Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Anonymous
We Can Do It!
- WW II US Government Poster
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous
This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
- Anonymous
Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
- Anonymous
Happiness is a choice.
- Anonymous
Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- 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
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
If you understand, things are just as they are;
if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
- Zen Proverb
Appreciate the Unexpected.
- 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
The best things in life are free.
- 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
Strike while the iron is hot.
- Proverb
Actions speak louder than words.
- 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
The best way to gain self-confidence
is to do what you are afraid to do.
- Anonymous
Many hands make light work.
- Proverb
Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
- Arabian Proverb
Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
- English Proverb
Laughter is the best medicine.
- Anonymous
A closed mind is like a closed book;
just a block of wood.
- Chinese proverb
If there is a will, there is a way.
- Anonymous
Everything is a miracle,
not just the beautiful and lovely things.
- Anonymous
Better late than never.
- Proverb
When all else fails, try thinking.
- 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
Reach for the stars.
- Anonymous
True love has no limits.
- Anonymous
Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Proverb
A wise man hears one word and understands two.
- Yiddish Proverb
One man with courage makes a majority.
- old saying probably repeated by Andrew Jackson
(falsely attributed to Jefferson)
It is darkest just before the dawn.
- Proverb
When the music changes, so does the dance.
- African Proverb
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
- Buddhist Proverb
The sun WILL come up tomorrow.
- Anonymous
There is no truth, only human opinion.
- Anonymous
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams.
- Anonymous
Don't ask questions about fairy tales.
- Yiddish Proverb
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
- Chinese proverb
The beginning of wisdom is to
call things by their right names.
- Chinese proverb
Live and let live.
- Yiddish Proverb
An optimist is one who makes the best
of what he gets the worst of.
- Anonymous
If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb
Practice makes perfect.
- Anonymous
Yesterday is history,
tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That is why it is called Present.
- Anonymous
If at first you don't succeed, try try again.
- Proverb
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
- Proverb
Everyone is wise, until he speaks.
- Irish proverb
Don't Limit Your Challenges... Challenge Your Limits.
- Anonymous
Some people dream of success
while others wake up and work hard at it.
- Anonymous
In order to succeed, you must first be willing 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
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
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal,
love leaves a memory no one can steal.
- From a headstone in Ireland
Love is saying "I feel differently,"
instead of "You're wrong."
- Anonymous
You cannot soar with eagles when you are running with ducks.
- Anonymous
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