...it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all...

...not everyone is worth your tears, but the one who really is, won't make you cry...

...you never lose by loving, you only lose by holding back...

...if you love someone, let them go. if they return, they were always yours. if they don't, they never were...

...if you love something, set it free. if it comes back to you, it was meant to be...

...trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight... - proverbs 3:5-6

...love is patient, love is kind. it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. it is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. it always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. love never fails... - 1 corinthians 13:4-9a

...i can do everything through him who gives me strength... - philippians 4:13

...the best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with never saying a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had...

...everyone hears what you say. friends listen to what you say. best friends listen to what you don't say...

...love is an endless dream. loss is an unwakable nightmare...

...there are thousands of languages, but a smile speaks them all...

...waste not fresh tears over old griefs...

...repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord... - acts 3:19

...and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. and hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us... - romans 5:2b-5

...be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love... - ephesians 4:2

...whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men... - colossians 3:23

...therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing... -1 thessalonians 5:11

 

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