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Romantic Quotes For Your Girlfriend

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* “Soul mates. It’s extremely rare, but it exists. It’s sort of like twin souls tuned into each other.”~ What Dreams May Come
* “I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” ~ When Harry Met Sally
* “Only you, you’re the only thing I’ll see forever. In my eyes, in my words and in everything I do.” ~ West Side Story
* “I will have poetry in my life. And adventure. And love. Love above all. No…not the artful postures of love, not playful and poetical games of love for the amusement of an evening. but love that…overthrows life. Unbiddable, ungovernable, like a riot in the heart, and nothing to be done, come ruin or rapture.” ~ Shakespeare in Love
* “It’s only in the mysterious equations of love that any logical reasons can be found. I am only here tonight because of you. You are all I am. You are all my reasons”.~ The Beautiful Mind
* “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds and that’s what you’ve given me. ~ The Notebook
* Look. I guarantee there’ll be tough times. I guarantee that at some point, one or both of us is gonna want to get out of this thing. But, I also guarantee that if I don’t ask you to be mine, I’ll regret it for the rest of my life, because I know, in my heart, you’re the only one for me. ~ The Phantom of Opera
* “…..I think I’d miss you even if we’d never met…” ~ The Wedding Date
* “Well, it was a million tiny little things that, when you add them all up, they meant that we were supposed to be together…..and I knew it. I knew it the very first time I touched her. It was like coming home…..only to no home I’d ever known. I was just taking her hand to help her out of a car and I knew. It was like…..magic.” ~ Sleepless in Seattle
* “I am nothing special; just a common man with common thoughts, and I’ve led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me, and my name will soon be forgotten. But in one respect I have succeeded as gloriously as anyone who’s ever lived: I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul and to me, this has always been enough.” ~ The Notebook
* “I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone. I choose a mortal life” ~ Liv Tyler, The Lord of the Rings
* “I want to tell you with my last breath that I have always loved you” ~ Chow Yun-Fat, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
* You make me want to be a better man” ~ Jack Nicholson, As Good As It Gets
* Why can you not stop saying what is in yours? Why must you lead, when I want to lead? If I want to dance I will ask you to dance. If I want to speak I will open my mouth and speak. Everyone is forever plaguing me to speak further. Why? What good is it to tell you you are in my every thought from the time I wake? What good can come from my saying that I sometimes cannot think clearly or do my work properly? What gain can rise of my telling you the only time I feel fear as others do is when I think of you in harm ~ Lucius Hunt, The Village
* Melanie: What do you want to marry me for anyhow? Jake: So I can kiss you anytime I want. And a little extra…~ Sweet Home Alabama
* “If I tell you I love you, can I keep you forever?” ~ Casper, Movie
* Love can touch us one time and last for a lifetime, and never let go till we’re gone.” ~ Titanic Theme, My Heart Will Go On

Sweet Things to Say to Your Girlfriend

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* If every raindrop would be one of your smiles, I wish it rains heavily throughout, so that there is no space for unhappiness in your life.
* Your smile to me is brighter than the sun.
* If you held up 11 roses in front of the mirror, you’d be looking at 12 of the most beautiful things in the world.
* I started to pray few weeks before I met you, I feel my prayers have been answered.
* Your voice, for me, is better than all my favorite songs put together.
* For every step that you take in your life, remember, I’m right behind you, always there with you.
* Your have been a source of strength and support for me. I’m glad that you’re a part of my life.
* You know me so well, inside out. Your deep acceptance of me is what I adore most about you.
* I’m filled with gratitude for the times we have spend together.
* I’m eternally bonded to you with bonds of love, friendship and togetherness.
* If one plus one equals two, then me and you would equal a number that is new.
* I wish I had glasses so that I could see you with four eyes.
* You make me smile so easily. Can you be there, to do it, forever?
* Your love is the cloud that covers my world.
* I sent an angel to look over you at night. The angel came back a minute later and I asked it why. It told me “Angels don’t watch other angels.”
* The way you handled the challenging situation is admiring. I’m proud of you dear.
* I will walk with you side by side for only one condition: hide your wings every time we walk together because the whole world might know that you’re my angel!
* “If I had a penny every time I thought of you, I’d still miss you, but at least I would be rich!”
* After meeting you this year, I know what I would ask from Santa this Christmas.
* I’m not sure what life could bring you. I’m not sure if dreams do come true. I’m not sure what love can do. But I’m sure about one thing. I love you.
* If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you’ve made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand.
* I love three things, the Sun, the Moon and You. The Sun for a day, the Moon for a night and you forever.
* I got my grammar correct today. I always faced problems in present, past and future tenses. I loved you. I love you. I will love you forever.
* To love is one thing, to be loved is another, but to be loved by the one you love is Everything.

Mentoring Quotes

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“How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world. How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make their contribution…how we can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness” – Anne Frank

The more you loose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. – Norman Vincent Peale

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves. – Helen Keller

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. – Winston Churchill

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person. – Mother Teresa

Do all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
To all the people you can
As long as ever you can
– John Wesley

One thing I know; the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. – Albert Schweitzer

One of things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people. – Dick Gregory

Be the change you want to see in the world. – Gandhi

Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them. – Lady Bird Johnson

“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.” – Arthur Ashe

A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could. – Unknown

“One’s mind, once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

To the world, you may just be somebody. But to somebody, you may just might be the world. – Unknown

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

You really can change the world if you care enough. – Marion Wright Edelman

Unless we think of others and do something for them, we miss one of the greatest sources of happiness. – Ray Lyman Wilbur

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us. What we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. – Albert Pine

Cool Quotes

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“The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions.” –Alfred Adler

“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.” –Thomas Jefferson

“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities.” –Dr. Seuss

“Life is just a bowl of cherries.” –Anonymous

“Life becomes useless and insipid when we have no longer either friends or enemies.” -Queen Christina of Sweden

“The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.” –Anais Nin

“Life is a warfare and a stranger’s sojourn, and after fame is oblivion.” –Marcus Aurelius

“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” –Soren Kierkegaard

“A lawful kiss is never worth a stolen one.” –Guy De Maupassant

“To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.” –Anonymous

Robert Louis Stevenson Quotes

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Robert-Louis-StevensonA friend is a gift you give yourself.

Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.

All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal.

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week.

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

Every one lives by selling something.

Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.

Everyone lives by selling something, whatever be his right to it.

Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life.

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.

He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.

I am in the habit of looking not so much to the nature of a gift as to the spirit in which it is offered.

10 must-see Happiness Quotes

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1. “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” —Aristotle

2. “The only joy in the world is to begin.” —Cesare Pavese

3. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” —Mahatma Gandhi

4. “The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.” —Ashley Montagu

5. “Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.” —Jaques Prevert

6. “One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.” —Iris Murdoch

7. “It is only possible to live happily ever after on a daily basis.” —Margaret Bonanno

8. “The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight.” —Epictetus

9. “Remember this, that very little is needed to make a happy life.” — Marcus Aurelius

10. “I wake up every morning with a great desire to live joyfully.” — Anna Howard Shaw

Star Wars Quotes #2

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“You’ve never heard of the Millennium Falcon? … It’s the ship that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs.”
(Han Solo)

Greedo: [In Huttese; subtitled] Going somewhere, Solo?
Han Solo: Yes, Greedo. I was just going to see your boss. Tell Jabba I’ve got his money.
Greedo: It’s too late. You should have paid him when you had the chance. Jabba’s put a price on your head so large, every bounty hunter in the galaxy will be looking for you. I’m lucky I found you first.
Han Solo: Yeah, but this time I’ve got the money.
Greedo: If you give it to me, I might forget I found you. Han Solo: [stealthily going for his blaster] I don’t have it *with* me. Tell Jabba…
Greedo: Jabba’s through with you. He has no use for smugglers who drop their shipments at the first sign of an Imperial cruiser.
Han Solo: Even I get boarded sometimes. Do you think I had a choice?
Greedo: You can tell that to Jabba. He may only take your ship.
Han Solo: Over my dead body!
Greedo: That’s the idea… I’ve been looking forward to this for a long time.
Han Solo: Yeah, I’ll bet you have.
[Han blasts Greedo, then heads out, tossing the bartender a coin]
Han Solo: Sorry about the mess.

“I find your lack of faith disturbing.”
(Darth Vader)

“I’ve been waiting for you, Obi-Wan. We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner; now I am the master.
(Darth Vader)

“It’s not impossible. I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home, they’re not much bigger than two meters.”
(Luke Skywalker)

“That’s no moon. It’s a space station.”
(Obi-Wan Kenobi)

“The Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It’s an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us. It binds the galaxy together.”
(Obi-Wan Kenobi)

“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.”
(Han Solo)

“Wonderful girl. Either I’m going to kill her or I’m beginning to like her.”
(Han Solo)

Han Solo: Look, Your Worshipfulness, let’s get one thing straight. I take orders from just one person: me.
Princess Leia: It’s a wonder you’re still alive.
[Pushing past Chewbacca]
Princess Leia: Will someone get this big walking carpet out of my way?
Han Solo: No reward is worth this.

“You can’t win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.”
(Obi-Wan Kenobi)

“The Force will be with you, always.”
(Obi-Wan Kenobi)

“Use the Force, Luke.”
(Obi-Wan Kenobi)

“Jabba, you’re a wonderful human being.”
(Han Solo)

Star Wars Quotes

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“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…”

“May the Force be wih you.”

“I’m Luke Skywalker, I’m here to rescue you.”
(Luke Skywalker)

“I have you now!”
(Darth Vader)

“Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.”
(Obi-Wan Kenobi)

“Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi; you’re my only hope.”
(Princess Leia)

“You’re all clear, kid! Now let’s blow this thing and go home!”
(Han Solo)

“Your father’s light saber. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster; an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times… before the Empire.”
(Obi-Wan Kenobi)

“I will come with you to Alderaan. There’s nothing for me here now. I want to learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi like my father.”
(Luke Skywalker)

“You don’t need to see his identification … These aren’t the droids you’re looking for … He can go about his business … Move along.”
(Obi-Wan Kenobi)

b>C-3PO: Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3,720 to 1.
Han Solo: Never tell me the odds.

“You must unlearn what you have learned.”
(Yoda)

“The force is with you, young Skywalker, but you are not a Jedi yet.”
(Darth Vader)

[After cutting open his dead Tauntaun]”And I thought they smelled bad on the outside!”
(Han Solo)

“Do… or do not. There is no try.”
(Yoda)

[Using the Force, Yoda effortlessly frees the X-Wing from the bog]
Luke: I don’t, I don’t believe it.
Yoda: That is why you fail.

“Impressive. Most impressive. Obi-Wan has taught you well. You have controlled your fear. Now, release your anger. Only your hatred can destroy me.”
(Darth Vade)

Darth Vader: If you only knew the power of the Dark Side. Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father.
Luke: He told me enough! He told me *you* killed him!
Darth Vader: No. I am your father.

[as Luke leaves before completing his training]
Yoda: Told you I did. Reckless is he. Now, matters are worse.
Obi-Wan: That boy is our last hope.
Yoda: No. There is another.

[Leia and Han share a passionate kiss before Han is dragged towards the freezing chamber by the imperials]
Princess Leia: I love you.
Han Solo: I know.

[after choking Captain Needa to death]
Darth Vader: Apology accepted, Captain Needa.

“Luke, you can destroy the Emperor. He has foreseen this. It is your destiny. Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son.”
(Darth Vader)

“Sir, I don’t know where your ship learned to communicate, but it has the most peculiar dialect.”
(C-3PO)

Darth Vader: You have learned much, young one.
Luke: You’ll find I’m full of surprises.

[After being tortured] I feel terrible.
(Han Solo)

Darth Vader: There will be a substantial reward for the one who finds the Millenium Falcon. You are free to use any methods necessary but I want them alive – no disintegrations!
Boba Fett: As you wish.

Luke: I’ll not leave you here. I’ve got to save you.
Anakin: You already have, Luke.

“Give yourself to the Dark Side. It is the only way you can save your friends. Yes, your thoughts betray you. Your feelings for them are strong. Especially for… sister. So, you have a twin sister. Your feelings have now betrayed her, too. Obi-Wan was wise to hide her from me. Now his failure is complete. If you will not turn to the Dark Side… then perhaps she will…”
(Darth Vader)

Moff Jerjerrod: The Emperor’s coming here?
Darth Vader: That is correct, Commander. And, he is most displeased with your apparent lack of progress.
Moff Jerjerrod: We shall double our efforts.
Darth Vader: I hope so, Commander, for your sake. The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am.

“Obi-Wan has taught you well.”
(Darth Vader)

“Boba Fett? Boba Fett? Where?”
[Han turns around and knocks Boba into the Sarlaac pit]
(Han Solo)

Han Solo: [flying across the deserts of Tatooine] I think my eyes are getting better. Instead of a big dark blur, I see a big bright blur.
Luke: There’s nothing to see. I used to live here, you know.
Han Solo: You’re gonna die here, you know. Convenient.

Luke: Come with me.
Darth Vader: Obi-Wan once thought as you do. You don’t know the power of the Dark Side, I must obey my master.

Luke: Search your feelings, Father, you can’t do this. I feel the conflict within you. Let go of your hate.
Darth Vader: It is too late for me, son. The Emperor will show you the true nature of the Force. He is your master now.
Luke: Then my father is truly dead.

“And now, young Skywalker… you will die.”
(The Emperor)

Luke: Master Yoda, you can’t die.
Yoda: Strong am I with the Force, but not that strong.

“This bounty hunter is my kind of scum: fearless and inventive.”
(Jabba the Hutt)

“It’s against my programming to impersonate a deity.”
(C-3PO)

Han Solo: I love you.
Princess Leia: I know.

C-3PO: His high exaltedness, the Great Jabba the Hutt, has decreed that you are to be terminated immediately.
Han Solo: Good, I hate long waits.
C-3PO: You will therefore be taken to the Dune Sea, and cast into the pit of Carkoon, the nesting place of the all-powerful Sarlaac.
Han Solo: Doesn’t sound so bad.
C-3PO: In his belly you will find a new definition of pain and suffering as you are slowly digested over a thousand years.
Han Solo: On second thought, let’s pass on that, huh?

“Remember, a Jedi’s strength flows from the Force. But beware. Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. Luke… Luke… do not… do not underestimate the powers of the Emperor or suffer your father’s fate you will. Luke, when gone am I… the last of the Jedi will you be. Luke, the Force runs strong in your family. Pass on what you have learned, Luke. There is… another… Sky… walker.” [Yoda dies]
(Yoda)

“I’m rather embarrassed, General Solo, but it appears that you are to be the main course at a banquet in my honor.”
(C-3PO)

Han Solo: Together again, huh?
Wouldn’t miss it.
Han Solo: How we doin’? Luke: Same as always.
Han Solo: That bad, huh?

Funny Peter Kay Questions

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“ Why is it called Alcoholics Anonymous when the first thing you do is stand up and say, ‘My name is Bob, and I am an alcoholic’?”

“ Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?”

“ Why does mineral water that ‘has trickled through mountains for centuries’ have a ‘use by’ date? “

“ Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp no one would eat? “

“ What do people in China call their good plates? “

“ If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from? “

“ Why is it that when someone tells you that there are over a billion stars in the universe, you believe them, but if they tell you there is wet paint somewhere, you have to touch it to make sure? “

“ Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup? “

“ Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog’s face, he gets mad at you but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out of the window? “

Funny Peter Kay Quotes

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“So I was having dinner with Garry Kasporov and there was a check tablecloth. It took him two hours to pass me the salt.”

“ When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bike. Then I realized that The Lord doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and asked him to forgive me.”

“ I went to a restaurant that serves ‘breakfast at any time’. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance. “

“ Well I was bullied at school, called all kinds of different names. But one day I turned to my bullies and said – ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me’, and it worked! From there on it was sticks and stones all the way. “

“ My Dad used to say ‘always fight fire with fire’, which is probably why he got thrown out of the fire brigade.“

“ I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers.“

“Forty quid Jim – what’s it in, 2p’s?”

“Bullseye wasn’t like any other programme I watched, as it were crap and it were good at the same time.”

“She’s just been trying to change channel with her bloody glasses case!”