Double Your Rate of Failure

Would you like me to give you a formula for... success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You're thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all... you can be discouraged by failure -- or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success. On the far side.

-Thomas J. Watson

Funny Boredom Quotes

These are some funny quotes about boredom.


Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need
~Voltaire

Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror.
~Al Boliska

Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom
~Arthur Schopenhauer

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.
~Thomas Szasz

When people are bored, it is primarily with their own selves that they are bored.
~Eric Hoffer

The word aerobics comes from two Greek words: aero, meaning "ability to," and bics, meaning "withstand tremendous boredom
~ Dave Barry


Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
~Ambrose Bierce quotes

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.
~Thomas Carlyle

Even boredom has its crises.
~Mason Cooley

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.
~Jean Baudrillard

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.
~Evelyn Waugh

In order to live free and happily, you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice.
~ Richard Bach

Procrastination avoids boredom; one never has the feeling that there is nothing important to do
~Unknown

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom.
~Heinrich Heine

For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad.
~Gus Van Sant

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
~Dorothy Parker

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea
~ Earl Nightingale

In marketing you must choose between boredom, shouting and seduction. Which do you want?
~Roy H. Williams

Love fed fat soon turns to boredom
~ Ovid

It seems that boredom is one of the greatest discoveries of our time. If so, there's no question but that he must be considered a pioneer.
~Luchino Visconti

One should only see a psychiatrist out of boredom.
~ Muriel Spark


Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it. Passion goes, boredom remains.
~ Coco Chanel

Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.
~ Ruth Gordon

The biggest bore is the person who is bored by everyone and everything.
~ Frank Tyger

Magical Friendship Sentences !

If two hearts are meant to be friends, no matter how long it takes, how far they go, how tough it seems, fate will bring them together to share friendship forever.
~ Unknown.


"Good friends are like stars. You don't always see them, but you know they are there!"
~ Old Saying.


If someone asks me what is friendship? I would sit next to you, pull you close to me, put my arms around you and say

Intense Love Thoughts !

Love - a wildly misunderstood although highly desirable malfunction of the heart which weakens the brain, causes eyes to sparkle, cheeks to glow, blood pressure to rise and the lips to pucker.
~ Unknown.

Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

You know you're in love when you

It is only by doing things others have not that one can advance. -George Patton

Work

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.

Thomas A. Edison

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. -John Rockefeller

A Romantic Love Poem !

Waking up, looking at youand knowing the sun is high in the blue-I realize everything is beautiful.
Feeling you brush across my cheekbrings my morning to its peak-I realize everything is beautiful.
Sipping my coffee, I look into your eyesOnes full of life, joy, love and surprise-I realize everything is beautiful.
Hearing the words slip from your lipsthose same which greeted me with a morning

Admirable Friendship Quotes !

My heart is like an open book, it depends on how u read me. Don't judge me by my cover. Look in and discover. I will be your true friend for ever.
~ Unknown.


DISTANCE never separates the HEART that really CARES Though we may not SPEND so much time TOGETHER you are always in my THOUGHTS my great friend.
~ Unknown.


"I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship

There is only one success--to be able to spend your life in your own way. -Christopher Morley

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. -Robert Collier

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Sweet Friendship Feelings !

People like you are found only once in a lifetime. So you better take care of yourself because I don't want to waste another lifetime to find such a SWEET Friend.
~ Unknown.

If you need a friend and there are a hundred steps between us, you can take the 1st step to get near me and I will take all 99 steps to be there for you.

~ Unknown.

"Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by

Beautiful Love Poem !

Let's Get Strawberrylicious !
I Want To Wake In The Morning And Be Your Strawberrylicious Lover!
The cottony soft morning lightCasts a honey glow while you sleep.
My sexy and beautiful love,How I want to wake you!
My dreams have been filled with visions of you.And by the blush of your skinI know you've dreamt of me too.
Open your eyes, we'll frolic and play..I've got "naughty" in mindTo start

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Faith makes all things possible,
Hope makes all things work,
Love makes all things beautiful,
May you have all the three for this Christmas.
MERRY CHRISTMAS

Christmas SMS

May all the sweet magic
Of Christmas conspire
To gladden your hearts
And fill every desire.

Sweet And Cute Love Quotes !

This was love at first sight, love everlasting: a feeling unknown, un hoped for, unexpected-- in so far as it could be a matter of conscious awareness; it took entire possession of him, and he understood, with joyous amazement, that this was for life.
~ Thomas Mann.

A Smile on My Face You make me feelLike everything will workLike life has hopeAnd some meaningI look in the mirrorAnd get quite

Popular Friendship Messages !

"Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away."
~ George Eliot.

"Friendship is always a sweet responsibility,

Plans are nothing; planning is everything.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
~ Thomas Edison

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
~ Mohandas Gandhi

Do something every day that u don't want to do; this is the golden rule 4 acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain. -Mark Twain

Lovely Love Poem !

I Can Feel You !!!
You are so far away,but I can still feel you.The essence of your beingis in everything I say and do.
The nearness of your spirittakes my breath away.I feel you in every beat of my heartas I go throughout my day.
When I close my eyes,I get such feelings of bliss.I can see your gentle faceand feel the fire in your caress.
You tiptoe across my mindin the gentlest ways.You're in

Important Friendship Thoughts !

"A reassuring presence, A LIGHT when times are dark, A hand reaching out, Is what friendship is about."
~ Unknown.
"Our relatives are the family that we are born with, our friends are the family we choose."
~ Sondra.
"Met you as a strangerTook you as a friendHope we meet in HeavenWhere friendship never ends."
-Raheel.
"Treat your friends as you do your pictures and put them in the best light

Christmas Candle

A Christmas candle is a lovely thing
It makes no noise at all,
But softly gives itself away
While quite unselfish,
it grows small.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

May this Christmas end the present year
on a cheerful note and make way
for a fresh and bright new year.
Here wishing you a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Lovely Friendship Quotes !

Count your life by smiles, not tears.Count your age by friends, not years.
~ Unknown.
Nothing is great like friendship on earth, No jewel No pearl has got it's worth. No one except a friend can be trusted, Your life will never ever get rusted.
~Unknown.
I believe in angels,The kind that heaven sends,I am surrounded by angels,But I call them friends.
~ Aizabel Parinas.
Love is rarer than genius

True Love Thoughts !

You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry.
~ Unknown.

The arms of love encompass you with your present, your past, your future, the arms of love gather you together.
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Southern Mail, 1929, translated from French by Curtis Cate.

Ah, lady, when I gave my heart to thee,

Failures do what is tension relieving,
while winners do what is goal achieving. -Dennis Waitley

Unruffled Calm of Nature

Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts; the sight of the deep-blue sky and the clustering stars above seems to impart a quiet to the mind.

- Jonathan Edwards

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Merry Christmas Pictures

Words can hurt worse than physical violence sometimes

"Choose your words carefully and do not act out of anger. Be careful with someone else. Even if they choose to forgive it will never be truly forgotten. Words and actions hurt worse than punches. Bruises heal, but heartache is forever"

That is inspiration for today. 

Sometimes I would rather be around all males  LOL   Females friendships are tough.  Females are so catty sometimes and I am just like "OK, can't deal with the drama, let's run from the drama"  Damn it-  I DON'T DO DRAMA  lol

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Great Friendship Quotes !

"A person without any friends is like a tree without its roots."
~ T.T.

"We can't call people without wings ‘Angels’, so we call them friends instead."
~ Molly.

"Friends are like gems, they're ALL priceless."
~ Lizz.

"You are someone on whom I depend, more than a lover, more than a friend."
~ Jaya.

Cinta!!!

Cinta???
Apa tu???
Cinta itu lahir dr hati..
Sukar tuk dijelaskan dgn kata-kata...
Ianya adalah manis dan  pahit...
Itulah CINTA....

Funny Tax Quotes

These are some funny quotes about Taxes and taxation like income tax and IRS


Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidise it
~ Ronald Reagan

Nothing hurts more than having to pay an income tax, unless it is not having to pay an income tax.
~ Thomas Robert Dewar

The hardest thing in the world to understand is the Income Tax. The second hardest is inheritance Tax.
~ Albert Einstein

Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is really quite as satisfying as an income tax refund.
~ F. J. Raymond

People who complain about paying their income tax can be divided into two types: men and women.
~ anonymous


A tax loophole is "something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform.'
~Russell B. Long

The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.
~Barry Goldwater

Day in and day out, your tax accountant can make or lose you more money than any single person in your life, with the possible exception of your kids.
~Harvey Mackay

What's the difference between a tax auditor and a rottweiler? A rottweiler eventually lets go.
~ anonymous

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.
~Alexis de Tocqueville

I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.
~Douglas Adams

The tax collector must love poor people, he's creating so many of them.
~Bill Vaughan

You don't pay taxes - they take taxes.
~Chris Rock

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
~Arthur C. Clarke

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.
~Herbert Spencer

The current tax code is a daily mugging
~ Ronald Reagan

What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin
~ Mark Twain

Real charity doesn't care if it's tax-deductible or not.
~ Dan Bennett

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle
~ Winston Churchill

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.
~ Plato

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Age

"I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face it; at my age I'm very pleased to be anywhere."  -- George Burns

"At my age flowers scare me." -- George Burns

"Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life."-- Herbert Henry Asquith

"The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age."   -- Lucille Ball

To enter the country of old age is a new experience, different from what you supposed it to be. Nobody, man or woman, knows the country until he has lived in it and has taken out his citizenship papers. -- Malcolm Cowley (1898-1989) Literary critic and editor

In case you’re worried about what’s going to become of the younger generation, it’s going to grow up and start worrying about the younger generation. -- Roger Allen

Old age and the wear of time teach many things. --Sophocles (c. 496-405 B.C.) Playwright

I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious. --Glenda Jackson (Actor and politician )

Advice

"All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people." Alexis Carrel, Reflections on Life

"Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own."   - Chinese proverb

"It's a pleasure to give advice, humiliating to need it, and normal to ignore it."  - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them. -Dame Rose Macaulay

If you're called upon to give advice, you should know that it is like snow: The softer it falls, the deeper it goes.

I desperately need some wise advice which will recommend that I do what I want to do.

Best Love Quotes !

You know when you have found your prince because you not only have a smile on your face but in your heart as well.
~ Unknown.

Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much a heart can hold.
~ Zelda Fitzgerald.

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.
~ Henry

Interesting Friendship Messages !

When I'm asked what one happy thought is I always say knowing that no matter how big the fight is I will always have a best friend.
~ Smitten_Kitten.

" A friend is someone who sticks to you at all times, and a friend is someone who you trust...."
~ Winnie Chau.

"I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends."
~ Walt Whitman.


"Good friends come and good

Christmas Tree

Good Friendship Thoughts !

Friendship is precious!not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, The greater part of life is sunshine.

Of all the blossoms in life's garden, friendship is the most fragrant. A friend is a gift where worth cannot be measured except by the heart

Be full of sympathy towards each other, loving one another with tender hearts and humble

Romantic Love Feelings !

Love, free as air at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies.
~ Alexander Pope.

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche.

My heart to you is given: Oh, do give yours to me; We'll lock them up together, And throw away the key.
~ Frederick Saunders.


Life is the flower of which love is the

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Beautiful Friendship Poem !

Blessings come to usfrom unexpected places.They arrive in bothsmall and large packages.And they detract us fromthe irritationsof daily life.We merely need toopen our eyesand our heartsto find them.And I want you to knowthat among mymany blessingsI'm thankful forthe blessing ofyour friendship.To have a friend likeyou is to pocketthe warmth of the sun.You will always have aplace in my heart

~

Great Love Messages !

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.
~William Shakespeare.

I don't wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone.
~ Javan.

In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.
~ Hans Nouwens.

Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close in heart.
~ Kay

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes. -St. Clement of Alexandra

Resolutely Look Conditions In The Face

The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had means, time, influence and educational advantages; the question is what he will do with the things he has. The moment a young man ceases to dream or to bemoan his lack of opportunities and resolutely looks his conditions in the face, and resolves to change them, he lays the corner-stone of a solid and honorable success.

- Hamilton Wright Mabie

Romantic Love Poem !

To love is to share life togetherto build special plans just for twoto work side by sideand then smile with prideas one by one, dreams all come true.
To love is to help and encouragewith smiles and sincere words of praiseto take time to shareto listen and carein tender, affectionate ways.
To love is to have someone specialone who you can always dependto be there through the yearssharing

Genuine Friendship Feelings !

I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun.

 ~ Charles R. Swindoll.

Friends are angels sent down to Earth to make good days and help us find our way.

~ Unknown.

Friendship involves man things but, above all the power of going outside oneself and appreciating what

Beautiful Love Notes !

I reached up above,And pulled a star from the sky.To place it within,Your precious minds eye.Cos U R always In my Mind.To dwell there forever,As my love for you.On the wings of our love,Enduring and true.Cos U R always In my Mind.


I honor you my darling,With all that I am.Please darling please,Will you be my man?Cos U R always In my Mind.


There are so many things,My heart wants to say.I

Interesting Friendship Quotes !

From quiet homes and first beginning,Out to the undiscovered ends,There's nothing worth the wear of winning,But laughter and the love of friends.
~ Joachim Du Bellay.
Friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil – but it needs a little much of letters and phone calls and small silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.
~ Pam Brown.
Friends find the

My baby turned 12

Yesterday was my baby's birthday.  She turned 12  LOL  How old do I feel??? Well, not that old yesterday but today I feel old,  I took my baby to get a new cell phone this afternoon for her birthday present  (Note: My cell phone was a dinosaur, I didn't even have a keyboard to text, I was still hitting the number multiple times to get to the letter) The cell phone was buy one get one free with a hundred dollar rebate.  How could I pass that up?? I don't consider myself computer illiterate.  In fact, I consider myself pretty literate on computers but I looked at this cell phone  this afternoon as if it were greek.
My 12 year old had to show me how to access internet, how to send text messages etc
Basically, my 12 year old gave me a whole cell phone lesson  LOL    Is it just me or is something wrong this picture

My baby is growing up and I am growing old  :-((((

Famous Friendship Quotes !

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.
~ Margaret Lee Runbeck, Answer Without Ceasing.


Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.
~ Swedish Proverb.


"Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious things."
~ Randolph S. Bourne.


"As we grow older,

True Love Thoughts !

Marriage, ultimately, is the practice of becoming passionate friends.
~ Harville Hendrix.
 

Love is an electric blanket with two persons in control of the switch.
~ Cathy Carlyle.
 
Love would never be a promise of a rose garden unless it is showered with light of faith, water of sincerity and air of passion.
~ Unknown.

 You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an

Sweet Friendship Poem !

I learned that God sends friends when we need them the most and every friend has a special purpose in our lives.


I learned that we often find new friends in unexpected places.




I learned that despite the distancebetween us, a real friendship grows across the miles.


I learned that though we sometimes expect someone to kick us down, a true friend helps us stand back up.




I learned that

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Beautiful Love Song !

The morning sky is dawning, a new day unfolds anew,I smile as you stir yawning,and reach, my love, for you.The sun is shining brightly, birds outside our windows sing,I hug you to me tightly, love is such a precious thing.
As you slept the angels kept you, safe and free from fear,As you wake, they still are with you,my special one so dear.These moments are so precious,I look forward to each

Good Friendship Sentences !

A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out.

~ Grace Pulpit.

In a friendshipWe're free to expose,Parts of ourselvesNobody else knows.But the things that sustain it And sets it apart Is not something spoken.Its a bond of the heart.True friends are rare.In a lifetime two or three,I'm so glad it happenedbetween you and me.

~ Unknown.


No road is long with good company.

Justin Bieber- Pure Chaos as MD State Fair

OK  Here is my inspirational motivation for today.  Took my daughter to see Justin Bieber at the Maryland State Fair.  No assigned seating, as it was a standing concert.  It was pure chaos.
Justin Bieber puts on a great show but this fair was just cruel and unusual punishment for parents.  Over 12000 people there, all trying to get in the front.  I am just exhausted

My daughter had a great time but you couldn't pay me to do that mess again.
If there is no assigned seating at a concert, I will not ever attend again 

Progress

George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950 The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Inspirational Motivation

I just really love my family  (especialy the 2 girls- my daughter and my soon to be step daughter)
I get so frustrated with my fiance at times.  I keep reminding myself that I have to either really accept his good and try and work through the bad stuff or call this quits
I can't call it quits.   I love his daughter too much and I know that without me,  she has a mom and dad that really don't do anything with her  :-(*((((
His daughter's grandparents (maternal side) do alot with her  - which I am thankful for
but I just can't change her mom and the way she believes in raising a child and teaching her morals
and I can't make my fiance be closer
I try to keep in my mind the whole story

It is a long story but I don't think my fiance ever had the beginning chance to bond with his child  (His daughter's mom left him when she was 3 months pregnant for another guy that she was cheating on my fiance with)  She is caucasian, He is caucasian, her other boyfriend was african american)  Well she thought the baby was his ( her boyfriend's)  Well, the baby was born caucasian so she knew my fiance was the father and she sued him for child support  (which is fine-  we pay that) and I love her as if she was own)

Her mom uses her as a weapon-  I can't stand it

Is anyone else in this situation (whereas the kid is used as a weapon)  HELP PLEASE

I have had to walk my fiance through numerous court battles because she wants his money but don't want the child to see him  WTH??? What is wrong with women nowadays??
We have won most court battles with visitation but it is not about winning or losing.  I just hate it.
Why are children considered weapons????  GROW UP PEOPLE!!!!!!!!  -  Sorry, this just makes me angry.  (and I don't like getting angry)

But let me ask you, would it be different if him and I had a child together???  Let's take a poll  Would he be a great dad as long as we are together but god forbid that we split up, would he be the same way with a child we had together?  He is even so different with my daughter  (remember, I have a child from a previous relationship)  Her father is not in the picture but my fiance is so much different even with her than he is with his own

Another Day Another Dollar but do have new family member

Blah Blah Blah.  When am I ever going to get out of this damn 9 to 5 rat race????  I think of all the other things I could be doing.  Uh oh, I have to remind myself that this is my POSITIVE inspiration blog so no pessimist thoughts allowed
Sorry, smacked my own hand

On another positive note, My new little soon to be niece was born last night.  I went from thinking I would never have any nieces (Note: for those of you that follow my blog, you already know that my only brother was murdered when I was 11 and I found out in February, 2008 that I had a sister that I never knew (a sister that was adopted out at birth)  Well along with that sister came a beautiful niece  YEAH!!  She is 6 and flower girl in my upcoming wedding.  Just love her to pieces. 
Last night, my soon to be brother in law and sister in law gave birth to a beautiful baby girl.  Now I will have 2 little nieces  PRICELESS  :-)

Hope everyone is planning a great, safe labor day weekend.

Let's do a positive thought
"Life is a shit sandwich and everyday you have to take a bite"

How is that for a positive thought  LOL

Thoughtful Friendship Poem !

As a friend I do wish you the best of life's blessingsAnd freedom from sickness and pain.May your prayers and oblations, as blooms of carnations,Flourish in sunshine and rain.May the blessings of heaven be showered upon youWith favor from God.May you harvest with pleasure the fruits of your laborTo share with whoever you can.May the dew in the morning refresh and delight you,And your days be

Interesting Love Statements !

Love is the thing that enables a woman to sing while she mops up the floor;
after her husband has walked across it in his barn boots. 


~   Author unknown, as printed in The Hoosier Farmer




Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke. 


~    Lynda Barry




Those who are faithful know only the trivial side of love; 
it is the faithless who know love's tragedies. 


~    Oscar Wilde,

Best Friendship Messages !

"A best friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find, but lucky to have."
~ Jen Harvey.


"The making of friends, who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life."
~ Edward Everett Hale.

 
"No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever."
~ Francois Mocuriac.


"Two may talk together under the same roof for

Attractive Love Quotes !

Love puts the fun in together, the sad in apart, and the joy in a heart.
~ Unknown.

I ran up the door, opened the stairs,said my pajamas and put on my prayers -turned off my bed, tumbled into my light,and all because he kissed me good-night!
~ Unknown.

Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your heart.
~ Unknown.

Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense