The beginning of wisdom is to
by Anonymous

The beginning of wisdom is to
call things by their right names.
- Chinese proverb

Related topics: Wisdom

See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Anonymous

He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb

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Thank you for joining me on this journey we call life,
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb

A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb

You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous

Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb

We Can Do It!
- WW II US Government Poster

No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb

Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous

All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb

This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
- Anonymous

Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous

Laugh when you can,
apologize when you should,
and let go of what you can't change.
Life's too short to be anything... but happy.
- Anonymous

This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days,
Smiles when sadness intrudes,
Rainbows to follow the clouds,
Laughter to kiss your lips,
Sunsets to warm your heart,
Hugs when spirits sag,
Beauty for your eyes to see,
Friendships to brighten your being,
Faith so that you can believe,
Confidence for when you doubt,
Courage to know yourself,
Patience to accept the truth,
Love to complete your life.
- Anonymous

Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous

Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
- Anonymous

Happiness is a choice.
- Anonymous

That which you hate to be done to you,
do not do to another.
- Ancient Egyptian Proverb

The first sigh of love is the last breath of wisdom.
- Anonymous

In order to discover new lands,
one must be willing to lose sight
of the shore for a very long time.
- Anonymous

If you understand, things are just as they are;
if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
- Zen Proverb

Don't ever give up.
- Anonymous

Persistence prevails when all else fails.
- Anonymous

Be not afraid of growing slowly,
be afraid only of standing still.
- Chinese Proverb

Slow but steady wins the race.
- Anonymous

Good things come in small packages.
- old proverb

Roll with the punches.
- Anonymous

There is no truth, only human opinion.
- Anonymous

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
- Buddhist proverb

Life is what you make it.
- Anonymous

Maybe So, Maybe Not.
- Ancient Taoist Proverb

It's never too late.
- Anonymous

Actions speak louder than words.
- Proverb

If things are not as you wish,
wish them as they are.
- Yiddish Proverb

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.
- German Proverb

I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand.
- Chinese proverb

The Joy is in the Journey.
- Anonymous

Laughter is the best medicine.
- Anonymous

Be a Human BEing Rather Than a Human DOing.
- Anonymous

If at first you don't succeed, try try again.
- Proverb

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes.
He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
- Chinese Proverb

Carpe Diem (Seize the day)
- Latin Proverb

If there is a will, there is a way.
- Anonymous

A part of you has grown in me.
And so you see, it's you and me
together forever and never apart,
maybe in distance, but never in heart.
- Anonymous

If not us, who, if not now, when?
- Anonymous

True love has no limits.
- Anonymous

Behind an able man there are always other able men.
- Chinese proverb

Hard work pays off.
- Anonymous

A closed mind is like a closed book;
just a block of wood.
- Chinese proverb

Be happy for this moment.
This moment is your life.
- Anonymous

The winds of grace are always blowing;
all we need to do is raise our sails.
- Anonymous

March to the beat of your own drum.
- Proverb

Nobody cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care.
- attributed to Theodore Roosevelt, among others,
but probably earlier and anonymous

You only get out what you put in.
- Anonymous

The sun WILL come up tomorrow.
- Anonymous

Bad habits are like a comfortable bed,
easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
- Proverb

The best way to gain self-confidence
is to do what you are afraid to do.
- Anonymous

May you never forget what is worth remembering,
or remember what is best forgotten.
- Anonymous

Before you criticize a man,
walk a mile in his shoes.
- Anonymous

Expectations Diminish Joy.
- Anonymous

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live your life so that when you die,
the world cries and you rejoice.
- Indian Proverb

Know When To Be Done.
- Anonymous

Some people dream of success
while others wake up and work hard at it.
- Anonymous

We hate in others what we most fear in ourselves.
- Anonymous

You can do anything you put your mind to.
- Anonymous

Listen to all, plucking a feather
from every passing goose,
but, follow no one absolutely.
- Chinese Proverb

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