If things are not as you wish,
by Anonymous

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

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

You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous

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

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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)

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

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous

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

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

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

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

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

He who hesitates is lost.
- Proverb

Never quit.
- 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

Believe in yourself.
- Anonymous

Comparisons are odious.
- old English Proverb

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

Practice makes perfect.
- Anonymous

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

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

Willingness without action is a fantasy.
- Anonymous

Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb

Everyone is wise, until he speaks.
- Irish proverb

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

Slow but steady wins the race.
- Anonymous

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

Appreciate the Unexpected.
- Anonymous

Laughter is the best medicine.
- Anonymous

From small beginnings come great things.
- Anonymous

Roll with the punches.
- Anonymous

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

Every dog has his day.
- Proverb

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)

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

No pain, no gain.
- Anonymous

True love has no limits.
- Anonymous

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

Experience is the best teacher.
- Proverb

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

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

Whatever it takes.
- Anonymous

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

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.
- Proverb

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

The sun WILL come up tomorrow.
- Anonymous

Reach for the stars.
- Anonymous

Failing to plan is planning to fail.
- Anonymous

In order to discover new lands,
one must be willing to lose sight
of the shore for a very long time.
- Anonymous

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

It's never too late.
- Anonymous

We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.
- American Indian Proverb

Every cloud has a silver lining.
- Proverb

Life is a choice.
- Anonymous

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
- Anonymous

Never give up.
- Anonymous

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

Hunker down.
- Anonymous

When life gives you lemons, Make Lemonade.
- Anonymous saying

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