I hear and I forget.
by Anonymous

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

Related topics: Wisdom Action Practice

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

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

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

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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

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

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

All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb

No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous

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

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

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

You Create Your Own Reality.
- 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

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

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous

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

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

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

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

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

A wise man hears one word and understands two.
- Yiddish Proverb

Maybe So, Maybe Not.
- Ancient Taoist Proverb

In order to succeed, you must first be willing to fail.
- Anonymous

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

Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb

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

Failing to plan is planning to fail.
- Anonymous

It takes years to build up trust,
and only seconds to destroy it.
- Anonymous

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

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

IF it is to be, it is up to me.
- Anonymous

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

Seize the day (Carpe Diem)
- ancient Roman proverb

Whatever it takes.
- Anonymous

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

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

Don't Limit Your Challenges... Challenge Your Limits.
- Anonymous

Don't ever give up.
- Anonymous

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

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

Slow but steady wins the race.
- 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

Willingness without action is a fantasy.
- Anonymous

Practice makes perfect.
- Anonymous

Believe in yourself.
- Anonymous

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

Love is saying "I feel differently,"
instead of "You're wrong."
- Anonymous

Life is what you make it.
- Anonymous

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

Confidence is half of victory.
- Yiddish Proverb

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

Time cures all things.
- Proverb

Take risks: if you win, you will be happy;
if you lose, you will be wise.
- Anonymous

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

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

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

From small beginnings come great things.
- Anonymous

Keep the Faith.
- Anonymous

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

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

Hard work pays off.
- Anonymous

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

Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Proverb

You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- old proverb often attributed to David Lloyd George

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

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