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I wept because I had no shoes
until I met a man who had no feet.
- old Persian Proverb
Related topics: Inspirational Life Human-Nature Psychology Wisdom Gratitude Perspective
Everything is a miracle,
not just the beautiful and lovely things.
- 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
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Happiness is a choice.
- 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
Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
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
A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb
You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous
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)
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Your worst days are never so bad
that you are beyond the reach of God's grace.
And your best days are never so good
that you are beyond the need of God's grace.
- Anonymous
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Anonymous
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
- Chinese proverb
Let Go, Let God.
- Anonymous
He who can give thanks for little
will always find he has enough.
- Anonymous
Change comes from within.
- Anonymous
Follow Your Dreams.
- 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
Calm provides clarity. Pause to consider
the gifts you have been given,
the difference you have made
and the direction in which you are headed.
- 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
If you want to feel rich,
just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
- Anonymous
Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.
- Anonymous
If I keep a green bough in my heart the singing bird will come.
- Chinese proverb
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
- Anonymous
The key to happiness is not to have what you want
but to want what you have.
- Anonymous
Dance like no one is watching,
love like you'll never be hurt.
Sing like no one is listening.
Live life like it's heaven on earth.
- Anonymous (various attributions and alternate phrasings)
Peace is the ultimate blessing.
- Jewish traditional
The will of God will never take you
to where the grace of God will not protect you.
- Anonymous
We are most like God when we forgive.
- Anonymous
If you are patient in one moment of anger,
you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
- Chinese Proverb
Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common.
Celebrate it every day.
- Anonymous
Life may not be the party we hoped for,
but while we are here we might as well dance.
- Anonymous
When God closes a door, he opens a window.
- Anonymous
All the darkness of the world cannot
extinguish the light of a single candle,
yet one candle can illuminate all the darkness.
- Jewish Hanukah Prayer
The first sigh of love is the last breath of wisdom.
- Anonymous
Kindness is better than piety.
- Yiddish Proverb
The brightest stars are those who
shine for the benefit of others.
- Anonymous
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect.
It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
- Anonymous
If you want to be happy,
put your effort into controlling the sail, not the wind.
- Anonymous
One can pay back the loan of gold,
but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
- Malayan Proverb
Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous
Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
- Anonymous
A coincidence is a small miracle in which
God chooses to remain anonymous.
- Anonymous
Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
- Native American Proverb
If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive.
If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative.
- Anonymous
You cannot soar with eagles when you are running with ducks.
- Anonymous
The best way to gain self-confidence
is to do what you are afraid to do.
- Anonymous
Never give up.
- Anonymous
The key to happiness is having dreams.
The key to success is making your dreams come true.
- Anonymous
Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.
- German Proverb
We hate in others what we most fear in ourselves.
- 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)
An optimist is one who makes the best
of what he gets the worst of.
- Anonymous
Never quit.
- Anonymous
Be not afraid of growing slowly,
be afraid only of standing still.
- Chinese Proverb
Wherever you go, there you are.
- Traditional Zen Proverb
May you never forget what is worth remembering,
or remember what is best forgotten.
- Anonymous
The beginning of wisdom is to
call things by their right names.
- Chinese proverb
Roll with the punches.
- Anonymous
It's never too late.
- Anonymous
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb
Know When To Be Done.
- Anonymous
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