When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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As tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher. I've seen your passion and I've seen your service. I've seen you engage and I've seen you turn out in record numbers. I've heard your voices amplified by creativity and a digital fluency that those of us in older generations can barely comprehend. I've seen a generation eager, impatient even, to step into the rushing waters of history and change its course. ~Barack Obama
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Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don't be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about. ~Paula Creamer
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I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
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Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they are not teaching because of the financial rewards. ~John Engler
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African 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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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. ~Bernard Hopkins
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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