Joybell Quotes

#1. Be careful not to mistake insecurity and inadequacy for humility! Humility has nothing to do with the insecure and inadequate! Just like arrogance has nothing to do with greatness!

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#2. I don't look for love. Love looks for me." "Why?" "Because it needs me. Because I'm not afraid of it.

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#3. University can teach you skill and give you opportunity, but it can't teach you sense, nor give you understanding. Sense and understanding are produced within one's soul.

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#4. Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable.

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#5. We wait upon finite minds to validate infinite things - this is evidence of human stupidity.

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#6. We not only need to have a deep respect for children; but also a deep respect for the child in everyone.

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#7. Facts? What are facts? I only know imagination!

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#8. Women waste so much time wearing no perfume. As for me, in every step that I have taken in life, I have been accompanied by an exquisite perfume!

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#9. The sun shall always rise upon a new day and there shall always be a rose garden within me. Yes, there is a part of me that is broken, but my broken soil gives way to my wild roses.

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#10. The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself.

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#11. I would rather carry around a plastic bag with five thousand Euro inside, than carry around a Louis Vuitton/Gucci/Prada bag with only one hundred Euro inside!

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#12. Go in the direction of where your peace is coming from.

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#13. I have just lost my reason for fighting so hard. How do I go on now, without my thing to fight for?' And he whispered into my ear, he said: 'Maybe it's time to stop fighting.

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#14. Do everything with your whole heart, or not at all. Don't put up with lies or with people who lie to you. Don't risk hurting people just for the fun of it. And lastly, your best foot shouldn't be put forward; it should be with you at all times - right there beside the other one.

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#15. Don't let a thief into your house three times. The first time was enough. The second time was a chance. The third time means you're stupid.

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#16. "You shouldn't feel so bad about being afraid of so many things." "Why not?" "Because if you weren't afraid never ever, then you couldn't be brave never ever.

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#17. Don't box your children in and tell them that everything is a sin. You'll produce either rebels, or very boring people.

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#18. You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes on you. Do I believe in love at first sight? But of course! Love cannot be tamed nor bridled by things like time, circumstance, and logic!

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#19. The dance between darkness and light will always remain - the stars and the moon will always need the darkness to be seen, the darkness will just not be worth having without the moon and the stars.

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#20. The only people for me are the ones who spill things, the ones who drop their cups sometimes, the ones who get dirty hands and messy hair, the ones who can go barefoot if they feel like it, the people who forget things, and can laugh at themselves every day ...

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#21. I can't decide whether I'm a good girl wrapped up in a bad girl, or if I'm a bad girl wrapped up in a good girl. And that's how I know I'm a woman!

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#22. The day I understood everything, was the day I stopped trying to figure everything out. The day I knew peace was the day I let everything go.

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#23. Forgiveness is a very curious thing, in that you must not only know how to forgive; but you must also know how to accept forgiveness. Both of these aspects are equally important. When someone forgives you - believe it.

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#24. Hold onto your innocence of heart, at all costs! Because it is the spark of deity that you are born with. Don't let the trolls steal your divineness.

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#25. When the demons start coming out - that's when you're nearing the light! It's hard for cockroaches to stay put without all the shadows. So in that case, keep on going!

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#26. My religion consists of laughing at myself. My motto is this: As long as there is a me, there is a reason to laugh out loud!

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#27. This world and everything in it is only temporary; eternity is out there, we swim in it. And within our temporary bodies we carry inside of us eternity. There are but atoms separating us from the everlasting. Merely atoms.

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#28. Men have two greatest fears: the first fear is the fear of being needed, and the second fear is the fear of not being needed.

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#29. Perhaps we are all shells; but some of us have found the pearls inside, and this makes all the difference!

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#30. I find no importance in showing others that I am happy; it's not important to me that they know or think that I am happy but what is important to me is that I am happy. I am interested in being happy, not in making others think or know that I am.

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#31. People live in fear of bad being out to get them, when in reality, the bad side is there only to be in polar opposite proportion to the positive that you are destined to thrive in. Conquer the negative, and thrive in the positive.

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#32. The one who is born of the earth, dreams of the sky. The one who is born of the sky, dreams of the earth.

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#33. It's easy to never make a mistake, when you are hiding yourself away from the possibility of making mistakes. It's those who jump out of the nest who will fall and fly. Never judge the quality of an individual based upon how many mistakes they have made. It's easier not to make any.

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#34. The only thing that will ever make me fall in love is: if I fall in love.

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#35. One of the most beneficial and valuable gifts we can give to ourselves in this life: is allowing ourselves to be surprised! It is okay if life surprises you. Its a good thing!

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#36. I tell people not to be afraid of their fears; because their fears are not there to scare them, they're there to let them know that something is worth it. Yet I am often afraid. I guess that means in my life, lots of things have been worth it!

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#37. Misunderstandings are a normal part of life, and the outcomes of these depend upon how we choose to react to them.

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#38. The strength of a woman is not measured by the impact that all her hardships in life have had on her; but the strength of a woman is measured by the extent of her refusal to allow those hardships to dictate her and who she becomes.

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#39. It's easy to make me laugh, you can make me laugh, anyone can make me laugh, but that certainly does not mean you can make me do anything.

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#40. I believe in roses. Oh God, yes! I do believe in roses! And I believe in lots and lots and lots of them, too!

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#41. Fairy tales are not real. However, myths are the historical notes of those who were much wiser than ourselves. We therefore have no right to judge legends; lest we dare challenge demigods and angels.

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#42. The unhappiest people in this world, are those who care the most about what other people think.

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#43. It is beautiful to discover our wings and learn how to fly; flight is a beautiful process. But then to rest on the wings of God as He flies: this is divine.

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#44. Ends are not bad things, they just mean that something else is about to begin. And there are many things that don't really end, anyway, they just begin again in a new way. Ends are not bad and many ends aren't really an ending; some things are never-ending.

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#45. A bitch always smokes." He looks back at Lucy. "A bitch is the opposite of a whore. A bitch doesn't need anybody. Or she wants people to think she doesn't need anybody. And she smokes to prove it.

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#46. Don't judge the gentle; their gentleness is stronger than your fears and angers. Don't judge those who have lost their gentleness; you haven't lived their lives. In all people, hope for the gentleness to return and see gentleness for the beauty that it is.

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#47. And at that moment, Thibaut knew he was a murderer. He had murdered his brother that night; he had taken away his brother's soul.

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#48. Marry the person who makes you feel like you can face life together. Because that's what it's about. It's about facing life together.

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#49. You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.

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#50. The journey to a thousand stars is not too far a journey in the quest to have true love abiding in a pure heart.

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#51. Some people are like thorns. But you have to let them be thorns, because thorns can't turn into petals. The trick is not letting them prick you; never let a thorn prick you!

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#52. Lucy seemed to be imprisoned by a legion of people in her life who always wanted what was right for her. And as a result, in the eyes of everyone, she had everything ... and yet she always, always felt she had nothing. No one.

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#53. When you are a real queen, there is absolutely no reason to try and make people believe that you are one. Because you just are. Life is lived with grace, courage, and serenity. If you must dedicate any amount of time and mental ability to making anyone believe that you are one; you're not!

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#54. Thus is the nature of love: that you must use it! A love unused is not love! If it is something that sits on the shelf that you don't know what to do with, it is not true to the nature of love! Use love!

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#55. The problem with thinking that you are the absolute best, is that it leaves no room for you to become any better and while you live life thinking that you're the best, truth is a lot of people around you are already better and becoming even more better.

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#56. I think that people tend to associate the word "wild" with something that is used up and dirty; but I associate the word "wild" with wildflowers, wild roses, things in fields that haven't been hurt yet! So let's be things in fields that have healed and that have grown. Let's be wild.

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#57. I have a dream." "Is your dream very big?" "No." "Well is it very grand?" "Not either." "Neither?" "Neither." "What is it then?" "It is very shiny.

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#58. Sometimes, I miss so much the person that I was before the world tore me up in so many places. If only "they" could have just let me stay that way.

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#59. Our relationship with God is not about doing right and not doing wrong, but it's simply about walking on this earth with the same One whom we walked with before we came to this earth! It's a continuum. It is, in itself, a part of aeternum!

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#60. Many people do not fall in love; they fall in love with the idea of themselves being in love. They never see the other person. I don't ask for much; I only ask to be seen.

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#61. I'm different. I will give you my treasure chest of darkness first. If you can handle that, then I'll bring out my shining moons. If one cannot handle the darkness, then one should not deserve the light. I have no interest in "trapping" anyone into a silken web. I have no silken web.

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#62. It is not needful for our dreams to be very grand nor very big. It is only needful for our dreams to be very shiny.

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#63. She laughs an honest laugh ... one that puts the fakes on edge and makes them dream of being better.

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#64. There is something simply beautiful and simply innocent, in being human. It is just so innocent and beautiful. I love it.

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#65. No, I am not bitter, I am not hateful, and I am not unforgiving. I just don't like you.

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#66. There is no worse discriminator than envy. No worse traitor than envy. Even those who are seemingly righteous, are brought down low by their envy. A true man will be known by his absence of envy. An evil man will be known by the presence of envy within him.

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#67. If you find a man who trusts you, who isn't afraid, who sees you for who you are, and if it feels like he knows you for who it is that you simply are, and thinks all of that is beautiful; know that you have found a rare thing.

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#68. I do wonder why people hate their grey hair so much! I think grey hair is a gift from the moon! When the moon laughs, her eyes produce tears of joy that fall to the earth and onto the tops of people's heads!

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#69. Remember that when you think you are seeing giants, they may not be giants at all; perhaps it is you who is the dwarf.

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#70. I will never tell another person, "I don't understand you ... " and why? Because if I say that, it means that I am disabled in a way. The inability to connect to another's perspective is, I believe, a disability.

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#71. Too many people are endowed with a feeling of entitlement, but born without God-given empathy.

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#72. I have never admired a woman for being good and I have never admired a woman for being bad. I have, however, admired other women, for believing in themselves.

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#73. The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I'm not going to let myself pull me down anymore.

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#74. There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just happy or just sad- in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time.

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#75. I don't fit into any stereotypes. And I like myself that way.

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#76. Many things that don't really mean so much of anything, are wonderful.

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#77. If you want to forget something or someone, never hate it, or never hate him/her. Everything and everyone that you hate is engraved upon your heart; if you want to let go of something, if you want to forget, you cannot hate.

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#78. Good and bad are illusions. What exists is either the presence of empathy or the lack of it. I think this should become the new, clear definition of how we see people. No more "good" and no more "bad". Those terms are highly subjective.

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#79. He's better now, Loo. He's taking care of the cats.

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#80. We shouldn't judge people. But there's a difference between judging and observing. And sometimes as we observe, our eyebrows become raised. Observation with an attitude, that's what I like to call it.

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#81. You just go a little crazy, you know. Sometimes. And why? Well only because your soul is just too big for you, it flies away somehow.

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#82. If you are stealing people's thunder just by being around and standing there; you really can't expect people to like you. People want their own thunder to be heard loud and wide, not yours! Swans should never despair over ducks not liking them.

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#83. You will manage to keep a woman in love with you, only for as long as you can keep her in love with the person she becomes when she is with you.

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#84. I never use the word "cheap." Instead, I say, "more affordable." Never detract from what you can add to in measure!

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#85. When you look for a man- what you want to look for is a man with the heart of a poor boy and the mind of a conqueror.

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#86. People. Falling for each others' pretensions, fakeness and whatever various faces they can put on to wear. And then they call it love. What a fantasy. What a blasphemy. Humanity bores me.

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#87. Magic is only unexplained science. Science is explained magic. When I study science, I study magic. When I study magic, I study science.

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#88. The most important things in a romantic relationship are compromise, honesty, openness, humility and trust. If you don't have these with someone, you don't have anything.

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#89. Did you know that the center of a Protostar (the star in the middle of a nebula) is called a Nuclear Furnace? So you can call that the star's "heart." The heart of a star is a furnace. Not much unlike the human heart.

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#90. Don't be afraid of your fears. They're not there to scare you. They're there to let you know that something is worth it.

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#91. Today I am someone different. Today I have finally become who I really am.

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#92. We can't be afraid to change. You may fell secure in the pond that you are in, but if you never venture out of it, you will never know there is a such a thing as an ocean, a sea. Holding onto something that is good for you now, maybe the very reason you don't have something better.

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#93. People have many cruel expectations from writers. People expect novelists to live on a hill with three kids and a spouse, people expect children's story writers to never have sex, and people expect all great poets to be dead. And these are all very difficult expectations to fulfill, I think.

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#94. Travel is the best teacher. The only way to an open mind is by taking a plane out into the open world.

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#95. Last night I lost the world, and gained the universe.

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#96. The quality of a man is not determined by the opinions that others hold of him, nor by the opinions that he holds of himself. The quality of a man is determined only by his actions and the choices that he makes. Only that and that alone.

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#97. A broken soul is not the absence of beauty, but a cracked and torn soul reeks of the sweet incense it contains.

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#98. I've always liked Belgian waffles, but I must say, I didn't think I would one day be having Belgian waffles in Belgium! I just sort of POOF found myself there and there I was with a gigantic Belgian waffle in my hands, standing on a sidewalk in Belgium!

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#99. It is difficult to feel things very strongly in a world wherein most of the time, the majority seem to be intoxicated and often senseless.

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#100. When you walk into a chocolate store, suddenly the most difficult decision you will ever have to make in your life, is which chocolates to pick! It is pure torture! Especially when you are in Belgium surrounded by Belgian chocolates!

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