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When two people decide to get a divorce,
it isn't a sign that they "don't understand" one another,
but a sign that they have, at last, begun to.
- Helen Rowland
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A man never knows how to say goodbye;
a woman never knows when to say it.
- Helen Rowland
In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar -
a practice which is still continued.
- Helen Rowland
In order to be happy with a man,
you must understand him a lot and love him a little.
To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot
and not try to understand her at all.
- Helen Rowland
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Thank you for joining me on this journey we call life,
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There are only two or three human stories,
and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely
as if they had never happened before.
- Willa Cather
When written in Chinese, the word "crisis"
is composed of two characters.
One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
- John F. Kennedy
Every tomorrow has two handles.
We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety
or the handle of faith.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Two things a man should never be angry at:
what he can help,
and what he cannot help.
- Thomas Fuller
We have two ears and one mouth so that
we can listen twice as much as we speak.
- Epictetus
Winners must have two things:
definite goals and a burning desire to achieve them.
- Anonymous
Pride comes in two flavors -
choose honor, not ego.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
To live a satisfying life requires two steps...
1. Plan your life goals.
2. Act on your plan - every day.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When I am getting ready to reason with a man,
I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself
and what I am going to say
and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
- Abraham Lincoln
You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- old proverb often attributed to David Lloyd George
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
There are two kinds of failures:
those who thought and never did,
and those who did and never thought.
- Laurence J. Peter
I had three chairs in my house;
one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
- Henry David Thoreau
Unity can only be manifested by the Binary.
Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.
- The Buddha
Two little words that can make the difference: START NOW.
- Mary C. Crowley
Pride comes in two flavors -
be careful which you choose -
choose honor, not ego.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
A wise man hears one word and understands two.
- Yiddish Proverb
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated;
you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- David Lloyd George
There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth
- not going all the way and not starting.
- The Buddha
As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands.
One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
- Audrey Hepburn
People generally complain about only two things:
when they have less than yesterday,
and when they have less than their neighbor.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth;
not going all the way, and not starting.
- The Buddha
The meeting of two personalities is
like the contact of two chemical substances:
if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
- Carl Jung
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
- Mencius
Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment
and the other by acts of love. Power based on love
is a thousand times more effective and permanent
then the one derived from fear of punishment.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
- Aristotle
Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons
to promote the good and happiness of one another.
- Eustace Budgell
You can make more friends in two months
by becoming interested in other people
than you can in two years by trying
to get other people interested in you.
- Dale Carnegie
The Two Great Lessons of Life: Choose Love & Trust God.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
This communicating of a man's self to his friend
works two contrary effects;
for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half.
- Francis Bacon
Understanding is a two-way street.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
Love allows your beloved the freedom to be unlike you.
Attachment asks for conformity to your needs and desires.
Love imposes no demands.
Attachment expresses an overwhelming demand - "Make me feel whole."
Love expands beyond the limits of two people.
Attachment tries to exclude everything but two people.
- Deepak Chopra in The Path to Love
Life change comes about in two complementary ways -
the "aha" moment, which occurs in a flash of insight;
and the conscious redesigning of habitual behaviors,
which is a lifelong project.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There are two things to aim at in life:
first, to get what you want,
and after that to to enjoy it.
- Logan Pearsall Smith
Prejudice is a two-edged sword.
Like the steel sort of sword, it's very sharp, very useful,
and very dangerous if not properly mastered.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Friendship is not possible between two women
one of whom is very well dressed.
- Laurie Colwin
All philosophy lies in two words,
sustain and abstain.
- Epictetus
Give the right man two fishes and some bread,
and he will feed the world;
give the wrong man two fishes and some bread
and he will invent the fast-food fish sandwich.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You can close more business in two months
by becoming interested in other people
than you can in two years by trying
to get people interested in you.
- Dale Carnegie
There are two means of refuge
from the miseries of life:
music and cats.
- Albert Schweitzer
Music fills the infinite between two souls.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Two souls with but a single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one.
- Friedrich Halm
Love is what makes two people
sit in the middle of a park bench
when there is plenty of room at both ends.
- Anonymous
A Great Relationship is the Dance of Two Great Lives.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I truly believe that happiness is possible...
even when you're thirty-three
and have a bottom the size of two bowling balls.
- the movie Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
A great gift requires two people,
the giver and the receiver.
Think of a football pass -
skillfully catching the pass, the gift,
is fully as important, and difficult, as throwing it.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There are two kinds of people,
those who do the work,
and those who take the credit.
Try to be in the first group;
there is less competition there.
- Indira Gandhi
"I can forgive, but I cannot forget,"
is only another way of saying, I will not forgive.
Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note -
torn in two, and burned up,
so that it never can be shown against one.
- Henry Ward Beecher
It takes two to speak the truth:
one to speak, and another to hear.
- Henry David Thoreau
Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.
- Khalil Gibran
Praying is important when you wake up
at two o'clock in the morning
feeling sick from eating something dumb the day before.
- Charlie Brown in Charles M. Schulz' cartoon Peanuts
Love is a game that two can play and both win.
- Eva Gabor
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man
are those of bearing and forbearing.
- Epictetus
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I ...
I took the one less traveled by,
and that has made all the difference.
- Robert Frost
At the beginning and at the end of love,
the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
- Jean de la Bruyere
Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
- Benjamin Franklin
We were given:
Two hands to hold.
Two legs to walk.
Two eyes to see.
Two ears to listen.
But why only one heart?
Because the other was given to someone else.
For us to find.
- Anonymous
God has given us two hands, one to receive with
and the other to give with.
- Billy Graham
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
- Aristotle
There are always two forces warring against each other within us.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
There are two kinds of stones,
as everyone knows,
one of which rolls.
- Amelia Earhart
Falling in love and having a relationship
are two different things.
- Keanu Reeves
The career of a sage is of two kinds:
He is either honored by all in the world,
Like a flower waving its head,
Or else he disappears into the silent forest.
- Lao Tzu
Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God.
- Billy Graham
This is the answer to all questions about relationship.
When two people sing their lives in harmony,
their lives are grand.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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