The circumstances amid which you live determine your reputation;the truth you believe determines your character.
Reputation is what you are supposed to be; character is what you are.
Reputation is the photograph; character is the face
Reputation comes over one from without;
character grows up from within.
Reputation is what you have when you come to a newcommunity; character is what you have when you go away.
Your reputation is learned in an hour;
your character does not come to light for a year. Reputation is made in a moment;
character is built in a lifetime.
Reputation grows like a mushroom;
character grows like the oak.
A single newspaper report gives you your reputation; a life of toil gives you your character.
Reputation makes you rich or makes you poor; character makes you happy or makes you
miserable.
Reputation is what men say about you on your tombstone; character is what angels say
about you before the throne of God.
Words by: William Hersey Davis
I've learned -
that you cannot make someone love you.
All you can do is
be someone who can be loved.
The rest is up to them.
I've learned -
that no matter how much I care,
some people just don't care back.
I've learned -
that it takes years to build up trust,
and only seconds to destroy it.
I've learned -
that it's not what you have in your life
but who you have in your life that counts.
I've learned -
that you can get by on charm
for about fifteen minutes.
After that, you'd better know something.
I've learned -
that you shouldn't compare
yourself to the best others can do.
but to the best you can do.
I've learned -
that it's not what happens to people
that's important. It's what they do about it.
I've learned -
that you can do something in an instant
that will give you heartache for life.
I've learned -
that no matter how thin you slice it,
there are always two sides.
I've learned -
that it's taking me a long time
to become the person I want to be.
I've learned -
that it's a lot easier
to react than it is to think.
I've learned -
that you should always leave
loved ones with loving words.
It may be the last time you see them.
I've learned -
that you can keep going
long after you think you can't.
I've learned -
that we are responsible for what we do,
no matter how we feel.
I've learned -
that either you control your attitude
or it controls you.
I've learned -
that regardless of how hot and steamy
a relationship is at first,
the passion fades and there had better be
something else to take its place.
I've learned -
that heroes are the people
who do what has to be done
when it needs to be done,
regardless of the consequences.
I've learned -
that learning to forgive takes practice.
I've learned -
that there are people who love you dearly,
but just don't know how to show it.
I've learned -
that money is a lousy way of keeping score.
I've learned -
that my best friend and I can do anything
or nothing and have the best time.
I've learned -
that sometimes the people you expect
to kick you when you're down
will be the ones to help you get back up.
I've learned -
that sometimes when I'm angry
I have the right to be angry,
but that doesn't give me
the right to be cruel.
I've learned -
that true friendship continues to grow,
even over the longest distance.
Same goes for true love.
I've learned -
that just because someone doesn't love you
the way you want them to doesn't mean
they don't love you with all they have.
I've learned -
that maturity has more to do with
what types of experiences you've had
and what you've learned from them
and less to do with how many
birthdays you've celebrated.
I've learned -
that you should never tell a child
their dreams are unlikely or outlandish.
Few things are more humiliating, and
what a tragedy it would if they believed it.
I've learned -
that your family won't always
be there for you. It may seem funny,
but people you aren't related to
can take care of you and love you
and teach you to trust people again.
Families aren't biological.
I've learned -
that no matter how good a friend is,
they're going to hurt you
every once in a while
and you must forgive them for that.
I've learned -
that it isn't always enough
to be forgiven by others.
Sometimes you have to learn
to forgive yourself.
I've learned -
that no matter how bad
your heart is broken
the world doesn't stop for your grief.
I've learned -
that our background and circumstances
may have influenced who we are,
but we are responsible for who we become.
I've learned -
that sometimes when my friends fight,
I'm forced to choose sides
even when I don't want to.
I've learned -
that just because two people argue,
it doesn't mean they don't love each other
And just because they don't argue,
it doesn't mean they do.
I've learned -
that sometimes you have to put
the individual ahead of their actions.
I've learned -
that we don't have to change friends
if we understand that friends change.
I've learned -
that you shouldn't be so
eager to find out a secret.
It could change your life forever.
I've learned -
that two people can look
at the exact same thing
and see something totally different.
I've learned -
that no matter how you try to protect
your children, they will eventually get hurt
and you will hurt in the process.
I've learned -
that there are many ways of falling
and staying in love.
I've learned -
that no matter the consequences,
those who are honest with themselves
get farther in life.
I've learned -
that no matter how many friends you have,
if you are their pillar you will feel lonely
and lost at the times you need them most.
I've learned -
that your life can be changed
in a matter of hours
by people who don't even know you.
I've learned -
that even when you think
you have no more to give,
when a friend cries out to you,
you will find the strength to help.
I've learned -
that writing, as well as talking,
can ease emotional pains.
I've learned -
that the paradigm we live in
is not all that is offered to us.
I've learned -
that credentials on the wall
do not make you a decent human being.
I've learned -
that the people you care most about in life
are taken from you too soon.
I've learned -
that although the word "love"
can have many different meanings,
it loses value when overly used.
I've learned -
that it's hard to determine
where to draw the line
between being nice and
not hurting people's feelings
and standing up for what you believe. AUTHOR:UNKNOWN Every sunrise is a present, a gift from God above, gift-wrapped with scarlet ribbons and tied with a bows of love.
Each day's a new beginning, a time to start anew, while the stars are sleeping, and the rose is fresh with dew.
Every day's a new creation, to lovely to ignore, and we may find a blessing, just outside
our door.
We cannot keep the past, like fireflies in a jar,Nor journey to the future by wishing on a star.
Every sunrise is a blessing, a gift for just today. Rejoice, my friend, embrace it before it fades away !
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk being called sentimental.
To reach out to others is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk showing your true self.
To place your ideas and your dreams before them is to risk being called naive.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair, and to try is to risk failure.
But ...risk must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risk nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn to grow and love and live.
Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave, he's forfeited his freedom.
Only the person who risk is truly free. Words by: Leo Buscaglia I have to live with myself, and so I want to be fit for myself to know.
I want to be able as days go by, Always to look at myself in the eye.
I don't want to stand with the setting sun,'and hate my self for things I've done.
I don't want to keep on a closet shelf, Alot
of secerts about myself.
And fool myself as I come and go into thinking
that nobody else will know, the kind of person I really am,
I don't want to dress myself up in a sham.
I want to go out with my head erect,I want
to deserve others respect
But here in this struggle for fame and perf,
I want to be able to like myself.
I don't want to think as I come and go, that
I'm bluster and bluff and an empty show.
I never can hide mysef from me, I see what others may never see.
I know what others may never know, I never can fool myself and so .
Whatever happens , I want to be
self-respecting and conscience free. Words by:Edgar Guest Money doesn't bring you happiness, but it
enables you to look for it in more places.
Your conscience may not keep you from doing
wrong, but it sure keeps you from enjoying it.
Middle age is when broadness of the mind and
narrowness of the waist change places.
Misers aren't much fun to live with, but they make great ancestors.
Be careful what rut you choose,You may be in it the rest of your life.
The trouble with bucket seatsis that not
everybody has the same size bucket.
When you see the handwriting on the wall, you can bet you're in a public restroom.
Oppoptunities always look bigger going than
coming.
The real reason you can't take it with you
is that it goes before you do.
A person who can smile when things go wrong
has found someone to blame it on.
A modern pioneer is a person who can get
through a rainy Saturday when the TV's on the blink.
The world is full of willing people, some
willing to work, some willing to let them.
Money isn't everything...there's credit cards, money orders, and travelers checks.
Some people are like blisters, they don't
show up until the work is done.
A true friend is one that lets his grass
grow as tall as his neighbor's.
A baby-sitter is a teenager acting like an adult while the adults are out acting like teenagers.
If you don't know where you are going
you will never get lost.
Experience is a wonderful thing, it enables
you to recongnize a mistake when you make it again!
