The quientessence in me says ... I've learned...

* Money is a lousy way of keeping score...
* Your family won't for always be there for you...
* Either you control your attitude or it controls you...
* It's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be...
* No matter how much I care, people just don't care back...
* We shouldn't compare ourselves to the best that others do...
* It takes years to build up trust and only nanoseconds to destroy it...
* Credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being...
* People you care most in life are taken from you too soon...
* We're responsible for whatever we do, no matter how we achingly feel...
* We don't have to change friends if we understand friends do change...
* My best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have a 'helluva' time...
* I can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life...
* No matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for you grief...
* You shouldn't be eager to finding out a secret. Believe that it CAN ruin your life forever...
* It's not what I have in my life but whom I have that counts...
* Our lives can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know us...
* Two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different...
* You can get by on a charm for 15 minutes. After that, you'd better wake up...
* True friendship continues to grow even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love...
* Leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them...
* Sometimes when I'm angry, I've the right to but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel...
* You cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved...
* Sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you’re down will be the ones to help you get back up...
* Heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done regardless of the consequences...
* No matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you once in a while and you must forgive them for that...
* No matter how hard you try to protect children, they will eventually get hurt and you hurt in the process...
* Our background and circumstances influence who we are but we are responsible for what we become off it...
* When you think you've no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you'll find the strength to give...
* 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...
* Regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is, the passion fades eventually...
* Just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other; and if don't argue, it doesn't mean they do...
* It's hard to determine where to draw the line and stand for what you believe by not hurting one's feelings...
* People you aren't related to can, love and teach you more than you possibly know...
* Modern times have proven families aren't biological...
* Maturity has more to do with types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them then many birthdays you've celebrated...