Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way. ~Harvey Mackay
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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A lot of people are simply interested in exploring their own spirituality, their own values, who they are, whether they're happy where they are. ~James Redfield
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Artists are always looking for new things and fresh ground and fresh air. If it feels new to me, there's a chance it'll feel new to the audience and we'll have found something. ~Jerry Seinfeld
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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Grade school was perilous. I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent reason, wept piteously or threw up on myself. On an especially scary day, I sometimes did both. ~Sue Grafton
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life, but in times of a stormy weather, you will discover true friends when they don’t hesitate to be a lighthouse. ~Dodinsky
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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