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We return thanks to our mother,
the earth, which sustains us.
We return thanks to the rivers and streams
which supply us with water.
We return thanks to all herbs, which furnish medicines
for the cure of our diseases.
We return thanks to the corn, and to her sisters,
the beans and squashes, which give us life.
We return thanks to the bushes and trees,
which provide us with fruit.
We return thanks to the wind,
which, moving the air, has banished diseases.
We return thanks to the moon and the stars,
which have given us their light when the sun was gone.
We return thanks to our grandfather He-no,
that he has protected his grandchildren from witches and reptiles,
and has given us his rain.
We return thanks to the sun,
that he has looked upon the earth with a beneficent eye.
Lastly, we return thanks to the Great Spirit,
in whom is embodied all goodness,
and who directs all things for the good of his children.
- Iroquois traditional
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb
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)
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Anonymous
Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
- 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
This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
- Anonymous
All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
Happiness is a choice.
- Anonymous
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
The first sigh of love is the last breath of wisdom.
- Anonymous
Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous
Everything is a miracle,
not just the beautiful and lovely things.
- 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
Don't ask questions about fairy tales.
- Yiddish Proverb
If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive.
If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative.
- Anonymous
Be a Human BEing Rather Than a Human DOing.
- Anonymous
Don't Limit Your Challenges... Challenge Your Limits.
- Anonymous
The man who can't dance thinks the band is no good.
- Polish Proverb
Man plans, God laughs
- Yiddish Proverb
If you want to be happy,
put your effort into controlling the sail, not the wind.
- 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
Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
- Native American Proverb
Never quit.
- Anonymous
You can, when you believe you can.
- Anonymous
Many hands make light work.
- Proverb
It is darkest just before the dawn.
- Proverb
In order to discover new lands,
one must be willing to lose sight
of the shore for a very long time.
- Anonymous
Never stop dreaming.
- Anonymous
Peace is the ultimate blessing.
- Jewish traditional
Nobody cares how much you know,
until they know how much you care.
- attributed to Theodore Roosevelt, among others,
but probably earlier and anonymous
The Joy is in the Journey.
- Anonymous
Willingness without action is a fantasy.
- Anonymous
Roll with the punches.
- Anonymous
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
- Anonymous
Keep the Faith.
- Anonymous
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
- Chinese proverb
Life is what you make it.
- Anonymous
In order to succeed, you must first be willing to fail.
- Anonymous
Some people dream of success
while others wake up and work hard at it.
- Anonymous
Believe in yourself.
- Anonymous
Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common.
Celebrate it every day.
- 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
Kindness is better than piety.
- Yiddish Proverb
Return love for hate.
- Anonymous
It is amazing how much you can accomplish
when it doesn't matter who gets the credit.
- Anonymous
Maybe So, Maybe Not.
- Ancient Taoist Proverb
Practice makes perfect.
- Anonymous
There is no truth, only human opinion.
- Anonymous
When God closes a door, he opens a window.
- Anonymous
The best things in life are free.
- Anonymous
Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Proverb
You cannot discover new oceans unless
you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
- Anonymous
Smile, and the world smiles with you.
- Anonymous
We are most like God when we forgive.
- Anonymous
From small beginnings come great things.
- Anonymous
He who has health has hope,
and he who has hope has everything.
- Anonymous
I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand.
- Chinese proverb
It's never too late.
- Anonymous
It takes years to build up trust,
and only seconds to destroy it.
- Anonymous
True love has no limits.
- Anonymous
Slow but steady wins the race.
- Anonymous
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