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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
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
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You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Anonymous
We Can Do It!
- WW II US Government Poster
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- 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
A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Life doesn't play favorites.
- Anonymous
Everything you say and do,
is a reflection of the inner you.
- Anonymous
Life's a game, all you have to do is know how to play it.
- Anonymous
Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous
A bad peace is better than a good war.
- Yiddish Proverb
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)
The man who can't dance thinks the band is no good.
- Polish Proverb
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
Hell is living with someone who complains, whines, and argues.
- 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
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
- Proverb
This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
- Anonymous
No amount of self-improvement can make up
for a lack of self-acceptance.
- Anonymous
Experience is a hard teacher.
She gives the test first
and the lessons afterwards.
- Anonymous
Envy breeds hate.
- Yiddish Proverb
The first sigh of love is the last breath of wisdom.
- Anonymous
The show must go on.
- Proverb
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
- Anonymous
You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying about the future.
- Anonymous
Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
- Anonymous
Happiness is a state of mind.
- Anonymous
A man too busy to take care of his health is like
a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.
- Spanish Proverb
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.
- Anonymous
Happiness is a choice.
- Anonymous
Live Well, Love Much, Laugh Often.
- Anonymous
You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- old proverb often attributed to David Lloyd George
Don't Limit Your Challenges... Challenge Your Limits.
- Anonymous
You cannot discover new oceans unless
you have the courage to lose site of the shore.
- Anonymous
Take risks: if you win, you will be happy;
if you lose, you will be wise.
- Anonymous
Strike while the iron is hot.
- Proverb
Everyone should carefully observe
which way his heart draws him,
and then choose that way with all his strength.
- Hasidic Proverb
It is darkest just before the dawn.
- Proverb
Don't ever give up.
- Anonymous
A wise man hears one word and understands two.
- Yiddish Proverb
No pain, no gain.
- Anonymous
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- Anonymous
Time cures all things.
- Proverb
Habits are cobwebs at first, cables at last.
- Chinese proverb
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
- Anonymous
Time flies.
- Anonymous
Everything is okay in the end.
If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
- Anonymous
Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
- Native American Proverb
Practice makes perfect.
- Anonymous
Don't ask questions about fairy tales.
- Yiddish Proverb
A closed mind is like a closed book;
just a block of wood.
- Chinese proverb
He who hesitates is lost.
- Proverb
Wherever you go, there you are.
- Traditional Zen Proverb
Every dog has his day.
- Proverb
He who has health has hope,
and he who has hope has everything.
- Anonymous
Follow your own star.
- Anonymous
Be happy for this moment.
This moment is your life.
- Anonymous
May you never forget what is worth remembering,
or remember what is best forgotten.
- Anonymous
When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
- Buddhist Proverb
From small beginnings come great things.
- Anonymous
You can, when you believe you can.
- Anonymous
Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it.
- English Proverb
It's never too late.
- Anonymous
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