Princess' Diary

My Favorite Quotes:

"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." Mark Twain

"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people." Eleanor Roosevelt

"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." Dr Seuss

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do." Mark Twain

"If a man truly loves you, you do not need to do anything less or more to keep him loving you." Daddykins.

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." Laozi

"For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness." Ralph Waldo Emerson



From the Bible:

"A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense."

"Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone."

"Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience."

"Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city."

"He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends."

"A man of knowledge uses words with restraint, and a man of understanding is even-tempered".

"Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find?"

"When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise."

"A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult."

"An anxious heart weights a man down, but a kind word cheers him up."

"A hot tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel."

"Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones."

"A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value."

"Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised".

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Over the years, I continue to learn the importance of possessing patience over and over again especially when unkind words are being spoken of , when things don't go the way as planned or when you are hurt by someone you love. Words are so important. Choosing the right words to say and the ability to hold one's tongue portrays maturity.


“The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.” Edgar Allan P

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So then, what is love? It is definitely more than a strong emotion. If you love someone, you will think before you speak so that you will not hurt the other person with your words, which is the sharpest weapon to a human's heart.



Today, I remind myself again what it is. This is the highest standard of love that you can ever find, and that is God's love for us: (1 Corinthians 13:4)

⁴Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.

⁵It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].

⁶It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.

⁷Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening].

⁸Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end].