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I HAVE LEARNED that
• you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved.....The rest is up to them
• no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back
• no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that
• just because someone doesn't love you the way you want to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have
• regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to takes its place
• there are people who love you dearly, but just don't know how to show it
• true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.
• although the word "love" can have many different meanings, it loses value when overly used
• maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated
• it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself
• no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief
• our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become
• sometimes when my friends fight, I'm forced to choose sides even when I don't want to
• just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do
• sometimes you have to put the individual ahead of their actions
we dont have to change friends if we understand that friends change
• you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever
• two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different
• no matter the consequences, those who are honest with themselves get farther in life
• no matter how many friends you have, if you are their pillar, you will feel lonely and lost at the times you need them the most
• even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help
• credentials on the wall DO NOT make you a decent human being
• it's hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people's feelings and standing up for what you believe
• it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it
• sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
• money is a lousy way of keeping score
• my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time
• either you control your attitude or it controls you
• it's not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts
• you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you had better know something
• it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be
• you can keep going long after you think you can't
• learning to forgive takes practice