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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
Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
- Yiddish Proverb
Happiness is a choice.
- Anonymous
Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
- Anonymous
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Without change, there would be no butterflies.
- Anonymous
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
Everything is a miracle,
not just the beautiful and lovely things.
- Anonymous
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb
See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
- Anonymous
This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
- Anonymous
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish Proverb
All things at first appear difficult.
- Chinese proverb
A coincidence is a small miracle in which
God chooses to remain anonymous.
- Anonymous
He who can give thanks for little
will always find he has enough.
- Anonymous
A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb
Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common.
Celebrate it every day.
- Anonymous
Calm provides clarity. Pause to consider
the gifts you have been given,
the difference you have made
and the direction in which you are headed.
- Anonymous
All the darkness of the world cannot
extinguish the light of a single candle,
yet one candle can illuminate all the darkness.
- Jewish Hanukah Prayer
Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
- Anonymous
One can pay back the loan of gold,
but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
- Malayan Proverb
Kindness is better than piety.
- Yiddish Proverb
If the problem can be solved,
there is no use worrying about it.
If it can't be solved,
worrying will do no good.
- Tibetan proverb
He who takes medicine and neglects his diet
wastes the skill of his doctors.
- Chinese Proverb
If you are patient in one moment of anger,
you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
- Chinese Proverb
Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect.
It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
- Anonymous
You Create Your Own Reality.
- Anonymous
Change comes from within.
- Anonymous
If you want to feel rich,
just count all of the things you have that money can't buy.
- Anonymous
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)
If I keep a green bough in my heart the singing bird will come.
- Chinese proverb
The brightest stars are those who
shine for the benefit of others.
- Anonymous
The key to happiness is not to have what you want
but to want what you have.
- Anonymous
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
- Chinese proverb
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
- Anonymous
I wept because I had no shoes
until I met a man who had no feet.
- old Persian Proverb
If you want to be happy,
put your effort into controlling the sail, not the wind.
- Anonymous
This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days,
Smiles when sadness intrudes,
Rainbows to follow the clouds,
Laughter to kiss your lips,
Sunsets to warm your heart,
Hugs when spirits sag,
Beauty for your eyes to see,
Friendships to brighten your being,
Faith so that you can believe,
Confidence for when you doubt,
Courage to know yourself,
Patience to accept the truth,
Love to complete your life.
- Anonymous
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
- Anonymous
The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.
- Yiddish Proverb
Follow Your Dreams.
- Anonymous
Life may not be the party we hoped for,
but while we are here we might as well dance.
- Anonymous
When God closes a door, he opens a window.
- Anonymous
Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.
- Anonymous
We are most like God when we forgive.
- Anonymous
Peace is the ultimate blessing.
- Jewish traditional
Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
- Anonymous
An optimist is one who makes the best
of what he gets the worst of.
- Anonymous
You can, when you believe you can.
- Anonymous
Yesterday is history,
tomorrow is a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That is why it is called Present.
- Anonymous
Necessity is the mother of invention.
- Proverb
Roll with the punches.
- Anonymous
Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Eskimo 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)
The best relationship is one in which
your love for each other
exceeds your need for each other.
- Anonymous
It takes years to build up trust,
and only seconds to destroy it.
- Anonymous
Never stop dreaming.
- Anonymous
Everyone should carefully observe
which way his heart draws him,
and then choose that way with all his strength.
- Hasidic Proverb
The first sigh of love is the last breath of wisdom.
- Anonymous
Be the best that you can be.
- Anonymous
Seize the day (Carpe Diem)
- ancient Roman proverb
Never quit.
- Anonymous
If not us, who, if not now, when?
- Anonymous
Be happy for this moment.
This moment is your life.
- Anonymous
The winds of grace are always blowing;
all we need to do is raise our sails.
- Anonymous
A man's good name is his best monument
- from an old churchyard at Lockerbie, Scotland
The will of God will never take you
to where the grace of God will not protect you.
- Anonymous
If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive.
If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative.
- Anonymous
Everything is okay in the end.
If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
- Anonymous
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