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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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism. ~Benazir Bhutto
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Every dog hath its day. ~English Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
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I want you to really be able to grasp the wonder of it, the marvel of it, the size of it and really be able to get a good conception of its magnificence and it tremendous colossal gigantic stupendous size and beauty and splendour! ~David Berg
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At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means. ~Gerry Adams
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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Virtue is its own reward. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Will is stronger than fact; it can mold and overcome fact. ~H. G. Wells
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
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In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. ~Sebastian Faulks
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor. ~Desmond Dekker
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