We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life, but in times of a stormy weather, you will discover true friends when they don’t hesitate to be a lighthouse. ~Dodinsky
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite. ~Dan Wells
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Give me a lead of 14-0 at halftime and I will dictate the final score. ~Frank Leahy
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I frankly encountered more anti-Semitism in the northeast than I did in Oklahoma, but not much either place. Anti-Semitism is not part of my life. ~Tim Blake Nelson
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I want to take back at least half of the "I love you"s, because I didn't mean them as much as the other ones. ~David Levithan
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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man. ~Tertullian
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life. ~Adam Brody
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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Sure it's a big job, but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. ~John F. Kennedy
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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