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.
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Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Anonymous
All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
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The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
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
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
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
We Can Do It!
- WW II US Government Poster
You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)
A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb
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
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
Happiness is a choice.
- Anonymous
Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
- 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
Failing to plan is planning to fail.
- Anonymous
Believe in yourself.
- Anonymous
You cannot discover new oceans unless
you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
- Anonymous
Slow but steady wins the race.
- Anonymous
It is darkest just before the dawn.
- Proverb
The best way to gain self-confidence
is to do what you are afraid to do.
- Anonymous
The winds of grace are always blowing;
all we need to do is raise our sails.
- Anonymous
Strike while the iron is hot.
- Proverb
Persistence prevails when all else fails.
- Anonymous
He who hesitates is lost.
- Proverb
It takes years to build up trust,
and only seconds to destroy it.
- Anonymous
It's never too late.
- Anonymous
Be the best that you can be.
- Anonymous
True love has no limits.
- Anonymous
Man plans, God laughs
- Yiddish Proverb
Don't ask questions about fairy tales.
- Yiddish Proverb
May you never forget what is worth remembering,
or remember what is best forgotten.
- Anonymous
Don't quit.
- Anonymous
Keep the Faith.
- Anonymous
Appreciate the Unexpected.
- Anonymous
Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Proverb
Confidence is half of victory.
- Yiddish Proverb
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
- Proverb
When life gives you lemons, Make Lemonade.
- Anonymous saying
If not us, who, if not now, when?
- Anonymous
You can do anything you put your mind to.
- Anonymous
Carpe Diem (Seize the day)
- Latin Proverb
Live and let live.
- Yiddish Proverb
Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Proverb
If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive.
If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative.
- 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
There is no truth, only human opinion.
- Anonymous
We hate in others what we most fear in ourselves.
- Anonymous
Every dog has his day.
- Proverb
Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
- Arabian Proverb
Take risks: if you win, you will be happy;
if you lose, you will be wise.
- Anonymous
In order to succeed, you must first be willing to fail.
- Anonymous
Listen to all, plucking a feather
from every passing goose,
but, follow no one absolutely.
- Chinese Proverb
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
- Chinese proverb
Don't Limit Your Challenges... Challenge Your Limits.
- Anonymous
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
- Anonymous
Everything is not as it appears to be.
- Proverb
Return love for hate.
- Anonymous
He who has health has hope,
and he who has hope has everything.
- Anonymous
A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.
- Yiddish Proverb
If at first you don't succeed, try try again.
- 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)
Nobody cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care.
- attributed to Theodore Roosevelt, among others,
but probably earlier and anonymous
Time flies.
- Anonymous
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