Every parent has gone through a period when their child was not so happy with them. ~Elizabeth Edwards
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed. ~William Faulkner
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace. ~Max Lerner
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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Last night the Moon asked me, ""Why do not you leave your love if she makes you cry?" I looked back at the Moon and replied, "You are so lonely up there by can you leave your Sky?"
#message #cute #goodnight

If our gospel does not free the individual up for a unique life of spiritual adventure in living with God daily, we simply have not entered fully into the good news that Jesus brought. ~Dallas Willard
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ~Stephen Chbosky
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself. ~Candance Bushnell
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Challenge America grants go to the towns and hamlets of this sprawling country, where big touring companies will rarely go, and major actors, actresses, writers and artists may never appear in person. ~Louise Slaughter
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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