Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control. ~Sylvia Boorstein
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power. ~Billy Sunday
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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I'm 31 now. I think I'm beginning to understand what life is, what romance is, and what a relationship means. ~Adam Sandler
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A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably. ~John Bunyan
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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My dad in particular, I tend to use; I call him "The Brain." If he's accessible, I'd rather put it through his brain. My wife, Melissa, maintains that the closer he is in proximity to me, the less I think for myself. And I think she's actually correct. So anything worth mulling over, I will mull over with my father, and that includes ratings. ~Joshua Malina
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God bless us everyone! Said Tiny Tim, the last of all. ~Charles Dickens
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you care about the people you work with then you work harder. ~Kristine Lilly
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The West is dead; you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her. ~Charles Marion Russell
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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I haven't told anyone this before, but when I was a teenager. I actually thought I was turning into a boy, and I did'nt really care. It did'nt bother me at all. ~Vivienne Westwood
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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