Quotes on Facebook up to 31Des2011

"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." ~ Mother Teresa
God Grant Me The Serenity To Accept The Things I Cannot Change Courage To Change The Things I Can And The Wisdom To Know The Difference
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve. ~ Dr. Napoleon Hill
I want to know God's thoughts... the rest are details. ~Albert Einstein
"The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails." -- John Maxwell
"We are like tea bags -- we don't know our own strength until we're in hot water." -- Sister Busche
"One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything." -- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
The ultimate reason for setting goals is to entice you to become the person it takes to. ~~ Jim Rohn
I don't need to know anything except how to surround myself with people who know how to get the job done.~~ Henry Ford
Obstacles are inevitable; quitting is optional!
The man (or woman) who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. ~ Edward Phelps
"You always pass failure on the way to success." -- Mickey Rooney
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. ~ e.e. cummings
The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Kebahagiaan bukanlah sesuatu yang anda alami, tetapi merupakan sesuatu yang anda ingat...
"A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book." -- Irish Proverb
Each of us is actually three peoples: the one we WANT people to think we are, the one we REALLY are, and the one we THINK we are!
To err is human, to admit it is divine...
We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.
"The greater the giving, the greater the living." -Joel Osteen-
"Growing old is nothing more than mind over matter; If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." -- Anonymous
"When the student is ready, the teacher appears..."
"Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade." -- Dr Samuel Johnson
One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of attention...
If you are willing to do only what's easy, life will be hard. If you are willing to do what's hard, life will be easy...
SUCCESS is to be MEASURED not so much by the position one has reached in life as by THE OBSTACLES HE HAS OVERCOME while endeavouring to succeed ~ Booker T. Washington
"'Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all' - Helen Keller
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines... Sail away from the safe harbor... Catch the trade winds in your sails... Explore... Dream... Discover...” ~~ Mark Twain
"Time is limited, so I better wake up every morning fresh and know that I have just one chance to live this particular day right, and to string my days together into a life of action, and purpose." ~ Lance Amstrong, 7-time winner of the Tour of France
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else. ~ Charles Dickens
To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing." -- Elbert Hubbard
"And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." — Abraham Lincoln: 16th president of the United States
"While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us." -- Benjamin Franklin
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving." -- Albert Einstein
Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
"Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths." -- Etty Hillesum
"Never let yesterday use up too much of today." -- Will Rogers: Humorist
"We do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents. We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing. We do not, most of us, choose to die; nor do we choose the time and conditions of our death. But within all this realm of choicelessness, we do c...hoose how we shall live." -- by Joseph Epstein around 70 years ago
"Though you cannot go back and make a brand new start, my friend. Anyone can start from now and make a brand new end." -- John C. Maxwell
"Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it."-- Lou Holtz
"A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ketegaran manusia dapat diukur dengan banyaknya kecaman yang diperlukan untuk menumbangkan dia...
"Some people grumble because roses have thorns; I am thankful that the thorns have roses." -- Alphonse Karr
"There are two ways to spread happiness; either be the light who shines it or be the mirror who reflects it." -- Edith Wharton
"Get understanding. Exalt her, and she will promote you" Proverbs 4:7-8 NKJV
"Worry is like a rocking chair -- it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere." -- Dorothy Galyean
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched ... but are felt in the heart." — Helen Keller: Was a blind and deaf author and lecturer
 "Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows
old." -- Franz Kafka
"I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense." -- Harold S. Kushner
"ONLY LIFE LIVED FOR OTHERS IS A LIFE WORTHWHILE" -- Albert Einstein
"Happiness is inward and not outward; and so it doesnot depend on what we have, but on what we are." -- Henry Van Dyke
"Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you." -- Madame de Tencin
"Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity."— Lou Holtz: Author, motivational speaker and former football coach
 "Motivation is what gets you started.
Habit is what keeps you going."
— Jim Ryun:
Former track athlete and politician
"The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!" -- Marvin Phillips
"Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out." -- Titus Livius
"You don't have to be a person of influence to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me." -- Scott Adams
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." -- Thomas Jefferson
 "Discovery consists of seeing what everybody
has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought."
— Jonathan Swift: Was an English author and satirist
 "I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."
-- Michael Jordan
"The only job where you start at the top, is digging a hole." -- Anonymous
"Orang yang paling berbahagia tidak perlu memiliki segala sesuatu yang paling baik. Mereka hanya memandang segala sesuatu dari sudut pandang yang paling baik." ~~ Melvin Maxwell
"Never attack a problem without also presenting a solution." —Jim Rohn
“If you only do what you know you can do - you never do very much.” - Tom Krause
 “But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint” ~~ Bible: Isaiah 40:31 (NLT)
 "Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it."
— George Halas:
was a ballplayer, coach, and founder of the Chicago Bears.
"If you want happiness for an hour...take a nap. If you want happiness for a day...go fishing. If you want happiness for a month...get married. If you want happiness for a year...inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a life time...help someone else." -- Chinese Proverb
"When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. FOR-GIVE-ness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free." -- Catherine Ponder
 "Flatter me, and I may not believe
you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.
Encourage me, and I will not forget you." ~ William Arthur Ward
In every person from the cradle to the grave, there is a deep craving to be appreciated. -- William James.
 "The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." -- William James
"..., whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is
right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if
anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things." -- the Bible
"No one ever achieved worthwhile success who did not, at one time or other, find him/herself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure." -- Napoleon Hill
Cinta bisa pudar, tapi kasih selalu bersinar...Cinta bertanya,"Apa yang aku dapat kalau aku mencintaimu." Tapi kasih bertanya,"Apa yang aku bisa beri kalau aku mengasihimu." ...
"Everybody is like a magnet. You attract to yourself reflections of that which you are. If you're friendly then everybody else seems to be friendly too."— Dr. David Hawkins: Internationally
 "Change your thoughts and you change your world."
— Norman Vincent Peale:
Protestant preacher and author
"In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends." -- Churton Collins
"We are not human beings on a spiritual journey. We are spiritual beings on a human journey." — Dr. Stephen Covey: Best-selling author and professor
"You just can't beat the person who won't give up." -- Babe Ruth
"No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut." -- Channing Pollack
 Three questions I asked myself this morning: who God is, what He can do, and how He loves me...
It's a set of spiritual questions I need to regularly ask myself....
It helps to refresh my soul and awaken my spirit...
"Life is an echo; what you send out comes back." - Chinese Proverb
"Sometimes we must get hurt in order to grow. We must fail in order to know. Sometimes our vision is clear only after our eyes are washed away with tears." -- Unknown
 "When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes
out — because that's what's inside. When you
are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside."
— Dr. Wayne Dyer:
Motivational author and speaker
"De ngaden awak bise, depang anake ngadanin..." -- Balinese saying.
"Life is part positive and part negative. Suppose you went to hear a symphony orchestra and all they played were the little happy high notes. Would you leave soon? Let me hear the rumble of the bass, the crash of the cymbals and the minor keys." -- Jim Rohn
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." -- Samuel Johnson
"If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself." -- Charles Schulz
“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” - Maria Robinson
“Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can. There will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.” - Sarah Caldwell
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless." -- Thomas Alva Edison
"The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's not what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens." -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
"In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are asure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the oldthey are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in theprime of life they incite to noble deeds." -- Aristotle
"Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams." -- Anonymous
 "First comes thought; the organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination."
— Napoleon Hill: Was a personal success author and lecturer
"I'm not going to limit myself just because people won'taccept the fact that I can do something else." -- Dolly Parton
"I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow." -- Woodrow Wilson
Humility is a virtue; timidity is a disease.
"It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say 'I don't know'." -- W. Somerset Maugham
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. -- William James
 Never let what you cannot do stop you
from doing what you CAN do!
"Keep your chin up and you will see the clouds in the sky. Keep the chin down and all you will see is the dirt on the floor." -- Shelley L. Young
 "Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognized and appreciate until they have been depleted."
— Denis Waitley
 "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've
lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the
game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again
in my life. And that is why I succeed." ~ Michael Jordan
"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten how it goes." -- Author Unknown
"A problem not worth praying about is not worth worrying about." ~ Unknown
A happy man marries the girl he loves; a happier man loves the girl he marries. - Susan Douglas
 "What you are aware of you are in control of; what
you are not aware of is in control of you."
— Anthony de Mello
"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end." -- Scott Adams
"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." -- Harry S. Truman
"Don't reserve your best behavior for special occasions. You can't have two sets of manners, two social codes -- one for those you admire and want to impress, another for those whom you consider unimportant. You must be the same to all people." -- Lillian Eichler Watson
"Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and. I'll understand." -- American Indian Proverb
Forgiveness means giving up your right to punish another...
"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." -- Will Rogers
"All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move."
 "It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -- Sam Levenson
Wisdom is not just about what to say and not to say, but about what to say at the right time and what not to say at anytime...
Forgive..., so when you remember, it doesn't hurt as much as if you don't forgive. Forgive totally..., so the hurt won't have much power anymore.
Forgive with God's love..., you may be able to love someone once considered enemy...
"If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything." -- Win Borden
 "All you really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt." -- Lucy Van Pelt
"If you have something useful to do, something to look forward to and someone to love, you're doing well" ~~ Gordon Livingstone
Hope is wishing something would happen. Faith is believing something will happen. Courage is making something happen
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." -- Abraham Lincoln
"Do not be awestruck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can." -- Norman Vincent Peale
"We’ve all heard the expression, ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away.’ Well, I’ve got a good question for you: What if it’s true? Wouldn’t that be easy to do—to eat an apple a day? Here’s the problem: It’s also easy not to do." —Jim Rohn
"If you see someone without a smile, give 'em yours!" -- Dolly Parton
"We can do no great things, only small things with great love." ~ Mother Teresa
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." -- Sir Winston Churchill
"A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished
when he quits."
-- Richard M. Nixon
"The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have."
-- Anonymous
"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."
-- e.e. cummings
"Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless." -- Thomas A. Edison
"The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire." -- Richard Nixon
"To get the rainbow, you've gotta put up with the rain." 
-- Dolly Parton 
"Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you
will forget the pose, and then where are you?"  -- Fanny Brice
"Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine." -- Lord Byron 
"When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing, they believe in anything," G.K. Chesterton
"Don't teach pigs to sing. It wastes your time and it annoys the pig" -- unknown
Learn by experience -- preferably other people's.
Definition of status: Buying something you don't need with money you don't have to impress people you don't like
One of my definitions of achievement: Giving my wife happiness without losing mine...
The world wants your best, but God wants your all

"We did not change as we grew older; we just became more
clearly ourselves."
-- Lynn Hall
There is only one happiness in life -- to love and to be loved.
Many receive advice; only the wise profit by it..
"Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting." -- Elizabeth Bibesco
"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out." -- Walter Winchell
True friends can grow separately without growing apart....
Bagaimana kita menyikapi pencobaan akan menentukan apakah kita akan menderita atau bijaksana....
Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for." -Bob Marley
The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.  
"If you are not willing to risk the unusual,
you will have to settle for the ordinary."—Jim Rohn
 Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.
 The greatest moment in my life was when I knew why I lived and whom I lived for...
"My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there." -- Charles F. Kettering
 Worry is the misuse of the imagination...
 "As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do." --- Andrew Carnegie
"Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along." -- George Herbert..
Who ceases to be a friend, never was one.
A well-trained memory is one that permits you to forget everything that isn't worth remembering...
Saat lahir; kita MENANGIS tetapi semua orang TERSENYUM bahagia...
Usahakan saat meninggal; kita yang TERSENYUM dan orang lain yang MENANGIS kehilangan...
"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open
one."
-- Malcolm S. Forbes
"Failures are divided into two classes -- those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought."   -- John Charles Salak
 "The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it," -- John Ruskin...
"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to
remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances."
-- Thomas Jefferson 
"Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more
fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of
the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we
are among the privileged."
-- Helen Keller 
"Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination."
 -- Mae Jemison, astronaut 
You are not what you think you are,
but what you THINK,
you ARE!///
"Doubt your doubts...not your beliefs.."...
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip...
Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it.
-Charles Swindoll
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the
whole staircase."
-- Martin Luther King, Jr. 
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
Your words may hide your thoughts, but your actions will reveal them.
"There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a
hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud."
-- Carl Sandburg
Be the change you want to see in the world......Gandhi
“Faith makes all things possible.... love makes all things easy.” -- ...
"When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my
life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything
that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous."
-- Wayne Dyer 
“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”
 “If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much.”
I don't have time to hate people who hate me because I'm too busy loving people who love me
Catherine Vania Suardhana, one of my cousins
Our life is a reflection of our attitudes...
"If you don't like the road you're walking, start paving
another one."
-- Dolly Parton
"Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity." 
-- Colin Powell 
"If you realized how powerful your thoughts are,
you would never think a negative thought."
"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some
difference that you have lived and lived well."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
 "You learn something every day if you pay attention."
-- Ray LeBlond
People may doubt what you say, but they always believe what you do.
"Dance as though no one is watching. Love as though you've
never been hurt. Sing as though no one can hear you. Live as
though heaven is on earth."
-- Souza
"The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it" - Dale Carnegie
“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” -- St Augustine
Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.
~Jim Rohn
Maturity doesn't come with age; it comes with acceptance of responsibility.
"It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going."
— Brian Tracy
"Everyone who got where he is has had to begin where he was."
-- Robert Louis Stevenson
When you pray, don't just speak to God about your BIG problems. Speak to problems about your BIG GOD...
"The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make
anything." -- Edward Phelps
“The time is always right to do what is right.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
 "It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a
pessimist who is always right."
-- Unknown 
"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you,
whose presence calls forth your best."
 -- Epictetus
The greatest thing a man could do for his children is to LOVE their mother
— Sir John Templeton:
"Life is a series of commas, not periods." 
-- Matthew McConaughey
If your vision is for a year, plant wheat.
If your vision is for ten years, plant trees.
If your vision is for a lifetime, plant people.
-- An old Chinese proverb
We are most like beasts when we kill.
We are most like men when we judge.
We are most like God when we forgive -- author unknown
"Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true
wisdom. Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is
true power."
 -- Lao-Tzu 
"..but knowing the The Master is everything!" HG at Ubud, Bali
"As we advance in life, it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties, the inmost strength of the heart is developed."-- Vincent Van Gogh
I believe in the sun
even when it is not shining.
I believe in love
even when i feel it not.
I believe in God
even when He is silent...
-- written on the wall in a concentration camp.
Wisdom - It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
Character is made by what you stand for; reputation by what you fall for.
 "Your mind will give back exactly what you put into it."
Forgiveness is giving love when there is no reason to...
The best way to be successful is to follow the advice you give others...
It’s a good idea to begin at the bottom in everything except in learning to swim.
Your companions are like the bottons on an elevator. They will either take you up or they will take you down. Prov 13:20
At age twenty, we don’t care what the world thinks of us
At thirty, we begin to worry what it thinks of us.
At fifty, we find it wasn’t thinking of us at all.
The hardest secret for a man to keep is his opinion of himself..
Small minds discuss persons.
Average minds discuss events.
Great minds discuss ideas.
Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least. Lord Chesterfield
If you love your mother, talk to her.
If you love your father, listen to him.
The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift not a right..
The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money. ~ Author Unknown
"Make a game of finding something positive in every situation. Ninety-five percent of your emotions are determined by how you interpret events to yourself."
 -- Brian Tracy
Those who wish to sing always find a song.
Don't be afraid of pressure. Remember that pressure is what turns a lump of coal intio a diamond.
Be wiser than other people, if you can; but do not tell them so.
Lord Chesterfield
Real friends are those who, when you've made a fool of yourself, don't feel you've done a permanent job...
Endurance is not just te ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory -- William Barclay
Falling down doesn't make you a failure, but staying down does..
The art of being a good guest is knowing when to leave.
“Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.” -- Bill Cosby
"Nurture great thoughts, for you will  never go higher than your thoughts."
— Benjamin Disraeli: Was a British prime minister, parliamentarian, and author
"Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant."
-- Anthony J. D'Angelo
"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
 — Peter F. Drucker:
"If you always do what interests you, at least one person is
pleased."
 -- Katharine Hepburn
"The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson."
- Tom Bodett -
"Perbedaan antara sekolah dan kehidupan? Di sekolah, Anda diajarkan pelajaran dan kemudian diberi tes. Dalam hidup, Anda diberi tes yang mengajarkan anda pelajaran."
When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
~ Wayne W. Dyer
We do not remember days, we remember moments.
~ Cesare Pavese
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him...
Many people wait for opportunities.
Some people find opportunities.
Few people create opportunities.
“Sharing makes you bigger than you are. The more you pour out, the more life will be able to pour in.” —Jim Rohn
He who conquers others is strong. He who conquers himself is mighty.
 THE KEY TO SUCCEEDING IN MARRIAGE IS NOT FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON; IT'S LEARNING TO LOVE THE PERSON YOU FOUND.
A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
George Bernard Shaw
Those that have done nothing in life are not qualified to be judge of those that have done little...
"Every problem or difficulty you face contains the seed of an equal or greater advantage or benefit."
-- Napoleon Hill
 Ability will enable a man to go to the top, but it takes character to keep him there.....Prov 11:5
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."
A mature person will always use adversity for advancement...
The best way to get the last word is to apologize..
 "The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the best of yourself -- -- Wallace Wattles
Humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking of yourself less. --C.S. Lewis
You cant reset the winds. But you can adjust your sails! - German proverb
Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
The best things in life are not things -- Art Buchwald
 True faith and courage are like a kite -- an opposing wind raises it higher..
 Money will buy you a bed, but not a good nights sleep, a house but not a home, a companion but not a friend.
 If you love your wife, do not argue with her.
Money will buy you a bed, but not a good night sleep, a house but not a home, a companion but not a friend...
 It's not what you believe but what you obey determines your destiny...
Saying someone stupid doen't make you any smarter...
Mengatakan seseorang bodoh tidak berarti anda lebih pintar...
Every time you take a risk or move out of your comfort zone, you have a great opportunity to learn more about yourself and your capacity. - -- Jack Canfield
Setiap kali anda mengambil risiko atau keluar dari zona kenyamanan anda, anda memiliki kesempatan besar untuk belajar lebih banyak tentang diri anda dan kemampuan Anda.
What worries you, masters you.
- John Locke
If you are available,
God is always able,
to make you useable.

Jika anda bersedia,
Tuhan selalu bisa,
membuat anda berguna

Very often the hardest person to forgive is ourselves.
Sangat sering orang yang paling sulit kita ampuni adalah diri kita sendiri.

Kebahagiaan adalah parfum yang tidak bisa dituangkan ke orang lain tanpa beberapa tetes jatuh ke diri kita sendiri.

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have." -- Thomas A. Edison
The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. Elisabeth Foley
 You are not obliged to do what you don't like to do and should not do it except as a means to bring you to the doing of the thing you want to do
It is the unseen and the spiritual in people that determines the outward and the actual. - Oswald Chambers
Yang tidak terlihat dan spiritual pada seseorang yang menentukan yang terlihat dan aktual.

You will either step forward into growth, or you will step backward into safety.
-Abraham Maslow-
Anda akan melangkah maju ke dalam pertumbuhan, atau Anda akan melangkah mundur ke dalam keselamatan.

"Ketika kami berusaha untuk menjadi lebih baik daripada kita, segala sesuatu di sekitar kita menjadi lebih baik juga."

It is what we think we know already that often prevents us from learning. -- Claude Bernard
Apa yang kita pikir kita sudah tahu yang sering mencegah kita bisa belajar. 

Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime."
No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.
- Barbara de Angelis
Tidak ada yang mengendalikan kebahagiaan Anda selain anda, karena itu anda memiliki kekuatan untuk mengubah apa pun tentang diri anda atau hidup anda yang anda ingin ubah.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.
Sehari tanpa tawa adalah sehari yang terbuang percuma.

"If you think taking care of yourself is selfish, change your mind. If you don't, you're simply ducking your responsibilities."
Ann Richards
Jika Anda berpikir mengurus diri sendiri adalah egois, berubah pikiran Anda Jika Anda tidak, Anda hanya menghindari tanggung jawab Anda..

Whoever gossips to you will be a gossip of you -- King Solomon. Prov 11:13
Barang siapa bergosip dengan anda akan menggosipkan anda juga.
  “Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans”
 James M. Barrie (1860 - 1937);
"Hidup adalah apa yang terjadi pada Anda saat Anda sedang sibuk membuat rencana lain" 
Borrow money from a pessimist - they don't expect it back”
Pinjam uang dari pesimis - mereka tidak mengharapkan kembali
  “Just because nobody complains doesn't mean all parachutes are perfect.” -- Benny Hill
 Hanya karena tidak ada yang komplain tidak berarti semua parasut yang sempurna
You grow up the day you have your first real laugh -- at yourself. ---  Ethel Barrymore
Anda bertambah dewasa pada hari anda tertawa lepas untuk pertama kalinya - pada diri sendiri.

"To the world you may only be one person, but to one person
you may be the world."
-- Author unknown

Many succeed momentarily by what they know;
Some succeed temporarily by what they do;
Few succeed permanently by what they are.
"Karaoke" means a combination of people who shouldn't drink with people who shouldn't sing!
"Karaoke" berarti kombinasi dari orang yang seharusnya tidak minum dengan orang yang seharusnya tidak menyanyi!
A smart person answers the questions right.
A wise person asks the right questions.

The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them
~ Source Unknown ~
Perbedaan antara batu sandungan dan batu loncatan adalah bagaimana anda menggunakannya
The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.
-- George Muller
 Awal kecemasan adalah akhir dari iman, dan awal dari iman yang benar adalah akhir dari kecemasan
 I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there can be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again. - William Penn

Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you.
---- Robert C. Gallagher
Lupakan saat-saat penderitaan anda, tetapi jangan pernah melupakan apa yang mereka ajarkan padamu.
If you don't make things happen then things will happen to you.
--- Robert Collier (American motivational author, 1885-1950).
Jika anda tidak membuat sesuatu terjadi maka sesuatu akan terjadi pada anda.


If you deliberately plan to be less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be unhappy for the rest of your lives.
--Abraham Maslow
Jika Anda sengaja berencana untuk kurang dari Anda dengan kemampuan anda, maka saya memperingatkan Anda bahwa Anda tidak akan bahagia untuk sisa hidup Anda.

Experience is what we get when we don't get what we wanted.
Pengalaman adalah Apa yang kita Dapatkan Ketika kita Tidak Mendapatkan Apa kita Inginkan
Love is not about finding the right person, but creating a right relationship. It's not about how much love you have in the beginning but how much love you build till the end.  -- Author unknown
 Cinta bukan tentang menemukan orang yang tepat, tetapi menciptakan hubungan yang benar. Ini bukan tentang berapa banyak cinta yang anda miliki di awal tapi berapa banyak cinta yang anda bangun sampai akhir..

"Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble."
-- Frank Tyger
Jadilah seorang pendengar yang baik. Telinga anda tidak akan pernah membawa anda dalam kesulitan.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
~ David Grayson ~

The trouble with getting old is having to listen to your children's advice.
Masalah dengan bertambah tua adalah harus mendengar nasihat anak2 anda.

There’s no revenge so complete as forgiveness. Josh Billings
Tidak ada balas dendam begitu lengkap sebagai pengampunan


"Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble."
-- Frank Tyger
Jadilah seorang pendengar yang baik. Telinga anda tidak akan pernah membawa anda dalam kesulitan.

"To the world you may only be one person, but to one person
you may be the world."
-- Author unknown
"Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming
back to you."
-- Author unknown
 Love is not about finding the right person, but creating a right relationship. It's not about how much love you have in the beginning but how much love you build till the end.
----- Author unknown
 About the only thing that comes without effort is old age.
 Satu2mya yang datang tanpa usaha adalah usia lanjut. 
 "Every man dies, but not every man lives." -- William Wallace
Setiap orang mati, tapi tidak setiap orang hidup
 We do not stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
 Kita tidak berhenti bermain karena kita tua, kita menjadi tua karena kita berhenti bermain
Benjamin Franklin

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
Chinese Proverb
Dia yang bertanya adalah orang bodoh selama lima menit, tapi dia yang tidak bertanya tetap bodoh selamanya.
What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are.

--- George Eastman
Apa yang kita lakukan selama jam kerja kita menentukan apa yang kita miliki; apa yang kita lakukan di jam senggang kita menentukan apa kita.

Cinta bukan tentang menemukan orang yang tepat, tetapi menciptakan hubungan yang benar. Ini bukan tentang berapa banyak cinta yang anda miliki di awal tapi berapa banyak cinta yang anda bangun sampai akhir.
“Some pursue happiness - others create it.”

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

"If you treat an individual as if he were what he ought to be
and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be."  -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you
Ketika tidak ada musuh dalam, musuh-musuh luar tidak dapat menyakiti Anda.

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
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Tes keberanian datang ketika kita berada dalam kelompok minoritas. Tes toleransi datang ketika kita berada dalam kelompok mayoritas

“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”-- Morrie Shwartz
"Hal yang paling penting dalam hidup adalah belajar bagaimana memberikan cinta, dan membiarkan hal itu masuk"

You can never change your past. But you always can create a new past for your future today.
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Anda tidak pernah bisa mengubah masa lalu anda. Tapi anda selalu bisa menciptakan masa lalu yang baru untuk masa depan anda hari ini.

You may make mistakes, but you are not a failure until you start blaming someone else.
Anda mungkin melakukan kesalahan, namun Anda tidak gagal sampai Anda mulai menyalahkan orang lain.

"The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste
experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without
fear for newer and richer experience."
 -- Eleanor Roosevelt
 14Nov11

...4 more days before we leave Perth for Bali...
"I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."
-- Booker T. Washington
Saya telah belajar bahwa keberhasilan mesti diukur tidak oleh posisi yang seseorang telah capai dalam hidup tetapi oleh kendala yang ia telah atasi ketika mencoba untuk berhasil.
15Nov11

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.
Jangan pernah lupa bahwa hanya ikan mati berenang mengikuti arus.


All men make mistakes, including superman. He wears his undepants over his trousers.
-----  HG 3 more days...
Semua orang melakukan kesalahan termasuk superman. Dia mengenakan celana dalamnya di luar celana panjangnya.

A friend accepts us as we are yet helps us to be what we should.
----- Author Unknown
Seorang teman menerima kita apa adanya dan membantu kita menjadi kita seharusnya.
16Nov11

"Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go."


Focus on where you want to go, not where you currently are.

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Fokus pada ke mana anda ingin pergi, bukan di mana anda sekarang berada.

22Nov11


When you're happy for yourself, it fills you. When you're happy for someone else, it pours over.  -- Sarah Addison Allen
Bila Anda senang untuk diri sendiri, ini mengisi Anda. Bila Anda senang untuk orang lain, itu melimpahi anda
23Nov11
Focus on where you want to go, not where you currently are.
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Fokus pada ke mana anda ingin pergi, bukan di mana anda sekarang berada.
22nov11

When you have nothing to say, say nothing... 
24nov11

Find the real you in God and you'll find your destiny.
-------- HG
Temukan diri anda yang sejati dalam Tuhan dan anda akan temukan tujuan hidup anda.

Make new friends.
But keep the old.
One is sliver and the other gold!
--- at Bali domestic airport, on our way to Bandung in where we will catch up with old friends and make new friends..

Listen when your enemies criticize you. They'll tell you the truth that your friends avoid.
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Dengarkan ketika musuh2 anda mengkritik anda. Mereka akan memberitahu anda kebenaran yang teman2 anda hindari.

Worry doesn't erase the sorrow of tomorrow, it will just erase the pleasure of today.
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Kekhawatiran tidak menghapus kesusahan hari esok tapi hanya menghapus kenikmatan hari ini.
27nov11

Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.
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Selalu ampuni musuh2mu. Tidak ada yang menjengkelkan mereka sebanyak itu.
28nov11
The best time to make friends is before you need them.  ~Ethel Barrymore

Before you can learn a new way of doing things, you have to unlearn the old way.
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Sebelum anda dapat belajar sebuah cara baru dalam melakukan sesuatu, anda harus menanggalkan cara yang lama.
29nov11

If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed.
If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.
----- Mark Twain
Jika anda tidak membaca koran, anda tidak mendapat informasi.
Jika anda membaca koran, anda mendapat informasi yang salah
29Nov11

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat.
~ Saunders ~
Hanya orang yang tidak mendayung yang punya waktu untuk merusak perahu.
30Nov11


Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
----- Abraham Lincoln
Hampir semua orang tahan dengan penderitaan, tapi jika anda mau menguji karakter seseorang, beri dia kekuasaan.
2Dec11

Anger is only one letter short of danger.
3Dec11
 Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none...
Achievement comes when you decide to live your possibilities...

Today is the last day of your life so far...
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Hari ini adalah hari terakhir hidup anda sejauh ini....

THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:
1) You believe in Santa Claus.
2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
3) You are Santa Claus.
4) You look like Santa Claus.

We must act in spite of fear not because of it...
"Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become
bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build
you up so you can be all that you were intended to be."
 -- Samuel Johnson
8Dec11

"It's the little things you do that make the big things
happen."

-- Mike Dooley
Adalah hal2 yg kecil yg anda lakukan yang membuat hal2 yg besar terjadi
9Dec11

"No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten
off the ship in the storm."
  -- Charles Kettering
13Dec11

An economist is someone who knows more about money than the people who have it  
Ahli ekonomi adalah seseorang yang tahu lebih banyak tentang uang daripada orang-orang yang memilikinya
14Dec11
True success is determined by how many people are successful because of your success.
16Dec11

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln

We may seek God by our intellect, but we only can find him with our heart.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

"Be like a postage stamp. Stick to something until you get there." --- Josh Billings
Jadilah seperti perangko Melekat pada sesuatu sampai anda tiba di sana
19dec11
"If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if
I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that."

 -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
22Dec11

A hug is like a boomerang -- you get it back right away.
--- Bil Keane
27Dec11
"I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I
believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be."
----- Ken Venturi
28Dec11

"When you do the things you have to do when you have to do them, the day will come when you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them."
----- Zig Ziglar
Ketika anda melakukan hal2 yang harus anda lakukan ketika anda harus melakukannya, saatnya akan tiba ketika anda dapat melakukan hal2 yang anda ingin lakukan ketika anda ingin melakukannya...
29Dec11
  "There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."
----- Edith Wharton
Ada dua cara untuk menyebarkan terang; menjadi lilin atau menjadi cermin yang memantulkan terang itu.
30Dec11
 Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now."
-- Denis Waitley
31Dec11

Accept No Limits

Accept No Limits by Vic Johnson "A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses." —James Allen, As a Man Thinketh You are not limited to the life you now live. It has been accepted by you as the best you can do at this moment. Anytime you're ready to go beyond the limitations currently in your life, you're capable of doing that by choosing different thoughts.

We each earn the income we do today because that is the amount we have limited ourselves to earn. We could easily earn 5, 10, 20 times more if we did not limit ourselves through the thoughts we maintain.

Don't believe that's true? Surely you know people who earn much more than you who don't have your education, your skills, or your intelligence. So why do they earn more than you?

I love the story of George Dantzig that Cynthia Kersey wrote about in Unstoppable. As a college student, George studied very hard and always late into the night, so late that he overslept one morning, arriving 20 minutes late for class. He quickly copied the two math problems on the board, assuming they were the homework assignment. It took him several days to work through the two problems, but finally he had a breakthrough and dropped the homework on the professor's desk the next day.

Later, on a Sunday morning, George was awakened at 6 a.m. by his excited professor. Since George was late for class, he hadn't heard the professor announce that the two unsolvable equations on the board were mathematical mind teasers that even Einstein hadn't been able to answer. But George Dantzig, working without any thoughts of limitation, had solved not one, but two problems that had stumped mathematicians for thousands of years.

Simply put, George solved the problems because he didn't know he couldn't.

Bob Proctor tells us to "keep reminding yourself that you have tremendous reservoirs of potential within you, and therefore you are quite capable of doing anything you set your mind to. All you must do is figure out how you can do it, not whether or not you can. And once you have made your mind up to do it, it's amazing how your mind begins to figure out how."

And that's worth thinking about.

Facing the Enemies Within

Facing the Enemies Within by Jim Rohn We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear. Maybe some of our fears are brought on by your own experiences, by what someone has told you, by what you've read in the papers. Some fears are valid, like walking alone in a bad part of town at two o'clock in the morning. But once you learn to avoid that situation, you won't need to live in fear of it. Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions. Fear can destroy fortunes. Fear can destroy relationships. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us. Let me tell you about five of the other enemies we face from within. The first enemy that you've got to destroy before it destroys you is indifference. What a tragic disease this is. "Ho-hum, let it slide. I'll just drift along." Here's one problem with drifting: you can't drift your way to the top of the mountain.

The second enemy we face is indecision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity and enterprise. It will steal your chances for a better future. Take a sword to this enemy.

The third enemy inside is doubt. Sure, there's room for healthy skepticism. You can't believe everything. But you also can't let doubt take over. Many people doubt the past, doubt the future, doubt each other, doubt the government, doubt the possibilities and doubt the opportunities. Worst of all, they doubt themselves. I'm telling you, doubt will destroy your life and your chances of success. It will empty both your bank account and your heart. Doubt is an enemy. Go after it. Get rid of it.

The fourth enemy within is worry. We've all got to worry some. Just don't let it conquer you. Instead, let it alarm you. Worry can be useful. If you step off the curb in New York City and a taxi is coming, you've got to worry. But you can't let worry loose like a mad dog that drives you into a small corner. Here's what you've got to do with your worries: drive them into a small corner. Whatever is out to get you, you've got to get it. Whatever is pushing on you, you've got to push back.

The fifth interior enemy is over-caution. It is the timid approach to life. Timidity is not a virtue; it's an illness. If you let it go, it'll conquer you. Timid people don't get promoted. They don't advance and grow and become powerful in the marketplace. You've got to avoid over-caution.

Do battle with the enemy. Do battle with your fears. Build your courage to fight what's holding you back, what's keeping you from your goals and dreams. Be courageous in your life and in your pursuit of the things you want and the person you want to become.

WEDDING VOWS

VOW 1

I, Groom, make these vows to you, Bride, in the presence of God and these family and friends.

Today I give myself to you and you alone, in marriage

I promise to live with you and laugh with you

To stand by your side and sleep in your arms

To encourage and inspire you

To comfort you in times of sorrow and struggle

I promise to love you, Bride, in good times and in bad

When life seems easy and when it seems hard

When our love is simple and when it is an effort

I promise to cherish you and always hold you in highest regard

These vows I make to you today, for all the days of our life.

I, Bride, make these vows to you, Groom, in the presence of God and these family and friends.

Today I give myself to you and you alone, in marriage

I promise to live with you and laugh with you

To stand by your side and sleep in your arms

To encourage and inspire you

To comfort you in times of sorrow and struggle

I promise to love you, Groom, in good times and in bad

When life seems easy and when it seems hard

When our love is simple and when it is an effort

I promise to cherish you and always hold you in highest regard

These vows I make to you today, for all the days of our life.

VOW 2

Minister: (Groom’s Name), will you have (Bride’s Name), to be your wedded wife/spouse/partner, to live together in the covenant of faith, hope, and love according to the intention of God for your lives? Will you listen to her deepest thoughts, be tender hearted and kind/wise in your daily care of her, and stand faithfully at her side in sickness and in health? Choosing her above all others, will you undertake to care for her well-being of mind and body and spirit, as long as you both shall live?

Response: I will.

Minister: (Bride’s Name), will you have (Groom’s Name), to be your wedded husband/spouse/partner, to live together in the covenant of faith, hope, and love according to the intention of God for your lives? Will you listen to his deepest thoughts, be tender hearted and kind/wise in your daily care of him, and stand faithfully at his side in sickness and in health? Choosing him above all others, will you undertake to care for him well-being of mind and body and spirit, as long as you both shall live?

Response: I will.

--Adapted from a Baptist ceremony

VOW 3

In the name of God,

I, (Groom’s Name), take you, (Bride’s Name), to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day onward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, until we are parted by death.

This is my solemn vow.

In the name of God,

I, (Bride’s Name), take you, (Groom’s Name), to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day onward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, until we are parted by death.

This is my solemn vow.

--Methodist ceremony

VOW 4

Groom:

These words are a sign from my heart

that I desire to live with you, love you, cherish you, honour you and protect you

from this day forward as my wife and that you may remember

forever that I have chosen you above all others.

Bride:

These words are a sign from my heart

that I desire to live with you, love you, cherish you, honour you and protect you

from this day forward as my husband, and that you may remember

forever that I have chosen you above all others.

VOW 5

Ministert to Groom:

(Groom’s Name) will you have (Bride’s Name) to be your wife, will

you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her in sickness and in

health, remaining faithful to her as long as you both shall live?

The groom replies: "I will."

Minister to the bride:

(Bride’s Name) will you have (Groom’s Name) to be your husband,

will you love him, comfort him. honor and keep him in sickness and

in health, remaining faithful to him as long as you both shall live?

The bride replies: "I will."

Minister to the Groom: "Repeat after me:"

I take you (Bride’s Name) to be my wife, To have and to hold from

this day forward, For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer,

To love and to cherish as long as we both shall live.

Minister to the bride: "Repeat after me:"

I take you (Groom’s Name) to be my husband, To have and to hold

from this day forward, For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer,

To love and to cherish as long as we both shall live.

VOW 6

I call upon these people here present to witness that I,

(Groom’s Name) take you (Bride’s Name) as my legally married wife.

I call upon these people here present to witness that I,

(Bride’s Name) take you (Groom’s Name) to be my legally

married husband.

VOW 7

I call upon these people here present to witness that I (Groom’s Name)

 take you (Bride’s Name), as my lawfully wedded wife, to share with you

a relationship of love and of tenderness and laughter.  I will stand by you

through all our tomorrows, respecting you as a person, your individuality,

your needs, your changes, and enjoy your love throughout our lives.

I call upon these people here present to witness that I (Bride’s Name) take

you (Groom’s Name), as my lawfully wedded husband, to share with you

a relationship of love and of tenderness and laughter.  I will stand by you

through all our tomorrows, respecting you as a person, your individuality,

your needs, your changes, and enjoy your love throughout our lives.

VOW 8

Before those dear to us gathered here today I take you (Bride’s Name) for

my legally wedded wife. I vow to love, cherish and support you with my

life through all our tomorrows.

Before those dear to us gathered here today I take you (Groom’s Name)

for my legally wedded husband. I vow to love, cherish and support you

with my life through all our tomorrows.

VOW 9

Groom: Today we cross an invisible line.

Bride: We leave behind our yesterdays and start our lives anew.

Groom: The past is over.  We will concern ourselves only with the future.

Bride: It is a new day, a new commitment, a new life.

Groom: The vows we take today will change us forever.

Bride: I take them gladly.

Groom: I take them gladly, too.

Bride: (Groom’s Name), I promise to love you, to protect you, and to be

faithful to you for all the days of my life. I will soothe your hurts and

share your delights. I will do all in my power to make you as happy as I

am today.

Groom: (Bride’s Name), I promise to love you and honor you and to

always be honest with you. I will be faithful to you for all the days of my

life. I will believe only the best about you and look always for your good

qualities.  I will do all in my power to make you as happy as I am today.

Bride: Today is the beginning of the rest of my life. I choose to spend

today, and all of my tomorrows, with you.

Groom: Today is the beginning of the rest of my life. I choose to spend it,

and all of my tomorrows, with you.

Groom: I love you, (Bride’s Name).

Bride: I love you, (Groom’s Name).

Groom: I want you for my wife, that we may share our lives with each other.

Bride: I want you for my husband, that our love may be sanctified by

this ceremony.

Groom: I promise to put you first in my life, knowing that our love is my

most precious possession.

Bride: I promise to put you first in my life, believing that all other

achievements pale beside a happy marriage.

Groom: I will share with you my joys, my sorrows, my hopes and my

dreams.

Bride: I will bring to you my accomplishments and my failures.

Groom: I will be faithful to you always.

Bride: And I will be faithful to you.

Groom: From this day forward, I will walk beside you. 

When we are apart, my thoughts will be with you.

Bride: From this day forward, we stand together. 

Whatever happens to either of us will be confronted by both.

Groom: I gladly make these promises. I am proud to be your husband.

Bride: I gladly make these promises. I am proud to be your wife.

Groom: Our vows are ended; our marriage has begun.

Bride: Let us go with joy into our new life together.

Groom: This is a day of rejoicing.

Bride: We rejoice in the goodness of love.

Groom: Because I love you, I promise to respect your wishes and  opinions.

Bride: Because I love you, I promise to put our marriage above all else.

Groom: I will share with you my material goods, my thoughts, and my feelings.

Bride: I will share with you my material goods, my thoughts, and my feelings.

Groom: I promise to do all that I can to keep our relationship special to both of us.

Bride: I will cherish our time together. I will try to keep our home peaceful and          harmonious.

Groom: I will encourage you to grow and to become all that you are

capable of becoming.

Bride: I will urge you to meet whatever challenges you may face.

Groom: I promise to be faithful to you in thought, word, and act.

Bride: I promise to be faithful to you in thought, word, and act. 

This is a day of rejoicing.

Groom: We rejoice in the goodness of love.

VOW 10

Groom: Today is a new beginning. It is the start of a new way of life.

Bride: We don't know what challenges lie ahead.  We know only that we

will face them together.

Groom: Because of you, I am a better person than I once was.

Bride: I promise always to see the good in you.

Groom: I will try to be worthy of your love and trust.

Bride: Because of you, I am a better person than I once was.

Groom: I promise always to see the good in you.

Bride: I will try to be worthy of your love and trust.

Groom: Before God and these witnesses, I vow to be loyal to you in every

way, to comfort you, to cherish you, and always to love you.

Bride: Before God and these witnesses, I vow to be loyal to you in every

way, to comfort you, to cherish you, and always to love you.

Groom: Today is a new beginning.

Bride: Our new life together has begun.

Groom: Love is more than an emotion. It is a way of life.

Bride: Love is more than a feeling. It is a channel through which all

feelings flow.

Groom: When I offer you my love, I offer all that is important in my life.

Bride: When I offer you my love, I let all of my deepest feelings flow

toward you.

Groom: Marriage is more than a ceremony. This service lasts less than an

hour but marriage is a lifetime of living together.

Bride: Marriage is more than a promise.

It is a promise kept; it is words translated into action.

Groom: As we begin living our promises, I pledge to you my love and

loyalty. I will share with you all that is important to me. I will encourage

peace and happiness between us.

Bride: As we begin living our promises, I pledge to you my love and

loyalty. I will share with you all that is important to me. I will encourage

peace and happiness between us.

VOW 11

Bride: I, (Bride’s Name), take you, (Groom’s Name), to be my husband.

I promise to be true to you always, in sickness and in health, in poverty or

wealth, in my thoughts and in my speaking.  I will be your dearest friend,

your lover, and the mother of your children.  With these vows, I commit

myself to you.

Groom: I, (Groom’s Name), take you, (Bride’s Name), to be my wife.  I

promise to be true to you always, in sickness and in health, in poverty or

wealth, in my thoughts and in my speaking.  I will be your dearest friend,

your lover, and the father of your children.  With these vows, I

commit myself to you.

 

VOW 12

Minister:  Marriage is an act of faith. It requires great trust to pledge ones

self to a lifetime with another person. Today (Groom’s Name) and

(Bride’s Name) demonstrate their faith and trust by pledging their love to

each other.

(Groom’s Name), what promises do you make to (Bride’s Name)?

Groom: (Bride’s Name), I affirm you now as my life partner. I promise to

stay with you in times of celebration and in times of mourning. I promise

to love you, honor you, and be faithful to you. I accept you, without

reservation, as my wife.

Minister: (Bride’s Name), what promises do you make to

(Groom’s Name)?

Bride: (Groom’s Name), I affirm you now as my life partner. I promise to

stay with you in times of celebration and in times of mourning. I promise

to love you, honor you, and be faithful to you. I accept you, without

reservation, as my husband.

Minister: By the promises they've made, (Groom’s Name) and (Bride’s

Name) have demonstrated their belief in love, in marriage, and in each

other.  They ask now for the blessing of all who have witnessed their

vows.  If you believe in their love and approve their marriage, please

applaud.

VOW 13

Groom: I promise to live in such a way that I will never bring dishonor

or heartache into our marriage.

Bride: I promise to keep our home a sanctuary of love, contentment

and compassionate understanding.

Groom: I pledge to you my patience, my honesty, and my faith in the

rightness of our love.

Bride: I pledge to you my patience, my honesty, and my faith in the

rightness of our love.

Groom: To the best of my ability, I will be your friend, your helpmate,

your counselor and your sweetheart.

Bride: To the best of my ability, I will be your friend, your helpmate,

your counselor and your sweetheart.

Groom: I love you and I want to be your husband.

Bride: I love you and I want to be your wife.

 

VOW 14

Groom: Love thrives on honesty. I promise always to be truthful with you.

Bride: Love is nourished by thoughtfulness. I promise that my actions will

reflect my high regard for you.

Groom: I believe that the power of love can change lives. 

My life is changed because I love you.

Bride: Love can bring joy, hope and strength. 

Our love has brought all of those to me.

Groom: I promise that the home we are founding today will have love at

its core.  I will do all that I can to nourish and enrich our love for each

other.

Bride: I promise that the home we are founding today will have love at its

core.  I will do all that I can to nourish and enrich our love for each other.

VOW 15

Bride: I love you for looking at me and seeing only the best.

Groom: I love you for listening to me and hearing only the good.

I will strive to become what you think I am.

Bride: In our times together, I promise to see you always through the eyes

of love.

Groom: In our times together, I promise to see you always through the

eyes of love.

 

VOW 16

Bride: I never meant to love so much. I meant to keep my emotions under control because I didn't want to be vulnerable.

Groom: I never meant to love so much.  I intended to be rational and calm.

Bride: I thought I could care, but within boundaries.

Groom: I thought I could love, but with limitations.

Bride: I meant to let you be one part of my life; instead you have become more important than life itself.

Groom: I meant to keep our love in its own compartment; instead it has overflowed the boundaries into everything I say and do and feel.

Bride: I meant to be cautious.

Groom: I meant to stay uncommitted.

Bride: Now, because I do care so much, I am vulnerable. And I do not mind.

Groom: I joyfully accept the commitments of marriage.

Bride: From this day forward, I promise to love you willingly and completely, withholding nothing.

Groom: From this day forward, I promise to love you willingly and

completely, withholding nothing.

Bride: I never meant to love so much, but it has happened.  And I am glad.

Groom: It has happened. And I am glad.

 

VOW 17

Groom: I take you, (Bride’s Name), to be my wife.

I join with you to share all that is to come.

Bride: I take you, (Groom’s Name), to be my husband.

I join with you to share all that is to come.

Groom: I will be faithful to you as long as God gives us life together. 

Each rising sun will find you by my side.

Bride: I will be faithful to you as long as God gives us life together. 

Each rising sun will find you by my side.

Groom: I will treasure our new life above all else.

Bride: I will treasure our new life above all else. 

All that I am, and all that I ever hope to be, is yours.

Groom: All that I am, and all that I ever hope to be, is yours.

VOW 18 (Episcopal Vows)

Groom:

In the name of God, I, (name), take you, (name), to be my wife,
to have and to hold from this day forward,
for better or worse, for richer or poorer,
in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish,
until we are parted by death.
This is my solemn vow.

Bride:
In the name of God, I, (name), take you, (name), to be my husband,
to have and to hold from this day forward,
for better or worse, for richer or poorer,
in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish,
until we are parted by death.

VOW 19 (I Love you)

I love you.
I pledge to grow in my Love for you.
I pledge to nurture our Love for it is
loving you that nurtures my soul.

I pledge to share our Love together as One.
I love you because you are the only one for me.
To know you is to know Love
- and through you, know True Love.

I love you because you are the One who completes me.
I can not know union without you
- for it is by joining you that I learn
about Love's union and where it comes from.

I love you because it is my soul mission in Life to learn our Love.
I do not so much seek to heal you,
but to embrace our Love that fills our Life as a way of healing each other.
I see your Love for me in your eyes and I see what freedom is,
what True Love is.

I promise to support your growth and share the fullness of myself.
I promise to honor you by being open to all the expressions of your inner self.
I promise to allow our Love we share become our Prayer we live.
Above all, I promise to be true to you and true to myself
so that we may grow in our Love that joins us as one.

If the Eagle is the symbol of freedom born out of True Love,
then I am one wing and you are equally the other.
Let us fly together in harmony and may
gentle winds carry us all the way to Heaven.

VOW 20

I prayed to God for a companion who could understand me and accept me as I am and for a special friend who would share laughter and tears - and he sent you.

Grooms Vows:

 [Brides name], I promise to love you with all my heart, mind and strength. I promise to be faithful, now and forever. I also promise to respect your children and treat them as if they were my own. I gladly accept the obligations that go along with this pledge. I care for your children and want them to be a part of my life.

I prayed to God for a companion who could understand me and accept me as I am and for a special friend who would share laughter and tears - and he sent you.

Brides Vows:

With continued love, friendship, trust and communication, I [Brides name] take you today in committing my life to yours. [Grooms name] when you need me I will be there and when your strength fails you, may mine always be there for you. Side by side, step by step, may our great journey together begin, here now from this day forward.

VOW 21

My beloved, romance may fade, but true love endures.
I choose to truly love you, with kindness, faithfulness, and respect,
through every circumstance that life may bring.

Because you are the treasure of my heart,
it will be my joy to support, encourage, comfort, and defend you
as we together face the coming days of sorrow and joy,
sickness and health, poverty and wealth.

When I have been wronged, I will forgive.
When I do wrong, I will confess with contrition.
When conflict dims our days, I will exercise the patience of true love
and seek the light of wise counsel.

Most of all, I will rejoice and thank the Lord
for completing me with the gift of you.
And through His infinite grace, I know that no matter what may come,
I will remain by your side with enduring devotion and fidelity
for as long as He allows us to share this earthly life.

This is my solemn vow because, in you, I have found the one my soul loves.
May the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit guide us
and bless us each day from this moment forward

 VOW 22

I, [Groom's name], take you [Bride's name], to be my wife, my partner in life and my one true love.
I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever.
I will trust you and honor you
I will laugh with you and cry with you.
I will love you faithfully
Through the best and the worst,
Through the difficult and the easy.
What may come I will always be there.
As I have given you my hand to hold
So I give you my life to keep
So help me God

I, [Bride's name], take you [Groom's name], to be my husband, my partner in life and my one true love.
I will cherish our friendship and love you today,
tomorrow, and forever
I will trust you and honor you
I will laugh with you and cry with you.
I will love you faithfully
Through the best and the worst,
Through the difficult and the easy.
What may come I will always be there.
As I have given you my hand to hold
So I give you my life to keep
So help me God

In unison:
Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following after you,
For where you go I will go,
and where you stay I will stay
Your people will be my people,
and your God will be my God.
And where you die, I will die and there I will be buried.