For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.

(Theodor Adorno)

Ghassan Kanafani

Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says, 'For the woman I love' and the second, 'For my best friend'

(Unknown)

Competition means different things to different people. But whether it’s a friendly rivalry... or a fight to the death... the end result is the same. There will be winners... and there will be losers. Of course, the trick is to know which battles to fight. You see... no victory comes without a price.

( "Mary Alice" in "Desperate Housewives" )

competition

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us

 ( Helen Keller )

* Shared by my friend Razan.
Thank you Raz :)

The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.

( Charles DuBois )

change

Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they

are always watching you

( Robert Fulghum )

kid watching his father

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself

( Mikhail Baryshnikov )

Dance

Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to!

( George Seaton )

rainbow

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box!

( Italian Proverb )

chess box

* This quote is shared with us by my friend Samah.
Thanks Samoo7 :)

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

( Ralph Waldo Emerson )

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you're still a rat.

( Lily Tomlin )

I got gaps; you got gaps; we fill each other's gaps!

( Rocky )

hand in hand

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

friends

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

( phyllis Diller )

smile

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary!

( Donald Kendall )

work

School is still the same.. there's still that one guy that you get up and go to school for in the morning. The one with the mysterious confidence that every girl falls for. Those years of school wouldn't have been the same without him. I wouldn't have been the same without him.

( From the Movie "Never Been Kissed" )

If we don't stand for something, we may fall for anything

(Malcolm X)

huge tree

* This quote is sent by my friend Sharifo from Palestine.
Thank you Sharifo, I loved it :)

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

(Martin Luther King, Jr.)

education

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts

(Winston Churchill)

Hello Everyone,

I have created this blog at the first day of 2008, and I was planning to publish my first quote on Jan, 1^st but unfortunately I didn’t have time to.

Yet, I am glad I am not so late; the 2^nd day of the year is the 1^st day’s brother, isn’t it? :)

It seems I am one of the people whom Helen Fielding’s quote was written about:

“I do think New Year's resolutions can't technically be expected to begin on New Year's Day, don't you? Since, because it's an extension of New Year's Eve, smokers are already on a smoking roll and cannot be expected to stop abruptly on the stroke of midnight with so much nicotine in the system. Also dieting on New Year's Day isn't a good idea as you can't eat rationally but really need to be free to consume whatever is necessary, moment by moment, in order to ease your hangover. I think it would be much more sensible if resolutions began generally on January the second”

It makes sense, doesn’t it?! :-)

I wish you all a wonderful year, full of great achievements, happiness, health, success and love.

If anyone of you would like to share us their favorite quotes, please contact us at quotesblog@yahoo.com

Take care and enjoy 2008 :)

Hala Taha