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throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails

– Mark Twain

Morning

Morning doesn’t mean getting up and working again. It rather means, Allah loves you so much to let you live and see another day.

– Anonymous (via @imansyah)

A Brand New Ending

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.

– Carl Bard

Turn Back

No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back.

– Turkish Proverb

Reaching The Pearl

How could you reach the pearl by only looking at the sea? If you seek the pearl, be a diver: the diver needs several qualities: he must trust his rope and his life to the Friend’s hand, he must stop breathing, and he must jump.

– Jalal ad-Din Rumi

Mother

The mother is everything –
she is our consolation in sorrow,
our hope in misery,
and our strength in weakness.
She is the source of love, mercy,
sympathy, and forgiveness.
He who loses his mother
loses a pure soul
who blesses and guards him constantly.

– Kahlil Gibran

The Giving of Love

The giving of love is an education in itself.

– Eleanor Roosevelt

Eyes That Steal My Soul

No other eyes steal my soul like the set you possess. The way you smile through them, they give me hope. They make me feel loved.

– Chris

Washed by tears…

Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see life with a clearer view again.

– Alex Tan

See the World from the Ground

So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.

– Oprah Winfrey

Happiness

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

– J.K. Rowling in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Destiny

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

– William Jennings Bryan

Vs

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.

– Alexander Graham Bell

The Quotes : Hope and Effort

There's no darkness, there's only an absents of light.
[Albert Einstein]

Quotes ini memiliki kesan tersendiri bagi saya. Percaya atau tidak, saya dan keluarga saya tahun 2005 masih menggunakan penerangan lampu minyak tanah. Waktu itu aku masih kelas 10 SMA. Belajar sambil mata ngantuk-ngantuk di depan lampu tepat. Karena lampunya tidak terlindung dengan kaca, maka membuka bukunya harus pelan-pelan. Kalau minyaknya habis terpaksa harus berhenti belajar :)

The Quotes : The Sun & Earth

Even after all this time
The Sun never says to the Earth,
"You owe me."
Look what happens
with a love like that,
It lights the whole sky

– Hafez

The Quotes : The Help We Get

And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it – Paulo Coelho