Quotes and Phrases
Children
"Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them."
"Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child."
"Sometimes its the smallish things that take up the most room in our hearts."
"A child reaches for your hand and touches your heart."
"A child fills a place in your heart you never knew was empty."
"Adults may teach a child to work hard and fast, but it takes a child to teach an adult how to breathe."
"Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction."
"Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back."
"Growing old is mandatory ~ Growing up is optional."
"We do not remember days, we remember moments."
"A mother understands what a child does not say."
"Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself. They come through you, but not from you. And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you can not visit, not even in your dreams. You may strive to be like them but, seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday."
Creativity
"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong."
"A mistake is just an opportunity to be creative!"
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."
"Some pursue happiness, others create it."
"The essence of creating is to have pleasure in giving pleasure."
"The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates."
"The whole difference between construction and CREATION is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved BEFORE it exists."
"There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating."
"You know you're an artist if: you go through a glue stick faster than a lipstick!"
"To create one's own world in any art, takes courage.”
"The creative process is a process of surrender, not control!"
Famous Quotes
Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure; where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness."
Author: St. Augustine
"Dance as though no one is watching you,
Love as though you have never loved before,
Sing as though no one can hear you,
Live as though heaven is on earth."
Author: An Irish Blessing
"the object of art is to give life a shape."
Author: William Shakespeare
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
"May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face.
May the rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand."
Author: An Irish Blessing
"I get by with a little help from my friends."
Author: John Lennon "When I count my blessings, I count you twice."
"When I count my friends, I count my blessings."
Author: Unknown (Irish Blessing)
"With each new friendship, we build more firmly the foundation on which the peace of the whole world rests."
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You."
Author: Dr. Seuss
Friendship
"A friend accepts us as we are yet helps us to be what we should."
" Friends are always worth the trouble."
"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.""
"...the most valuable antiques are old friends."
"A friend can tell you things you don't want to tell yourself."
"A friend is a gift you give yourself."
"A friend is a person who knows what your saying, even though your not talking."
"A Friend is an Angel minus the wings."
"A tree is known by its fruit, a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost, he who sows courtesy, reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love."
"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow,
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead,
Walk beside me and be my friend."
"Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief."
"Friendship is a knot tied by angels' hands."
"1 mother + 1 daughter = 2 best friends."
"A friend in need is a friend indeed."
"Friends know the art of giving the heart ."
"Lean on me, when you're not strong, and I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on, for it won't be long, till I'm going to need somebody to lean on."
"Life without friendship, is like the sky without the sun."
"May our paths always lead us back to one another."
"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
"A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway."
"Coffee & Friends . . .
The Perfect Blend"
"Constant use will not wear ragged the fabric of friendship."
"Count your blessings by
smiles, not tears.
Count your age by
friends, not years."
"Distance can not come between true friends"
"Friends are the chocolate chips in the cookie of life!"
"I am wealthy in my friends."
"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and sharing of pleasure. "
"It takes a long time to grow old friends."
"To walk the road to the future without any friends is to forever be lonely."
"Water your friendship with acceptance and it will always grow."
"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our."
"When a friend makes a mistake, don't rub it in. Rub it out."
"When friends meet, hearts warm."
"You're Known by the Company you Keep."
"Seek first to understand, then to be understood."
Inspirational
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
"Goals Are Dreams With Deadlines"
"If it is to be.....It is up to me!"
"If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right."
"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail."
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow."
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."
"Life is not about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself" Who do you want to be ?"
"Life is what you make it."
"Look forward, not backward. Be a leader, not a follower. Focus on your successes and learn from your failures. Stay away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Trust your hopes, not your fears. Go the extra mile at your job."
"May your walls know joy, may every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility."
"Never Doubt in your mind the power you hold in your heart."
"Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality."
"Set yourself on fire for the things you believe, and people will come from miles to watch you burn!"
"Sometimes you have to take the leap,
and build your wings on the way down."
"Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
"Sucess is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."
"The distance is nothing, it is only the first step that is difficult"
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
"Trying is failure with honor. Don't try to do something. Just do it."
"What does not destroy me makes me stronger."
"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has power, genius, and magic in it. Begin it now."
"Your priorities determine your progress.""
"Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it."
"All of our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them."
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
"Be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all."
"Every day of your life is a page of your history."
"Believing in our hearts that who we are is enough, is the key to a more satisfying and balanced life."
"Meekness isn't weakness; it's just strength under control."
"Those who remove mountains begin by carrying away small stones."
"What you think of yourself is much more important than what others think of you."
"Let the things you love be your escape."
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain."
Religion
"Be creative, use your talents to serve God."
1 Timothy 4:14
"Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it." Proverbs 3:27
"A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance."
Proverbs 15:13
"A kind hearted woman gains respect."
King Solomon (Bible)
"God gave us two ears and one mouth, so we ought to listen twice as much as we speak."
"A secret's a secret till it's told."
"As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another."
Proverbs 27:17
"Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed."
Proverbs 16:3
"Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised." Proverbs 31:30
"For as he thinks in his heart, so is he."
Proverbs 23:7
"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
Luke 12:34 NIV
"From small beginnings come great things."
Proverb
"For I know the plans I have for you', says the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11
"A friend loves at all times."
Proverbs 17:17
"Behold, children are a gift of the Lord."
Psalm 127:3
"Do to others as you would have them do to you."
Luke 6:31 (NIV)
"Love bears all things..."
I Cor. 13:7 (ESV)
"Work like it all depends on you, pray like it all depends on God."
"A 10 year old little girl was asked by another classmate, "what is it like to be a Christian?". The 10 year old little girl replied, "it's like being a pumpkin. God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Then he cuts open the top and scoops out all of the yucky stuff. He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc., and then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the world to see."
"A daughter is a beautiful reflection of God's grace."
"A boy is the only thing God can use to make a man."
"But we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us."
Romans 5:3-5
"Don't go looking for acceptance from others, instead be who you are in God."
"Happiness keeps you sweet.
Trial keeps you strong.
Sorrows keeps you Human.
Failures keeps you Humble.
Success keeps you Glowing.
But only God keeps you Going."
Scrapbooking
"Scrapbooking is just another way of keeping a diary."
"A good friend shops with you for scrap supplies.
A true friend helps you hide your stash when you get home."
"A PICTURE is worth a THOUSAND words, but a scrapbook page is worth a MILLION memories......"
"A true scrapbook addict is one who stages photographs to match paper she likes."
"As we turn the pages of time,
we discover hidden mysteries and triumphs
in each new chapter."
"Blessed are the children of scrapbookers, for they shall inherit the scrapbooks."
"MEMORY is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose."
"Perfection is the enemy of completion."
"Saving memories one page at a time!"
"Scrapbooking can be cheaper than a therapist."
"Scrapbooks Are Works of Heart."
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