Les Giblin pernah mengatakan 90 persen kegagagalan dalam kehidupan seseorang
adalah karena gagal dalam membina hubungan baik dengan orang lain.

Dale Carnegie
“Anda bisa memiliki lebih banyak teman dalam waktu 2 minggu
dengan menjadi pendengar yang baik daripada 2 tahun dengan berusaha membuat
orang lain tertarik kepada Anda.”

Frank Tyger menyatakan
kalau persahabatan sejati terdiri dari telinga yang mau mendengarkan, hati
yang mau memahami dan tangan yang siap menolong.

G. Arthur Keough, Pendidik
Kebesaran seseorang tidak terlihat ketika ia berdiri dan memberi perintah, tetapi ketika ia berdiri sama tinggi dengan orang lain dan membantu orang lain untuk mengeluarkan yang terbaik dari diri mereka guna mencapai sukses.

Oliver Goldsmith, penyair
Tindakan Anda memiliki kekuatan yang lebih dahsyat untuk mempengaruhi orang lain dari pada perkataan Anda.

(Joseph Addison)
Rahmat sering datang kepada kita dalam bentuk kesakitan, kehilangan dan kekecewaan; tetapi kalau kita sabar, kita segera akan melihat bentuk aslinya.

seorang pecundang tak tahu apa yang akan dilakukannya bila kalah, tetapi sesumbar apa yang akan dilakukannya bila menang.
Sedangkan, pemenang tidak berbicara apa yang akan dilakukannya bila ia menang, tetapi tahu apa yang akan dilakukannya bila
kalah.

(Eric Berne)
Kegagalan adalah sesuatu yang bisa kita hindari dengan; tidak mengatakan apa-apa, tidak melakukan apa-apa dan tidak menjadi apa-apa.

(Denis Waitley)
qertink Berkata
kita tak tahu kapan kita bisa menghirup napas atau melihat mentari karena hidup adalah suatu perjalanan. perjalanan itu akan berarti jika hidup kita mempunyai makna untuk sesama .

gannia Berkata
Hadapilah smua msalah dlam hdupmu dngan slalu trsenyum.
Mskipun diatas tansisan dn rintihan hatimu sekalipun.
Tetap brpikiran positif.
Berusaha semampu kita, mncoba ikhlas, sabar, kuat dn ttp tegar berdiri.
Yakini dirimu seyakin-yakinnya bhwa smua akn brubh mnjdi lbh baik.

TEMAN MENANGIS, Kamu mungkin akan melupakan orang yang tertawa denganmu, tetapi tidak mungkin melupakan orang yang pernah menangis denganmu. (Khalil Gibran)

PEMAHAMAN DIRI, Orang-orang berkata, jika ada yang dapat memahami dirinya sendiri, ia akan dapat memahami semua orang. Tapi aku berkata, jika ada yang mencintai orang lain, ia dapat mempelajari sesuatu tentang dirinya sendiri.(Khalil Gibran)

Kepengecutan yang paling besar adalah ketika kita membuktikan kekuatan kita kepada kelemahan orang lain –Jacques Audiberti

Yang terpenting adalah menguasai diri sendiri –Eckermann

Seorang Intelektual adalah orang yang pikirannya menjaga pikirannya sendiri –Albert Camus

Kerendahan hati merupakan ruang tunggu bagi kesempurnaan –Marcel Ayme

Kebahagiaan lebih banyak menipu daripada kesusahan –Martin Luther

Jiwa-jiwa yang kuat tidak iri hati dan tidak takut. Iri hati merupakan kesangsian dan takut merupakan kekerdilan –Balzac

Prasangka dibenci bukan karena dirinya sendiri, tetapi karena ia menyebabkan ornang-orang mempercayainya –Marcel Atland

Hari adalah bagai sepatu yang harus dipakai untuk berjalan –Steve Orlen

Jangan takut dengan kesalahan. Kebijaksanaan biasanya lahir dari kesalahan (Paul Galvin, founder Motorola)

Hidup itu seperti musik, yang harus di komposisi oleh telinga, perasaan dan instink, bukan oleh peraturan (Samuel Butler)

Saya harus mencintai negara saya dan keadilan –Albert Camus

Diam bukanlah cara untuk membuktikan kesalahan .–Henry Wheeler Shaw

Orang yang tidak sabar akan menunggu dua kali –Mack McGinnis

Gagasan tidak turun dari langit yang abstrak, tetapi muncul dari tanah dan pekerjaan –Alain

Alasan mengapa kekuatiran membunuh lebih banyak orang dibanding dengan kecelakaan kerja, adalah karena lebih banyak orang yang penuh kekuatiran dari pada bekerja.– Robert Frost

Diberkatilah orang yang terlalu sibuk untuk kuatir pada siang hari, dan terlalu lelah untuk kuatir di malam harinya .– Phil Marquart

Apabila perjalanan menjadi sulit, orang yang ulet akan berjalan terus.–Knute Rockne

Di dunia ini benda-benda tidak akan berubah, kecuali kalau ada yang mengubahnya .–James A.Garfield

Hari bagai sepatu yang harus dipakai untuk berjalan –Steve Orlen

Jangan buang hari ini dengan mengkuatirkan hari esok. Gunung pun terasa datar ketika kita sampai ke puncaknya. –Phi Delta Kappan

Sedikit orang kaya yang memiliki harta. Kebanyakan harta yang memiliki mereka –Robert G. Ingersoll

Bukan masalah-masalahmu yang mengganggumu,tetapi cara Anda memandang masalah-masalah itu.Semuanya bergantung pada cara Anda memandang sesuatu . — Epictetus

Compassion is the basic of all morality –Arthur Schopenhauer

Emas yang murni diperoleh melalui proses pembakaran dengan api dan penyaringan

Expresi sejati dari diri manusia adalah pada saat ia berdansa sesuai irama dan musiknya.Tubuh tidak pernah berdusta. –Agnes de Mille

Tak ada yang menarik,jika Anda tidak merasa tertarik –Helen MacInnes

Aturan nomor satu bagi masyarakat yang benar-benar beradab adalah membiarkan manusia berbeda-beda –David Grayson

Hidup manusia penuh dengan bahaya, tetapi justru di situlah letak daya tariknya –Edgar Alnsel Mowrer

Anda tidak dapat merencanakan masa yang akan datang berdasarkan masa lalu –Edmund Burke

Kita tidak bisa mengingkari kesan bahwa manusia umumnya menggunakan standar yang keliru. Mereka mencari kekuatan,sukses dan kekayaan untuk diri mereka sendiri, memuji diri mereka di hadapan orang lain dan mereka memandang rendah pada apa yang sebenarnya berharga dalam hidup –Sigmund Freud

Demokrasi itu baik.Saya mengatakan demikian karena sistem yang lain buruk. –Jawaharlal Nehru

Kebencian seperti halnya cinta, berkobar karena hal-hal kecil –Balzac

Penderitaan adalah pelajaran –Aesop

Universitas ada hanya untuk menemukan dan menyampaikan kebenaran — Robert Maynard Hutchins

Orang berkulit putih, orang berkulit hitam, orang berkulit kuning, semua air matanya asin –Claude Aveline

Sukses adalah keberhasilan yang anda capai di dalam menggunakan talenta-talenta yang telah Allah berikan kepada Anda –Rick Devos

Tidak ada masa depan yang gemilang bagi mereka yang telah kehilangan pengharapan dan imannya. –Samuel Rutherford

Hiduplah sedemikian rupa sehingga Anda tidak akan merasa malu ketika orang laing berbicara tentang keluarga Anda. –Will Rogers

Manusia merencanakan, namun Tuhan yang menentukan. –Thomas A. Kempis

Milioner yang suka tertawa jarang dijumpai. Pengalamanku adalah kekayaan mudah membuat senyum hilang —Andrew Carnegie

Karakter seperti berlian yang mampu menggores semua bebatuan lainnya. — Cyrus A.Bartol

Bekerja keras sekarang, merasakan hasilnya nanti; bermalas-malas sekarang, merasakan akibatnya nanti. — John C. Maxwell

Kehilangan kekayaan masih dapat dicari kembali, kehilangan kepercayaan sulit didapatkan kembali. — Erich Watson

Orang termiskin yang aku ketahui adalah orang yang tidak mempunyai apa-apa kecuali uang. John D.Rockefeller

Bekerja keras sekarang, merasakan hasilnya nanti ; bermalas-malas sekarang, merasakan akibatnya nanti — John C Maxwell

Realitas selalu lebih konservatif daripada ideologi — Raymond Aron

“Saya mencintai kehidupan, tetapi saya tidak takut akan kematian. Betapapun, sebisa mungkin saya lebih suka meninggal paling belakangan.”
Georges Simenon-Pencipta Karakter Detektif Fiksi Inspektur Maigret

Setiap kita tersenyum kepada seseorang, tindakan tersebut merupakan perwujudan dari kasih, anugerah bagi orang itu, dan sesuatu yang sangat indah.”
Bunda Teresa Pelayan Kaum Miskin di Calcuta, India

“Kata-kata yang baik memiliki daya kreatif, kekuatan yang membangun hal-hal mulia, dan energi yang menyiramkan berkat-berkat kepada dunia.”
Lawrence G Lovasik, Motivator dan Konselor Kerohanian Amerika Serikat
“Harta sejati adalah kesehatan, bukan emas dan perak.” Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), Pemimpin Besar India

Begitulah cinta, ketika ia terurai jadi perbuatan. Ukuran integritas cinta adalah ketika ia bersemi dalam hati… terkembang dalam kata… terurai dalam perbuatan…

“Elemen terpenting kita bukan pada otak. Namun, pada apa yang menuntun otak kita–kepribadian, hati, kebaikan, dan ide-ide progresif.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881)
“Harapan adalah tabir alami untuk menyembunyikan ketelanjangan kebenaran.”
Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Penemu-Ilmuwan Swedia
“Kecantikan bukan berada pada raut wajah, dia terpancar bagai serunai sinar dari dalam hati.” Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931), Pujangga

“Cinta dan keajaiban memiliki persamaan besar. Keduanya memperkaya jiwa dan mencerahkan hati.” Nora Roberts, Novelis Cinta AS

“Sekuntum mawar akan menjadi kebunku. Seorang sahabat sejati akan menjadi duniaku.” Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998), Sastrawan AS
“Sekuntum mawar akan menjadi kebunku. Seorang sahabat sejati akan menjadi duniaku.” Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998), Sastrawan AS
Hadapilah setiap tantangan yang menghadang dengan lapang dada, seakan Anda telah tersentuh gairah kemenangan.” George S Patton (1885-1945) Jenderal AS di Perang Dunia I dan II

“Elemen terpenting kita bukan pada otak. Namun, pada apa yang menuntun otak kita–kepribadian, hati, kebaikan, dan ide-ide progresif.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881), Novelis Rusia

“Mencintai artinya berbagi kebahagiaan demi kebahagiaan orang yang kita cintai.” GW Von Leibnitz, Matematikawan-Penemu Kalkulus

“Hampir semua pria memang mampu bertahan menghadapi kesulitan. Namun, jika Anda ingin menguji karakter sejati pria, beri dia kekuasaan.”

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Presiden AS ke-19

“Kita tidak bisa mengubah masa lalu. Kita tak bisa mengubah sesuatu yang tak bisa dihindari. Satu hal yang bisa kita lakukan adalah berpegang pada tali yang kita punya. Dan itu adalah perilaku yang benar.” Charles R Swindoll, Penulis AS
“Suatu nasihat dinilai dari hasil, bukan dari niat.” Cicero, Filsuf-Negarawan Masa Romawi
“Hanya ada dua kata yang menuntun Anda pada kesuksesan. Kata-kata itu adalah “ya” dan “tidak.” Tidak diragukan, Anda telah sangat ahli untuk berkata “ya.” Sekarang, berlatihlah berkata “tidak.”Cita-cita Anda bergantung padanya. Jack Canfield, Penulis Seri Buku Laris Chicken Soup for the Soul

Tak ada yang menyambut satu Januari dengan apatis. Karena hari tu adalah awal dari semua hari menjelang dengan penuh harapan, suatu momen melepas masa yang telah ditinggalkan.” Charles Lamb, Sastrawan Inggris

“Berbahagialah selalu. Karena itu adalah salah satu cara menjadi bijaksana.” Sidonie Gabrielle, Sastrawan Prancis (1873-1954)

“Bertahan hidup artinya selalu siap untuk berubah; karena perubahan adalah jalan menuju kedewasaan. Dan kedewasaan adalah sikap untuk selalu mengembangkan kualitas pribadi tanpa henti.” Henri Bergson, Filsuf Prancis (1859-1941)

“Visi bisa jadi adalah kekuatan terbesar kita. Ia selalu membangkitkan daya dan kesinambungan hidup; Ia membuat kita memandang masa depan dan memberi kerangka tentang apa yang belum kita ketahui.” Li Ka Shing, Milyuner Hongkong

“Di masa lalu, pemimpin adalah bos. Namun kini, pemimpin harus menjadi partner bagi mereka yang dipimpin. Pemimpin tak lagi bisa memimpin hanya berdasarkan kekuasaan struktural belaka.” Ken Blanchard,Pebisnis-Konsultan

“Jangan pernah menyesal setelah Anda mengungkapkan suatu perasaan. Karena jika demikian, Anda sama saja menyesali kebenaran.” Benjamin Disraeli, Mantan PM Inggris-Novelis

Jauhilah kebiasaan menggunjing, karena menyebabkan tiga bencana: pertama, doa tak terkabul. Kedua, amal kebaikan tak diterima. Dan ketiga, dosa bertambah (Riwayat Ali bin Abi Thalib)

“Di tiap jengkal kehidupan, sang hujan memang harus tercurahkan.

Kadang hari-hari memang harus dilalui dalam selingkup awan kelabu dan kedukaan.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Pujangga AS (1807-1882)

Kurangnya loyalitas dalam hal apa pun seringkali menjadi salah satu penyebab
utama kegagalan pada perjalanan hidup kita. Napoleon Hill,Sastrawan AS (1883-1970)

“Perubahan adalah kata lain untuk berkembang atau mau belajar. Dan, kita semua mampu melakukannya jika berkehendak.” Prof Charles Handy, Filsuf

“Penampilan fisik hanyalah sekilas dari apa yang sebenarnya tidak terlihat.” Anaxagoras, Filsuf Yunani

“Kadang kala, justru keputusan kecil yang akan mampu merubah hidup kita selamanya.” Keri Russell, Aktris “Jalan awal terbaik untuk mewujudkan segala impian Anda adalah bangun dan bangkit dari tempat tidur.” Paul Valery, Pujangga Prancis (1875-1941)

“Mereka yang berjiwa lemah tak akan mampu memberi seuntai maaf tulus.
Pemaaf sejati hanya melekat bagi mereka yang berjiwa tangguh.” Mohandas Gandhi

“Cinta kadang kala merupakan sebuah keajaiban. Namun keajaiban kadang kala
justru hanya sebuah ilusi.” Minoo Javan, Selebriti-Penyanyi

“Perdamaian bukanlah berarti ketidakhadiran peperangan semata; Namun, ia adalah sebuah nilai-setonggak karakter kebaikan, kepercayaan, dan keadilan sejati.” Baruch Spinoza, Filsuf (1632-1677)

“Jika seseorang belum menemukan sesuatu untuk diperjuangkan hingga akhir hayatnya,
maka kehidupannya tidak berharga.” Martin Luther King Jr,Aktivis HAM AS

“Jika Anda bisa membuat orang lain tertawa, maka Anda akan mendapatkan semua cinta yang Anda inginkan.” Art Buchwald,Kolumnis Peraih Hadiah Pulitzer

“Karena bukan di telingaku kau membisik, namun di hatiku.
Karena bukan di bibirku kau mengecup, namun di jiwaku.” Judy Garland, Aktris Hollywood (1922-1969)

“Ketika kekuatan akan cinta melebihi kecintaan akan kekuasaan, maka dunia pun menemukan kedamaian.” Jimi Hendrix, Gitaris Rock AS

“Ketahuilah, hal-hal terindah di dunia ini terkadang tak bisa terlihat dalam pandangan atau teraba dengan sentuhan; mereka hanya bisa terasakan dengan hati.”
Helen Keller, Penulis Tuna Wicara-Netra AS (1880-1968)

“Jangan menjadi pohon kaku yang mudah patah. Jadilah bambu yang mampu bertahan
melengkung melawan terpaan angin.” (Bruce Lee, Aktor Laga Kungfu)

“Bukti tertinggi pencapaian sebuah nilai adalah memiliki kekuasaan
tak terbatas namun tanpa menyalahgunakannya.” (Thomas Babington, Politisi-Sejarahwan)

Kita tidak dapat memperoleh pikiran yang damai kecuali kita dapat berhubungan dengan
Sumber kedamaian yang yang ada di dalam diri kita. Damai yang kamu miliki dalam dirimu, dan jika kamu mencarinya di luar,kamu tidak akan pernah menemukannya.
(Maha Guru Ching Hai)

Pengetahuan ada dua macam :yang telah kita ketahui dengan sendirinya atau
yang hanya kita ketahui dimana ia bisa didapatkan. (George Bernard Shaw)

Orang yang tidak bisa memaafkan orang lain,sama saja dengan orang yang memutuskan
jembatan yang harus dilaluinya,karena semua orang perlu di maafkan. (Thomas Fuller)

Cinta adalah tamu yang selalu datang tanpa undangan tapi kepergiannya tidak pernah diharapkan.Dan sesungguhnya hati akan merasa memiliki cinta apabila cinta itu telah pergi.

Kebebasan itu berasal dari manusia,tidak dari undang-undang atau institusi. (Clarence Darrow)

Anda belum bisa dibilang kaya sampai Anda memiliki sesuatu yang tidak dapat dibeli uang. (Natalie Portman, aktris)

Saya tidak mengetahui kunci menuju kesuksesan,tetapi kunci menuju kegagalan
adalah berusaha untuk menyenangkan semua orang. (Natalie Portman, aktris)

Nilai seseorang itu ditentukan dari keberaniannya memikul tanggung jawab,
mencintai hidup dan pekerjaannya (Kahlil Gibran)

Uang tidak akan pernah cukup untuk menyembuhkan perasaan sakit dan kebingungan. (Wynona Rider, aktris)

Bekerja dengan rasa cinta berarti melebur diri dengan jiwa sendiri,diri orang lain juga Tuhan (Kahlil Gibran)

Kata yang paling indah bagi umat manusia adalah ‘Ibu’ dan panggilan paling indah adalah ‘Ibuku’. Ini adalah kata penuh harapan dan cinta yang keluar dari kedalaman hati paling dalam. (Kahlil Gibran)

Jika Anda tak dapat memahami teman dalam semua keadaan,maka Anda tak akan pernah dapat memahaminya sampai kapanpun. (Kahlil Gibran)

Kerja adalah wujud nyata cinta. Jika kita tak dapat bekerja dengan kecintaan namun hanya dengan kebencian, lebih baik tinggalkan pekerjaan itu,lalu duduklah di gerbang rumah ibadah untuk menerima derma dari mereka yang bekerja dengan suka cita (Kahlil Gibran)

Selalu ada keindahan dalam setiap masalah.Itu adalah salah satu cara kita belajar
Kecantikan bukan di wajah,melainkan cahaya yang keluar dari dalam hati. (Kahlil Gibran)

Semua yang dimulai dengan rasa marah, akan berakhir dengan rasa malu. (Benjamin Franklin)

Kalau rumput dapat tumbuh melalui semen,cinta dapat ditemukan setiap saat dalam hidup Anda. (Cher)

Pada saat-saat tertentu,seringkali sebaiknya kita bergantung pada intuisi. (Natalie Portman, aktris)

Orang yang berjiwa besar memiliki dua hati, satu hati menangis dan yang satu lagi bersabar (Khalil Gibran)

Kesatuan dan kesederhanaan adalah dua sumber kecantikan sejati.
(Johann Joachim Winckelmann)

Rasa sakit akan memudar,tetapi kecantikan sejati akan abadi (Pierre Auguste Renoir)

Cinta sejati tidak datang kepadamu,tetapi harus datang dari dalam dirimu.

(Julia Roberts, aktris)

Anda tidak akan pernah salah selama selalu berpegang pada kebenaran.
(Sharon Stone, aktris)

“Dalam setiap keindahan, selalu ada mata yang memandang. Dalam setiap kebenaran, selalu ada telinga yang mendengar. Dalam setiap kasih, selalu ada hati yang menerima.”
Ivan Panin, Matematikawan Rusia (1855-1942)

“Waktu terkadang terlalu lambat bagi mereka yang menunggu, terlalu cepat bagi yang takut, terlalu panjang bagi yang gundah, dan terlalu pendek bagi yang bahagia. Tapi bagi yang selalu mengasihi, waktu adalah keabadian.” Henry Van Dyke, Pujangga AS

“Belajar bagaimana cara belajar adalah keahlian terpenting dalam hidup.”
Tony Buzan, Penemu Metode Mind Mapping

Cinta monyet: “Aku mencintai karena aku dicintai”.
Cinta sejati: “Aku dicintai karena aku mencintai.”
Cinta monyet: “Aku mencintaimu karena aku membutuhkanmu.”
Cinta sejati: “Aku membutuhkanmu karena aku mencintaimu.”
Erich Fromm, Pakar Sosiologis-Psikologi Sosial Filsuf Humanis

“Di tiap musibah yang menimpa Anda, ingatlah untuk bercermin
dan bertanya tentang daya apa yang bisa Anda upayakan guna menarik
pelajaran positif dari kejadian itu.” (Epictetus, Filsuf Yunani)

“Dunia bergerak begitu cepat sekarang. Saat seseorang berkata sesuatu tak bisa dilakukan, sesungguhnya dia sudah diinterupsi orang yang telah dapat melakukannya.” Elbert Hubbard (1856-1915), penulis, penerbit, filsuf AS

Kata - kata Mutiara (English dan Bahasa Indonesia) :

Smile is the shortest distance between two people.
Senyum adalah jarak yang terdekat antara dua manusia .

Real power does not hit hard , but straight to the point.
Kekuatan yang sesungguhnya tidak memukul dengan keras , tetapi tepat sasaran

You have to endure caterpillars if you want to see butterflies. (Antoine De Saint)
Anda harus tahan terhadap ulat jika ingin dapat melihat kupu-kupu. (Antoine De Saint)

Only the man who is in the truth is a free man.
Hanya orang yang berada dalam kebenaranlah orang yang bebas.

Every dark light is followed by a light morning.
Malam yang gelap selalu diikuti pagi yang tenang.

Laughing is healthy, especially if you laugh about yourself.
Tertawa itu sehat, lebih-lebih jika mentertawakan diri sendiri.

The danger of small mistakes is that those mistakes are not always small.
Bahayanya kesalahan-kesalahan kecil adalah bahwa kesalahan-kesalahan itu tidak selalu kecil.
Kesalahan kecil bisa mengakibatkan kesalahan yang lebih besar. Bersamaan dengan kesalahan itu, persoalannya bisa menjadi besar pula. Maka kesalahan kecil pun harus segera dibetulkan.

To be silent is the biggest art in a conversation.
Sikap diam adalah seni yang terhebat dalam suatu pembicaraan.

The worst in the business world is the situation of no decision. (Napoleon).
Yang terparah dalam dunia usaha adalah keadaan tidak ada keputusan. (Napoleon).

Dig a well before you become thirsty.
Galilah sumur sebelum Anda merasa haus.

Good manners consist of small sacrifices.
Sopan – santun yang baik yang terdiri dari pengorbanan –pengorbanan kecil.

IDEAS ARE ONLY SEEDS, TO PICK THE CROPS NEEDS PERSPIRATION.
GAGASAN-GAGASAN HANYALAH BIBIT, MENUAI HASILNYA MEMBUTUHKAN KERINGAT.

LAZINESS MAKES A MAN SO SLOW THAT POV ERTY SOON OVERTAKE HIM.
KEMALASAN MEMBUAT SESEORANG BEGITU LAMBAN SEHINGGA KEMISKINAN SEGERA MENYUSUL.

THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO CONTROL THEIR RAGE CAN CONQUER THEIR MOST SERIOUS ENEMY.
SIAPA YANG DAPAT MENAHAN MARAHNYA MAMPU MENGALAHKAN MUSUHNYA YANG PALING BERBAHAYA.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ARE TOOLS, THE WORKMAN IS CHARACTER.
PENGETAHUAN DAN KETERAMPILAN ADALAH ALAT, YANG MENENTUKAN SUKSES ADALAH TABIAT.

A HEALTHY MAN HAS A HUNDRED WISHES, A SICK MAN HAS ONLY ONE.
ORANG YANG SEHAT MEMPUNYAI SERATUS KEINGINAN, ORANG YANG SAKIT HANYA PUNYA SATU KEINGINAN

A MEDICAL DOCTOR MAKES ONE HEALTHY, THE NATURE CREATES THE HEALTH. (Aristoteles)
SEORANG DOKTER MENYEMBUHKAN, DAN ALAM YANG MENCIPTAKAN KESEHATAN. (Aristoteles)

THE MAN WHO SAYS HE NEVER HAS TIME IS THE LAZIEST MAN.(Lichtenberg)
ORANG YANG MENGATAKAN TIDAK PUNYA WAKTU ADALAH ORANG YANG PEMALAS.(Lichterberg)

POLITENESS IS THE OIL WHICH REDUCES THE FRICTION AGAINST EACH OTHER. (Demokritus).
SOPAN-SANTU ADALAH IBARAT MINYAK YANG MENGURANGI GESEKAN SATU DENGAN YANG LAIN. (Demokritus).

A DROP OF INK CAN MOVE A MILLION PEOPLE TO THINK.
SETETES TINTA BISA MENGGERAKAN SEJUTA MANUSIA UNTUK BERFIKIR.

WE CAN TAKE FROM OUR LIFE UP TO WHAT WE PUT TO IT.
APA YANG BISA KITA DAPAT DARI KEHIDUPAN KITA TERGANTUNG DARI APA YANG KITA MASUKKAN KE SITU.

REAL POWER DOES NOT HIT HARD, BUT STRAIGHT TO THE POINT.
KEKUATAN YANG SESUNGGUHNYA TIDAK MEMUKUL DENGAN KERAS, TETAPI TEPAT SASARAN

IF YOU LEAVE EVERYTHING TO YOUR GOOD LUCK, THEN YOU MAKE YOUR LIFE A LOTTERY.
JIKA ANDA MENGANTUNGKAN DIRI PADA KEBERUNTUNGAN SAJA, ANDA MEMBUAT HIDUP ANDA SEPERTI LOTERE.

REAL POWER DOES NOT HIT HARD, BUT STRAIGHT TO THE POINT.
KEKUATAN YANG SESUNGGUHNYA TIDAK MEMUKUL DENGAN KERAS, TETAPI TEPAT SASARAN.

BEING CAREFUL IN JUDGING AN OPINION IS A SIGN OF WISDOM.
KEHATI-HATIAN DALAM MENILAI PENDAPAT ORANG ADALAH CIRI KEMATANGAN JIWA.

YOU RECOGNIZE BIRDS FROM THEIR SINGGING, YOU DO PEOPLE FROM THEIR TALKS.
BURUNG DIKENAL DARI NYANYIANNYA, MANUSIA DARI KATA-KATANYA.

ONE OUNCE OF PREVENT IS EQUAL TO ONE POUND OF MEDICINE.
SATU ONS PENCEGAHAN SAMA NILAINYA DENGAN SATU PON OBAT.

kata romantis - kata kata bijaksana - kata cinta

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” TIADA HIDUP TANPA KEGAGALAN ,KEKALAHAN , DAN KEJATUHAN…………

AIR SUNGAI MENUJU LAUT MELEWATI JALAN YANG BERLIKU……

BERDIRILAH TEGAK KEMBALI………………………..

JANGAN MEMANDANG KE BELAKANG , MASA LALU TELAH BERLALU………………..

HIDUP BERJALAN TERUS……………………….
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“CAHAYA MENTARI BILA DIFOKUSKAN AKAN MEMBAKAR KERTAS ” ~Alexander Graham Bell
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suatu saat setelah kita dapat menaklukkan angin, ombak, air pasang dan gravitasi,kita akan memanfaatkan energi cinta. Kemudian untuk yang kedua kalinya dalam sejarah dunia, umat manusia akan menemukan api

~ Telhard de Chardin ~
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Pusatkan perhatian pada Gambaran Menyeluruh. Hargai diri sendiri dan asahlah prisnip etnik anda secara terus - menerus. Jadikan visi hidup anda sebagai rambu di depan anda. Jadilah orang yang penuh kasih dan pengertian terhadap diri sendiri dan orang lain. Jadilah orang yang semakin bersyukur dan murah hati. Tertawalah dan biarkan dunia tertawa bersamamu. Terus lepaskanlah sisi anak kecil dalam diri anda. Tumbuhkan kekuatan diri melalui Kekuatan Ritual. Ciptakan ketentraman di dalam maupun diluar diri anda.

Melalui tindakan - tindakan ini, anda akan mengembangkan, memiliki, menyadari dan membagikan Kekuatan Cinta

mr.president
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Sukses tidak diukur dari posisi yang dicapai seseorang dalam hidup, tapi dari kesulitan-kesulitan yang berhasil diatasi ketika berusaha meraih sukses

~ BOOKER T WASHINGTON ~

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Ada 2 cara untuk menyebarkan cahaya :
- Jadilah lilin yang menyebarkan cahaya
- Jadilah cermin yang memantulkan sinarnya

~ EDITH WHARTON ~

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Cintailah orang yang kau cintai sekedarnya saja….
siapa tahu pada suatu hari kelak
ia akan berbalik menjadi orang yang kau benci….

dan bencilah orang yang kau benci sekedarnya saja….
siapa tahu pada suatu hari kelak
ia akan menjadi orang yang kau cintai
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“HANYA DI DALAM KEGELAPAN MALAM……TERLIHAT BINTANG-BINTANG TERANG GEMERLAP YANG INDAH “
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” Oh indahnya mentari pagi ……..mengusir kegelapan malam pekat yang panjang…….
Setiap hari selalu bersyukur atas hari yang baru , semangat yang baru , tekad yang baru………..
Indahnya hari ini ………setiap hari adalah keberuntungan “
” JADILAH DIRI SENDIRI SETIAP WAKTU ” ~Cathie Balck (Presiden Hearst Magaines)
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” KETIKA ANDA JATUH …………
KETIKA ANDA GAGAL………….
KETIKA ANDA TIDAK MEMILIKI APA-APA………..
SESEORANG YANG BERSAMA ANDA………ADALAH TEMAN SEJATI ANDA

KETIKA ANDA BERHASIL………..
KETIKA ANDA KAYA………………….
KETIKA ANDA DAPAT MEMILIH DAN DUNIA SEAKAN MILIK ANDA………………….
SESEORANG YANG BERSAMA ANDA……….BUKANLAH TEMAN SEJATI ANDA ,
IA MENGINGINKAN SESUATU DARI ANDA. “
“PANDANGLAH SEGALA SESUATU DARI BERBAGAI SUDUT……..JADILAH BIJAKSANA “.

“MUSUH TERBESAR MANUSIA ADALAH DIRINYA SENDIRI “

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The professors in the academy say, "Do not make the model more beautiful than she is," and my soul whispers, "O if you could only paint the model as beautiful as she really is."

(Extract from one of Gibran's letters dated 8th November 1908)

Each and every one of us, dear Mary, must have a resting place somewhere. The resting place of my soul is a beautiful grove where my knowledge of you lives.

(Extract from one of Gibran's letters dated 8th November 1908)

Let me, O let me bathe my soul in colours; let me swallow the sunset and drink the rainbow.

(Extract from one of Gibran's letters dated 8th November 1908)

When I am a stranger in a large city I like to sleep in different rooms, eat in different places, walk through unknown streets, and watch the unknown people who pass. I love to be the solitary traveller !

(Extract from one of Gibran's letters dated 16th May 1911)

Imagination sees the complete reality, - it is where past, present and future meet... Imagination is limited neither to the reality which is apparent - nor to one place. It lives everywhere. It is at a centre and feels the vibrations of all the circles within which east and west are virtually included. Imagination is the life of mental freedom. It realizes what everything is in its many aspects ... Imagination does not uplift: we don't want to be uplifted, we want to be more completely aware.

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 7th June 1912)

I want to be alive To all the life that is in me now, to know each moment to the uttermost.

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 7th June 1912)

I realized that all the trouble I ever had about you came from some smallness or fear in myself.

(Extract from Mary Haskell's journal dated 12th June 1912)

Mary, what is there in a storm that moves me so ? Why am I so much better and stronger and more certain of life when a storm is passing ? I do not know, and yet I love a storm more, far more, than anything in nature.

(Extract from one of Gibran's letters dated 14th August 1912)

The most wonderful thing, Mary, is that you and I are always walking together, hand in hand, in a strangely beautiful world, unknown to other people. We both stretch one hand to receive from Life - and Life is generous indeed.

(Extract from one of Gibran's letters dated 22nd October 1912)

If I can open a new corner in a man's own heart to him I have not lived in vain. Life itself is the thing, not joy or pain or happiness or unhappiness. To hate is as good as to love - an enemy may be as good as a friend. Live for yourself - live your life. Then you are most truly the friend of man. - I am different every day - and when I am eighty, I shall still be experimenting and changing. Work that I have done no longer concerns me - it is past. I have too much on hand in life itself.

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 25th December 1912)

His love is as restful as Nature itself. He has no standard for you to conform to, no choice about you, but is simply with your reality, just as Nature is. You are real, so is he: the two realities love each other - voila !

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 29th December 1912)

A man can be free without being great, but no man can be great without being free.

(From Gibran's letter to Mary Haskell dated 16th May 1913)

A true hermit goes to the wilderness to find - not to lose himself.

(Extract from one of Gibran's letters dated 8th October 1913)

"With you, Mary," he said today, "I want to be just like a blade of grass, that moves as the air moves it -to talk just according to the impulse of the moment. And I do."

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 10th January 1914)

I often picture myself living on a mountain top, in the most stormy country (not the coldest) in the world. Is there such a place ? If there is I shall go to it someday and turn my heart into pictures and poems.

(Extract from one of Gibran's letters dated 1st March 1914)

I want to do a great deal of walking in the open country. Just think, Mary, of being caught by thunder storms! Is there a sight more wonderful than that of seeing the elements producing life through pure motion?

(Extract from one of Gibran's letters dated 24th May 1914)

But now I can put myself in your hands. You can put yourself in another person's hands when he knows what you are doing and as respect for it and loves it. He gives you your freedom.

(Extract from Mary Haskell's Journal dated 20th June 1914)

What is poetry ? "An extension of vision - and music is an extension of hearing."

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 20th June 1914)

An expression of that sacred desire to find this world and behold it naked; and that is the soul of the poetry of Life. Poets are not merely those who write poetry, but those whose hearts are full of the spirit of life.

(Extract from one of Gibran's letters dated 17th July 1915)

What the soul knows is often unknown to the man who has a soul. We are infinitely more than we think.

(Extract from one of Gibran's letters dated 6th October 1915)

When the hand of Life is heavy and night songless, it is the time for love and trust. And how light the hand life becomes and how songful the night, when one is loving and trusting all.

(Extract from one of Gibran's letters dated 19th December 1916)

Sometimes you have not even begun to speak - and I am at the end of what you are saying.

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 28th July 1917)

Knowledge is life with wings.

(Extract from one of Gibran's letters dated 15th November 1917)

You have helped me in my work and in myself. And I have helped you in your work and in yourself. And I am grateful to heaven for this you-and-me.

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 12th March 1922)

If I accept the sunshine and warmth I must also accept the thunder and lightning.

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 12th March 1922)

Follow your heart. Your heart is the right guide in everything big. Mine is so limited. What you want to do is determined by that divine element that is in each of us.

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 12th March 1922)

That deepest thing, that recognition, that knowledge, that sense of kinship began the first time I saw you, and it is the same now - only a thousand times deeper and tenderer. I shall love you to eternity. I loved you long before we met in this flesh. I knew that when I first saw you. It was destiny. We are together like this and nothing can shake us apart.

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 12th March 1922)

Demonstration of love are small, compared with the great thing that is back of them.

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 28th April 1922)

We are expression of earth, and of life - not separate individuals only. We cannot get enough away from the earth to see the earth and ourselves as separates. We move with its great movements and our growth is part of its great growth.

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 5th May 1922)

The relation between you and me is the most beautiful thing in my life. It is the most wonderful thing that I have known in any life. It is eternal.

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 11th September 1922)

I am so happy in your happiness. To you happiness is a form of freedom, and of all the people I know you should be the freest. Surely you have earned this happiness and this freedom. Life cannot be but kind and sweet to you. You have been so sweet and kind to life.

(Extract from one of Gibran's letters dated 24th January 1923)

I care about your happiness just as you care about mine. I could not be at peace if you were not.

(Extract from Gibran's diary dated 23rd April 1923)

Among intelligent people the surest basis for marriage is friendship - the sharing of real interests- the ability to fight out ideas together and understand each other's thoughts and dreams.

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 26th May 1923)

What difference does it make, whether you live in a big city or in a community of homes ? The real life is within.

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 27th May 1923)

Marriage doesn't give one any rights in another person except such rights that a person gives - nor any freedom except the freedom which that person gives.

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 27th May 1923)

The trees were budding, the birds were singing - the grass was wet - the whole earth was shining. And suddenly I was the trees and the flowers and the birds and the grass - and there was no I at all.

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 23rd May 1924)

You listen to so much more than I can say. You hear consciousness. You go with me where the words I say can't carry you.

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 5th June 1924)

No human relation gives one possession in another - every two souls are absolutely different. In friendship or in love, the two side by side raise hands together to find what one cannot reach alone.

(Gibran's words quoted from Mary Haskell's journal dated 8th June 1924)

What-to-Love is a fundamental human problem. And if we have this solution - Love what may Be- we see that this is the way Reality loves - and that there is no other loving that lasts or understands.

(Extract from one of Mary Haskell's letters dated 2nd February 1925)

Love One Another

Love one another, but make not a bond of love.
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup, but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread, but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone.
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of life can contain your hearts.
And stand together, yet not too near together.
For the pillars of the temple stand apart.
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.

Khalil Gibran

A greater attraction to the populace is the huge bull ring, seating nearly 15,000. On Sunday afternoons a gay throng gathers there; the bull-fighters march out in their brilliant costumes, and the ceremony of slaying the bull begins. It is almost a ritual, and every detail must be punctiliously observed. First, the bull is made to charge the horsemen, the picadores, who jab him with short-pointed spears; the horses wear a blinder over one eye, so that their rider can keep them from seeing the bull’s onset. If they are not killed at once when the bull gores them, they are sewed up and made to meet another attack. This is the revolting part of it. After enough of this, nimble banderilleros throw their darts into the creature’s neck and shoulders at just the proper place and interval. These men, and the espadas who follow them, show great dexterity and grace. The espada is a seasoned bull-fighter; his function is to plunge his rapier into the bull’s heart, and his calmness as he maneuvers the beast into a favorable position, teasing him the while, is fascinating to watch. The audience, with eyes keen as hawks’, applaud every good stroke, and hoot in derision at any misplays.
The net influence of the sport is demoralizing, and much of the best element in Spain is against it, unless it can be reformed; but the same can be said of our present form of football, and the one is as likely to disappear as the other. The same arguments are heard in Spain in favor of bull-fighting which are used here for football – it makes the participants brave, alert, quick to act and to help out a fellow-fighter; but at least the bull-fighters maul only animals, not their fellow-men. A Spaniard considers the latter brutal.
Not far from Madrid lies Toledo, the ancient Visigothic capital. The Tagus flows about it in a deep gorge on almost every side. High above the old mills looms the alcazar, the one-time castle, now a military school, Toledo is a fascinating city, with narrow, winding streets, and shops where one can still buy Toledo blades, tempered in the Tagus, and inlaid with gold. Down its widest street, in which two carts can actually pass, rises the great Gothic spire of the cathedral, which replaces the Moorish mosque. The main square, the Zocodover, keeps the Arabic word zuq (market) in its first syllable; one of the Moorish gates, the Puerta del Sol, of 1100, is still intact; and in the Casa de Mesa are beautiful Moorish arabesques and tiles, nearly 500 years old.
Beside the city shepherds drive their parti-colored flocks along the highway; above rises what is only too truly a type of “castles in Spain” – the dismantled fortress of San Servando.
A day’s journey to the southwest lies Merida, once a roman metropolis. It still possesses roman bridges and its ancient theater, and outside the city are still standing several arches of the old Roman aqueduct – “Los Milagros” (the miracles) they are called by the peasants, and it is a miracle that this arcade remains, after so many centuries of earthquakes and invasions. On top of the aqueduct storks, sparrow-hawks, and black-birds nest together in apparent amity.
At Cordova one enters southern Spain, with its highways bordered with aloes and prickly pear (both American importations, like tobacco, maize, and potatoes), and its groves of olive trees. Spain leads the world in the production of olive oil; but it is mostly refined for export in France an Italy; Spanish wines are also largely altered abroad for the consumer’s palate. One of Spain’s memorial of past magnificence in the Moorish mosque, the greatest Mohammedan building west of Mecca. Entering its precincts by the orange court, one finds the portal flanked by two /roman milestones. With exquisite taste the canons have set to the left one dating from the year of Christ’s birth; to the right, from that of the crucifixion. Thus they typify Christianity’s conquest of both the Roman empire and Mohammedan Moor.
The mosque itself is a forest of pillars, which divide the huge, low building into a score of naves. There are over 900 of these columns; some were sent here even from Constantinople, mates, perhaps, of those sent at the same time to Charlemagne for his palace at Aix-la-Chapelle. Those were the days of Haroun-al-Rashid and the Arabian Nights; but the splendor of Cordova rivaled that of Bagdad. Abderrahman’s wonderful palace – far more sumptuous than the Alhambra, to judge from the descriptions of the Arabic historians – has perished utterly; but the mihrabs, or prayer niches, in the mosque give some idea of the beauty of Cordova at the height of her glory.
Descending the Guadalquivir, one feels the Moorish presence on all sides. The men who sit idle in the market-place, the women who bring their graceful jars to draw water, often have strongly Moorish features, and with good reason, for the Moors held the kingdom of Seville for over 500 years.
The proudest memorial in Seville is the lofty Giralda, once the muezzin-tower of the mosque. Finished in 1196, it rises 300 feet above the street. The ascent is easy, up a corkscrew inclined plane, and the view down upon the massive cathedral and over the city and plain is most impressive. The great bells swing and clang from time to time, scaring away the myriads of little sparrow-hawks which make their home here. The Orange Court of the cathedral keeps its Moorish gate of Pardon; but the mosque, which vied with that of Cordova, was razed to make room for the noble Gothic cathedral.
Not far away, however, the Moorish Aleazar is still preserved as a royal palace. Though built by Christian kings of Castile, its architects were Moors, and they employed all the delicate refinements of their art. Standing in the Court of the Damosels, where Charles V married Isabella of Portugal, one can hardly believe that this stone lace-work is merely a stucco cement, molded and fastened upon wood. Very beautiful are the dados of enameled tiles, or azulejos, and the folding doors are marvels of Arab carpentry. The horseshoe arcades of the Saloon of the Embassadors are the most graceful and ornate in Spain.
Granada, long a decaying provincial city, is now alive with trolley cars and electric lights, and tourists are so common here that the small boys have even learned a few English words with which to coax away small coin. But the herds of goats, and an occasional cow – an economical milk-delivery system – give a pastoral touch to the town. One sees the same thing at Naples, and the Neapolitan milkman has even discovered a unique way of increasing profits. Under his coat he puts a hot-water bag, with a long rubber tube running down his coat sleeve, and, as he milks, he injects into the pail that percentage of aqua pura which milkmen of all ages and peoples have found desirable.
Granada lies at the point where the Darro and Xenil, running sown from the mountains, unite as they enter the fertile plain of the Vega. Above the city rise the foothills – one crowned by the Alhambra – and beyond them the snow-capped ridges of the Sierra Nevada, 10,000 feet higher. Granada has, therefore, a singularly beautiful situation, and it enjoys a mild and agreeable climate. The romantic interest of its history completes the spell. Here was the last Saracen court in western Europe; here Isabella of Castile, with the money loaned her by a Spanish Jew, financed the Genoese adventurer’s foolhardy quest; here Ferdinand and she, in that same momentous year of 1492, decreed the expulsion of the Jews from Spain; and here their ashes now repose, in the great Renaissance cathedral which they built in gratitude for their triumph over Islam.
Strolling first up the Darro Valley, between lines of whitewashed houses, glaring in the spring sun, one soon reaches the gypsy quarter. These nomads, whom George Borrow sketched so intimately have settled here in cave-dwellings among the aloes and Indian figs, and issue forth to meet the tourist with guitar and invitation to a dance. Beyond lie bare hills, from which a wonderful view may be gained.
The Alhambra looms up over the valley, commanding the city and the nearer plain; like the Parthenon, its strategic value led to its undoing. But, ruinous though it is, the Alhambra remains the best western reminder of Saracen culture and magnificence. Its Myrtle Court, with a sunny pool, leads to the main enclosure, the Lion Court, off which open the gorgeously decorated rooms which Irving has immortalized. Every detail is worth noticing; the dados, with their varied tile designs; the ornamental friezes, in which verses, often from the Koran, border intricate arabesques; the beautifully fretted arches and the delicate Moorish windows. What remains is so exquisite that one hardly dares imagine its original grandeur.
The trip from Granada to Gibraltar is now easily made by railway; but no one knows Spain who has not taken a stage ride over its breezy plains and aromatic hillsides. The ride from San Fernando, near Cadiz, to Algeciras, across the bay from Gibraltar, is a fascinating experience. Relays of four or five horses rush the coach along over good roads at a steady trot, below Moorish wind-mills, past ruined castles, and beside wide marshes, where storks, cranes, herons, flamingoes, and wild fowl watch its progress. Everywhere the perfumed breeze pursues it, under the brilliant blue of the southern heaven. Now it skirts the seashore, looking over the strait to the
forbidding African mountains; now it toils up bleak hillsides, brilliant with the yellow of the fragrant broom “Pepe,” the driver, handles the clothes-line reins for all the 60 miles: his position occasionally hurls a stone artistically at one of the leaders, to bring him to reason; but in general Pepe drives with his voice, bestowing encouragement and malediction at the top of his lungs upon each of the horses by name; and better driving it would be hard to find.
At the relay stations, a half dozen in number, there are waits of 20 or 30 minutes, in which one can stroll about, watch the larks and countless other songsters, and pick the tiny blue irises and other charming wild flowers. As the coach carries the mails, it is constantly accompanied by one or more civil guards, as the Spanish gendarmes are called. In their striking hats, they are remarkable figures, especially in combination with the herdsboy, whose sheep and goats are browsing under the olive trees.
This ride ahs an added charm in its historical associations. Within a mile or two of the road are the battle-fields of the Salado, where the Visigoths vanquished the Vandals, in 417, and drove them over to Africa, and where, also, in 1340, Alfonso XI defeated the Moors, in the first battle in Europe, it is said, in which Damascus cannon were used. Near by is the Laguna de Janda, where, in 711 the great battle began in which the Moors won Spain from Roderick and his Visigoths. One of the stops is the picturesque city of Tarifa, where Cuzman el Bueno saw his own son slain before his eyes rather than give up the castle to a traitor: and from Tarifa’s Alcazar on e can see Trafalgar, off which England won the empire of the seas. As the stage, after passing the Moorish aqueduct, draws up at Algeciras in the early evening, the search-lights from “the Rock” remind one again of the consequences of that battle.
“Quien dice Espana, dice todo” – he who says Spain, says all. And, indeed, Spain has everything, from snow-clad peak and wind-swept mesa to fragrant orange groves and waving palm trees. If the traveler comes to her to learn, she sends him away richly rewarded, and her austere charm will surely draw him back.

One of our readers asked us if we could elaborate on the subject of romance. As Italian is considered by many the language of love, there is a wide spectrum of words and phrases you could use to say something nice to your loved one.

I'm going to sort these sentences in "increasing order of love", so that you can avoid the risk to scare your first date with some impressive claim in Italian.

Mi piaci - I like you
This is a non-committing assertion. Over time you could raise it a little by saying: Mi piaci tanto - I like you a lot.

Ti aspetto - I'll be waiting for you
Some variances of this phrase: Aspetto la tua chiamata - I'll be waiting for you call; As we live in the Internet age: Aspetto il tuo email - I'll be waiting for your email.

Non vedo l'ora di vederti - I look forward to see you
You can use this sentence for regular friends too. Or you can add this after Mi piaci or Ti aspetto.

Mi manchi - I miss you
A stronger variance: Mi manchi tanto - I miss you a lot

Ti mando un bacio - I'm sending you a kiss
Nice closing for an email or phone communication. Not to be said in person, as at that point, you can just kiss your loved one.

Ti voglio bene - I care for you
There is no precise translation in English for it. You could use it with a friend to express friendship love, or with somebody you love but you are not ready yet for the more intimate declaration I love you. Wildely used in Italy, it can be abbreviated in text messages as TVB.

Mi sto innamorando di te - I'm falling in love with you
Another variance is Mi sono innamorato di te (said by a male) or Mi sono innamorata di te (said by a female) and they both mean I (already) fell in love with you.

Ti amo - I love you
This is the intimate and romantic expression of love. You'll not use it with a relative or friend. In that case it's more appropriate: Ti voglio bene.

Vorrei fare l'amore con te - I'd like to make love with you
Enough said, this is action time!

Do you want to share your Italian love story? Use the comments below.
And if you are unsure how to pronounce some of these phrases, you can always use your iPod to deliver your message of love.

Vi voglio bene!!

Touch your beloved’s heart with cute love sayings. Celebration of love is incomplete without heart touching cute love sayings. So, make these magical moments memorable with cute love sayings.

Here are a few cute love sayings:

• All I know is that you love me….in my dreams. – By Anonymous
  
  
• In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities – By Janos Arany
  
  
• If this is a crush, then I don’t know if I could take the real thing –By Anonymous
  
  
• The course of true love never did run smooth – By William Shakespeare
  
  
• All that I love loses half its pleasure if you are not there to share it – By Clara Ortega
  
  
• Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination. –By Voltaire
  
  
• With love and patience, nothing is impossible. – By Daisaku Ikeda
  
  
• Life is the flower for which love is the honey. – By Victor Hugo
  
  
• I think its nice when people find love, because I feel like everyone deserves it.- By Drew Barrymore
  
  
• Harmony is pure love, for love is a concerto – By Lope de Vega
  
  
• Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none – By William Shakespeare

Words of Love

Once upon a time, there were men, who thought love is the most frivolous activity of the world. And then there were men, who believed in love but did not have the courage to stand up. Finally, there came those beings, who understood what is it to be in love and and how great it feels to stand up for true emotions. These men dared to go against the world and won their beloved.

From thence people started collecting all the sayings of love and scribbled it in the Eternal Book Of Love. This book is the sole witness of the lovers tryst with destiny and the wars endured by them. Love is like the Pandora's box. One keeps on discovering secrets and emotions of love as they delve in the interiors of this box. Your heart is full of love for your beloved. But, you are unable to express it in beautiful words. Here are a few heart touching words of love that would enable you to reflect your love. Your love relationship will be full of passion and romance with these beautiful words of love.

Make your beloved feel special by sending heart felt words of love right from the Pandora's box. You may also send a romantic love letter. It would be an immensely romantic gesture. Here are a few beautiful words of love.

List of Romantic Words - Throwing Out Your 'Honey' and Your 'Sweetheart'

When I was about to compile this list of romantic words, I was caught short. I suddenly discovered that my own mate has not been using half the words that I came up with.

In fact...

Most folks use only 'Love' and 'Darling', or 'Sweetheart'. Once they mince out these words, they feel that God is in his heaven and all's well with the world.

How you wish!

If you think she is 'beautiful', go ahead and use the word. After all, it's such a beautiful compliment for a woman.

'Bewitching', 'Amazing', 'Beloved', 'Adorable', and 'Angel' are just a few on a short list of romantic words that you can use to get her in the mood.

Absolutely nothing can beat 'Sexy'. And not just when she's wearing that hot number.

Most men don't realize it, but they never say half these words to their women, and then wonder how they can be more romantic! No list of romantic words would be complete without 'Babe'. "Baby, I love you", "Baby, I love your way", "Baby one more time ..."

Remember those groovy songs...?

Nothing chugs a man's heart more than 'Handsome', 'Hot' and yes, 'HUGE'!!

Remember that for most men, the physical is more important that the emotional. Correlate words that can be associated with those luscious curves and he'll be eating out of your hand.

"Crazy" (as in "Crazy for you" and NOT in "You must be crazy") will get his heart melting.

Your macho man is a bit unsure of himself when it comes to you and your feelings. Assure him that he is "incredibly attractive", "lovable" and "cuddly".

He may blush to the roots of his hair, but he does love it so. Don't believe me? Just try it. Most men may not like flattery too much, but when it comes to women, flattery will get you everywhere...

well, almost everywhere...

So, tell him that he is the 'Hot desire' and the 'burning passion' of your life.

Tell her, if you will, that she is your 'heart'.

'Passionate' is a word that declares intensity as well as desire. Romance cannot be complete without a fair bit of romantic teasing.

Some juicy words like 'Big', 'Delicious' and 'Buttercups' conjure up all the sinful delights that can make you groan.

Umm..yes...

You can use these words anywhere - ranging from the bedroom to the kitchen! The way you say the word is actually more important than the word itself.

Any list of romantic words is incomplete without emotion.

Look deep into her eyes and say 'Girl' and she may just give you the sexiest kiss you have ever received.

And if you gnash your teeth and cry 'SWEETHEART', you may as well be yelling at your little girl, instead of wooing your love.

The next time you send a card to your love, put your thoughts in some romantic words.

'I'm dreaming of you', 'Missing you like crazy', 'Hold me close', 'Hug me tight', 'Lost without you' - these words are really incredible in their power over the poor human heart.

Say it with love, say it with a bit of heat.

If you are on the lookout for the simplest way to compile your own list of romantic words, well, there's a whole dictionary out there.

Romantic love songs...

'Forever', 'Everlasting', 'Heavenly', 'Honey'and 'Sugar' are just some of the words that people in love can't resist.

But the topper on my list of romantic words would definitely be...

'I LOVE YOU'...

Three simple words, but what a wealth of meaning and feeling. When your heart is throbbing with emotions and your body is on fire, nothing can say it like these simple words.

Don't you just love it when Lionel Richie croons "But let me start by saying, 'I love you'"?