The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health. ~Proverb
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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
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I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair. ~Viktor E. Frankl
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ~Daisaku Ikeda
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French 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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I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men. ~Coco Chanel
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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Progress begins with the belief that what is necessary is possible. ~Norman Cousins
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
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When there is no thought, the kundalini rises. When you create a vacuum, something will be drawn into it. The less thought you have, the more kundalini will flow through the chakras, the shushumna. ~Frederick Lenz
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth. ~Gautama Buddha
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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