Happiness is often the result of being too busy to be miserable. ...
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Happiness is often the result of being too busy to be miserable.
- Anonymous

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous

No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb

You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous

We Can Do It!
- WW II US Government Poster

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

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

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

Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous

Happiness is a choice.
- Anonymous

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- Anonymous

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

Don't quit.
- 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)

Persistence prevails when all else fails.
- Anonymous

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

Don't ask questions about fairy tales.
- Yiddish Proverb

It's never too late.
- Anonymous

Man plans, God laughs
- Yiddish Proverb

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

Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
- English Proverb

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

Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
- Native American Proverb

Never stop dreaming.
- Anonymous

You only get out what you put in.
- Anonymous

Everything is okay in the end.
If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
- Anonymous

Hard work pays off.
- Anonymous

Never give up.
- Anonymous

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

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

Experience is the best teacher.
- Proverb

Know When To Be Done.
- Anonymous

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

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal,
love leaves a memory no one can steal.
- From a headstone in Ireland

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

One man with courage makes a majority.
- old saying probably repeated by Andrew Jackson
(falsely attributed to Jefferson)

If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win, but think you can't
It's almost a cinch you won't.
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man;
But soon or late the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.
- Anonymous

Comparisons are odious.
- old English Proverb

A bend in the road is not the end of the road
unless you fail to make the turn.
- 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

Life is what you make it.
- Anonymous

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

Hunker down.
- Anonymous

Slow but steady wins the race.
- Anonymous

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

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

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

Everything is not as it appears to be.
- Proverb

Willingness without action is a fantasy.
- Anonymous

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

The best relationship is one in which
your love for each other
exceeds your need for each other.
- Anonymous

No pain, no gain.
- Anonymous

The key to happiness is having dreams.
The key to success is making your dreams come true.
- Anonymous

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
- Buddhist proverb

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

Maybe So, Maybe Not.
- Ancient Taoist Proverb

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

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May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie