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We return thanks to our mother,
the earth, which sustains us.
We return thanks to the rivers and streams
which supply us with water.
We return thanks to all herbs, which furnish medicines
for the cure of our diseases.
We return thanks to the corn, and to her sisters,
the beans and squashes, which give us life.
We return thanks to the bushes and trees,
which provide us with fruit.
We return thanks to the wind,
which, moving the air, has banished diseases.
We return thanks to the moon and the stars,
which have given us their light when the sun was gone.
We return thanks to our grandfather He-no,
that he has protected his grandchildren from witches and reptiles,
and has given us his rain.
We return thanks to the sun,
that he has looked upon the earth with a beneficent eye.
Lastly, we return thanks to the Great Spirit,
in whom is embodied all goodness,
and who directs all things for the good of his children.
- Iroquois traditional
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Anonymous
All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
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Happiness is a choice.
- Anonymous
He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb
Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)
Laugh when you can,
apologize when you should,
and let go of what you can't change.
Life's too short to be anything... but happy.
- Anonymous
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous
A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
- Anonymous
Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
- Anonymous
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
Believe in yourself.
- Anonymous
It is amazing how much you can accomplish
when it doesn't matter who gets the credit.
- Anonymous
Roll with the punches.
- Anonymous
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Japanese Proverb
When you reach the end of your rope,
tie a knot and hang on.
- Anonymous Saying
(Sometimes attributed to Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Eleanor Roosevelt, or Thomas Jefferson)
Letting go doesn't mean giving up...
it means moving on.
- Anonymous
Everything is a miracle,
not just the beautiful and lovely things.
- Anonymous
Hunker down.
- Anonymous
Appreciate the Unexpected.
- Anonymous
A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams.
- Yiddish Proverb
Keep the Faith.
- Anonymous
You can, when you believe you can.
- Anonymous
Confidence is half of victory.
- Yiddish Proverb
Don't ever give up.
- Anonymous
Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo Proverb
An optimist is one who makes the best
of what he gets the worst of.
- Anonymous
Anything Is Possible.
- Anonymous
Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Proverb
Be the best that you can be.
- Anonymous
Everything is okay in the end.
If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
- Anonymous
You only get out what you put in.
- Anonymous
Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous
If things are not as you wish,
wish them as they are.
- Yiddish Proverb
Never give up.
- Anonymous
The sun WILL come up tomorrow.
- Anonymous
Be happy for this moment.
This moment is your life.
- Anonymous
Willingness without action is a fantasy.
- Anonymous
You can do anything you put your mind to.
- Anonymous
When life gives you lemons, Make Lemonade.
- Anonymous saying
If there is a will, there is a way.
- Anonymous
Seize the day (Carpe Diem)
- ancient Roman proverb
It's never too late.
- Anonymous
One man with courage makes a majority.
- old saying probably repeated by Andrew Jackson
(falsely attributed to Jefferson)
Yesterday is history,
tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That is why it is called Present.
- Anonymous
Never quit.
- Anonymous
It is darkest just before the dawn.
- Proverb
No pain, no gain.
- Anonymous
The winds of grace are always blowing;
all we need to do is raise our sails.
- Anonymous
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
- Anonymous
Comparisons are odious.
- old English Proverb
Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
- Arabian Proverb
A closed mind is like a closed book;
just a block of wood.
- Chinese proverb
Every cloud has a silver lining.
- Proverb
Dance like no one is watching,
love like you'll never be hurt.
Sing like no one is listening.
Live life like it's heaven on earth.
- Anonymous (various attributions and alternate phrasings)
Love is saying "I feel differently,"
instead of "You're wrong."
- Anonymous
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect.
It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
- Anonymous
Every dog has his day.
- Proverb
Life is what you make it.
- Anonymous
That which you hate to be done to you,
do not do to another.
- Ancient Egyptian Proverb
The brightest stars are those who
shine for the benefit of others.
- Anonymous
A part of you has grown in me.
And so you see, it's you and me
together forever and never apart,
maybe in distance, but never in heart.
- Anonymous
Life is a choice.
- Anonymous
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