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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
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Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
- Anonymous 
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Anonymous
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
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This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
- Anonymous
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous
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
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish 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
Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
Happiness is a choice.
- Anonymous
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb
All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb
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
Everything is a miracle,
not just the beautiful and lovely things.
- Anonymous
Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous
The first sigh of love is the last breath of wisdom.
- Anonymous
He who hesitates is lost.
- Proverb
Yesterday is history,
tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That is why it is called Present.
- Anonymous
If you want to feel rich,
just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
- Anonymous
Slow but steady wins the race.
- Anonymous
There is no truth, only human opinion.
- Anonymous
A coincidence is a small miracle in which
God chooses to remain anonymous.
- Anonymous
One can pay back the loan of gold,
but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
- Malayan Proverb
No amount of self-improvement can make up
for a lack of self-acceptance.
- Anonymous
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
- Anonymous
Man plans, God laughs
- Yiddish Proverb
The key to happiness is having dreams.
The key to success is making your dreams come true.
- Anonymous
A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.
- Yiddish Proverb
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
- Buddhist proverb
Strike while the iron is hot.
- Proverb
The winds of grace are always blowing;
all we need to do is raise our sails.
- Anonymous
Happiness is a state of mind.
- Anonymous
It takes years to build up trust,
and only seconds to destroy it.
- Anonymous
A wise man hears one word and understands two.
- Yiddish Proverb
Comparisons are odious.
- old English Proverb
When God closes a door, he opens a window.
- 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
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
- Chinese proverb
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb
It is darkest just before the dawn.
- Proverb
Every cloud has a silver lining.
- Proverb
Smile, and the world smiles with you.
- Anonymous
Envy breeds hate.
- Yiddish Proverb
Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
- Native American Proverb
All's well that ends well.
- Proverb (and title of a Shakespeare play)
Don't ask questions about fairy tales.
- Yiddish Proverb
It is amazing how much you can accomplish
when it doesn't matter who gets the credit.
- Anonymous
The beginning of wisdom is to
call things by their right names.
- Chinese proverb
If you understand, things are just as they are;
if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
- Zen Proverb
Believe in yourself.
- Anonymous
Better late than never.
- Proverb
You cannot soar with eagles when you are running with ducks.
- Anonymous
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.
- 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
Know When To Be Done.
- Anonymous
From small beginnings come great things.
- Anonymous
If the problem can be solved,
there is no use worrying about it.
If it can't be solved,
worrying will do no good.
- Tibetan proverb
Experience is a hard teacher.
She gives the test first
and the lessons afterwards.
- Anonymous
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
Never quit.
- Anonymous
You only get out what you put in.
- Anonymous
I wept because I had no shoes
until I met a man who had no feet.
- old Persian Proverb
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
May you never forget what is worth remembering,
or remember what is best forgotten.
- Anonymous
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