Reyna Espiritu

Quotes About Happiness "Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." - Dalai Lama "Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present." - Jim Rohn "Some days are just bad days, that's all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I remind myself that not every day is going to be a good day, that's just the way it is!" - Dita Von Teese "To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him." - Buddha "Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years." - Ausonius "Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you." -...

Quotes About Life "Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me." - Carol Burnett "Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment." - Buddha "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." - George Bernard Shaw "Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life." - Yoko Ono "Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored." - Earl Nightingale "We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us." - Joseph Campbell "Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life." - Omar Khayyam ...

Quotes About Friendship "The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it." - Hubert H. Humphrey "Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness." - Euripides  "Share your smile with the world. It's a symbol of friendship and peace." - Christie Brinkley "One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca  "There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship." - Thomas Aquinas "My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me." - Henry Ford  "The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when." - Simon Sinek "A friend is someone who gives yo...

Quotes About Love "There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved." - George Sand  "Love yourself. It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out." - Jenn Proske "Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do." - Pele  "Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." - Lao Tzu "Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own." - H. Jackson Brown, Jr. "A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning." - Brad Henry "Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love." - Mother Teresa "Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person....

ROBIN HOOD Robin Hood  was the legendary bandit of England who stole from the rich to help the poor. The stories about Robin appealed to common folk because he stood up against—and frequently outwitted—people in power. Furthermore, his life in the forest—hunting and feasting with his fellow outlaws, coming to the assistance of those in need—seemed like a great and noble adventure. Early Sources.  The earliest known mention of Robin Hood is in William Langland's 1377 work called  Piers Plowman,  in which a character mentions that he knows "rimes of Robin Hood." This and other references from the late 1300s suggest that Robin Hood was well established as a popular  legend  by that time. One source of that legend may lie in the old French custom of celebrating May Day. A character called Robin des Bois, or Robin of the Woods, was associated with this spring festival and may have been transplanted to England—with a slight name change. May Day celebrat...

The Lady Of Stavoren (A Dutch Legend) By: Aaron Shepard If you take the ferry across the Zuider Zee to the northern province of Friesland, you will land at a small town called Stavoren. Today it is little more than a ferry landing, a brief stop in the journey north. You’d never guess this was once one of the great port cities of Europe. Yet so it was, many centuries ago. And so it might be still, if not for the choice made by a lady. The fine harbor at Stavoren welcomed the ships of many countries, and many countries were visited by the ships of Stavoren. So rich and proud became the city’s merchants, they fitted their doors with handles and hinges of gold. Among these merchants was a young widow, richest of the rich and proudest of the proud. They called her the Lady of Stavoren. The Lady would stop at nothing to show herself better than her fellow merchants. She filled her palace with the most costly goods from wherever her ships made port. But her rivals always foun...