A fulfilling life is different to each person. You have to acknowledge your dreams, and not just wait for life to happen, and opportunities to come knocking at your door.
Joan Lunden
Related I suppose I'm in that very small group of people who are not waiting for their own story to unfold. ... CAROL RIFKA BRUNT Dare to follow your own paths. Dare to be yourself. Dare to be different. LAILAH GIFTYAKITA The market is still waiting for HSBC results, which will have a big impact on the direction of the m... ANDREW TO Property shares had a technical rebound, but interest rate concerns will still affect properties unt... ANDREW TO Bank of China's results were quite good; double-digit growth can be taken as good results for a bank... ANDREW TO The index tried to challenge 18,000 but failed, so that triggered profit taking. Tokyo's slide also ... ANDREW TO Trading seems to be focusing on selective counters because investors are cautious amid interest rate... ANDREW TO We're seeing a minor technical rebound after Wall Street rebounded from two days of losses. The key ... ANDREW TO Some investors have returned to pick up the stock at bargain prices. ANDREW TO I think the take-up for the placement is not too good and other property developers may be discourag... ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future. ANDREW TO I think there was some minor selling pressure on telecom stocks as the market continued to see a wea... ANDREW TO A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don’t know the kind of person I am and... WILLIAM STAFFORD The Ghost's of your yesterday are knocking at your door, they want to give you back the key to your ... SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Knowing when and how to rest is knowing when and how to acknowledge your limitations and your depend... CRAIG GROESCHEL Your ears love to hear, so speak to it SOTONYE ANGA The sad heart needs work to do. JOAN BAUER When I was going through a tough phase in a training camp, I totally hated it. When it came to the l... ZENG HAN JUN God would not bring you through a Red Sea and turn around and allow you to perish in a fish pond. JOHNNIE DENT JR. Dare to seize all the opportunities on your paths. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I think that many people will intentionally overlook all of the lifeless facts about their relations... C. JOYBELL C. Being a friend to your child is the best gift you give to your child. JONATHAN CHEN If people do not look after their hearts they will soon see a flag of submission and the fight will ... GARY F EVANS... No one remembers how you got a chance, they only remember what you did with it. STEWART STAFFORD But the examinations are the chief bugbears of my college life. Although I have faced them many time... HELEN KELLER ...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than u... HELEN KELLER We can't change what life brings us, but we can change how we react. JIM GENOVESE I am free to choose my own actions. Indeed, like everyone else, I must be so. A good act that is com... CAMERON DOKEY What is it really like to be engaged?" asked Anne curiously. "Well, that all depends on ... L.M. MONTGOMERY Popularity ends on yearbook day-Respect stays forever. JOHN BYTHEWAY If you have to ask, you've never been in love. More than that, you've never had your feelings hurt b... CAMERON DOKEY When one reads hurriedly and nervously, having in mind written tests and examinations, one's brain b... HELEN KELLER I didn’t study medicine to watch people die." -Kira DAN WELLS But now we've finally taken full possession of what is rightfully ours, because everyone must feel t... NEAL SHUSTERMAN That's wrong," she declared. "Everyone must have one thing that they can excel at. It's just a matte... HARUKI MURAKAMI There’s only one question that matters, Ms. Lane, and it’s the one you never get around to askin... KAREN MARIE MONING Girls you are stronger than you know.. If you don't like being treated like a doormat the get the f*... KELLY ELLIOTT To succeed,overcome your fears. Smile. Don't you forget this is your dream. When you fail, keep tryi... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true. RALPH WALDO EMERSON Cam was sitting on the bed, still clothed. His head was lowered, hands braced on his knees in the po... LISA KLEYPAS Remember that yours is not the only heart that may be wishing for love. CAMERON DOKEY You're supposed to be using your gifts and fulfilling your dreams, at every age. VICTORIA MORAN When someone sends you an email, they are knocking on your door. And when you open the attachment, w... JAMES COMEY Life can change in a moment. With Columbine, 9-11 and Katrina we understand this to be true. How cou... PETER STROPLE You either follow your dreams or you live your life, with dreams you know what to expect but just li... MARJAN MADJAR I take the book stopped at a fold, deliver myself to its pace, to the breathing of the other storyte... ERRI DE LUCA Opportunities pop up for everybody all of the time. It's the way that we progress. It's whether or n... BEN BROWN Sometimes life gets a little boring so you have to do
something crazy to remember your alive! NEIL OLSSON Always listen to the warnings from your heart. TERESA COLLINS Truly being able to see the needs of others around you, that is a rare gift. Only when you embrace i... WENDY MASS Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... JOSEPH CONRAD I hate subtitles, I hate to wait… There is nothing into it, just typical ordinary human "hatred". DEYTH BANGER We are born different to make a difference. LISA R. REYNOLDS It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your li... RANDY PAUSCH Want LESS! Need LESS! Live MORE! TANYA MASSE Locating God’s Word that describes the true picture of your future is the key that unlocks the mys... BENJAMIN SUULOLA Your persistent actions are the bridge between mind and matter, between the inner and the outer. Do ... DRAGOS BRATASANU Keep the faith. The vision is always for the appointed time. Be patient, prayerful and wait for the ... LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Neither gold nor diamonds mine themselves. JOHNNIE DENT JR. Message from Archangel Jeremiel: "There are easier resolutions to that which concerns you that you m... KIMBERLY DAWN If something traumatizes you, please do not think that your life is coming to an end. You will still... SAAIF ALAM Your life, your circumstances change, and you have to continue to grow as a person, and once you hav... MAHERSHALA ALI Well, I have lost you; and I lost you fairly; In my own way, and with my full consent. Say... EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Peace does not walk up to our doorsteps and press the calling bell! We have to go out there and sear... AVIJEET DAS If you want to see your life improve, your dreams come closer to fruition, and happiness deepen in y... OSCAR AULIQ-ICE To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Your "Not To Do" list is also important. MANI S. SIVASUBRAMANIAN Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future.... BRADLEY WHITFORD Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is nev... A WALK TO REMEMBER Do not let a day pass without adding to your knowledge SOTONYE ANGA There is a great fulfillment when you commit your life to lifelong learning. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA If you want to have a life that is worth living, a life that expresses your deepest feelings and emo... ALICE WALKER Take a moment to reflect on your life. If you are not satisfied with your reflection, then make adju... AMAKA IMANI NKOSAZANA Next generations will not know what is to have childhood. DANIEL MELGAçO Bring your dreams to reality. Believe in yourself. You know you have what it takes, to make your dre... MARK F. LAMOURE It's no good trying to get rid of your own aloneness. You've got to stick to it all your life. Only ... D.H. LAWRENCE Self love is the only way to a high quality love life. The quality of men and love relationships you... JANET ONG ZIMMERMAN I'm not sure why the saying goes..."be careful what you wish for"...it should be, "prepare yourself ... C. NZINGHA SMITH You're definitely a different person at different stages in your life. BEN HARPER Dare to seize and make the most of all opportunities that life bring to your path. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA How to live life;If we live each day as if it will be our very last,one day we will be absolutely co... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The one I felt and still feel most is lack of time. I used to have time to think, to reflect, my min... HELEN KELLER When there are boys you have to worry about how you look, and whether they like you, and why they li... MAUD HART LOVELACE Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN The meaning to life. Is to live. ARMANDO RODRIGUEZ JR Never let life impede on your ability to manifest your dreams. Dig deeper into your dreams and deepe... CORIN NEMEC People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that life has a road mapped... ORLANDO BLOOM Eventually I came across another passage. This is what it said: I am not commanding you, but I ... NICHOLAS SPARKS To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... NICHOLAS SPARKS You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. HARPER LEE God can take the ordinary and create the extraordinary. Our incredible God has the power to transfor... AMAKA IMANI NKOSAZANA You have to relax when you're shooting an arrow. You can't be tense. And that just helps, in... STEPHEN AMELL Your life will become more fulfilling once you realise what you have within yourself and your wardro... GLYNIS MACKENZIE How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS Some read to learn, some to laugh, and some to live. JOYCE RACHELLE Working hard is not a waste of time, but a state of mind. Keep pushing your limits until you reach t... ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES Allow your pain to fuel your purpose. Some of the greatest opportunities you will ever experience in... THERESA LEWIS
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