A son is a son till he takes him a wife,
by Anonymous

A son is a son till he takes him a wife,
a daughter is a daughter all of her life.
- Irish Traditional

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

You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous

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

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

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

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

No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb

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

We Can Do It!
- WW II US Government Poster

This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
- Anonymous

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous

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

Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- 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

Happiness is a choice.
- 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

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.

Believe in yourself.
- Anonymous

To dream of the person you would like to be
is to waste the person you are.
- Anonymous

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

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.
- Proverb

He who hesitates is lost.
- Proverb

Laughter is the best medicine.
- Anonymous

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

Confidence is half of victory.
- Yiddish Proverb

Practice makes perfect.
- Anonymous

From small beginnings come great things.
- Anonymous

That which you hate to be done to you,
do not do to another.
- Ancient Egyptian Proverb

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

An optimist is one who makes the best
of what he gets the worst of.
- Anonymous

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

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

We hate in others what we most fear in ourselves.
- Anonymous

If you understand, things are just as they are;
if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
- Zen Proverb

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

Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb

Man plans, God laughs
- Yiddish Proverb

Every dog has his day.
- Proverb

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

Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
- Arabian Proverb

Life is a choice.
- Anonymous

Good things come in small packages.
- old proverb

Nobody cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care.
- attributed to Theodore Roosevelt, among others,
but probably earlier and anonymous

Seize the day (Carpe Diem)
- ancient Roman proverb

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

Hunker down.
- Anonymous

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

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

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

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

The first sigh of love is the last breath of wisdom.
- Anonymous

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
- Buddhist proverb

Actions speak louder than words.
- Proverb

Whatever it takes.
- Anonymous

Failing to plan is planning to fail.
- Anonymous

Some people dream of success
while others wake up and work hard at it.
- Anonymous

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

March to the beat of your own drum.
- Proverb

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

You can, when you believe you can.
- Anonymous

Bad habits are like a comfortable bed,
easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
- Proverb

It is darkest just before the dawn.
- Proverb

Experience is the best teacher.
- Proverb

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