"Sometimes we have only ten minutes to be with the love of our life and thousands of hours to spend thinking about them."
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"No one knows what is going to happen in the next few minutes, and yet people still go forward, because they have trust, because they have faith."
"In order to arrive you must follow the signs. God inscribed on the world the path that each man must follow. It is just a matter of reading the inscription He wrote for you."
"The energy that many people call love, is, in fact, the raw material from which the universe was built."
"If you accept such love with purity and humility, you will understand that Love is neither giving nor receiving -it is participating."
"If you want to be faithful to someone, start by being faithful to yourself."
"Before a new chapter is begun, the old one has to be finished: tell yourself that what has passed will never come back. Remember that there was a time when you could live without that thing or that person - nothing is irreplaceable, a habit is not a need."
"If I believe I will win, then victory will believe in me."
"It’s what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future."
"The adrenaline and stress of an adventure are better than a thousand peaceful days."
"Life is too short to be wasted in finding answers. Enjoy the questions."
"Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It's your mission on earth."
"The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip."
"Because when we love, we always strive to become better than we are."
"Be crazy! But learn how to be crazy without being the center of attention. Be brave enough to live different."
"A responsible warrior is not someone who takes the weight of the world on his shoulders, but someone who has learned to deal with the challenges of the moment."
"The biggest mistake of the man is that he thinks he doesn't deserve the good and the bad things from his life."
"Long distance relationships are living proof that love is not just physical. I can feel you next to me even when you're thousands of miles away. Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering."
"Make a promise: now that you have discovered a force that you were not even aware of, tell yourself that from now on you will use this force for the rest of your days. Preferably, also promise to discover another mountain, and set off on another adventure."
"We humans have two great problems: the first is knowing when to begin; the second is knowing when to stop."