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Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Proverb
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Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
- Anonymous 
Everything is a miracle,
not just the beautiful and lovely things.
- Anonymous
Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
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
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Anonymous
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous
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
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
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)
Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
- Anonymous
If you are patient in one moment of anger,
you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
- Chinese Proverb
The will of God will never take you
to where the grace of God will not protect you.
- Anonymous
Life may not be the party we hoped for,
but while we are here we might as well dance.
- Anonymous
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
- Anonymous
Change comes from within.
- Anonymous
When God closes a door, he opens a window.
- 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)
If you want to feel rich,
just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
- Anonymous
One can pay back the loan of gold,
but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
- Malayan Proverb
Follow Your Dreams.
- Anonymous
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
- Chinese proverb
If I keep a green bough in my heart the singing bird will come.
- Chinese proverb
Let Go, Let God.
- Anonymous
We are most like God when we forgive.
- 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
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
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
He who can give thanks for little
will always find he has enough.
- Anonymous
Kindness is better than piety.
- Yiddish Proverb
If you want to be happy,
put your effort into controlling the sail, not the wind.
- Anonymous
I wept because I had no shoes
until I met a man who had no feet.
- old Persian 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
Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common.
Celebrate it every day.
- Anonymous
Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.
- Anonymous
Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect.
It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
- Anonymous
A coincidence is a small miracle in which
God chooses to remain anonymous.
- Anonymous
The first sigh of love is the last breath of wisdom.
- Anonymous
The brightest stars are those who
shine for the benefit of others.
- Anonymous
Peace is the ultimate blessing.
- Jewish traditional
Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
- 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)
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- Anonymous
Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
- English Proverb
Many hands make light work.
- Proverb
IF it is to be, it is up to me.
- Anonymous
Appreciate the Unexpected.
- Anonymous
Every dog has his day.
- Proverb
It's never too late.
- Anonymous
Follow your own star.
- Anonymous
Every day in every way I am getting better and better.
- Anonymous
The winds of grace are always blowing;
all we need to do is raise our sails.
- Anonymous
Everything is okay in the end.
If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
- Anonymous
A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.
- Yiddish Proverb
Experience is the best teacher.
- Proverb
All's well that ends well.
- Proverb (and title of a Shakespeare play)
Persistence prevails when all else fails.
- Anonymous
Excellence is the result of
caring more than others think wise,
risking more than other's think safe,
dreaming more than others think practical,
and expecting more than others think possible.
- Anonymous
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