Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.
- Anonymous
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Anonymous
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb
A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb
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)
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
- Anonymous
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
You Create Your Own Reality.
- 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
Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
- Anonymous
Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
Happiness is a choice.
- 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
Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous
Appreciate the Unexpected.
- Anonymous
A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.
- Yiddish Proverb
Life is what you make it.
- Anonymous
You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- old proverb often attributed to David Lloyd George
It is darkest just before the dawn.
- Proverb
It is amazing how much you can accomplish
when it doesn't matter who gets the credit.
- Anonymous
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal,
love leaves a memory no one can steal.
- From a headstone in Ireland
When all else fails, try thinking.
- Anonymous
The sun WILL come up tomorrow.
- Anonymous
Free will is not the liberty to do whatever one likes,
but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done,
even in the very face of otherwise overwhelming impulse.
There lies freedom, indeed.
- Anonymous
Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
- Native American Proverb
Every dog has his day.
- Proverb
Be the best that you can be.
- 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
Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.
- German Proverb
Never quit.
- Anonymous
Time flies.
- Anonymous
If at first you don't succeed, try try again.
- Proverb
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
- Chinese proverb
The Joy is in the Journey.
- Anonymous
Strike while the iron is hot.
- Proverb
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
- Buddhist Proverb
The winds of grace are always blowing;
all we need to do is raise our sails.
- Anonymous
Everything is okay in the end.
If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
- Anonymous
Wherever you go, there you are.
- Traditional Zen Proverb
Time cures all things.
- Proverb
Comparisons are odious.
- old English Proverb
If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb
Practice makes perfect.
- Anonymous
Everything is a miracle,
not just the beautiful and lovely things.
- Anonymous
Willingness without action is a fantasy.
- Anonymous
Letting go doesn't mean giving up...
it means moving on.
- Anonymous
Persistence prevails when all else fails.
- Anonymous
Follow your own star.
- Anonymous
Roll with the punches.
- Anonymous
Confidence is half of victory.
- Yiddish Proverb
Seize the day (Carpe Diem)
- ancient Roman proverb
Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge,
but he who hates correction is stupid.
- Anonymous
He who hesitates is lost.
- Proverb
You only get out what you put in.
- Anonymous
Be a Human BEing Rather Than a Human DOing.
- Anonymous
Whatever it takes.
- Anonymous
Know When To Be Done.
- Anonymous
One man with courage makes a majority.
- old saying probably repeated by Andrew Jackson
(falsely attributed to Jefferson)
The beginning of wisdom is to
call things by their right names.
- Chinese proverb
Hard work pays off.
- Anonymous
A bend in the road is not the end of the road
unless you fail to make the turn.
- Anonymous
Better late than never.
- Proverb
There is no truth, only human opinion.
- Anonymous
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