I've learned

• I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.
• I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.
• I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.
• I've learned that it's not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts.
• I've learned that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you'd better know something.
• I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to the best others can do.
• I've learned that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
• I've learned that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.
• I've learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
• I've learned that you can keep going long after you can't.
• I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
• I've learned that either you control your attitude or your attitude controls you.
• I've learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.
• I've learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done, when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.
• I've learned that money is a lousy way of keeping score.
• I've learned that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.
• I've learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up.
• I've learned that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
• I've learned that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
• I've learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.
• I've learned that you should never tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if they believed it.
• I've learned that no matter how good a friend is, he's going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive him for that.
• I've learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.
• I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
• I've learned that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.