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Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
- African Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous
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
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous
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
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Anonymous
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish 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
Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
- Anonymous
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
Happiness is a choice.
- Anonymous
Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous
You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- old proverb often attributed to David Lloyd George
If you understand, things are just as they are;
if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
- Zen Proverb
If at first you don't succeed, try try again.
- Proverb
Live and let live.
- Yiddish Proverb
Follow your own star.
- 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
Time flies.
- Anonymous
From small beginnings come great things.
- Anonymous
The winds of grace are always blowing;
all we need to do is raise our sails.
- Anonymous
Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge,
but he who hates correction is stupid.
- Anonymous
Never quit.
- Anonymous
Be a Human BEing Rather Than a Human DOing.
- Anonymous
It takes years to build up trust,
and only seconds to destroy it.
- Anonymous
The Joy is in the Journey.
- Anonymous
When the music changes, so does the dance.
- African Proverb
Better late than never.
- Proverb
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
- Anonymous
Yesterday is history,
tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That is why it is called Present.
- Anonymous
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
- Buddhist Proverb
Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Proverb
Life is a choice.
- Anonymous
The best things in life are free.
- Anonymous
Don't ask questions about fairy tales.
- Yiddish Proverb
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
- Chinese proverb
If there is a will, there is a way.
- Anonymous
Comparisons are odious.
- old English Proverb
Don't Limit Your Challenges... Challenge Your Limits.
- Anonymous
If not us, who, if not now, when?
- Anonymous
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
- Anonymous
To the world you may be one person,
but to one person you may be the world.
- Anonymous (attributed to Bill Wilson, Brandi Snyder and others)
That which you hate to be done to you,
do not do to another.
- Ancient Egyptian Proverb
When all else fails, try thinking.
- Anonymous
Laughter is the best medicine.
- Anonymous
Maybe So, Maybe Not.
- Ancient Taoist Proverb
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
- Proverb
Smile, and the world smiles with you.
- Anonymous
A wise man hears one word and understands two.
- Yiddish Proverb
Before you criticize a man,
walk a mile in his shoes.
- Anonymous
IF it is to be, it is up to me.
- Anonymous
Every dog has his day.
- Proverb
Keep the Faith.
- Anonymous
Practice makes perfect.
- Anonymous
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 the best that you can be.
- Anonymous
Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
- English Proverb
Roll with the punches.
- Anonymous
Many hands make light work.
- Proverb
If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive.
If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative.
- Anonymous
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
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