When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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Weep now, but tomorrow be strong. Remember who we are and that whatever else is taken from us, they will never strip our honour and our pride. ~Elizabeth Chadwick
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I have noticed that people tend to stop maturing when they start self-medicating. Everyone has very tough seasons of life, but by persevering through them we have an opportunity to mature and grow as people. Those who self-medicate, often thwart maturity as they escape the tough seasons of life rather than face them. ~Mark Driscoll
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens; men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls. ~Arthur Capper
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use. ~Edmund Burke
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood, whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ~Thomas Friedman
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts. ~Soren Kierkegaard
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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