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You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- old proverb often attributed to David Lloyd George
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Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- 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
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Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
- Anonymous
All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb
Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
Happiness is a choice.
- Anonymous
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
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish 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
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous
He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb
You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous
Everything is a miracle,
not just the beautiful and lovely things.
- Anonymous
This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
- Anonymous
Never give up.
- Anonymous
Everyone should carefully observe
which way his heart draws him,
and then choose that way with all his strength.
- Hasidic Proverb
Appreciate the Unexpected.
- Anonymous
Confidence is half of victory.
- Yiddish Proverb
If not us, who, if not now, when?
- Anonymous
Believe in yourself.
- 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 you want to feel rich,
just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
- Anonymous
Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Proverb
Anything Is Possible.
- Anonymous
He who can give thanks for little
will always find he has enough.
- Anonymous
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
- Anonymous
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- 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)
Reach for the stars.
- Anonymous
Don't ever give up.
- Anonymous
Take risks: if you win, you will be happy;
if you lose, you will be wise.
- Anonymous
When life gives you lemons, Make Lemonade.
- Anonymous saying
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
- Chinese proverb
Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous
The brightest stars are those who
shine for the benefit of others.
- Anonymous
The winds of grace are always blowing;
all we need to do is raise our sails.
- Anonymous
You cannot discover new oceans unless
you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
- Anonymous
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
- Anonymous
Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common.
Celebrate it every day.
- Anonymous
Carpe Diem (Seize the day)
- Latin Proverb
If things are not as you wish,
wish them as they are.
- Yiddish Proverb
Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.
- Anonymous
Letting go doesn't mean giving up...
it means moving on.
- Anonymous
Keep the Faith.
- Anonymous
Follow Your Dreams.
- Anonymous
Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Proverb
Life may not be the party we hoped for,
but while we are here we might as well dance.
- Anonymous
If there is a will, there is a way.
- Anonymous
It's never too late.
- Anonymous
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb
Don't Limit Your Challenges... Challenge Your Limits.
- Anonymous
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
Be happy for this moment.
This moment is your life.
- Anonymous
Peace is the ultimate blessing.
- Jewish traditional
Follow your own star.
- Anonymous
The first sigh of love is the last breath of wisdom.
- Anonymous
Never stop dreaming.
- Anonymous
In order to discover new lands,
one must be willing to lose sight
of the shore for a very long time.
- Anonymous
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect.
It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
- Anonymous
Kindness is better than piety.
- Yiddish Proverb
Change comes from within.
- Anonymous
You only get out what you put in.
- Anonymous
The sun WILL come up tomorrow.
- Anonymous
Be the best that you can be.
- Anonymous
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