/15/2009)

"The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want." (7/16/2009)

"Do not save your loving speeches for your friends till they are dead. Do not write them on their tombstones, speak them rather now instead." (7/17/2009)

Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. (7/20/2009)

"Just when we thought we've already matured, unexpected events would occur to make us realize we still have lots of growing up to do." (7/21/2009)

"A lie never turns out to be anything good, because if you lie it always turns around to bite you. You might think it’s gonna turn out good, but it just takes a sudden turn and come right back at you. Even a little white lie can turn out to be the biggest lie u ever told. When 2 people are involved in a relationship and you tell the least little lie, it could ruin your relationship forever. The person might not be able to trust you ever again, and if u really love that person it could be the biggest mistake of your life.

So my advice is to crush the thought of even telling a little white lie." (7/22/2009)

"When he's late, I know he's either having an affair or is lying dead in the street. I always hope it’s the street." (7/23/2009)

"It's weird how something has to happen sometimes to see how you actually feel about someone." (7/24/2009)

"I guess everyone has someone who challenges them, and makes them shoot for something just beyond their reach." (7/27/2009)

"Girls want a lot of things from one guy. Conversely, guys want one thing from a lot of girls." (7/28/2009)

"Life is never boring, but some people choose to be bored." (7/29/2009)

"I want to be a jerk like the rest of my friends, and have fun and not care about the consequences, but I just can’t. - Leonardo DiCaprio (7/30/2009)

"We have to realize that love's not enough to make a relationship work. We need trust, respect, time, effort, and total commitment. If a person doesn't show respect, doesn't earn your trust, and can't keep a promise, then no matter how many times they say 'I love you', those words will be empty." (7/30/2009)

June 2009

"Most of the time, we resist the very changes that we seek - because it hurts." - from Dora (2 june 2009)

"Most of us were taught that when someone slaps you, you should turn the other cheek. This is not always the best course of action. There is a time to submit to being slapped and there is a time to hit back twice so you will not be slapped again." (3 june 2009)

"Most relationships fail not because of the absence of love. Love has always been there. It's just that one loved too much, and the other loved too little." (4 june 2009) "Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life." (5 june 2009)

"Silence doesn't always mean yes; it may also mean no but it’s better left unsaid. Anger doesn't always mean hatred; it could just be a means of coping. Laughter doesn't always mean happiness, sometimes it’s just a mask. Tears doesn't always mean sorrow, it may also be an outlet of joy. Staying away doesn't always mean it’s the end; it may also mean the best beginning." (8 june 2009)

"We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude." ~ Cynthia Ozick (10 june 2009)

"U should not say 'past is past'…especially when u know that "flashbacks exist". (11 june 2009)

"What I say to you is: Anyone who looks lustfully at a woman has already committed adultery with her in his thoughts." —Matthew 5:28 (15 june 2009)

"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of hope." (16 june 2009)

"Would you give up all the caring, the love, and the trying because in love there is pain?" (17 june 2009)


"You are truly sad if there’s a bitter aftertaste in your mouth after you laugh." - Got his from gerts (18 june 2008)

"If you don't like someone, the way he holds his spoon will make you furious; if you do like him, he can turn his plate over into your lap and you won't mind." (19 june 2009)

"Life keeps going. You think it'll stop, wait for you to be done crying but it just keeps moving. Don't spend your time looking back. You don't want to miss what's ahead." (22 june 2009)

"Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength." (23 june 2009)

"Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed." (24 june 2009)

"People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing." - Dale Carnegie (25 june 2009)

"You must train your intuition -- you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide." (26 june 2009)

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for." (29 june 2009)

"People and things do not upset us, rather we upset ourselves by believing that they can upset us." — Albert Ellis (30 june 2009)

May

"Life is a series of pulls, back and forth. You want to do one thing but you are bound to do something else. Something hurts you, yet you know it shouldn't. You take certain things for granted even though you know you shouldn't." - Mitch Albom (22 may 2009)

"Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?" (25 may 2009)

"Keep on going, and chances are, that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down." - Charles F. Kettering (26 may 2009)

"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired." (27 may 2009)

"Relationships are like photographs, some you remember, some you forget, some last forever, some may fade. But some are never developed & you'll never get to see how they would have turned out." (28 may 2009)

"There are things in life that we question a lot but we do not realize that sometimes answers come when we stop asking." (29 may 2009)

February: the Love month

"People love others not for who they are but for how they make them feel." (received 2/2/2009)

"Sometimes you have to act as if you're not there and really don't exit to save yourself from getting hurt." talented na ipis nag-pplay dead (haha) (received 2/3/2009)

"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." (received 2/5/2009)

“Always laugh when you can. It’s cheap medicine.” Lord Byron (received 2/5/2009)

“Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, *to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly.” (received 2/10/2009) Comment: *Medyo mahirap!

“An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.” (received 2/11/2009)

“Hope is the feeling that the feeling you have isn't permanent.” (received 2/12/2009)

“We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” (received 2/13/2009)

“Manners are sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.” (received 2/16/2009)


“Sometimes we're bound to do stupid things to experience that thing they call happiness.” (received 2/18/2009)

“Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a wooden gong. With trust, words become life itself.” (received 2/19/2009)

“There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstances permit. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.” (received 2/20/2009)

"It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.’” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (received 2/23/2009)

“Each indecision brings its own delays and days are lost lamenting over lost days. What you can do or think you can do, begin it.” (received 2/24/2009)

"Heartbreak is an odd kind of pain, because you are not dying. You are not even sick. For all intents and purposes you are perfectly fine, yet inside - where your heart used to be - you hurt so much that you can't breathe, you can't sleep, and you can't stop the tears from falling. You may eat too much; you may not eat at all. Non-smokers light up; non-drinkers find a bar." (received 2/25/2009)

"It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in a language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs." (received 2/25/2009)

January

“Try to live life with least IM SORRY’s. That means thinking before saying or doing anything. It’s always better not to hurt anyone than apologize after you’ve hurt them.” - Got this from Angelo (received, 1/19/2009)

"Too many people go through life waiting for things to happen instead of making them happen!" (received, 1/20/2009)

"Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill." - Christopher Parker (received, 1/21/2009)

"Some folks can look so busy doing nothing."(received, 1/22/2009)
"It takes less time to do things right than to explain why you did it wrong." (received, 1/23/2009)

"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." -Robert McCloskey (received, 1/26/2009)

"There is no perfect love. The only way you can make it somehow perfect is to be satisfied with one." (received, 1/29/2009)

"Like what you do. If you don't like it, do something else." (received, 1/30/2009)