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Quote Book
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Grieving Heart
"Every death is
a wakeup call to live."
-Oprah Winfrey
"[Grief is] not
a road that you just pass these landmarks and then eventually you're
fine, I know that it's a road that you're on that some
days you feel really strong and then some days you're back to, like, a complete
horror. -Nate Berkus
"God
understands our prayers, even when we can't find the words to say them."
-Unknown
"Remember
this, the ones that love us never truly leave us. And you can always find them
here, in your heart."
-Sirius Black (film version)
A human life is a
story told by God.
~Hans Christian Andersen
While we are
mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the
veil.
~John Taylor
Life is eternal, and
love is immortal,
and death is only a
horizon;
and a horizon is
nothing save the limit of our sight.
~Rossiter
Worthington Raymond
Tears are God’s gift
to us. Our holy water. They heal us as they flow.
~Rita
Schiano
If tears could build
a stairway,
And memories a lane,
I'd walk right up to
Heaven
And bring you home
again.
~Author Unknown
Anything that has brought a smile to your lips, joy to your heart
or a lightness to your step is a Blessing.
Anything that has made your life more comfortable, has lightened
your burden or has brought warmth to your home is a Blessing.
Anything that has supported your body, has increased your endurance
or has opened your heart is a Blessing.
Anything that has made you look deeper, has expanded your
understanding or has increased your compassion is a Blessing.
Anything that has tested your strength, has fortified your
commitment or has forced you to grow is a Blessing.
Anything that has reminded you of how precious life is
and has taught you to treasure your Relations is a Blessing.
- Jamie Sams
"None
of the tears that you have ever cried in your life were wasted or in vain.
Everything you wept over honored those moments in life as valuable and
important and those feelings of sadness were sacred to your Soul."
- Dr
Jeff Mullan
It takes time to
heal.
Build a bridge from
now to tomorrow.
Sink the piers deep
into the Earth.
Pour in concrete day
by day,
a little at a time,
and let it set.
It takes time to
heal.
It may feel very
awkward,
as if you're making
empty promises,
as if you're simply
spanning empty space.
But someday,
somehow, somewhere,
you'll find yourself
upon a brand new shore,
glancing back at the
bridge which you alone have built.
It takes time to
heal.
-Ted Hibbard
The
deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arises from the
feeling that there is in every individual something which is inexpressible,
peculiar to him alone, and is, therefore, absolutely and irretrievably lost.
~Arthur Schopenhauer
There
are things that we don't want to happen but have to accept, things we don't
want to know but have to learn, and people we can't live without but have to
let go. ~Author Unknown
"Perhaps they
are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones
pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.”
~Unknown
The angels are
always near to those who are grieving, to whisper to them that their loved ones
are safe in the hand of God.
~Quoted in The
Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
Unable are the loved
to die. For love is immortality.
~Emily Dickinson
Those who cannot cry
because they believe that tears are a sign of weakness, spiritual ineptness,
and self-pity, should go sit under the sky. Is the sky not powerful when it
cries?Does not the sky know that both tears and sunlight are necessary for
growth?
~ Sandra Kring
If tears could talk,
this is what they’d say: I am the raindrop that nourishes your healing. Open
your door to me in times of angst. I will not stay forever. Only long enough to
clear the path of debris so hope and joy can reach you. Only long enough to cleanse
your eyes so your vision will be clear enough to recognize goodness when it
comes.
~ Sandra Kring
Do not stand at my
grave and weep,
I am not there... I
do not sleep.
I am the thousand
winds that blow...
I am the diamond
glints on snow...
I am the sunlight on
ripened grain...
I am the gentle
autumn rain.
When you waken in
the morning's hush,
I am the swift
uplifting rush
Of gentle birds in
circling flight...
I am the soft star
that shines at night.
Do not stand at my
grave and cry—
I am not there... I
did not die...
-Unknown
Don't grieve for me,
for now I'm free!
I follow the plan
God laid for me.
I saw His face, I
heard His call,
I took His hand and
left it all...
I could not stay
another day,
To love, to laugh,
to work or play;
Tasks left undone
must stay that way.
And if my parting
has left a void,
Then fill it with
remembered joy.
A friendship shared,
a laugh, a kiss...
Ah yes, these things
I, too, shall miss.
My life's been full,
I've savoured much:
Good times, good
friends, a loved-one's touch.
Perhaps my time
seemed all too brief—
Don't shorten yours
with undue grief.
Be not burdened with
tears of sorrow,
Enjoy the sunshine
of the morrow.
-Unknown
"Death leaves a heartache no one can heal. Love leaves a memory no one can steal."
~From a headstone in Ireland
~From a headstone in Ireland
"Oh my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left."
-Herbert H. Humphrey
Death never has to be the end of a relationship - there is an unseen
ribbon that binds two people together that never has to be severed. He will
always be your son, dad, brother, uncle, cousin, or grandfather - nothing - not
even death - can take that away. ♥
-Unknown
I know for certain that we never lose the people we
love, even to death. They continue to participate in every act, thought
and decision we make. Their love leaves an indelible imprint in our
memories. We find comfort in knowing that our lives have been enriched by
having shared their love.
- Leo Buscaglia
When your heart is
breaking for someone who is broken, but your words can’t reach them, and your
love can’t save them, ask their higher angels to go where you cannot, and
whisper into the heart of their strong but troubled soul: “We will not give up
on you. Don’t you give up on yourself, either.”
~ by Sandra Kring
I
will come to you in your sleep.
And
lie awhile next to your gentle breath.
I
lay my head down next to yours and feel the beat of a heart that's broken.
I
feel the ache within you and gently breathe life back into your hurt.
I
give you my love, I give you my heart and I leave you with hope.
...
And when you awake, you know not how
But
your life has been touched by the invisible presence of love.
I
will come to you in your sleep and rest with you awhile
(from
Stepping Through Grief)
"If you have courage, nothing is impossible."
-Jacques Coocur
"A snowflake is one of God's most fragile creations, but look at what they can do when they stick together!"
-Unknown
"The mightiest works have been accomplished by men who have somehow kept their ability to dream great dreams."
-Walter Russel Bowie
"Look behind the clouds. You will always find the sun."
-Evelyn Loeb
"It's the little moments that make life big."
-Unknown
"Whatever you are, be a good one."
-Abraham Lincoln
"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it."
-Goethe
"Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is."
-Mark Twain
"We must dare to think unthinkable thoughts."
-James W. Fulbright
"Our aspirations are out possibilities."
-Samuel Johnson
"Doing the best at this moment put you in the best place for the next moment."
-Oprah Winfrey
"The secret to having it all is believing you already do."
-Unknown
"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends."
-Albus Dumbledore
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
-Albert Einstein
"Do or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda
"It is the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting."
-Paulo Coelho
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
-Albus Dumbledore
"With courage, you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity."
-Keshavan Nair
"You have to have confidence in your ability, then be tough enough to follow through."
-Rosalynn Carter
"It is the weak who are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong."
-Leo Rosten
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Respect yourself if you would have others respect you."
-Baltasar Gracian
"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."
-Winston Churchill
"You just can't beat the person who never gives up."
-Babe Ruth
"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world."
-George Washington Carver
-Unknown
"The mightiest works have been accomplished by men who have somehow kept their ability to dream great dreams."
-Walter Russel Bowie
"Look behind the clouds. You will always find the sun."
-Evelyn Loeb
"It's the little moments that make life big."
-Unknown
"Whatever you are, be a good one."
-Abraham Lincoln
"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it."
-Goethe
"Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is."
-Mark Twain
"We must dare to think unthinkable thoughts."
-James W. Fulbright
"Our aspirations are out possibilities."
-Samuel Johnson
"Doing the best at this moment put you in the best place for the next moment."
-Oprah Winfrey
"The secret to having it all is believing you already do."
-Unknown
"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends."
-Albus Dumbledore
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
-Albert Einstein
"Do or do not. There is no try."
-Yoda
"It is the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting."
-Paulo Coelho
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
-Albus Dumbledore
"With courage, you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity."
-Keshavan Nair
"You have to have confidence in your ability, then be tough enough to follow through."
-Rosalynn Carter
"It is the weak who are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong."
-Leo Rosten
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Respect yourself if you would have others respect you."
-Baltasar Gracian
"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."
-Winston Churchill
"You just can't beat the person who never gives up."
-Babe Ruth
"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world."
-George Washington Carver
"Always bear in
mind that your own
resolution to succeed
is more
important than any
other one thing."
-
Abraham Lincoln
"The greatest
mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of
matter and of the stars, but that within this prison we can draw from ourselves
images powerful enough to deny our nothingness."
--
Andre Malraux
"Destiny is not a
matter of chance,
it is a matter of
choice;
it is not a thing to
be waited for,
it is a thing to be
achieved."
-
Winston Churchill
"To guarantee
success, act as
if it were impossible
to fail."
-
Dorothea Brande
"Start by doing
what's necessary, then what's possible, and, suddenly, you are doing the
impossible"
-Saint Francis of
Assi
"Nurture your
mind with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes."
-Benjamin Disraeli
"When you get
into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems you could not
hold on a minute longer; never give up then, for that is just the place and
time that the tide will turn."
-Harriet Beecher
Stowe
"Obstacles don't
have to stop you. If you
run into a wall, don't
turn around and
give up. Figure out
how to climb it,
go through it, or work
around it."
-
Michael Jordan
"When life's
problems seem
overwhelming, look
around and see
what other people are
coping with.
You may consider
yourself fortunate."
- Ann
Landers
"Strength does
not come from winning
Your struggles develop
your strength.
When you go through
hardship
and decide not to
surrender,
that is
strength."
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
Thursday, January 19, 2012
"When it's dark
enough, you can see the stars.
-Ralph
Waldo Emerson
"The greatest
achievements were at first, and for some time, dreams"
-James
Allen
"All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen"
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"What each of us becomes is fashioned from the stardust of our dreams"
-Unknown
"Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops, at all."
-Emily Dickenson
"One can never consent to creep when one has the impulse to soar."
-Helen Keller
"It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is not to make the attempt."
-Suellen Fried
"The hardest battle you with face in life is to be no one but yourself in a world which is trying to make you like everybody else."
-Unknown
"Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there."
-John
Wooden
"When the world says 'give up,' hope whispers, 'try it one more time'."
-Unknown
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."
-Les Brown
"Once you choose hope, anything is possible."
-Christopher Reeve
"Optimism is the foundation of courage."
-Nicholas Murray Butler
"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right."
-Henry Ford
"The future belong to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams"
-Eleanor Roosevelt
"God understands our prayers even when we can't find the words to say them."
-Unknown
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts."
-Winston Churchhill
"The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly."
-Cora Harris
"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose finite hope."
-Martin Luther King Jr.
"Little by little, one walks far."
-Peruvian Proverb
"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point."
-C.S. Lewis
"A great flame follows a little spark."
-Dante
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