I wept because I had no shoes
by Anonymous

I wept because I had no shoes
until I met a man who had no feet.
- old Persian Proverb

Related topics: Inspirational Life Human-Nature Psychology Wisdom Gratitude Perspective

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

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

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

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

You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous

We Can Do It!
- WW II US Government Poster

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

No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous

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

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

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

Happiness is a choice.
- 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

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous

Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- 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

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

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

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

Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Proverb

Many hands make light work.
- Proverb

Failing to plan is planning to fail.
- Anonymous

It's never too late.
- Anonymous

Expectations Diminish Joy.
- Anonymous

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

Never quit.
- 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

A bend in the road is not the end of the road
unless you fail to make the turn.
- Anonymous

Follow your own star.
- 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

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

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

Actions speak louder than words.
- Proverb

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

When the music changes, so does the dance.
- African Proverb

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

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.
- Proverb

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

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

Be the best that you can be.
- Anonymous

Know When To Be Done.
- Anonymous

Roll with the punches.
- Anonymous

Don't ask questions about fairy tales.
- Yiddish Proverb

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

Seize the day (Carpe Diem)
- ancient Roman proverb

Hunker down.
- Anonymous

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

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

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

Persistence prevails when all else fails.
- 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

A part of you has grown in me.
And so you see, it's you and me
together forever and never apart,
maybe in distance, but never in heart.
- Anonymous

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

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

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)

There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
- 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

If not us, who, if not now, when?
- Anonymous

From small beginnings come great things.
- Anonymous

Maybe So, Maybe Not.
- Ancient Taoist Proverb

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

Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Proverb

Practice makes perfect.
- Anonymous

Never give up.
- Anonymous

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May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie