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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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals. ~Alphonsus Rodriguez
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Instead of living in the sunshine of God's forgiveness through Christ, we tend to live under an overcast sky of guilt most of the time. ~Jerry Bridges
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ~Max Beerbohm
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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