Motivational Quotes: Relationships

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"Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. "

Abraham Lincoln

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. "

Buddha

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."

Buddha

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."

Buddha

"To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him."

Buddha

"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection."

Buddha

"Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule."

Buddha

"Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace."

Buddha

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

Maya Angelou

"My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return."

Maya Angelou

"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."

Maya Angelou

"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."

Maya Angelou

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."

Maya Angelou

"You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive."

Maya Angelou

"You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I forgive. I'm finished with it."

Maya Angelou

"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."

Aristotle

"My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake."

Aristotle

"Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit."

Aristotle

"The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons."

Aristotle

"No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world."

Aristotle