I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
#quotes #amby-burfoot #sports #marathon

If you're "stuck" right now, you're probably into fear. Get out of there. You've already looked both ways. Now cross the street, for heaven sake. The cars have long since gone. The coast is clear. Your only obstacle now is your own mind. ~Neale Donald Walsch
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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While aromatherapy is practiced by medical doctors in France, this has not been the case in England and the United States. ~Robert Tisserand
#quotes #robert-tisserand #aromatherapy

The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. ~Martha Nibley Beck
#quotes #martha-nibley-beck #thinking #optimism #appreciation #hope

My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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What is so real as the cry of a child? A rabbit's cry may be wilder but it has no soul. ~Sylvia Plath
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting. ~Fritz Scholder
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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