If you understand, things are just as they are;
by Anonymous

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

Related topics: Wisdom

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

We Can Do It!
- WW II US Government Poster

All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous

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

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

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

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

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

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

Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb

You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous

Happiness is a choice.
- 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

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

Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb

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

Expectations Diminish Joy.
- Anonymous

Live and let live.
- Yiddish Proverb

Slow but steady wins the race.
- Anonymous

Everything is okay in the end.
If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
- Anonymous

Great oaks from little acorns grow.
- Proverb

All's well that ends well.
- Proverb (and title of a Shakespeare play)

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal,
love leaves a memory no one can steal.
- From a headstone in Ireland

The best things in life are free.
- Anonymous

A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.
- Yiddish Proverb

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

It is darkest just before the dawn.
- Proverb

Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last.
- Chinese proverb

Confidence is half of victory.
- Yiddish Proverb

Time cures all things.
- Proverb

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

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live your life so that when you die,
the world cries and you rejoice.
- Indian Proverb

If I try to be like him, who will be like me?
- Yiddish proverb

Never stop dreaming.
- Anonymous

He who hesitates is lost.
- Proverb

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

When all else fails, try thinking.
- Anonymous

Man plans, God laughs
- Yiddish 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

Willingness without action is a fantasy.
- Anonymous

Know When To Be Done.
- Anonymous

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

Love is saying "I feel differently,"
instead of "You're wrong."
- Anonymous

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

Wherever you go, there you are.
- Traditional Zen Proverb

IF it is to be, it is up to me.
- Anonymous

Appreciate the Unexpected.
- Anonymous

Hunker down.
- Anonymous

Keep the Faith.
- Anonymous

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

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

From small beginnings come great things.
- Anonymous

You can do anything you put your mind to.
- Anonymous

Laughter is the best medicine.
- Anonymous

Believe in yourself.
- Anonymous

Anything Is Possible.
- Anonymous

Take risks: if you win, you will be happy;
if you lose, you will be wise.
- Anonymous

Before you criticize a man,
walk a mile in his shoes.
- Anonymous

Never quit.
- Anonymous

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

Everyone should carefully observe
which way his heart draws him,
and then choose that way with all his strength.
- Hasidic Proverb

You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- old proverb often attributed to David Lloyd George

Everything is not as it appears to be.
- Proverb

Reach for the stars.
- Anonymous

Behind an able man there are always other able men.
- Chinese proverb

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