Orang CINA

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Kebenaran yang jelas dan sederhana tentang orang Cina


Profesor Cina-Australia ini memiliki penjelasan yang lucu tapi benar tentang
orang-orang Cina. Mengapa orang-orang Cina bekerja keras untuk berhasil dalam hidup?

Orang Cina tidak pergi untuk pengeboman, meneror orang lain dan menyebabkan
kebencian agama. Kami hidup damai dengan semua orang di Bumi.


Berikut adalah kebenaran yang polos.


# 1. Ada lebih dari 1 miliar dari kita di bumi ini. Kita seperti salinan
photostat satu sama lain. Anda menyingkirkan satu, 5 ajaib muncul (seperti
kotak suara). Ya, itu adalah menakutkan, terutama bagi kita.
Kami mengakui bahwa kami mudah digantikan, karena kita tidak terlalu 'khusus'.
Jika Anda berpikir Anda pintar, ada beberapa ribu lebih orang pintar dari Anda.
Jika Anda berpikir Anda kuat, ada beberapa ribu orang lebih kuat dari Anda.

# 2. Kami telah merayap di seluruh bumi ini selama lebih berabad-abad
dari sebagian besar peradaban. DNA kami dirancang untuk bertahan hidup.
Kita seperti kecoak. Menempatkan kita di mana saja di bumi dan kami akan
membuat koloni dan berkembang. Kami bertahan pada apa pun di sekitar kita
dan membuat yang terbaik dari itu. Beberapa terus bermigrasi tetapi yang
lain akan tinggal dan berkembang biak.

# 3. TAK ADA yang peduli jika kita berhasil sebagai individu atau tidak.
Tapi keluarga kami bangga mengetahui kami telah berhasil.
Ya, beberapa akan gagal. Kami mengambil apa-apa untuk diberikan.
Kami tidak mengharapkan hak untuk jatuh di pangkuan kami.
Tidak ada yang berutang kepada kita.

# 4. Kita tahu kita tidak akan rugi jika kita mencoba untuk berhasil.
Dengan demikian, kita tidak takut mencoba. Itulah sebabnya Cina kecanduan
judi. Kami berkembang untuk mengambil risiko. Semua atau tidak.

# 5. Dari muda kita diajarkan untuk menghitung setiap sen. Apa yang kita
ambil untuk diberikan seperti pengelolaan uang, saya telah menemukan
baru-baru ini, bukan seperti budaya lain berlatih di rumah dengan
anak-anak mereka. Ini mengejutkan saya. Tapi sebenarnya tidak semua
masyarakat atau budaya mengajarkan anak-anak mereka set keterampilan
karena kasar kepada mereka. Ya, kebanyakan dari kita dapat menghitung
karena kita dipaksa untuk dan logika uang ditumbuk menjadi kita dari
awal mula (saat mama memberitahu kita betapa dia telah menghabiskan
uang untuk susu dan popok kami)

# 6. Kami mengakui siklus hidup. Kami menerima bahwa kekayaan keluarga
tetap untuk tiga generasi (mitos urban?). Dengan demikian, setiap
generasi ke-4 akan harus bekerja dari awal. Yaitu.
Generasi pertama mendapatkan uang dari awal, generasi kedua menghabiskan
uang pada pendidikan, generasi ketiga akan dimanjakan dan menghabiskan
semua warisan. Kemudian kita kembali ke titik awal.
Beberapa keluarga bertahan pada kekayaan mereka sedikit lebih lama
daripada kebanyakan.

# 7. Ini adalah budaya kita untuk mendorong generasi berikutnya untuk
melakukan lebih baik daripada yang terakhir. Lebih pintar.
Menjadi lebih kuat. Lebih cepat. Jadilah lebih benar. Jadilah lebih saleh.
Lebih inovatif. Lebih kreatif. Lebih kaya. Jadilah segala sesuatu yang
Anda bisa dalam hidup ini.

# 8. Masyarakat kita menghakimi kita atas prestasi kami ... dan kami
tidak punya pilihan selain untuk melakukan sesuatu yang berharga karena
Tahun Baru Imlek datang sekitar setiap tahun dan kerabat Cina tidak
punya keraguan tentang meminta Anda langsung di wajah Anda - berapa
banyak yang Anda buat? Kapan promosi terakhir Anda? Seberapa besar
kantor Anda? Mobil apa yang Anda mengemudi? Di mana Anda tinggal?
Kamu memiliki teman laki-laki? Anda punya pacar? Kapan Anda akan
menikah? Kapan Anda memiliki anak? Kapan anak berikutnya?
Ketika Anda mendapatkan anak laki-laki? Punya pembantu belum?
Apakah perusahaan Anda mengirim anda ke luar negeri? dll dll dll
TAK PERNAH SELESAI ... jadi, kita tidak bisa berhenti mengejar
kereta ilusif - kita terkutuk untuk masyarakat yang materialistis.
Jika Anda tidak Cina, menganggap diri Anda beruntung!

# 9. Kami telah diajarkan dari muda bahwa jika Anda memiliki dua tangan,
dua kaki, dua mata, dan mulut, apa yang Anda lakukan dengan itu?
"Orang-orang tanpa tangan bisa lebih baik dari Anda!"

# 10. Ironisnya, orang Cina juga percaya dalam memberikan kembali
untuk menyelamatkan jiwa materialistik celaka mereka.
Keseimbangan diperlukan. Semakin banyak anak-anak mereka berhasil
dalam hidup, semakin tua kita akan memberikan kembali kepada masyarakat
sebagai rasa syukur atas nasib baik diberikan pada anak-anak mereka.
Iya nih. Itu benar. Dan itulah sebabnya masyarakat kita berkembang maju
di segala kondisi.


Tidak ada yang sayang pada kita.
Kami menerima itu.

Tidak ada yang berutang apa-apa pada kita.
Kita tahu bahwa.

Ada terlalu banyak dari kita untuk amal untuk mencapai kita semua.
Kami mengakui bahwa.

Tapi itu tidak menghentikan kita dari membuat kehidupan yang lebih baik
seumur hidup ini.

Peluang ini seperti yang kita dapatkan dari itu.
Jadi, maafkan kami jika kami merasa berkewajiban untuk membuat tempat
yang lebih baik untuk diri kita sendiri di negeri ini kita sebut RUMAH.

Hal ini dalam DNA kami untuk kemajuan ke depan untuk kehidupan yang lebih nyaman.

Tapi jika sejarah yang menjadi guru kita, terlihat di seluruh dunia ini.

Setiap negara memiliki Pecinaan (serius) tapi berapa banyak pemerintah / negara
'diambil' alih oleh orang-orang Cina.

Jangan takut kita berlebihan sebagian Anda, kami tidak bermaksud untuk menaklukkan.

Jika kita sudah pindah dari Cina dan negara-negara diatur Cina, kita tidak mencari
negara lain untuk mengelola.

Perwakilan kami hanya ada untuk menjaga kesejahteraan kita bersama.
Mereka berkewajiban.

Kami lebih memilih untuk berbaur dan menikmati buah dari kerja kami.

Kami menikmati perusahaan seperti hati orang dari semua ras.

Setelah semua, kita hanya melewati masa kecil dalam sejarah waktu ... jadi,
menggunakan keterampilan kita dan kita dapat semua kemajuan ke depan bersama-sama.


Chan-Lui Lee, Ph.D.
Honorary Life Membern & Past President, AFS
Melbourne

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The simple plain truth about the Chinese


This Chinese-Australian professor has a funny but true explanation about the
Chinese people. Why do Chinese people work so hard to succeed in life?

Chinese people don't go about bombing, terrorizing others and causing
religious hatred. We live peacefully with everyone on Earth.

Here is the plain truth.

#1. There are over 1 billion of us on this earth. We are like photostat copies
of each other. You get rid of one, 5 magically appears (like ballot boxes).
Yes, it is scary, especially for us. We acknowledge that we are replaceable,
thus we are not particularly 'special'. If you think you are smart, there are
a few thousand more people smarter than you. If you think you are strong,
there are a few thousand people stronger than you.

#2. We have been crawling all over this earth for far more centuries that
most civilizations. Our DNA is designed for survival. We are like cockroaches.
Put us anywhere on earth and we will make a colony and thrive.
We survive on anything around us and make the best of it.
Some keep migrating but others will stay and multiply.

#3. NOBODY cares if we succeed as individuals or not. But our families take
pride in knowing we have succeeded. Yes, some will fail. We take nothing for
granted. We don't expect privileges to fall on our laps.
No one owes us anything.

#4. We know we have nothing to lose if we try to succeed. Thus, we have
no fear trying. That is why Chinese are addicted to gambling.
We thrive on taking risks. All or nothing.

#5. From young we are taught to count every cent. What we take for granted
like money management, I have found out recently, is not something other
cultures practice at home with their children. It surprised me.
But truth is not all societies or cultures teach their young this set of
skills because it is rude to them. Yes, most of us can count because we are
forced to and the logic of money is pounded into us from the beginning
of time (when mama tells us how much she has spent on our milk and diapers)

#6. We acknowledge life cycles. We accept that wealth in a family stays
for three generations (urban myth?). Thus, every 4th generation will have
to work from scratch. I.e. first generation earns the money from scratch,
second generation spends the money on education, third generation gets
spoiled and wastes all the inheritance. Then we are back to square one.
Some families hang on to their wealth a little longer than most.

#7. It is our culture to push our next generation to do better than the
last. Be smarter. Be stronger. Be faster. Be more righteous. Be more pious.
Be more innovative. Be more creative. Be richer. Be everything that you
can be in this lifetime.

#8. Our society judges us by our achievements... and we have no choice
but to do something worthwhile because Chinese New Year comes around
every year and Chinese relatives have no qualms about asking you straight
in your face - how much are you making? When was your last promotion?
How big is your office? What car do you drive? Where do you stay?
You have boyfriend? You have girlfriend? When are you getting married?
When are you having children? When is the next child? When you getting
a boy? Got maid yet? Does your company send you overseas? etc etc etc.
It NEVER ENDS... so, we can't stop chasing the illusive train - we are
damned to a materialistic society. If you are not Chinese, consider
yourself lucky!

#9. We have been taught from young that if you have two hands, two feet,
two eyes, and a mouth, what are you doing with it? "People with no hands
can do better than you !"

#10. Ironically, the Chinese also believe in giving back to save their
wretched materialistic souls. Balance is needed. The more their children
succeed in life, the more our parents will give back to society as
gratitude for the good fortune bestowed on their children.
Yes. That is true. And that is why our society progresses forward in
all conditions.

Nobody pities us.
We accept that.

No one owes us anything.
We know that.

There are too many of us for charity to reach all of us.
We acknowledge that.

But that does not stop us from making a better life.
This lifetime.

Opportunity is as we make of it.

So, pardon us if we feel obliged to make a better place for ourselves
in this country we call home.

It is in our DNA to progress forward for a more comfortable life.

But if history were to be our teacher, look around this globe.

Every country has a Chinatown (seriously) but how many government/countries
are 'taken' over by the Chinese people.

Don't be afraid of us overwhelming your majority, we are not looking to conquer.

If we have moved away from China and Chinese governed countries, we are NOT
looking for another country to administer.

Our representatives are only there to look after our collective welfare.
They are duty bound.

We prefer to blend in and enjoy the fruits of our labor.

We enjoy the company of like minded people of all races.

After all, we are only passing through a small period in the history
of time... so, use our skills and we can all progress forward together.


Chan-Lui Lee, Ph.D.
Honorary Life Membern & Past President, AFS
Melbourne

With God every day

Just Checking In...

A minister passing through his church

In the middle of the day,

Decided to pause by the altar

To see who came to pray.

Just then the back door opened,

And a man came down the aisle,

The minister frowned as he saw the man

Hadn't shaved in a while.

His shirt was torn and shabby,

And his coat was worn and frayed,

The man knelt down and bowed his head,

Then rose and walked away.

In the days that followed at precisely noon,

The preacher saw this chap,

Each time he knelt just for a moment,

A lunch pail in his lap.

Well, the minister's suspicions grew,

With robbery a main fear,

He decided to stop and ask the man,

'What are you doing here?'

The old man said he was a factory worker

And lunch was half an hour

Lunchtime was his prayer time,

For finding strength and power.

I stay only a moment

Because the factory's far away;

As I kneel here talking to the Lord,

This is kinda what I say:

'I Just Came By To Tell You, Lord,

How Happy I Have Been,

Since We Found Each Other’s Friendship

And You Took Away My Sin.

Don't Know Much Of How To Pray,

But I Think About You Every day.

So, Jesus, This Is Ben,

Just Checking In Today.'

The minister feeling foolish,

Told Ben that it was fine.

He told the man that he was welcome

To pray there anytime.

'It's time to go, and thanks,' Ben said

As he hurried to the door.

Then the minister knelt there at the altar,

Which he'd never done before.

His cold heart melted, warmed with love,

As he met with Jesus there.

As the tears flowed down his cheeks,

He repeated old Ben's prayer:

'I Just Came By To Tell You, Lord,

How Happy I've Been,

Since We Found Each Other’s Friendship

And You Took Away My Sin.

I Don't Know Much Of How To Pray,

But I Think About You Every day.

So, Jesus, This Is Me,

Just Checking In Today.'

Past noon one day, the minister noticed

That old Ben hadn't come.

As more days passed and still no Ben,

He began to worry some.

At the factory, he asked about him,

Learning he was ill.

The hospital staff was worried,

But he'd given them a thrill.

The week that Ben was with them,

Brought changes in the ward.

His smiles and joy contagious.

Changed people were his reward.

The head nurse couldn't understand

Why Ben could be so glad,

When no flowers, calls or cards came,

Not a visitor he had.

The minister stayed by his bed,

He voiced the nurse's concern:

No friends had come to show they cared.

He had nowhere to turn.

Looking surprised, old Ben spoke up

And with a winsome smile;

'The nurse is wrong, she couldn't know,

He's been here all the while.'

Every day at noon He comes here,

A dear friend of mine, you see,

He sits right down and takes my hand,

Leans over and says to me:

'I Just Came By To Tell You, Ben,

How Happy I Have Been,

Since We Found This Friendship,

And I Took Away Your Sin.

I Think About You Always

And I Love To Hear You Pray,

And So Ben, This Is Jesus,

Just Checking In Today.'

If this blesses you, pass it on. Many people

will walk in and out of your life, but only

true friends will leave footprints in your

heart

May God hold you in the palm of His hand

And Angels watch over you.

So, FRIENDS & FAMILY, this is ME ...

"Just Checking In Today"

Kualitas Pribadi

🔸 Rendah Hati

Kerendahan hati mengungkapkan kekuatan.

🔸 Setia

Selalu menepati janji, rela berkorban dan tak suka berkhianat.

🔸 Positive Thinking

Orang ini lebih suka mencari solusi dari pada frustasi, lebih suka memuji dari pada mengecam,

🔸 Ceria

Dia bisa menikmati hidup, tak suka mengeluh dan selalu berusaha meraih kegembiraan.

🔸 Bertanggung jawab

Kalau melakukan kesalahan, dia berani mengakuinya.

Ketika mengalami kegagalan, dia tak akan mencari kambing hitam untuk disalahkan

🔸 Percaya Diri

Rasa percaya diri memungkinkan seseorang menerima dirinya sebagaimana adanya, dan menghargai orang lain.

 🔸 Kebesaran Jiwa

Ketika menghadapi masa masa sukar dia tetap tegar, tak membiarkan dirinya hanyut dalam kesedihan dan keputusasaan.

🔸 Easy Going

Dia tak suka membesar besarkan masalah kecil. Dia tak mau pusing dan stress dengan masalah masalah yg berada diluar kontrolnya.

 🔸 Empati

Bisa menempatkan diri pada posisi orang lain.

Dia selalu berusaha memahami dan mengerti orang lain.

Salam sehat penuh berkat.

GBU All

 

Homili Sri Paus

MENJADi MANUSIA YANG BAHAGIA

Alihbahasa oleh Rm. Ignatius Ismartono, SJ

"Engkau mungkin memiliki kekurangan, merasa gelisah dan kadangkala hidup tak tenteram, namun jangan lupa hidupmu adalah sebuah proyek terbesar di dunia ini. Hanya engkau yg sanggup menjaga agar tidak merosot. Ada banyak org membutuhkanmu, mengagumimu dan mencintaimu.

Aku ingin mengingatkanmu bahwa menjadi bahagia bukan berarti memiliki langit tanpa badai, atau jalan tanpa musibah, atau bekerja tanpa merasa letih, ataupun hubungan tanpa kekecewaan.

Menjadi bahagia adalah mencari kekuatan utk memaafkan, mencari harapan dlm perjuangan, mencari rasa aman di saat ketakutan, mencari kasih di saat perselisihan.

Menjadi bahagia bukan hanya menyimpan senyum, tetapi juga mengolah kesedihan.

Bukan hanya mengenang kejayaan, melainkan juga belajar dari kegagalan.

Bukan hanya bergembira karena menerima tepuk tangan meriah, tetapi juga bergembira meskipun tak ternama.

Menjadi bahagia adalah mengakui bhw hidup ini berharga, meskipun banyak tantangan, salah paham dan saat-saat krisis.

Menjadi bahagia bukanlah sebuah takdir, yg tak terelakkan, melainkan sebuah kemenangan bagi mereka yg mampu menyongsongnya dgn menjadi diri sendiri.

Menjadi bahagia berarti berhenti memandang diri sebagai korban dr berbagai masalah, melainkan menjadi pelaku dalam sejarah itu sendiri.

Bukan hanya menyeberangi padang gurun yg berada diluar diri kita, tapi lebih dr pada itu, mampu mencari mata air dlm kekeringan batin kita.

Menjadi bahagia adalah mengucap syukur setiap pagi atas mukjizat kehidupan.

Menjadi bahagia bkn merasa takut atas perasaan kita. Melainkan bagaimana membawa diri kita. Utk menanggungnya dgn berani ketika diri kita ditolak.

Utk memiliki rasa mantab ketika dikritik, meskipun kritik itu tidak adil.

Dgn mencium anak2, merawat orang tua, menciptakan saat2 indah bersama sahabat2, meskipun mereka pernah menyakiti kita.

Menjadi bahagia berarti membiarkan hidup anak yg bebas, bahagia dan sederhana yg ada dlm diri kita; memiliki kedewasaan utk mengaku "Saya Salah", & memiliki keberanian utk berkata "Maafkan Saya"...

Memiliki kepekaan utk mengutarakan "Aku membutuhkan kamu" ; memiliki kemampuan utk berkata "Aku....

Dgn demikian hidupmu menjadi sebuah taman yg penuh dengan kesempatan utk menjadi bahagia.

Di musim semi-mu, jadilah pecinta keriangan. Di musim dingin-mu, jadilah seorang sahabat kebijaksanaan.

Dan ketika engkau melakukan kesalahan, mulailah lagi dari awal. Dgn demikian engkau akan lebih bersemangat dlm menjalankan kehidupan.

Dan engkau akan mengerti bhw kebahagiaan bkn berarti memiliki kehidupan yg sempurna, melainkan menggunakan airmata utk menyirami toleransi, menggunakan kehilangan utk lebih memantabkan kesabaran, kegagalan utk mengukir ketenangan hati, penderitaan utk dijadikan landasaan kenikmatan, kesulitan utk membuka jendela kecerdasan.

Jgn menyerah... Jgn berhenti mengasihi orang2 yg engkau cintai..... Jgn menyerah utk menjadi bahagia karena kehidupan adalah sebuah pertunjukan yg menakjubkan.

Dan engkau adalah seorang manusia yg luarbiasa!"

- Paus Fransiskus - 

30 Things You’ll Regret When You’re Old

1. Not traveling when you had the chance.
Think we all have had this once in our life, thinking ‘I should have gone
there or there’. Well as long as you live and able to travel, please do
travel. Trust me it becomes a lot harder the older you get. If you think
of excuses now, later you will have a family and need to pay the way for
three-plus people instead just for yourself.

2. Not learning another language.
How many languages do you speak? There’s no excuse not to learn a new
language, and you are never too old for this. You’ll kick yourself when
you realize you took three years of language in high school and remember
none of it.

3. Staying in yes those bad relationship(s).
How many of us seen this happen? No one who ever gets out of a bad relationship looks back without wishing they made the move sooner.

4. Not using any sunscreen or enough sunscreen.
Wrinkles, moles, and skin cancer can largely be avoided if you protect yourself. Actually, best anti-aging treatment is to use everyday sunscreen, even if it’s winter.

5. Missing the chance to see your favorite musicians.
“Nah, dude, I’ll catch Nirvana next time they come through town.” Facepalm. No, stop let artists, or musicians pass you, when you want to see them.

6. Being scared to do things.
Looking back you’ll think, What was I so afraid of?

7. Failing to make physical fitness a priority.
Too many of us spend the physical peak of our lives on the couch. When you hit 40, 50, 60, and beyond, you’ll dream of what you could have done.

8. Letting yourself be defined by gender roles.
Few things are as sad as an old person saying, “Well, it just wasn’t done back then.”

9. Not quitting a terrible job.
Look, you gotta pay the bills. But if you don’t make a plan to improve your situation, you might wake up one day having spent 40 years in hell. Yep we have written a lot articles about this one.

10. Not trying harder in school.
It’s not just that your grades play a role in determining where you end up in life. Eventually you’ll realize how neat it was to get to spend all day learning, and wish you’d paid more attention.

11. Not realizing how beautiful you were.
This part is the biggest part if you spend your time thinking you’re not beautiful, you will just regret it.Too many of us spend our youth unhappy with the way we look, but the reality is, that’s when we’re our most beautiful.

12. Being afraid to say “I love you.”
What can we lose? By telling someone we love them? Try to learn saying it more often.
When you’re old, you won’t care if your love wasn’t returned — only that you made it known how you felt.

13. Not listening to your parents’ advice.
Our parents have the best experiences, so every advice should be thought of. You don’t want to hear it when you’re young, but the infuriating truth is that most of what your parents say about life is true.

14. Spending your youth self-absorbed.
You’ll be embarrassed about it, frankly.

15. Caring too much about what other people think.
Why live life limited just because you are afraid of what other people will think?
In 20 years you won’t give a darn about any of those people you once worried so much about.

16. Supporting others’ dreams over your own.
Don’t forget about yourself. Supporting others is a beautiful thing, but not when it means you never get to shine.

17. Not moving on fast enough.
Enjoy life, when going through hard life try to focus on little things that makes you happy. Try to move on fast enough! Old people look back at the long periods spent picking themselves off the ground as nothing but wasted time.

18. Holding grudges, especially with those you love.
What’s the point of re-living the anger over and over?

19. Not standing up for yourself.
Old people don’t take sh*t from anyone. Neither should you.

20. Not volunteering enough.
OK, so you probably won’t regret not volunteering Hunger Games style, but nearing the end of one’s life without having helped to make the world a better place is a great source of sadness for many.

21. Neglecting your teeth.
Neglecting your teeth. What more can we say about it?
Brush. Floss. Get regular checkups. It will all seem so maddeningly easy when you have dentures.

22. Missing the chance to ask your grandparents questions before they die.
If you still see your grandparents, please appreciate it. Most of us realize too late what an awesome resource grandparents are. They can explain everything you’ll ever wonder about where you came from, but only if you ask them in time.

23. Working too much.
No one looks back from their deathbed and wishes they spent more time at the office, but they do wish they spent more time with family, friends, and hobbies.

24. Not learning how to cook one awesome meal.
Hello, what’s life without good food? Knowing one drool-worthy meal will make all those dinner parties and celebrations that much more special.

25. Not stopping enough to appreciate the moment.
For instant, stop taking to many pictures or even selfies at a moment. Try to enjoy and appreciate the moment. Young people are constantly on the go, but stopping to take it all in now and again is a good thing.

26. Failing to finish what you start.
Failing to finish what you start.
“I had big dreams of becoming a nurse. I even signed up for the classes, but then…”

27. Never mastering one awesome party trick.
You will go to hundreds, if not thousands, of parties in your life. Wouldn’t it be cool to be the life of them all?

28. Letting yourself be defined by cultural expectations.
Letting yourself be defined by cultural expectations.
Don’t let them tell you, “We don’t do that.”

29. Refusing to let friendships run their course.
People grow apart. Clinging to what was, instead of acknowledging that things have changed, can be a source of ongoing agitation and sadness.

30. Not playing with your kids enough.
When you’re old, you’ll realize your kid went from wanting to play with
you to wanting you out of their room in the blink of an eye.

North Korea

20 of the Wisest Quotes

1. "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." – Albert Einstein

2. "Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail." – Confucius

3. "You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with." – Wayne Dyer

4. "Never be bullied into silence, never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, define yourself." – Robert Frost

5. "Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." – Rumi

6. "Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75."– Benjamin Franklin

7. "I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love." –Mother Teresa

8. "Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens." – Carl Jung

9. "A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes." — Mahatma Gandhi

10. "An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind." — Mahatma Gandhi

11. "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." —Ralph Waldo Emerson

12. "A man who conquers himself is greater than one who conquers a thousand men in battle". – Buddha

13. "Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life." – J.K. Rowling

14. "I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it." – Maya Angelou

15. "You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection" –Gautama Buddha

16. "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." – Anaïs Nin

17. "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

18. "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." – George Bernard Shaw

19. "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." – Albert Einstein

20. "I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing." – Socrates