All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb
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We Can Do It!
- WW II US Government Poster 
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
Happiness is a choice.
- Anonymous
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He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Anonymous
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
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
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- 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
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)
This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
- 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
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous
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
Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- 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)
When all else fails, try thinking.
- Anonymous
The first sigh of love is the last breath of wisdom.
- Anonymous
He who has health has hope,
and he who has hope has everything.
- Anonymous
To dream of the person you would like to be
is to waste the person you are.
- Anonymous
Be the best that you can be.
- Anonymous
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
- Proverb
If you want to feel rich,
just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
- Anonymous
Be happy for this moment.
This moment is your life.
- Anonymous
Hard work pays off.
- Anonymous
Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Proverb
You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- old proverb often attributed to David Lloyd George
He who can give thanks for little
will always find he has enough.
- Anonymous
Yesterday is history,
tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That is why it is called Present.
- Anonymous
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
If at first you don't succeed, try try again.
- Proverb
Kindness is better than piety.
- Yiddish Proverb
Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common.
Celebrate it every day.
- 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
Hunker down.
- Anonymous
A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.
- Yiddish Proverb
Wherever you go, there you are.
- Traditional Zen Proverb
March to the beat of your own drum.
- Proverb
Actions speak louder than words.
- Proverb
Behind an able man there are always other able men.
- Chinese proverb
Many hands make light work.
- Proverb
Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge,
but he who hates correction is stupid.
- Anonymous
The key to happiness is having dreams.
The key to success is making your dreams come true.
- Anonymous
A wise man hears one word and understands two.
- Yiddish Proverb
When the music changes, so does the dance.
- African Proverb
IF it is to be, it is up to me.
- Anonymous
Better late than never.
- Proverb
A man's good name is his best monument
- from an old churchyard at Lockerbie, Scotland
Slow but steady wins the race.
- Anonymous
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live your life so that when you die,
the world cries and you rejoice.
- Indian Proverb
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
- Anonymous
In order to discover new lands,
one must be willing to lose sight
of the shore for a very long time.
- Anonymous
One man with courage makes a majority.
- old saying probably repeated by Andrew Jackson
(falsely attributed to Jefferson)
Willingness without action is a fantasy.
- Anonymous
Expectations Diminish Joy.
- 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
Anything Is Possible.
- Anonymous
If you want to be happy,
put your effort into controlling the sail, not the wind.
- Anonymous
Take time to laugh.
It is the music of the soul.
Take time to think.
It is the source of power.
Take time to play.
It is the source of perpetual youth.
Take time to read.
It is the fountain of wisdom.
Take time to pray.
It is the greatest power on Earth.
Take time to love and be loved.
It is a God-given privilege.
Take time to be friendly.
It is the road to happiness.
Take time to give.
It is too short a day to be selfish.
Take time to work.
It is the price of success.
- Anonymous
All's well that ends well.
- Proverb (and title of a Shakespeare play)
The Joy is in the Journey.
- Anonymous
That which you hate to be done to you,
do not do to another.
- Ancient Egyptian Proverb
You can, when you believe you can.
- Anonymous
The best relationship is one in which
your love for each other
exceeds your need for each other.
- Anonymous
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