A closed mind is like a closed book;
by Anonymous

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

Related topics: Wisdom

All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous

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

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

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

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

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

You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous

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

No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb

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

We Can Do It!
- WW II US Government Poster

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

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

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

Happiness is a choice.
- Anonymous

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous

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

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

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

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day,
teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
- Chinese Proverb

Anything Is Possible.
- Anonymous

You can, when you believe you can.
- Anonymous

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

Be who you are and say what you feel
because those who mind don't matter
and those who matter don't mind.
- commonly but falsely attributed to Dr. Seuss,
this misquote consists of the Bernard Baruch quote,
"Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
with additional words added anonymously.

We can never be the better for our religion
if our neighbor is the worse for it.
- Anonymous

From small beginnings come great things.
- Anonymous

You cannot discover new oceans unless
you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
- Anonymous

A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
- Anonymous

Good things come in small packages.
- old proverb

He who has health has hope,
and he who has hope has everything.
- Anonymous

Return love for hate.
- Anonymous

Life is a choice.
- Anonymous

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

The Joy is in the Journey.
- Anonymous

Letting go doesn't mean giving up...
it means moving on.
- 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

Many hands make light work.
- Proverb

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

Hunker down.
- Anonymous

Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last.
- Chinese proverb

Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Proverb

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- Anonymous

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

Appreciate the Unexpected.
- Anonymous

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

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

All's well that ends well.
- Proverb (and title of a Shakespeare play)

When life gives you lemons, Make Lemonade.
- Anonymous saying

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

You cannot soar with eagles when you are running with ducks.
- Anonymous

Don't ever give up.
- Anonymous

If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive.
If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative.
- Anonymous

Yesterday is history,
tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That is why it is called Present.
- Anonymous

Laughter is the best medicine.
- Anonymous

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

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

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

Never give up.
- Anonymous

The grass is not always greener
on the other side of the fence.
Fences have nothing to do with it.
The grass is greenest where it is watered.
When crossing over fences, carry water with you
and tend the grass wherever you may be.
- Anonymous

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

Wherever you go, there you are.
- Traditional Zen Proverb

If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb

Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge,
but he who hates correction is stupid.
- Anonymous

Smile, and the world smiles with you.
- Anonymous

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
- Buddhist Proverb

No pain, no gain.
- Anonymous

Everyone should carefully observe
which way his heart draws him,
and then choose that way with all his strength.
- Hasidic Proverb

Winners must have two things:
definite goals and a burning desire to achieve them.
- Anonymous

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