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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
#proverbs #zen-proverbs #buddhism
proverbiosAnyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
#quotes #gilbert-k-chesterton #anarchism #government
A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #beauty
If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #helping #happiness
The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
#proverbs #yiddish-proverbs #idleness
I have always been really scared of scary movies just because I live by myself; and then seeing something, then having a big imagination and then like thinking you see it in the middle of the night. So I've never been really into them. ~Ashley Tisdale
#quotes #ashley-tisdale #movies #night #thinking #imagination
A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
#quotes #jose-saramago #women
A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
#proverbs #yiddish-proverbs #truth #honesty
The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
#proverbs #yiddish-proverbs
A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
#proverbs #german-proverbs #medicine #doctors
Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #parents #children
He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you. ~Henry David Thoreau
#quotes #henry-david-thoreau #motivation
Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arab-proverbs #silence #sorrow #wisdom
Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
#proverbs #polish-proverbs #conscience #soul
The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
#proverbs #zen-proverbs #buddhism
Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~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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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #patience
Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
#quotes #jose-marti #light