Princess Lilue

If you don't have a dream, start thinking about what the dream for your life is. Start believing that just having a dream begins the process of fulfilling it. You can do it if you're willing to let every step you take move you in that direction. Remember, you deserve the best life has to offer.

Read more: http://www.oprah.com/oprahs-lifeclass/How-to-Fulfill-Your-Dream-Video#ixzz1flhsTSZW

"What is family? They were the people who claimed you. In good, in bad, in parts or in whole, they were the ones who showed up, who stayed in there, regardless. It wasn't just about blood relations or shared chromosomes, but something wider, bigger. We had many families over time. Our family of origin, the family we created, and the groups you moved through while all of this was happening: friends, lovers, sometimes even strangers. None of them perfect, and we couldn't expect them to be. You can't make any one person your world. The trick was to take what each could give you and build your world from it."
— Sarah Dessen

Sometimes u have to stop chasing what u want,so that u can think again whether u REALLY want it or it was just a temporary fascination
-Fazley

p/s: he may not be a DR, he doesnt have to be one to tell facts/quotes that has meaning.. although i still dont agree with the fact that he dared call himself dr in the first place. if you're familiar with the education world (at least i think i do, both my parents are in the business), wouldnt have believed it anyway..

"You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid monotonous work, chances are you'll end up boring, stupid and monotonous. Work is a much better explanation for the creeping cretinization all around us than even such significant moronizing mechanisms as television and education."
— Bob Black (Abolition of Work and Other Essays)

Now i know why i'm such a bore.. hehe..

"You can turn a smart person into an idiot just by overworking him.. "notes Peter Capelli, a professor of management at Wharton.

They say we leave this world just the way we came into it ---- naked and
alone.So, if we do leave with nothing, What then, is a measure of a life ? Is it
defined by the people we choose to love ?Or is life simply measured by our
accomplishments ?And what if we fail ? or are never truly loved ? What then ?
Can we ever measure up ?Or will the quiet desperation of a life gone wanting,
Drive us mad ?

~One Tree Hill

Albert Camus once wrote, "Blessed are the hearts that can bend. They shall never be broken." But I wonder.... If there's no breaking, then there's no healing. And if there's no healing, then there is no learning. And if there's no learning, then there's no struggle. But the struggle is a part of life, So must all hearts be broken ?

-Lucas Scott

"If you faithfully work eight hours a day, then you might become a boss and get to work 12 hours a day!" — Robert Frost

· Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
· Memorize your favorite poem.
· Don’t believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
· When you say, “I love you”, mean it.
· When you say, “I’m sorry”, look the person in the eye.

· Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
· Believe in love at first sight.
· Never laugh at anyone’s dreams.
· Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it’s the only way to live life completely.
· In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.

· Don’t judge people by their relatives.
· Talk slowly but think quickly.
· When someone asks you a question you don’t want to answer, smile and ask, “Why do you want to know?”
· Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
· Call your mom.

· Say “bless you” when you hear someone sneeze.
· When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
· Remember the three R’s: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.
· Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
· When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

· Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
· Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
· Spend some time alone.
· Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
· Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

· Read more books and watch less TV.
· Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll get to enjoy it a second time.
· Trust in God but lock your car.
· A loving atmosphere in your home is so important. Do all you can to create a tranquil harmonious home.
· In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.

· Read between the lines.
· Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.
· Be gentle with the earth.
· Pray. There’s immeasurable power in it.
· Never interrupt when you are being flattered.

· Mind your own business.
· Don’t trust a man/woman who doesn’t close his/her eyes when you kiss.
· At least once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
· If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living. That is wealth’s greatest satisfaction.
· Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck.

· Learn the rules then break some.
· Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.
· Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
· Remember that your character is your destiny.
· Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
~ Words by Dalai Lama ~

Sometimes i get worried with all these responsibilities that i have.. who am i to shoulder them ? what makes You think i know what to do ? or that i can do it well ? who's to say i wont make a mess of thing ? half of the time i'm so way over my head that i almost forgot what is it that i'm doing... is this how it's supposed to be? hmmmm........ ;p

"I know God won't give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much." — Mother Teresa

"Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them." — Jodi Picoult (My Sister's Keeper)

"She told the audience that one of the best things about books is that they are an interactive art form: that while the author may describe in some detail how a character looks, it is the reader's imagination that completes the image, making it his or her own....She talked about the tactile joys of reading, the feel of a page beneath one's fingers; the elegance of typeface on a page. She talked about how people complain that they don't have time to read, and reminded them that if they gave up half an hour of television a day in favor of reading, they could finish twenty-five books a year." - Home Safe by Elizabeth Berg

I dont know how other people reads, but i do agree that when i read, i would imagine how the character would look like, especially when it was well-written. So imagine how dissapointed i'd be if the books-made-into-movie are not able to translate that charactor for me. For example, i've read Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, and Tom Hanks sooooo do not fit the description of Robert Langdon. I imagined him to look more like a younger version of Harisson Ford. Well, i guess they couldnt find one who looked like that.. hehe..

Anyway, my reading has hit a wall these days.. a little too busy with work, plus been fiddling waaay too much with my new phone & goodreads, instead of reading.. hehe.. can i reach the target of 50 per year..? I'm already at 18, since a week ago...

I should add this book to my goodreads TBR list.. man, if only getting hold of these books are as easy as listing them out.. hehe.. there are loads of items out there that i would like to read, but time & money are my enemies..

"The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person." — Chuck Palahniuk (Invisible Monsters)

"Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form."
— Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi (El Masnavi)