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An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.E.a. Bucchianeri
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Loneliness tortures many if not most of the elderly more intensely and more frequently than it torments many if not most of us who will never be or have not yet been pushed or pulled into old age.Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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My spouse is my shield, my spouse is my strength.Amit Kalantri
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Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand?Charles A. Lindbergh
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The only way to educate oneself is by making books a life companion.Michael Bassey Johnson
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When you are a person people can trust, they will call on upon you, love to be around you and work with you. A leader’s skills take him to people, but his character brings people to him.Israelmore Ayivor
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A leader’s skills take him to people, but his character brings people to him.Israelmore Ayivor
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The rise or fall, success or failure of your dreams is largely dependent on the association you build yourself around.Israelmore Ayivor
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High school will probably be better. I mean, some kids will still be jerks, but it's not so bad if you have at least one good friend. Someone who gets you.Robin Stevenson
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People will walk in and walk out of your life, but the one whose footstep made a long lasting impression is the one you should never allow to walk out.Michael Bassey Johnson
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The Dictionary defines Soul Mate as: A person who is perfectly suited to another in temperament. Before I met mine, I didn't know I was bonkers!James Hauenstein
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Rats! It's rainy outside, And to be a good fella Invite a smile so wide Nobody needs umbrella!Ana Claudia Antunes
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Joy is the best companion, virtue is the noblest acquaintance, wisdom is the cleverest friend, and love is the kindest soul mate.Matshona Dhliwayo
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The reason as to why we are attracted to our opposites is because they are our salvation from the burden of being ourselves.Kamand Kojouri
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With so many people in the world i am confident in saying, if you connect with someone on a soul level you dont take them for granted.Nikki Rowe
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You have to know who to keep near you and those you should be far away from.Israelmore Ayivor
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Your life is going to be influenced by friends you mingle with.Israelmore Ayivor
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Better associations. If you associate yourself with a change maker, Your life will by all means become better. You will wink at challenges and begin to think. In times of frustrations, you will not sink. If you miss the way to a great destination, Just look for those going to that direction. Mount the shoulders of a giant believer And you will become a great achiever. People around you determine your speed. They will influence the growth of your seed. People you are around will decide your strength And also the figure of your success’ length I trust you want to become a better you. It matters, what your associates plan to do. It depends, where your companions want to go. It relies on what your friends believe and know. Quit friendships that build you nothing Choose friends who bring out of you something One iron sharpens another iron Go along with great people and ride on. .Israelmore Ayivor
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The man was staring directly at him now, a curious expression on his face, half smiling, half quizzical. Instantly Eager had a sense of certainty far deeper than anything he had experienced so far. "I have it too! " he exclaimed. "I am a part of this Earth, aren't I? Just like the birds and the trees and the people - I am."" Om." said his companion. Unseen by them, a blossom fell.Helen Fox
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You know that feeling of invincibility you sometimes get, especially when young and testing yourself - well that could be because actually know deep down that we are indeed eternal. We come into this world to live a life, to experience it, from somewhere else, some other plane, but we are programmed by all around us to deny or forget this - until one day we may remember again. That feeling of blissful reconnection with our source can be invoked through nature, beautiful writing or art or music, any detailed craft or work of discovery or personal dedication, meditation or other mentally balancing practice, or even through religious experience if there is a pure communion (not a pretence of it). But we should not yearn to return too soon, we should accept that we have come here for the duration of each life, and revel in the chance to learn and grow on this splendid planet. We can draw a deep sense of being-ness. peace, and love from this connection, which will sustain us through any trial. Once nurtured, this becomes stronger than any other connection, so of course our relationships here are most joyful when they allow us the personal freedom to spend time developing and celebrating that connection. Our deepest friendships form with those we can share such time and experiences with - discussing, meditating, immersing ourselves in nature, or creating our music, art, written or other works. Our journeys here are voyages of discovery, opening out the wonders within and all around. What better companions could we have than those who are able to fully share in such delights with us?.Jay Woodman
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To leaders, one trusted friend is better than ten well known betrayersIsraelmore Ayivor
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When you are a person people can trust, they will call on upon you, love to be around you and work with you.Israelmore Ayivor
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For what was it about books that once finished left the reader in a bit of a haze and made them reread the last few sentences in order to continue the ringing in their hearts a while longer, so as not to let the silence illumine the fact that reading, they had gained something – distance, a lesson, a companion, a new world – but now, after the last full stop, they had lost something palpable and felt a little emptier than before.Kamand Kojouri
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Jesus Christ is my greatest companion.Lailah Gifty Akita
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Complements from your companion will do you no good, but if you get complements from your competitors it means you are really doing good.Amit Kalantri
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Nature gave you brothers and sisters and you have no right to choose who should become your relative. But the good news is that you have the right to choose your friends. You determine who to be free with and who to fire out.Israelmore Ayivor
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It doesn't seem like you're living a life, it's almost like you're travelling on a train with the destination unknown. You're sitting on a seat near the window looking outside, imagining how things are there outside, how is it like to live in the houses that you pass by. And when you’re busy noticing the outside, you at times do not pay heed to your surroundings inside the coach. And thus some passengers who got down at a station midway fail to capture your interest, or maybe it is because of your deviation of interest towards the outside. While at other stops new people get up, and you like their company, you share and you laugh. But sooner or later they get down. Because it's your journey, you're the traveler and they just accompany you for some distances. And then, maybe when you reach your destination there will still be passengers in the train, passengers you've mingled with or passengers you hate, people who were there since the train had started or people who got in just before the last stoppage, and like it or not, they will get off the train with you, at your destination which also proved to be there destination.Sanhita Baruah
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A good coach can be a caring parent, a wise teacher, an exemplary pastor, a passionate friend or a devoted mentor. Keep in touch with all of them especially at the time they are needed.Israelmore Ayivor
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You cannot be escorted by the belief of inadequacy and get to the destination of excellence. Go along with "a can do spirit" because that is the only companion!Israelmore Ayivor
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Spread your courtesy across the door posts of everyone you know, but reserve your intimacy with the little trustworthy friends who are going where you are going. Get it simply: wide courtesy, narrow intimacy!Israelmore Ayivor
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In some rare cases, a friendship between two people benefits both of them, and what’s more, in some rarer cases, it benefits both of them equally.Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Never let the little things, disrupt the biggest things you cherish in life. The smallest mistake, can cause the biggest regret and hurt to your closest companion.Unarine Ramaru
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Talk to strangers politely... Every friend you have now was once a stranger, although not every stranger becomes a friend.Israelmore Ayivor
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It is unpredictable for you to know which of the strangers you are about to meet that becomes your friend. Be polite to every stranger!Israelmore Ayivor
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Pure gold does not rust. Only gold alloys do so. You may have golden dreams. But if you go in the company of toxic people, your become "a gold alloy" and what that means is that you can rust at any time!Israelmore Ayivor
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Before someone will get the guts to monitor your life, he must get the keyboard of humility. To be a humble person, is a priority in leadership!Israelmore Ayivor
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Keep it calm and watch the company you keep. It's either a red card or a green card you are holding. One guides you to go on, and the other makes you give up on scoring your goalsIsraelmore Ayivor
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The major factor that makes a great leader to fail emerge from the decision of people who surround him/her.Israelmore Ayivor
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A good friend will help you to discover the potentials you haven't uncovered. A bad friend will help you to cover up the potentials you have already recovered. Make your choice!Israelmore Ayivor
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Some of our friends are our friends only because we used to be friends.Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Be careful of who becomes your friend and why. The person who will bite off your lips one day will have to first promise you a kiss today. Be careful of hypocrites.Israelmore Ayivor
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People inspire people. That’s the more reason why mentor-ship is a critical tool for dreams accomplishment.Israelmore Ayivor
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You will never feel alone, if you run down the stairs of loneliness; as every solitary step becomes your companion.Munia Khan
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Don't shrink your standards, link yourself with those who think and ink like you.Michael Bassey Johnson
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Whatever the depth of our darkness, God navigated it eons before it was dark. And whatever the duration of our nights, God was there long before it ever turned to night. Therefore, despite our frequent feelings to the contrary, there is no place we might be where God was not lovingly waiting for us an eternity before we got there.Craig D. Lounsbrough
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Snowflakes swirl down gently in the deep blue haze beyond the window. The outside world is a dream. Inside, the fireplace is brightly lit, and the Yule log crackles with orange and crimson sparks. There’s a steaming mug in your hands, warming your fingers. There’s a friend seated across from you in the cozy chair, warming your heart. There is mystery unfolding.Vera Nazarian
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Wisdom is unwanted in the colony of fools.Bamigboye Olurotimi
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To most Americans, a dog is a potential mate. To some Chinese, a dog is potential meat.Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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The number of your antagonists are far more greater than that of your companions, so you have to keep a stone of awareness to mark the boundary line.Michael Bassey Johnson
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Every human is a school subject. This is rather a metaphorical way of saying it, to put it straight, those you love are few, and the ones you detest are many.Michael Bassey Johnson
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If I am not touching a life, I am not touching life.Craig D. Lounsbrough
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FRIENDOnly when you have walked with me through the valley of hardship.. When you have fought beside me against an evil foe.. When you have cried with me through a painful heartache.. When you have laughed with me at life joyous moments.. When you have held my hand in silent sorrow at my loss.. When you have trusted me in spite of your doubts, , , When you have believed in me when I lacked confidence to believe in my self.. When you have defended my honor against lying tongues.. When you have prayed for me when I was temped to go wrong.. When you have stood with me as others walked away.. Then and only then can you call me friend. For then you truly know ME. Then you will have paid the price of sisterhood/brotherhood. Then you will have forged a bond that will transcend time and live beyond life. Then you will truly be called a FRIEND who sticks closer than a brother..© 2013 From the book Meditations From my Garden by Stella Payton .Stella Payton
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A blessed companion is a book! A book that, fitly chosen, is a life-long friend.Douglas Jerrod
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And you, their best beloved one, are now to me, flesh of my flesh; blood of my blood; kin of my kin; my bountiful wine-press for awhile; and shall later on be my companion and my helper.Bram Stoker
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.Saint Augustine
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Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.Coco Chanel
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Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.Thomas Paine