When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
by 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

Related topics: Wisdom

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous

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

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

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

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

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

No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb

You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous

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

All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb

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

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

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

Happiness is a choice.
- Anonymous

Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous

Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous

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

Willingness without action is a fantasy.
- Anonymous

Every dog has his day.
- Proverb

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.
- German Proverb

Everyone is wise, until he speaks.
- Irish proverb

The best things in life are free.
- 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 not as it appears to be.
- Proverb

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

The best relationship is one in which
your love for each other
exceeds your need for each other.
- Anonymous

Many hands make light work.
- Proverb

Believe in yourself.
- Anonymous

Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
- Arabian Proverb

Be happy for this moment.
This moment is your life.
- Anonymous

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

Carpe Diem (Seize the day)
- Latin Proverb

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- 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

Never give up.
- Anonymous

Persistence prevails when all else fails.
- Anonymous

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

Be the best that you can be.
- Anonymous

Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge,
but he who hates correction is stupid.
- Anonymous

Expectations Diminish Joy.
- Anonymous

Life is a choice.
- Anonymous

Experience is the best teacher.
- Proverb

Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb

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

The beginning of wisdom is to
call things by their right names.
- Chinese proverb

The key to happiness is having dreams.
The key to success is making your dreams come true.
- Anonymous

Life is what you make it.
- Anonymous

Practice makes perfect.
- Anonymous

Listen to all, plucking a feather
from every passing goose,
but, follow no one absolutely.
- Chinese Proverb

Man plans, God laughs
- Yiddish Proverb

True love has no limits.
- 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

No pain, no gain.
- Anonymous

It's never too late.
- Anonymous

Actions speak louder than words.
- Proverb

To dream of the person you would like to be
is to waste the person you are.
- Anonymous

Seize the day (Carpe Diem)
- ancient Roman proverb

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

Every cloud has a silver lining.
- Proverb

Be not afraid of growing slowly,
be afraid only of standing still.
- Chinese Proverb

When all else fails, try thinking.
- Anonymous

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

We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.
- American Indian Proverb

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
- Buddhist proverb

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.

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

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