ANON

Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting.

BUDDHA

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

JOHN DRYDEN

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

ALFRED D. SOUZA

For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin--real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life

Chinese Saying

A rumour goes in one ear and out many mouths

LILLIAN DICKSON

Life is like a coin - you can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.

MARK TWAIN

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

EURIPIDES

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

Look not mournfully into the past.
It comes not back again.
Wisely improve the present.
It is thine.
Go forth to meet the future without fear and with a manly heart.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

CATHERINE PULSIFER

When you find yourself stressed, ask yourself one question - will this matter in five years from now?
If yes, then do something about the situation.
If not, then let it go.

ANON

When someone allows you to bear his burdens, you have found deep friendship.

NORMAN VINCENT PEALE

Believe in yourself!
Have faith in your abilities!
Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.

ECCLESIASTES

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow. But woe unto him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up.

OSCAR WILDE

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.

INDIRA GANDHI

Where there’s love, there’s life.

Chinese Saying

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses

WILL ROGERS

If you want to be successful, it's just this simple.
Know what you're doing.
Love what you're doing.
Believe in what you're doing.

RABINRANATH TAGORE

I slept and dreamt that life was Joy.
I woke and saw that life was Duty.
I acted, and behold, Duty was Joy.

THOMAS SOWELL

There is only a limited amount of damage that can be done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly monumental disaster, you need people with high IQs.

ANON

Watch your thoughts - they become your words.
Watch your words - they become your actions.
Watch your actions - they become your habits.
Watch your habits - they become your character.
Watch your character - it becomes your destiny.

PETER USTINOV

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

BUDDHA

Happiness never decreases by being shared.

MARY PICKFORD

If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down.


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Gaelic Saying

Chan ann leis a’chiad bhuille thuiteas a’chraobh.

It’s not with the first stroke that the tree is felled.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

A mind that has been stretched will never return to its original dimension.

LAO-TZU

Kindness in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.

JOHN NUNLEY

The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it.
If you can't ignore it, top it.
If you can't top it, laugh at it.
If you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.

THOMAS CARLYLE

Silence is more eloquent than words.

SAI BABA

Life is a song - sing it.
Life is a game - play it.
Life is a challenge - meet it.
Life is a dream - realize it.
Life is a sacrifice - offer it.
Life is love - enjoy it.

Swedish Proverb

Worry often gives a small thing a gigantic shadow.