Excellence is the result of
caring more than others think wise,
risking more than other's think safe,
dreaming more than others think practical,
and expecting more than others think possible.
- Anonymous
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This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
- Anonymous
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
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
We Can Do It!
- WW II US Government Poster
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish 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
Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
- 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
Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous
In order to succeed, you must first be willing to fail.
- Anonymous
Good things come in small packages.
- old proverb
Everyone should carefully observe
which way his heart draws him,
and then choose that way with all his strength.
- Hasidic Proverb
When you reach the end of your rope,
tie a knot and hang on.
- Anonymous Saying
(Sometimes attributed to Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Eleanor Roosevelt, or Thomas Jefferson)
That which you hate to be done to you,
do not do to another.
- Ancient Egyptian Proverb
Follow your own star.
- Anonymous
Strike while the iron is hot.
- Proverb
Don't ask questions about fairy tales.
- Yiddish Proverb
We can never be the better for our religion
if our neighbor is the worse for it.
- Anonymous
Practice makes perfect.
- Anonymous
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal,
love leaves a memory no one can steal.
- From a headstone in Ireland
A man's good name is his best monument
- from an old churchyard at Lockerbie, Scotland
If there is a will, there is a way.
- Anonymous
Actions speak louder than words.
- Proverb
Life is what you make it.
- Anonymous
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.
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
When all else fails, try thinking.
- Anonymous
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
- Anonymous
A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.
- Yiddish Proverb
Yesterday is history,
tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That is why it is called Present.
- Anonymous
Everyone is wise, until he speaks.
- Irish proverb
You cannot discover new oceans unless
you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
- Anonymous
May you never forget what is worth remembering,
or remember what is best forgotten.
- Anonymous
Confidence is half of victory.
- Yiddish Proverb
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams.
- Anonymous
Life is a choice.
- Anonymous
Letting go doesn't mean giving up...
it means moving on.
- Anonymous
If things are not as you wish,
wish them as they are.
- Yiddish Proverb
Many hands make light work.
- Proverb
One man with courage makes a majority.
- old saying probably repeated by Andrew Jackson
(falsely attributed to Jefferson)
It takes years to build up trust,
and only seconds to destroy it.
- Anonymous
You can do anything you put your mind to.
- Anonymous
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- Anonymous
The winds of grace are always blowing;
all we need to do is raise our sails.
- Anonymous
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
- Buddhist Proverb
Don't Limit Your Challenges... Challenge Your Limits.
- Anonymous
Hard work pays off.
- Anonymous
It is amazing how much you can accomplish
when it doesn't matter who gets the credit.
- Anonymous
Everything is okay in the end.
If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
- Anonymous
Return love for hate.
- Anonymous
Nobody cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care.
- attributed to Theodore Roosevelt, among others,
but probably earlier and anonymous
To the world you may be one person,
but to one person you may be the world.
- Anonymous (attributed to Bill Wilson, Brandi Snyder and others)
Some people dream of success
while others wake up and work hard at it.
- Anonymous
From small beginnings come great things.
- Anonymous
It's never too late.
- Anonymous
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
- Chinese proverb
In order to discover new lands,
one must be willing to lose sight
of the shore for a very long time.
- Anonymous
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