Courtesy of Henrik Edberg The Positivity Blog
“There are no goodbyes for us. Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God’s greatest gifts. It involves many things, but above all the power of going out of one’s self and appreciating what is noble and loving in another.”
Thomas Hughes
“First and foremost, self-love, and then give love away.”
Katy Perry
“Love cures people—both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.”
Karl Menninger
“Growing apart doesn’t change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I’m glad for that.”
Ally Condie
“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.”
Henri Nouwen
“Patience is the mark of true love. If you truly love someone, you will be more patient with that person.”
Thich Nhat Hanh
“If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.”
Zig Ziglar
“The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again.”
Charles Dickens
“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.”
Mignon McLaughlin
“Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you; spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.”
Amy Poehler
“To say that one waits a lifetime for his soulmate to come around is a paradox. People eventually get sick of waiting, take a chance on someone, and by the art of commitment become soulmates, which takes a lifetime to perfect.”
Criss Jami
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
Jane Austen
“When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you’d like them to be.”
Leo Tolstoy
“There is nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends.“
Sylvia Plath
“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you… I could walk through my garden forever.”
Alfred Tennyson
“A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.”
Arthur Brisbane
“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational.”
Hugh Mackay
“Some people arrive and make such a beautiful impact on your life, you can barely remember what life was like without them.”
Anna Taylor
