One man with courage makes a majority.
- old saying probably repeated by Andrew Jackson
(falsely attributed to Jefferson)
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Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)
All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Anonymous
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
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
We Can Do It!
- WW II US Government Poster
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous
This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
- Anonymous
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous
He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb
Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
- Anonymous
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
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
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
Happiness is a choice.
- Anonymous
Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous
Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
Every cloud has a silver lining.
- Proverb
A man's good name is his best monument
- from an old churchyard at Lockerbie, Scotland
He who hesitates is lost.
- Proverb
In order to succeed, you must first be willing to fail.
- Anonymous
Good things come in small packages.
- old proverb
The best things in life are free.
- Anonymous
Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
- English Proverb
Don't ask questions about fairy tales.
- Yiddish Proverb
March to the beat of your own drum.
- Proverb
Everyone should carefully observe
which way his heart draws him,
and then choose that way with all his strength.
- Hasidic Proverb
Be a Human BEing Rather Than a Human DOing.
- Anonymous
Life is a choice.
- Anonymous
Everything is not as it appears to be.
- Proverb
The key to happiness is having dreams.
The key to success is making your dreams come true.
- Anonymous
There is no truth, only human opinion.
- Anonymous
A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.
- Yiddish Proverb
When life gives you lemons, Make Lemonade.
- Anonymous saying
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
- Anonymous
Anything Is Possible.
- Anonymous
The winds of grace are always blowing;
all we need to do is raise our sails.
- Anonymous
All's well that ends well.
- Proverb (and title of a Shakespeare play)
Some people dream of success
while others wake up and work hard at it.
- Anonymous
Every dog has his day.
- 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)
You cannot discover new oceans unless
you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
- Anonymous
Never quit.
- Anonymous
Follow your own star.
- Anonymous
Take risks: if you win, you will be happy;
if you lose, you will be wise.
- Anonymous
Everything is okay in the end.
If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
- Anonymous
Many hands make light work.
- Proverb
Comparisons are odious.
- old English Proverb
True love has no limits.
- Anonymous
You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- old proverb often attributed to David Lloyd George
Be happy for this moment.
This moment is your life.
- Anonymous
A closed mind is like a closed book;
just a block of wood.
- Chinese proverb
Actions speak louder than words.
- Proverb
Reach for the stars.
- Anonymous
Man plans, God laughs
- Yiddish Proverb
No pain, no gain.
- Anonymous
When all else fails, try thinking.
- Anonymous
It is amazing how much you can accomplish
when it doesn't matter who gets the credit.
- Anonymous
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
- Anonymous
If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb
From small beginnings come great things.
- Anonymous
Practice makes perfect.
- Anonymous
The Joy is in the Journey.
- Anonymous
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
Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Proverb
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- Anonymous
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