To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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To create worry humans elongate fear with anticipation and memory, expand it in imagination and fuel it with emotion. The uniquely human mental process called worrying depends upon having a brain that can reason, remember, reflect, feel, and imagine. Only humans have a brain big enough to do this simultaneously and do it well. ~Edward Hallowell
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Every knock is a boost. ~Elbert Hubbard
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Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox. ~Anna Howard Shaw
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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Reality is not meant to be only creedal, though the creeds are important. Reality is to be experienced, and experienced on the basis of a restored relationship with God through that finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. ~Francis Schaeffer
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Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God. ~Lionel Hampton
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces. ~Charles Lamb
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