= Christine Tjia's Fave Quotes =

2011-04-06T00:38:00.002+08:00

Forgiveness does not mean you have to accept the person back into your life. It does not mean you are condoning what they did or you are in anyway saying that it was okay. But forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.

Oprah Winfrey

2011-02-06T19:01:00.001+08:00

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

An Austrian psychological novelist (1830 - 1916)

2011-01-15T01:35:00.001+08:00

"Don't tell me the sky is the limit, there are footprints on the moon!"

Author Unknown

2010-12-31T19:06:00.000+08:00

"A woman laughing is a woman conquered."

Napoleon Bonaparte

A military and political leader (1769 - 1821)

2010-06-23T18:58:00.000+08:00

"The truth makes everything a lie."

Author Unknown

2010-05-15T11:57:00.000+08:00

"Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength."

Ralph W. Sockman

An American pastor (1889 - 1970)

2010-03-08T20:12:00.002+08:00

"Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open."

Elmer G. Letterman

2010-02-25T22:20:00.000+08:00

"An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory."

Friedrich Engels

A German philosopher (1820 - 1895)

2010-01-14T23:19:00.003+08:00

"I've had to say goodbye more times than I'd have liked. But everyone can say that. And no matter how many times we do it even if it's for the greater good, it still stinks. And though we'll never forget what we've given up, we owe it to ourselves to keep moving forward. What we can do is live our lives always afraid of the next goodbye. Because chances are, they are not going to stop. The trick is to recognize when a goodbye can be a good thing, when it's a chance to start again."

Ugly Betty, Season 4 Ep 11

2009-09-05T00:34:00.000+08:00

"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."

Chinese Proverb

2009-09-01T00:22:00.002+08:00

"Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living."

Miriam Beard

2009-09-01T00:18:00.000+08:00

"You can't choose the ways in which you'll be tested."

Robert J. Sawyer

A Canadian writer (1960 - Present)

2009-08-29T15:53:00.002+08:00

"If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."

Anatole France

A French poet, journalist and novelist (1844-1924)

2009-08-25T13:48:00.001+08:00

"Perfection is a road, not a destination. Every time I live, I get an education."

Burk Hudson

2009-07-21T13:46:00.004+08:00

No one falls in love by choice, it is by CHANCE.

No one stays in love by chance, it is by WORK.

And no one falls out of love by chance, it is by CHOICE.

Annonymous

2009-07-16T15:06:00.006+08:00

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

An Austrian psychological novelist (1830 - 1916)

2009-07-11T14:56:00.003+08:00

Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none.

William Shakespeare

"All's Well That Ends Well", Act 1 Scene 1
Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 - 1616)