Favorite Quotations
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Relationships, 9
Open Heart: Secret to Happiness
People are also judged by the company they keep away from. ~ Joe Creason Treasure each other in the recognition that we do not know how long we shall have each other. ~ Joshua Loth Liebman The world can be divided into two kinds of people: those who would take out a personal ad saying, “This is me, and I’d like to meet,” and those who would rather stay at home alone—for an eternity—than do such a thing. ~ Paul Povse, It Takes Two Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends. ~ Mary Catherwood The very best relationship has a gardener and a flower. The gardener nurtures and the flower blooms. ~ Carole Radziwill, What Remains Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something. ~ H. Jackson Brown Jr., The Sun, 2/06 All my friends say I have to get right back on the bike. And I keep saying, “Maybe not a bike!” ~ Sheryl Crow, Ellen DeGeneres Show, 2/13/06 The need to connect with one another intimately is what makes and keeps us human. The challenge throughout life is to find the courage to reach out to potential partners when our primary relationship ends and to recharge our tried-and-true unions when their sizzle starts to fizzle.~ Dr. Joyce Brothers, Parade, 3/19/06 The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. ~ Carl Jung
"If you don't see God in the very next person you meet, it's a waste of time to look further." ~ Mahatma Gandhi