Every man has his own courage,
and is betrayed because he seeks in himself
the courage of other persons.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love comes to those who still hope
even though they've been disappointed,
to those who still believe
even though they've been betrayed,
to those who still love
even though they've been hurt before.
- Anonymous
Most of us believe that we have
been betrayed by someone outside of us -
in other words someone has done something to hurt us,
been dishonest or broken a promise made:
some trust in some concept was broken.
Indeed someone may have taken an action
that took only their needs into consideration,
they may have not followed through on a promise made,
and they may have not told you the truth.
But their actions have nothing to do with you
and have everything to do with them.
That's why no one can do anything TO you.
They can take actions that involve you that you may not like -
according to your point of view.
But you are not a victim, no way, no how.
- Sheri Rosenthal
Those who have come here to hate should leave now;
for in their hate, they only betray themselves.
- Terry Goodkind
Mind what people do, not only what they say,
for deeds will betray a lie.
- Terry Goodkind
Betrayal betrays the betrayer.
- Erica Jong
Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Life ... full of loneliness, and misery,
and suffering, and unhappiness,
and it's all over much too quickly.
- the Woody Allen movie Annie Hall
It is sad but unfortunately true that
man learns nothing from history.
- Carl Jung
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
- Brigitte Bardot
A relationship, I think, is like a shark.
You know? It has to constantly move forward or it dies.
And I think what we got on our hands is a dead shark.
- the Woody Allen movie Annie Hall (1977)
I'm awash in self-contempt!
- the Woody Allen movie Celebrity
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition,
is not only a waste of energy
but the worst habit you could possibly have.
- Dale Carnegie
Speak when you are angry -
and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
- Laurence J. Peter
A true friend is one who
overlooks your failures
and tolerates your success.
- Doug Larson
It is far better to be alone,
than to be in bad company.
- George Washington
Do you feel stuck?
Whether in a project, a job, a relationship,
or some other situation,
there is a time for perseverance,
and a time for letting go and moving on.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I am a self-centered spoiled-rotten brat,
Thank you for nurturing me.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth
until the hour of separation.
- Khalil Gibran
Regrets are the tears of good deeds left undone
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A big part of letting go is recognizing
when it is time to stay in a situation
and when it is time to move on.
- Darren L. Johnson
For all sad words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are these, "It might have been.
- John Greenleaf Whittier
True friendship's laws are by this rule express'd,
Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
- Alexander Pope
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation
and go to the grave with the song still in them.
- Henry David Thoreau
Human salvation lies in the hands
of the creatively maladjusted.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
All discarded lovers should be given a second chance,
but with somebody else.
- Mae West
A moment without joy is an eternity of sadness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
One's first love is always perfect
until one meets one's second love.
- Elizabeth Aston
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
- Albert Einstein
Write your Sad times in Sand,
Write your Good times in Stone.
- George Bernard Shaw
I never considered a difference of opinion
in politics, in religion, in philosophy,
as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
- Thomas Jefferson
Some things will never seem adequate
no matter how hard we try.
- from the movie White Man's Burden
Morality is the theory that every human act
must be either right or wrong,
and that 99 % of them are wrong.
- H. L. Mencken
True love is a process of co-creation
in which neither feels ownership or superiority.
Jealousy is a highly destructive force
for love and relationships.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates.
You never know what you're gonna get.
- the movie Forrest Gump
Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I seldom think about my limitations,
and they never make me sad.
Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times;
but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.
- Helen Keller
Distance cannot matter - ours is a friendship of the heart.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
What's done is done.
- William Shakespeare
Mind Chatter...
"I'm too fat; I'm too thin; and my hair is a fright;
And I'm never enough; and my world is not right;
I'm not smart; I'm not cute; I'm not strong; I'm a bust
I earn scorn; I earn hate; I'm no good; I disgust."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent
about things that matter.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Those who own much have much to fear.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
- Rabindranath Tagore
I leave no trace of wings in the air,
but I am glad I have had my flight.
- Rabindranath Tagore
There is nothing more depressing,
than having everything,
and still feeling sad.
- Janet Jackson
When It's Darkest, Men See the Stars.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow,
you gotta put up with the rain.
- Dolly Parton
Love means not ever having to say you're sorry.
- Erich Segal
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You're only here for a short visit.
Don't hurry. Don't worry.
And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
- Walter Hagen
"Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
Success is failure recycled.
Life is death reborn.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Farewell My Friend
It was beautiful as long as it lasted
The journey of my life.
I have no regrets whatsoever
save the pain I'll leave behind.
Those dear hearts who love and care...
And the strings pulling at the heart and soul...
The strong arms that held me up
When my own strength let me down.
At every turning of my life
I came across good friends,
Friends who stood by me,
Even when the time raced me by.
Farewell, farewell my friends
I smile and bid you goodbye.
No, shed no tears for I need them not
All I need is your smile.
If you feel sad do think of me
for that's what I'll like
when you live in the hearts
of those you love, remember then
you never die.
- Gitanjali Ghei
I believe that everything happens for a reason.
People change so that you can learn to let go,
things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right,
you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself,
and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
- Marilyn Monroe
If misery loves company, misery has company enough.
- Henry David Thoreau
Misery nourishes your ego -
that's why you see so many miserable people in the world.
The basic, central point is the ego.
- Osho
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.
- Khalil Gibran
To a philosopher all news,
as it is called, is gossip,
and they who edit and read it
are old women over their tea.
- Henry David Thoreau
Those whom we can love, we can hate;
to others we are indifferent.
- Henry David Thoreau
Saying goodbye doesn't mean anything.
It's the time we spent together that matters,
not how we left it.
- Trey Parker
When you break up, your whole identity is
shattered. It's like death.
- Dennis Quaid
Every relationship is just so tenuous and precarious.
- Larry David
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
- Leonardo da Vinci
For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
The moral arc of the universe
bends at the elbow of justice.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ambition is like love,
impatient both of delays and rivals.
- The Buddha
We are injured and hurt emotionally,
not so much by other people
or what they say and don't say,
but by our own attitude and our own response.
- Maxwell Maltz
Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live,
it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
- Oscar Wilde
Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache;
do be my enemy - for friendship's sake.
- William Blake
Those you trust the most can steal the most.
- Lawrence Lief
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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