Happy New Year's Eve!!!

Hey guys! I can't believe this year is almost through! It's insane. Looking back at this year...I find it somewhat successful. I had a great time...and I learned a lot about who I am and about my friends. I will say, it was a really tough year, but there was so much fun through it all. As a quick overview, I met a great new friend who is absolutely AMAZING!, I was in  "Once Upon A Mattress," I had my grandparents come out (but they do every year), a friend and I made up after like a year of not being friends (and that was actually partially in 2010, not 2011), my mom got remarried, I was in "Children of Eden," I met another great person!, and I had my birthday (but that's annually...so whatever), and I had a lot of late nights with some friends, I started my blog, I stuck through a friendship that was going south for a while, I learned some very important things about myself, and I am starting to recover from some things! It's really been interesting, and it's defiantly been an adventure. I can't wait to see what 2012 is like! Hopefully, a year to remember. :) Here are some quotes for all of you. Happy New Year's Eve! And I hope you enjoyed this year, if not...clean slate for next year!

"I wish you have 12 months of happiness, 52 weeks of fun, 365 days of success, 8760 hours of good health, 52600 minutes of good luck, 3153600 seconds of joy. Happy New Year!" -Unknown


"We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought through the rooms of our lives, not looking for flaws, but for potential." -Ellen Goodman


"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and our first chapter is New Year's Day." -Edith Lovejoy Pierce

"Year's end is neither and end or a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us." -Hal Borland


"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." -Oprah Winfrey


"It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago." Jim Bishop


"One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this - To rise above all the little things." -John Burroughs


"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year." -Ralph Waldo Emerson


"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." -Michael Altshuler


"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow." -Einstein


"New Year's Day is every man's birthday." -Charles Lamb

Friends, Friends, and more Friends :)

Hey guys! I thought of doing another post about friends. With one of my friends birthdays coming up, I thought I'd give this to her as part of her gift. (Don't worry I got her something else...but I'm not going to say it, for if she reads this.) Anyways, she's a great friend and I thought this would be nice. So happy early birthday Aysha! Hope you like this! :)

"If you can think of no other reason why you should be someone's friend, consider the possibility that they may just need one." -Linda Poindexter

"Good friends are those who let you be yourself, but still correct your mistakes and help you to be a better you." -Wilson Kanadi

"Sometimes we say we hate each other, or we get in stupid fights, but in the end I know you and I will always be friends." -Alissa Lopez

"Friendship is not a big thing, it's a million of little things." -Anonymous

"A friend can tell you things you don't want to tell yourself." -Frances Ward Weller

"A good friend is cheaper than therapy." -Anonymous

"Friends are kisses blown to us by angels." -Anonymous

"What is a friend? A friend is someone who you think your life would be different if they didn't exist. A friend is someone who never leaves you out, you are always included when you are with them. A friend is there for you no matter what." -Unknown

"Friendship is a single soul living in two bodies." -Aristotle

"Friendship is only cement that will ever hold the world together." -Woodrow Wilson

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Hey guys! It's Christmas! I can't believe it! I hope you all feel love and joy this Christmas season. Remember the true meaning of Christmas; it's not always about the gifts. This is my favorite time of the year! Have a great day everybody! And, the tree...that's my Christmas tree! Love it! Merry Christmas, y'all!

"Christmas gift suggestions: to your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect." -Oren Arnold

"Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas." -Calvin Coolidge


"Christmas is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas." -Dale Evans

"It is not the gift, but the thought that counts." -Henry Van Dyke

"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other." -Burton Hillis

"From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another. The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other." -Emily Matthews

"Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone." -Charles Schulz

For a friend in need...

Hey guys, I haven't done this before, but my friend is going through some stuff and so I thought this could help. I asked him to give me some quotes that expressed the way he felt, and this is what I got. Some, I may have shared before, but this is how he feels, and as I've said before, quotes can always be heard more than one time. Hope things get better for you soon, just hang in there for now. This one's for you, Andrew.

"Beginnings are scary, endings are sad, but the middle is what counts." -Anonymous

"Sadness flies away on the wings of time." -Jean de la Fontaine

"I'd rather have a fool make me happy than experience make me sad." -Anonymous

"However long the night, the dawn will break." -African Proverb

"Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop." -Anonymous

"When I see your smile, and I know it's not for me, that's when I'll miss you." -Anonymous

Everything, about anything...

Here are a few quotes I really like and I thought they defiantly needed to be posted! They're kind of random, and stuff, but they're really good! Hope ya like them!

"I think we spend too much time wondering why we're not good enough. We waste too much time putting ourselves down that we don't ever stop to see that we are good enough. We spend too much time with our heads down and hearts closed and never get a chance to look up from the ground and see that the sun is shining and tomorrow is another day." -Unknown

"Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go, be what you want to be. Because you only have one life and one chance to do it all." -Unknown

"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." -Paul Boese

"Dear will of the abyss: I'm bored. Sincerely, Liat. Dear Liat: Suck it up! Sincerely, the will of the abyss." -Mariah McNeff and Kayla Merrick

"Funny when you're dead, how people start listening." -The band: Perry (sent in by Sydney Harward)

"If you look at life like a piano where the white keys represent happiness and the black keys represent sadness. As life goes on, you realize the black keys make music too." -Melia Smith Boyer

"I look up to people who keep dancing even after the music has stopped, because those are the people who will keep trying even after all hope is lost." -Unknown

"Sometimes what you want the most, you're better off without." -Unknown

"Take a risk. You might just find what you're looking for." -Unknown

"Wait for the boy who will do anything to be your everything." -Unknown

"Everything in life is temporary. So, if things are going good, enjoy it because it won't last forever. And if things are going bad, don't worry, it can't last forever either." -Unknown

"Honestly, I hold in a lot. When I'm upset, I don't really like telling anyone. Especially the person who had caused the pain. I don't want to worry others with what I'm going through. No matter how much somebody asks, or how hard I cry, my answer will always be the same, 'I'm fine.' Even if it's not true." -Alissa Lopez (changed from a quote to fit with me. If you want the original, just ask)

"Your dream is the force that pushes you through life. Without it, where are you going?" -Colton Dujon

"The choices we make, and the chances we take, determine our destiny." -Unknown

"When I look at you, I'm home." -Dory from Finding Nemo

Friends with a quote :)

My friends are amazing! I asked some of my friends to make up a quote, and this is what I got from them...plus two of my own. These are just amazing!!! I will admit, when I asked them to make one up, I wasn't sure how well it would turn out, but these are probably some of the best quotes and needed to be heard. Thanks guys for the quotes,  you all are soooo amazing! Love y'all!

"Christmas doesn't necessarily mean lots of presents - it means lots of hearts." -April Haney

"I'm as free as my hair." -Andrew West

"Every moment you move, every beat in your heart, every level of change in your soul...should have a purpose...find that inside you, hold it close and dance for that reason. Without this reason, why would one dance?" -Samantha Stout

"You can't smell the roses if the daisy is in your nose." -Gabby Bersie


"I'm a girl just like any other. One who cries when she's upset, and wishes to be held when she cries. A girl that laughs at stupid things, and wants others to laugh with her. Just a girl who tells you she loves you when she does, and want to hear you say it back when you mean it. A girl who is  too shy to express her feelings, but wishes you feel the same way too. One who just wants you to know...'I love you.'" -Alissa Lopez


"When life gives you lemons, throw them at people." -Kaiden

"We're too blessed to be depressed." -Andrew West

"Don't dream, achieve!" -Mckenna Woodward

"It's not that I've been dishonest, it's just that I loathe reality." -Andrew West

"Love is like a rose, beautiful at first....but soon dies." -Gabby Bersie


"It takes courage to be who you really are." -Shaina Shumway

"A friend is someone who is there to give you light when your life seems full of darkness." -Alissa Lopez

"Smile, cause you never know who is falling in love with it." -Shaina Shumway (changed a bit)

"Love is like a puzzle, you have to have all the pieces to make it work." -Gabby Bersie

Life is good...yet it changes all again

Who knew that life changed so much? It seems like everybody changes everyday. I guess I never really noticed how quickly something can change, just by saying one little thing or doing one thing. Sometimes, things change for the better, but sometimes it goes down south. But there's always a way it can change again. So, whether for good or for bad...here are those quotes about changing. :)

1. "Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." -Maria Robinson

2. "Seeing people change isn't what hurts. What hurts is remembering who they used to be." -Unknown

3. "Don't let people change the loving and caring person you are. Don't let anyone get you down. Use the love to stay strong." -Unknown

4. "Things change in life, they always do, and they always will." -Alissa

5. "People change and things go wrong, but always remember, life goes on" -Unknown

Crying at night? Need some quotes to help?

Hey guys, so I'm sure we all have had those days where everything just seems to go wrong and you feel completely worthless. Well, I've had a lot of those this past month for multiple reasons, and I wouldn't have gotten through it without my friends, and these quotes. So, here are a few that have really helped me! And if you are feeling worthless and like nothing seems to go right, you are important. You are of worth and things will get better, they always do. Just keep pushing through and know that somewhere in the world, somebody is routing for you! You're amazing! Don't forget that. :)

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." -Dr. Seuss

"Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water and flowers, trees and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us." -Brain Jacques

"Sometimes all you can do is cry, and that's OK, just know that when you cry, I'll be there to comfort you!" -Alissa :)

"Let the tears come. Let them water your soul." -Eileen Mayhew

"A woman wears her tears like jewelry." -Unknown

Just some quotes...

There is a lot of stuff going on in my life and these few quotes kind of sum it all up, plus they are really good quotes too. They don't all go for just one thing happening in my life, like I said I'm going through different things, so they mean different things to me. So, I hope you like them!

"You know you're in love with someone when all you want is for them to be happy...even if your happiness isn't part of theirs." -"The Princess in Waiting"


"I remember when big fights with friends meant you wouldn't talk to each other for 20 minutes, then apologize and going back to having fun. What happened to those days? -Unknown

"The trust we had is broken, so don't tell me you can't forgive me because nobody's perfect." -Jessie J.

"The best thing to do is to stop trying to figure out where you're going and just enjoy where you're at." -Unknown

"Sometimes it takes work to be friends, just try to understand each other's perspective. If you want to be friends, then try to make it work." -Unknown


"Once you cross the line, there's no going back." -Unknown


"I want a friend who can see the tears behind my smile. Someone who can tell I am sad, when I fool everyone else. I want a friend who isn't afraid to say, 'I'm there for you, just because you're my friend.' I want a friend who will stick up for me, talk to me, and just plain be my friend no matter who's around. I want a friend who can make me laugh, or cry, or anything else in-between. I want a friend who won't get mad at me over the stupidest stuff. I want a friend who is honest and will tell me anything, no matter what. I want a friend who when I look sad, comes over to me and asks, 'what's wrong?' I tell them, 'nothing, just tired.' Sees I'm lying and won't leave my side until I tell them. That's what I want in a friend. If you're not it, then you're not my best friend that I absolutely love, you're just a friend." -Mary Ann Inserra

"You learn from your mistakes. Even if you have to make them 32,846,789,543 times before you really learn." -Unknown

"Did you ever come to a point that you made a stupid mistake, choosing the wrong words and feeling like they've been taken the wrong way? Feeling guilty when you've realized you actually did mean it the way they took it, but didn't want to hurt them? All you want to do is make it right, go back in time and wish you had never said the things you said?" -Alissa

"If we're meant to be, then we will find a way." -Anonymous

Happy Thanksgiving!

It's Thanksgiving! I hope you all are having a great Thanksgiving day. I love Thanksgiving. It's a very special holiday. But really, we should be thankful throughout the whole year, not just on one day. I am so grateful for so many things. I just want to say thank you to all of you! Thank you, for coming to my blog and reading all these quotes. You may not realize that these quotes are saying exactly how I feel the day I post them and it's my way of telling you what's going on in my life and how I'm feeling. Sometimes, I can't express that to people...even people who are close to me. So, this blog has helped me in many ways. Thank you so much for reading about my life and I hope I have helped you. Here are some quotes about Thanksgiving for you!


"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'Thank you,'" -William A. Ward

"The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings, the more he will bring to our mind, other blessings. The more we are aware of to be grateful for, the happier we become." -Ezra Taft Benson

"Thanksgiving is a time where I can stop thinking about what I want, and just be grateful for what I have." -Alissa


"Feeling gratitude and not expressing it, is like wrapping a present and not giving it." -William Arthur Ward


"Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live." -Jackie Windspear

"Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action." -W.J. Cameron

"Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone." -G.B. Stern


"Every time we remember to say 'thank you' we experience nothing less than heaven on earth." Sarah Ban Breathnach

"A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even if he lives in paradise." -Baha'u'llah

"Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." -Melody Beattie

5 Adorable Quotes!

These quotes are a little newer to me, but I love them and I want to share them with you. Oh and sorry I haven't been on in forever...I've had really late night rehearsals...but that will all be over next week. So, here's those five quotes and I hope you like them too!

"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." -James Dean

"Fall in love or fall in hate. Get inspired or be depressed. Ace a test of flunk a class. Make babies or make art. Speak the truth or lie and cheat. Dance on tables or sit in the corner. Life is divine chaos. Embrace it. Forgive yourself. Breathe. And enjoy the ride..." -Unknown

"A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop words when speech becomes superfluous." -Ingrid Bergmen

"Friendship isn 't about whom you've known the longest...it's about who came, and never left your side." -Unknown

"Playing the piano sets me free. I feel like a whole new person when my fingers are running up and down the keys making music." -Alissa Lopez

Ahhhh....the love quotes! :)

You all know how love quotes are my favorite kinds of quotes...and if you didn't know that, well now you do. So, here are some more love quotes. I'll try not to repeat any. Hope you like these!

"I want to tell you how I feel, that I love you, but I'm scared that you don't feel the same way." -Alissa



"Immature love says:  'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says: 'I need you because I love you." -Erich Fromm

"I look around me at all the girls who are always talking about how hot this guy or that guy is, and then I look at you. No one's whispering or giggling about you. You're not the hottest guy in school, but I fell in love with you anyways. I fell in love with you because of your laugh, and your smile, and your voice, and the way you walk and sit and stand, and the way I feel when I'm around you, and because you're my best friend. The fact that you're pretty good looking helps, but I fell in love with the person you are. I can't tell you this, cause it might ruin our friendship, but you'll always be the hottest guy in the world to me." -Unknown


"A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop words when speech becomes superfluous." -Ingrid Bergmen


"Don't say we aren't right for each other, the way I see it is...we aren't right for anyone else." -The Cutting Edge


"As you wish." -The Princess Bride


"Today I caught myself smiling for no reason...then I realized I was thinking of you." -Unknown


"Don't say you love me unless you mean it, because I might do something crazy like believe it." -Anonymous


"Love is giving somebody the power to destroy you, but trusting them not to." -Unknown


"You know you're in love when you don't want to go to sleep at night because your life is better than a dream."

Losing you.

So, it's a new month and I thought to do this. I know what it's like when you lose somebody you love. It hurts. It takes a while to move on, or sometimes we never move on. Like I said, I know what it's like. It can be your friend, your sister, your dad, or even yourself. But we all experience a time in our life, where somebody close to us will leave us. Maybe they die, or maybe things just happen and you never see each other. So, I found some quotes...just a few, but I thought they should be shared. Hope you like them, and they help.

"You don't realize what you have, until it's already gone." -Alissa

"Moving on is simple, it's what you leave behind that makes it so difficult." -Unknown.

"No, I'm not OK. I am exhausted. Life is exhausting. Loving people is exhausting. And thinking you've lost someone you love? Well, that's the most exhausting thing of all." -Unknown

"Never be sad for what is over, just be glad that it was once yours." -Unknown

Is there any way to say sorry?

This week, as some of you know, my friend and I had one of those bumps in the road. It's been a difficult week for both of us, and things just happened. I really feel bad for anything that I might have said or done to make her think that I don't care. But, she is my best friend and I miss talking to her. I want us to be friends again, and I'm so sorry. I hope these quotes help her understand how sorry I am. So, this is for you Halle. I hope you realize how deeply sorry I am.

"When you realize you have made a mistake, make amends immediately. It's easier to eat a crow while it is still warm." -Dan Heist

"The words are all gone, the time's been too long but it's not too late to say I'm sorry to a friend." -Mccain Edwin

"I'm sorry. I wish I could think of something more to say, something magical, that would make up for how I treated you, but all I can say is, I wish I had been a better friend, and I want to try to be, now." -Unknown

"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." -Paul Boese

"Three words, eight letters, so difficult to say. They're stick inside me, they try and stay away. But this is too important to let them have their way. I need to do it now, I must do it today. I am sorry." -Unknown

"Sorry for hurting you. What I did was foolish and impulsive. If I could take it all back, I'd do so this instant. I truly did not mean to hurt you in any way. Please forgive me. I'm so sorry." -Unknown

"I want to apologize for not being caring enough and for hurting your feelings. I'm sorry." -Unknown

"It seems the one who means the most to us, are always the ones we hurt the most." -Unknown

"Some time I should learn to stop talking when I know it will hurt you. I'm sorry." -Alissa

"I feel ashamed of what I did. I have no excuses. I did what I did. I take full responsibility for myself and my actions. I wouldn't pawn this off on anybody. I'm sorry it happened. And I hurt people." -Unknown

Forgivness begins with me!

I know there are many times that I get angry at people and I hate being the one that has to apologize. But I'm finally starting to grasp that even if they're the ones who are wrong, we still need to forgive them. I know forgiving people doesn't come easy, especially when they are your friend and they really hurt you. I am learning to be quicker to forgive, but I'm still human and need help...so here are some quotes that I hope will help you, as well as myself.

~ "Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms up the heart and cools the sting." -William A. Ward

~ "They who forgive most shall be most forgiven." -William Blake

~ "We forgive freely or we do not really forgive at all." -Lewis B. Smedes

~ "To err is human, to forgive is divine." -Alexander Pope

~ "I have learned that sometimes 'sorry' is not enough. Sometimes you actually have to change. -Claire London

~ "It takes a strong person to say 'sorry,' and an even stronger person to forgive." -Unknown

~ "Forgiveness is a sign that the person who has wronged you means more to you than the wrong they have dealt." -Ben Greenhalgh

~ "It takes a second to make a mistake, but a lifetime to try and forget it was your fault." -Jenn

~ "I'm not perfect, I make mistakes, I hurt people, but when I say I'm sorry, I mean it." -Unknown

~ "I don't forgive people because I am weak, I forgive them because I'm strong enough to know that people make mistakes." -Unknown

10 Quotes I can't live without!

Here are 10 quotes I always want to remember. Some of them you have probably heard, but that's ok...because quotes are just amazing that you can hear them more than once. Some of these I like from experinces, while others I just LOVE! :) If you want I would love to hear your top 10 quotes too. So...that means....COMMENT! :) Now...what you've been waiting for....THE QUOTES!!!
10) "Friendship is like peeing in your pants. Everybody can see it, but only you can feel its true warmth." -Unknown
9) "I’m not the girl who runs up to you when I see you, and I’m not the girl who jumps at every moment to talk to you. I am the girl who keeps it all inside and regrets it later." -Unknown 
8) "Tell her how you admire her. When she's upset, hold her tight. Pick her over all the other girls you hang out with. Play with her hair. Pick her up, tickle her and wrestle with her. Just talk to her. Tell her jokes. Bring her flowers just because. Hold her hand and run. Just hold her hand. Let her fall asleep in your arms. Tell her she looks beautiful. Look into her eyes and smile. Kiss her on the forehead. Kiss her in the rain. If you want to be with her...tell her." -Unknown
7) "Life is too short. Grudges are a waste of happiness. Laugh when you can. Apologize when you should. And let go of what you can't change. Love deeply and forgive quickly. Take chances. Give everything and have not regrets. Life is too short to be unhappy. You have to take the good with the bad. Smile when you make mistakes. People change and things go wrong but always remember...LIFE GOES ON!" -Unknown
6) "When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place." -Unknown 
5) "I'm not a perfect girl. My hair doesn't always stay in place and I spill things a lot. I'm pretty clumsy and sometimes I have a broken heart. My friends and I sometimes fight and maybe some days nothing goes right. But when I think about it and take a step back I remember how amazing life truly is and that maybe. Just maybe. I like being imperfect..." -Unknown
4) "Find a guy who calls you BEAUTIFUL instead of HOT. Who calls you back when you hang up on him. Wait for the boy who KISSES your forehead. Who wants to show you off to the WORLD when you are in your sweats. Who holds your HAND in front of his friends. Who thinks you're just as PRETTY without makeup on. One who is constantly reminding you of how much he CARES, and LOVES being with you and how he's the LUCKIEST guy in the world to have you. The one who turns to his friends and says, 'THAT'S HER.'" -Unknown
3) "In a world where you can be anything...BE YOURSELF!" -Unknown
2) "Dancing is like dreaming with your feet!" -Constanze 
1) "Be your own kind of beautiful." -Unknown 

Love that can't be?

Here's just a little poem I found that I like.
"Did you ever fall for someone you know you shouldn't?
Try hard to fight your feelings, but you just couldn't?
You fall deeper with each passing day,
But try to hide it in every possible way.
He's only a friend, and nothing else--
That's the lie you keeping telling yourself.
You keep on saying he's just a bud,
But deep inside, you're falling in love.
You get so giddy when you meet his eyes,
But keep reminding yourself it isn't right.
A simple glance turns into a stare,
But you pretned that you don't care.
It's "not right" for you two to be. 
Is that why you hide it so no one can see?
But how long will you pretend?
Keep lying that he's just a friend?
Perhaps your feelings you can never show.
Perhaps it's "wrong" for him to know.
Your friendship can't be risked over this, 
So being his girl is an impossible wish..." -Momei Qu

Just be yourself.

I have heard SO many quotes about being yourself. Some of you may not know this, but I used to pretend to be something I wasn't. I had a group of friends who I thought wouldn't like me if I wasn't like them...so I changed. I started doing things, (not bad things) that I wouldn't have done. I was becoming something totally opposite from myself. I hated when my family would tell how I changed or how even some of my real friends told me I was different. It hurt, because I knew it was true. Finally one day, a friend of mine said, "You know, I never hang out with you anymore because you are so different." I had enough, and when I went home that day I found this quote: "Be your own kind of beautiful." I broke down into tears, and knew things HAD to change. I started becoming the person I really was and I felt good about myself. I will say this, there are still things that I am working on because of what I did. It really leaves a mark on you. But I'm getting there and things are getting better. I know it's hard...I mean I've been through all that, but I know that you have the power in you to just be yourself. :) Good luck on that...here's some quotes for ya! Enjoy!
1.) "Be your own kind of beautiful."
2.) "In a world where you can be anything...BE YOURSELF!"
3.) "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." -E.E. Cummings
4.) "Be who you really are. Do not change for anyone, and always, always dream big enough to achieve." -Unknown
5.) "It is better to be hated for what you are, then to be loved for something you are not." -Unknown
6.) "You were born an original. Don't die a copy."
7.) "If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise."
8.) "Be yourself. Because everybody else is taken."
9.) "They laugh at me because I am different but I laugh at them because they are all the same."
10.) "There is just one life for each of us: our own" -Euripides

I love how friends are always there!

At the beginning of the month I did a post about friends. Well, seeing that my friends are such great friends, I decided to do another one. There are lots of friends I don't see anymore and I really miss, so to those friends...this post is for you!

1. "People never know how special someone is until they leave, but maybe sometimes its important to leave, so they are given that chance to see how special that someone really is!" -Unknown
2. "Don't ever be afraid to come to me and cry. Don't ever hesitate to look me in the eye. Don't ever be afraid to tell me how you feel. Remember your my girl and we gotta keep it real." -Ashley Upchurch
3. "Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend." -Albert Camus
4. "When it hurts to look back and your scared to look ahead you can look beside you and your best friend will be there." -Unknown

5. "It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, a hour to like someone, and a day to fall in love with someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone." -Unknown
6. "A friend can tell you things you don't want to tell yourself." -Frances Ward Weller
7. "A friend is someone who listens when you speak, understands when you cry and guides you on your way." -Unknown 
8. "True friends are never forgotten, they live within our hearts and souls.... forever, and always, dancing on our stage of memories."  -Shawn
9. "The most I can do for my friend is simply to be his friend. I have no wealth to bestow on him. If he knows that I am happy in loving him, he will want no other reward. Is not friendship divine in this?" -Henry David Thoreau
10. "Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light." -Jennie Jerome Churchill

Life is full of mistakes

We've all had that time when we wish we hadn't said or done something. That's exactly what I'm going through now. I don't want to make a big deal out of it, but the only thing I can say is "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I hurt you and you disagree with me, but I didn't mean for you to get upset with me. I just wanted you to be aware of it and realize what's really going on. I'm sorry you think I'm being pushy and telling you what to do, I'm just trying to help you. I really am sorry. I feel awful about it all and I wish I just kept my thoughts to myself, but it's too late for that. Now all I can do is apologize. I'm sorry." So...here are some quotes I really wanted to share. 


"If you’re going to do something tonight that you’ll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late." -Unknown


"When you realize you've made a mistake, make amends immediately.  It's easier to eat crow while it's still warm." -Dan Heist


"Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge." -Isaac Friedmann


"An apology is a good way to have the last word." -Unknown


"An apology is the superglue of life.  It can repair just about anything." -Lynn Johnston

Never Give Up!

"Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen." -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"A limit on what you will do, puts a limit on what you can do." -Anonymous

"Better a Has-been than a Never-was. But better a Never-was than a Never-tried-to-be." -Anonymous

"No one will ever see me quit, because I simply won't. If I start something, I will finish it and do it well." -Steve Belmarsh 

"Things will happen in your life that you can't stop, but that's no reason to shut out the world. There's a purpose for the good and for the bad." -Crazy Pete
"Never give up. Almost nothing works the first time it's attempted. Just because what you're doing does not seem to be working, doesn't mean it won't work. It just means that it might not work the way you're doing it. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it, and you wouldn't have an opportunity." -Bob Parsons 
"You must do things you think you cannot do."-Eleanor Roosevelt
"I never succeed if I've never failed." -Alissa
"Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself." -Sidney Sheldon
"When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, “Try it one more time." -Unknown
"If you're stuck, don't give up. Try something new." -Dragon Tales
"I'm not giving up acting, I'm definitely not going to stop." -Shane West

"I learned from failing, to keep trying. From trying I succeed. None would have happened if I didn't fail first." -Alissa 
"When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place." -Unknown

Labor Day

Hey! I hope you all had loads of fun on Labor Day. Mine was...eh! But still...it was fun not being in school. :) I never really got the point of Labor Day (yeah call me crazy...it's OK) So here are a few quotes about Labor Day.
"Labor Day is a glorious holiday because your child will be going back to school the next day. It would have been called Independence Day, but that name was already taken."
"Without labor nothing prospers."
"If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool."

Quotes found from: http://www.finestquotes.com/select_quote-category-Labor Day-page-0.htm#ixzz1XIuqjPF6

New Month!

     Hey everybody! So it's a new month, as you all have noticed...or at least I hope you have. August was great for me, I'm sad it's over but I'm excited for September! I just want to say, September has already started off on a the right foot. Yesterday, I completed my 1st day of my sugar fast! I will be going of sugary things for a whole month! I'm nervous, but excited! I'm mostly doing it to prove to my older sister that I can go off sugar (I've already went off sugar for about 2 weeks last year for the same reason, but apparently that's not good enough). Today was my 2nd day and I'm doing okay. I just have to keep reminding myself. The hardest thing is that my family isn't helping me out with this, they are teasing me for it. Yesterday they had ice cream...on purpose knowing that ice cream is one of my biggest weaknesses! I did manage to pull through that though. My friends, however, are being a lot more supportive about it. One of my friends is really helping me with it. She wants to make a calendar thing to put in my locker at school that say things like, "2 more weeks" like a count-down thing. She's being really supportive about it. :) Thanks Gabby, you're the best! :) Also, I'm so happy because today I found out I made the call-back list for my school musical. :) It really made my day, since the rest of the day wasn't going to well. Also, even though they won't see it...CONGRATS TO EVERYBODY WHO MADE IT FOR CALL-BACKS! You are so amazing! That's how my 2 first days of September have been! :) It's been fantastic! So, I'm super excited for this month!!! It's going to be a fun one! Now...on to the quotes!
     This month I decided to do some quotes on about friendships, and being there for your friends. I love friendship quotes especially when I'm in a rough spot with my friends (and I'm not saying I am, because I'm not. My friends are great!) But I was looking through my blog seeing if I had a whole post of friendship quotes, and I was shocked to see that I haven't. So, here they are!
1) "Angels exist, but sometimes they don't have wings. We call them friends."
2) "She's always there for me when I need her; She's my best friend; she's just my everything."

3) "Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say."

4) "The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch with, never say a word, and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you have ever had."

5) "When it hurts to look back, and you're scared to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there."

6) "Friendship is the comfort that comes from knowing that even when you feel all alone, you aren't."

7) "Friends are the bacon bits of the salad bowl of life."

8) "Side by side, or miles apart, dear friends are always close to the heart." 

9) "Life without friendship, is the sky without sun."

10) "A friend is someone you can be alone with and have nothing to do and not be able to think of anything to say and be comfortable in the silence." -Sheryl Condie

11) "If you're alone, I'll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I'll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I'll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile. But anytime you need a friend, I'll just be me."

12) "A stranger stabs you in the front; a friend stabs you in the back; a boyfriend stabs you in the heart, but best friends only poke each other with straws."  

13) "I believe that friends are quiet angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly."

14)  "I've heard people say that best friends don't last... they do... they are always there you just have to look hard for them." -Alissa

15) "Friendship is like peeing in your pants. everybody can see it, but only you can feel its true warmth."  

I'm back! :D

Hey guys, I'm back. So, here are the summer quotes I have! :)
"Sun is shining. Weather is sweet. Make you wanna move your dancing feet."-Bob Marley (lyrics)
"Beach sand, perfect tans. Day walks, night talks. Sleepless nights, pillow fights. & spending every day with those who matter most." -Unknown
"The tans will fade, but the memories will last forever." -Unknown
"Amazing friends; summer nights; Chocolate ice cream; mud slide fights; Half the summer is gone already So lets spend the rest of it; slow and steady." -Unknown
"Belly tops, flip flops. Lemonade, in the shade. Blue skies, hot guys, late nights water fights, ice creams, sweet dreams, bathing suits, shooting hoops, party time, schools out, sleeping in, sneaking out summer’s coming…" -Unknown
"Summer is where the girls go barefoot..." -Unknown
"Summer is delicious. rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." -Unknown
"So here's to all those summer nights when my feet hit the sand and the waves break my fall and all my friends around me out number the stars." -Unknown
"Celebrate Summer - Sun drenched days and starlit nights..." -Unknown
"Sunny days, party nights, hot guys, water fights, pretty hair, tanned skin, schools out summers in. ♥" -Unknown

Who knows when I'll be back!

Hey everybody! I am currently going to be offline for awhile. I don't know how long, but it will be for awhile...I'm hoping I'll be back next week, but we will have to see! I don't really have any quotes because I'm in a hurry but since school is starting for most of us...or have already started, next time I post will be about summer ending and school starting. So, look forward to that! It will be fun! :D Hope your summer has been just as AMAZING as mine! So, I'm just going to go through some of the big things that happened over the summer for me. My grandparents from my dad's side came out for a week and visited us. We had a blast! Everyday was a new adventure...and although they won't see this, I love them! :) Oh, some of you know that my mom got remarried, that has been a HUGE adjustment, but it's been pretty good. My grandma from my mom's side of the family came out and spent lots of time with all her grand-kids that live out here. (Most of them are out here and we share Grandma for a few days each). I got a book while she was here which is a funny book. :) I also got to go to this French Bakery with her and the food was AMAZING!!! I had girls camp which made me feel so great! It was so much fun and I loved it! All the girls from my ward are so fun and the 1st years were sooo CUTE, and a little lost at times. :) Overall, that was a blast! I had a back-to-school party, which was fun....even with just a few people. :) Lots of water! :D I had like 3 family reunions...maybe even more there was quite a few this year. :D I got to see one of my favorite uncles, well I got to see ALL my favorite uncles...except 2 but they live far away. :( I have had lots of great food from those family reunions! Great job Aunt Kate...and everybody else who helped. :) I went to my school to pay some fees...which isn't that big, but it's my school! YEAH! :D I get to go to my old school tomorrow and talk with some of my old teachers that were my favorite, so that will be fun! Oh something that me and my younger sister have started in the mornings is yoga! It is so cool! I feel so much more energized now that I do yoga in the morning. I suggest all of you to try! :D That's pretty much all the BIG things that I can gather at the moment and I have other things to do. So, I will post hopefully in a week...so stay tuned! :D See ya! :DDD

A quote from a friend!

I swear Samantha knows just how to write cute quotes! She's AMAZING! Here's a quote she wrote! I love it!
"When we are together time flies by too rapidly. When we are apart my heart aches for you. The time drags and nights are never ending darkness. All I can do is think of you. No matter how hard I try you are the one thing always on my mind. Last time was different, this time is better. Please don't break my heart again, please don't leave me. You are all I need now. I miss you every second of life. Every breath without you feels empty. I'll just keep dreamin and hoping that everything will turn out right, everything will unfold in time." -Samantha Stout

Quoting Time!

Hey everyone! I just got these AMAZING quotes from a friend (who got them from a friend).  I really like them and I hope y'all do too! :D Thanks April for these great quotes!

"Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear."

"I have always found that if I move with 75% or more of the facts, I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy." -- Lee Iacocca, executive

"The voice of the Spirit is described in the scriptures as being neither loud nor harsh, not a voice of thunder, neither a voice of great tumultuous noise, but rather as still and small, of perfect mildness, as if it had been a whisper, and it can pierce even the very soul and cause the heart to burn. The Spirit does not get our attention by shouting." Boyd K. Packer

“What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility.” -George Levinger

"The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it put your whole soul into it - every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have." -- John D. Rockefeller, industrialist

"If I had to select one quality, one personal characteristic that I regard as being most highly correlated with success, whatever the field, I would pick the trait of persistence." -- Richard DeVos

"As for worrying about what other people might think - forget it. They aren't concerned about you. They're too busy worrying about what you and other people think of them." -- Michael le Boeuf

The more one is in the Light the harder it is for darkness to have place in ones soul, however conversely when one is in darkness the harder it is to see the Light. The remedy to this is AGENCY! Josh. 24: 15

To increase your value, you will need more knowledge, to gain more knowledge you will need to have an open mind....the mind is like a parachute, it'll only work if it is opens!

“Ask not for a lighter load, but ask for a stronger back.” –Anonymous

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him." -- David Brinkley, newscaster

"THE SECRET TO CONFIDENCE IS PREPARATION: With practice you'll come to a point of competence. You'll find yourself accomplishing your goals gracefully and confidently.
It's then that you'll do things that you never dreamed you could do.
You'll discover powers you never knew existed. Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's the result of constant work and dedication."

Wherefore, I say unto you, that ye ought to forgive one another; for he that forgiveth not his brother (sister) his trespasses standeth condemned before the Lord; for there remaineth in him the greater sin. I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive all men. D&C 64:9-10

"We must look for the opportunity in every difficulty instead of being paralyzed at the thought of the difficulty in every opportunity." -- Walter E. Cole, Korean War Hero

Communication is the key to building healthy relationship...it's impossible to agree on all things so it is healthy to AGREE to Disagree, respectfully! –Pati Kulesa Falo

"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved." -- Helen Keller, lecturer

"Your ENVIRONMENT will almost always be stronger than your WILL power, for example, just ask any drug attic to stop taking drugs but still hang around same 'friends' The solution: hang around God fearing people that obey God and Laws of the land" –Pati Kulesa Falo

“The grateful man sees so much in the world to be thankful for, and with him the good outweighs the evil. How much happier we are in the presence of a grateful and loving soul, and how careful we should be to cultivate, through the medium of a prayerful life, a thankful attitude toward God and man!” President Joseph F. Smith

Too often in a course of communication or miscommunication, one would blame the other saying it's his fault, he's wrong or he’s right, it's not so much Who is wrong and Who is right than WHAT is right and WHAT is wrong! –Pati Kulesa Falo

“The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat." Napoleon Hill

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
-- John Wooden, basketball coach

"That which ye persist in doing becomes easier not that the nature of the thing has changed BUT your ability to do it has increased!" --Unknown