You cannot discover new oceans unless
you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
- Anonymous
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The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
- Anonymous
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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)
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous
He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Anonymous
We Can Do It!
- WW II US Government Poster
No good comes from hurrying.
- 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
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb
Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- 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
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
Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
- Anonymous
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.
- German Proverb
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
Strike while the iron is hot.
- Proverb
Life is a choice.
- Anonymous
Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams.
- Anonymous
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb
Time cures all things.
- Proverb
We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.
- American Indian 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)
Be happy for this moment.
This moment is your life.
- Anonymous
Believe in yourself.
- Anonymous
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
Everything is a miracle,
not just the beautiful and lovely things.
- Anonymous
Anything Is Possible.
- 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
If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb
Roll with the punches.
- Anonymous
Everyone is wise, until he speaks.
- Irish proverb
Follow your own star.
- Anonymous
That which you hate to be done to you,
do not do to another.
- Ancient Egyptian Proverb
Expectations Diminish Joy.
- Anonymous
He who hesitates is lost.
- Proverb
He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes.
He who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.
- Chinese Proverb
Comparisons are odious.
- old English Proverb
Return love for hate.
- Anonymous
Keep the Faith.
- Anonymous
It takes years to build up trust,
and only seconds to destroy it.
- Anonymous
When the music changes, so does the dance.
- African Proverb
If not us, who, if not now, when?
- Anonymous
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
- Anonymous
When life gives you lemons, Make Lemonade.
- Anonymous saying
No pain, no gain.
- Anonymous
Bad habits are like a comfortable bed,
easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
- Proverb
Be the best that you can be.
- Anonymous
A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.
- Yiddish Proverb
A wise man hears one word and understands two.
- Yiddish Proverb
The first sigh of love is the last breath of wisdom.
- Anonymous
Before you criticize a man,
walk a mile in his shoes.
- Anonymous
To dream of the person you would like to be
is to waste the person you are.
- Anonymous
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- Anonymous
Laughter is the best medicine.
- Anonymous
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
- Buddhist proverb
Persistence prevails when all else fails.
- Anonymous
The best way to gain self-confidence
is to do what you are afraid to do.
- Anonymous
Some people dream of success
while others wake up and work hard at it.
- Anonymous
Don't ever give up.
- Anonymous
You only get out what you put in.
- Anonymous
Free will is not the liberty to do whatever one likes,
but the power of doing whatever one sees ought to be done,
even in the very face of otherwise overwhelming impulse.
There lies freedom, indeed.
- Anonymous
Practice makes perfect.
- Anonymous
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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