Life Lessons.

I’ve 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;

I’ve learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don’t care back;

I’ve learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

I’ve learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I’ve learned that no matter how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take it’s place.

I’ve learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you’re downhill are the ones to help you get back up.

I’ve learned that 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.

I’ve learned that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.

I’ve learned that just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to doesn’t mean that they don’t love you with all they have.

I’ve learned that no matter how good a friend is, they’re going to hurt you every once in a while.

I’ve learned that your family won’t always be there for you.

I’ve learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken, the world doesn’t stop for your grief.

I’ve learned that it isn’t always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to forgive yourself.

I’ve learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.

I’ve learned that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don’t even know you.
I’ve learned that 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.

“The purest form of love is given with no expectation of return. Measured by this standard, earnest prayer for others is a magnificent act of love.”
David Hubbard
“Do not expect anything in return, do not expect your efforts to be appreciated, your genius to be discovered, your love to be understood.”
Paulo Coelho
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.”
Toulouse Lautrec, Moulin Rouge
“I love you neither with my heart nor with my mind. Just in case the heart might stop, the mind will forget. I love you with my soul. Soul never stops or forget.”
Rumi
“We got older. But we’re still young. We never grew out of this feeling that we won’t give up.”
Best of Me, Nicholas Sparks
“If you could get rid of yourself just once, the secret of secrets would open to you.”
Rumi *hhmmm… being selfless is super hard*
“When reaching for the future, we sometimes fall into the past. As we gaze upon events that cannot be changed, our hearts grow bitter with regret. How will you choose to deal with that pain?”
Lightning Farron, FFXIII-2
“I love you like a river that gives water to the thirsty and takes people where they want to go. I receive your love and I give you mine. Not the love of a man for a woman, not the love of a father for a child, not the love of God for his creatures. But a love with no name and no explanation. Like a river that cannot explain why it follows a particular course, but simply flows onwards. A love that asks for nothing and gives nothing in return; it is simply there. I will never be yours and you will never be mine; nevertheless, I can honestly say: I love you.”
Aleph, Paulo Coelho
“There’s that person that no matter how long it’s been or how badly they’ve treated you, if they say they love you, you will say it back.”
thenewworldexplorer.tumblr.com
“Never assume. Don’t expect. Just hope. Just pray.”
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“Love is fragile. And we’re not always its best caretakers. We just muddle through and do the best we can. And hope this fragile thing survives against all odds.”
The Last Song, Nicholas Sparks
… and I wish I still do.

… and I wish I still do.

(Source: quotes-lover)

“‎I have come to realize that destiny can hurt a person as much as it can bless them, and I find myself wondering why—out of all the people in all the world I could ever have loved—I had to fall in love with someone who was taken away from me by fate.”
Nicholas Sparks (Message In The Bottle)
“Words are tears that have been written down. Tears are words that need to be shed. Without them, joy loses all its brilliance and sadness has no end.”
Aleph, Paulo Coelho